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If I answer the phone saying “Dave Hill,” and your first question is ask if you “can talk with Dave Hill,” it’s a sign you really aren’t listening — or else are robo-dialing me.<\/p>\n

When I then politely decline to chat with you about my company so that you can send me your trade journal for free, repeating to me that it’s free <\/em>doesn’t really do any good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If I answer the phone saying “Dave Hill,” and your first question is ask if you “can talk with Dave Hill,” it’s a sign you really aren’t listening — or else are robo-dialing me. 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