General Consultant Discussion

Is anyone else getting calls from ACCOUNTMATE stating that they are working with the 90 Minds group and thought I would be interested in it ? 90 Minds has nothing to do with ACCOUNTMATE right?

Not that I'm aware of.

I just got a voice mail from Janet that she got my info from the 90 minds web site and ""some of the other consultants are looking at AccountMate

I got a message yesterday with the same intro. I wonder if they mined the web site for the information.

Yes, Janet has been calling both Amy and me.

Lots of weasels (small active predatory mammals) out there. Last week a Sage channel partner from Irvine, CA called one of my customers and asked to talk to the person in charge of the accounting software. It so happened I was onsite at the time and the call was transferred to me. Very interesting discussion. I could not get a straight answer how a channel partner in CA was calling a Sage 100 end user in Minnesota.

Probably happens all the time (distance is not a concern). I'm sure we all have clients thousands of miles from our offices. Hope you asked for a fixed fee quote.

Just got that v-mail from Accountmate as well. They must be calling everyone on the list.

I got that call today too.

Got the annual v-mail last week.

Ok so then I think @JeffSchwenk thoughts is the right one. They got our names from the web site. Thanks I'm glad I not the only one getting bothered by them.

Yes, even I got Janet's call. Same script that Phil described. Not interested. Coincidentally we are in the midst of moving an AccountMate customer to Sage 100.

Having your name and email available is great for prospects who need to get in touch with you. Unfortunately you have to wade through all these *%&! salespeople who skim your site and call. It's why I rarely answer the phone unless I recognize the phone #. I do not need to spend 30 minutes shooting the shit about some product I have no interest in.

To her credit, she introduced herself, asked if I was interested, and when I said, ""not now"" she let me go. IMO a respectful prospecting call. I hate the ones that start up asking ""How are you?"" Huh? they don't give a rat's patoot how I am. Get on with it. Identify who you are with and what you want. Then see if I can be interested in the qualifying questions. Janet was OK.

Just got my vmail msg this afternoon from her...

I kind of feel left out here.

I got it too. Sorry @JohnHoyt :)

If I'm lucky, Postini caught it as spam.

if they are getting the informaton from the web site, then only the full members will be targeted. OASIS folks don't have the exposure on the 90Minds site.

We should put up some bogus names - then we could catch the people making sales calls off the list...

Got it also. I agree with @JerryNorman, it was actually respectful. If we decide to go with bogus names, I choose Phil McCracken.

Janet admitted in her voicemail she got the names from the web site...I would think having an actual prospect try to contact a phony name would be worse than the occasional publisher making a nuisance of themselves.

I feel left out or my scanning process has worked great!!! No call from Janet for me.

I was feeling left out until a few minutes ago. Glad I wasn't there to pick up the phone!

Just missed the call myself....

How come I was the last one???

Alphabetical??

She didn't want her secret out.

Brett already got his call and I am sure he is used to being last!!!

I was thinking by company name, not contact.

We should all call her back at once -- one person will tie her line up the rest leave a long message....

I just got my second call...about 20 minutes ago. (first one yesterday)

I got the call too. She had called me last year as well.

Just got a call from Janet (she left a voicemail before). She introduced herself then asked if I was interested in adding another product. When I said no, she said, ""Okay, thanks for your time. Have a nice day."" End of call.

Same - my call was last week

I got a call and an email with link back on Nov 27th. I need to keep up with Socialcast to keep from answering these types of calls. Janet Mennie Accountmate Software Corporation Sales Program Manager 1445 Technology Lane Suite A5 Petaluma, CA 94954 707-774-7535