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The Worst Thing In Business #shorts

Name: The Worst Thing In Business #shorts
Uploaded: 2023-12-05T10:00:40+00:00
Duration: 16 s
Channel: Peter Vander Wall
Description: A short YouTube #shorts (by Peter Vander Wall) discussing how to avoid sounding needy when messaging business prospects. Speakers contrast low-status…

5 Dec 2023 · 0 min

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A short YouTube #shorts (by Peter Vander Wall) discussing how to avoid sounding needy when messaging business prospects. Speakers contrast low-status, needy follow-up messages (e.g., “Hey man, just checking in…”) with higher-status, framed messages that presume a scheduled connection (e.g., referencing a calendar or asking if they still want to connect). The speaker credits Jeremy Lee Miner for the tip.

The last thing you want in business is to sound needy, right? And I get so many DMs from people like short form video editors or appointment setters. They're trying to get me to listen to their pitch and they just sound needy. So for me, when I'm messaging prospects, I'm always very careful about how I frame the status. There's no hey.
Man, just following up on this. Hey man, just checking in on this.
There's hey man, didn't see on my calendar for tomorrow. Did you still want to connect about xyz? Do you hear the difference? One of these sounds very low status and needy, while the other one sounds very high status and it sets the frame completely differently. This is a tip I actually learned from Jeremy Lee Miner here on Instagram. You should definitely go check him out.