I use pm for initial contact, if I don't get a reply I move on to another lady. Around 70% of the ladies I contact reply with information.
No reply means no business from me.

We all agree that pms are useful. And we all are primarily English speakers or it's our 2nd language. I have a friend whose written English is atrocious. English is probably her 3rd or 4th language. I have advised her to not even attempt to answer English enquiries. Firstly she always seems to miss the point of a message and 2ndly her replies are a nightmare to make sense of. Yet, she speaks English well enough. So I advised her to answer all written enquiries stating that she doesnt read or write English very well but she speaks reasonable English. I think we take it for granted that everyone reads and writes English.

Unless you have a punting phone to receive WhatsApps directly without getting into any shit if married then use WhatsApp for really urgent replies as most SPs take at least a day+ to get back to you on ESA PMs if at all they bother to.

It's one of the business tools at our disposal. Make use of all your resources to maximize your own exposure. Answer the pm and provide your information just as you would have via WhatsApp for example. It shows your own professionalism if nothing else.
Well, that's my belief in any case.

As I was taught, silence is also an answer, and very rarely is it a positive one.

Anne
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