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Phone calls to develop links

How do you handle these?

         

ken_b

6:45 am on Oct 6, 2004 (gmt 0)

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I got a phone call tonight from a site wanting a link from from my site. That's a first for me.

Nice conversation, gave me a pretty good feel for the deal. I'm wondering how others handle these calls.

Do you solicit links on the phone? How does it work out, better than email response, or worse?

If you get these calls, how do you handle them?

martinibuster

7:03 am on Oct 6, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Phone calls have worked great on the few times I did it. Usually it's because the linker is being slow at fixing something or putting up a link.

chrisnrae

11:21 am on Oct 6, 2004 (gmt 0)

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I think if I got a call here and there occasionally, I'd be fine with receiving these requests, provided they went through the effort to understand what time zone I'm in and their first question is whether or not I have a minute. But, if I starting getting more than one or two a month, I'd get real pissed, real quick. I definitely don't think this would be a route for "every" link hunter to take.

Also, anyone know the implications of calling a residential number (when the domain is reg'ed to a person) regarding business in reference to the do not call list? I was curious if anyone had checked it out.

ken_b

3:37 pm on Oct 6, 2004 (gmt 0)

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if I starting getting more than one or two a month, I'd get real pissed, real quick.

Would you feel different if they were offering money for ad space rather than just a free link?

How about if you could use the opportunity to convert them from a free link to paid ad space?

Also, anyone know the implications of calling a residential number (when the domain is reg'ed to a person) regarding business in reference to the do not call list? I was curious if anyone had checked it out.

That's an interesting question. I too would like to know if anyone has looked into this aspect.

ken_b

3:39 pm on Oct 6, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Usually it's because the linker is being slow at fixing something or putting up a link.

Define slow. I'm not sure I would take kindly to being called in this situation if we were talking about a free link. Of course if it was a paid ad, that would be different.