A month ago,
I sent out a rush query to agents.
I had a big contract coming
and I needed an agent to represent me.
One agent responded to my rush query
the very next day.
(She was my preferred agent
even before she responded quickly).
She not only responded
but she had read my manuscript.
Another agency responded to my rush query
in a week.
The assistant requested
the first three chapters of the manuscript
and said she’d put it in the queue
for one of the agents.
One of the agencies responded to my rush query
today,
a month after the query was sent.
She also requested the first three chapters.
A month to reply to an email
is NOT a rush response.
“According to a recent
University of Massachusetts study,
if a video hasn’t started streaming
in five seconds,
about 25 percent of potential viewers
will bail before viewing,
and if it doesn’t start in 10 seconds,
that number almost doubles.”
I couldn’t wait for a month for a response.
I doubt your customers/business partners
can wait for a month for a response either.
How ‘rush’ is your rush?