UKNM: RANT ALERT - shortsighted 'net' experts

[rukhsana]

Just to add to Nikki's ' rant' - yes we have come across the same 'short

sightedness' - we have worked on large database programs for clients like

BT very successfully with programmers who are not based in the office -

but were turned down for a project by a MUCH smaller organisation

because we didn't have the full techie team in-house.[?!]


It is short sightedness - but at the same time - the client is spending

their

hard earned money and needs to be assured. I am sure that there are

some experiences of proposals being turned down for 'smaller' reasons?


Anyone want to volunteer some?


Rukhsana


Rukhsana Yasmin

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> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 14:01:10 +0100

>

From: "Severina Publications" <infoseverinapublications [dot] co [dot] uk>

> Subject: UKNM: RANT ALERT - shortsighted 'net' experts

>


> OK, I'm mad - so if you don't want to listen to a Nikki rant, then delete

> this now :o)

>

> Still here?

>

> So it goes like this:

>

> Wednesday, 3pm: Phone call from local recruitment agency who dabbled in

> web design, got some big contracts, decided they couldn't do them and were

> looking for another local company to take them off their hands. Very nice

> lady that phoned, INSISTED that we had to go see them the same day as they

> were talking about giving us £30K of business. Finally Chris, our sales

> guy, managed to talk them into the fact that we couldn't drop everything

> to go and see them, but we'd be happy to fit them in the next day.

>

> Thursday, 5am: Nikki remembers she has breakfast meeting at 7am and gets

> out of bed.

>

> Thursday, 7am: Nikki goes to dullest networking breakfast meeting in

> history of breakfast meetings.

>

> Thursdya, 9am: Nikki & Chris go to see said company, who then spend three

> hours quizzing them about whether or not they're suitable for the client,

> whether Severina Publications can handle the projects, yada yada yada

>

> 3 hours later: Nikki & Chris leave with promise of business specs being

> faxed back that afternoon - could company have detailed breakdown of

> prices we can do job for by close of play. (Remember folks we're talking

> about 4 jobs here, worth about £10K each)


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