I was working on a newsletter article last week and was trying to get in touch with an important source for the story. He is an attorney in his own small firm, and I was wanting to include his response to accusations aimed at one of his clients. I had heard from every other subject involved in the story but him. So I called and left him a message with a voicemail system, which I assume went directly to his own office. I didn’t get a response. I called daily for three days, only to finally get an e-mail from him, saying that he was overseas, had just checked his messages, and would not have time to get a statement to me before the article went to press. Unfortunately, I had already been forced to finish the article for press time, and his side of the story was left unrepresented. I’m sure this attorney was busy, but I was amazed that it wasn’t easier to get in touch with him, and I was astounded that he obviously checked his messages the old-fashioned way. I’m fairly sure that his client will not be happy that a statement was not promptly made on his behalf. In today’s business world, you just can’t afford to miss phone calls or allow possible deadlines to get away, just because you can’t get your messages right away, or you have no way to communicate with clients or colleagues.
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