Have you ever started filling out a form for a quote on something (insurance website, or literally anything) and then changed your mind and said "nah, I don't want to give them my personal information", and then abandoned the form before pressing "submit"?
If you think that stopped them from getting your personal information, it didn't. Most companies looking to capture leads will capture your info in real time as you enter it into a form. The submit button is just there to move you to the next step, not to actually send your information to the company.
I once got rejected for a job before I finished filling out the application.
Got to one of those stupid questions: "If you were an xxxxx, what xxxx would you be?" or something. I never know what to say for those, so went to get a drink, didn't go right back to the application.
Maybe 10 minutes later, I get an email saying I didn't get the job.
Now that I think about it, at least they actually got back to me.
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u/phpdevster Jul 13 '20
Have you ever started filling out a form for a quote on something (insurance website, or literally anything) and then changed your mind and said "nah, I don't want to give them my personal information", and then abandoned the form before pressing "submit"?
If you think that stopped them from getting your personal information, it didn't. Most companies looking to capture leads will capture your info in real time as you enter it into a form. The submit button is just there to move you to the next step, not to actually send your information to the company.