You know what I love? When a package from Amazon arrives and I had all forgotten that I’d ordered something! “Oh, surprise to self!” Is what I choose to think then (instead of “Alzheimers!!”) and wonder what I’ll find inside… This time, though, the surprise was even bigger, because when I opened it, Steve Chandler’s…
Erin Blaskie has been asking a few business building questions on her blog in the past weeks, which many entrepreneurs answered, including myself. Here’s my input to her questions. Click the link underneath each, to see all the other helpful tips that were submitted. On Finding New Clients Erin Blaskie: “Finding clients for your…
I recently interviewed Michelle Rodriguez of The Paid Stylist on how she connects with new subscribers to her mailing list. Michelle greets every new person who signs up to her newsletter with a personal video message. Yes! She makes a 3min video for everyone! This kind of personal attention pays back of course. Listen as…
In my last post I mentioned my new Facebook page and I love seeing it grow because it brings all my passions under one umbrella: Being of service Inspiring others to be of service – to both themselves (how many of us forget that?) and to others Enabling YOU to inspire and lead by example…
I received the Kissmetrics newsletter the other day, who quoted Kevin Hillstrom of MineThatData on the subject of customer retention. After analyzing the numbers of several businesses, he found out that, 39% of customers who purchased that year would purchase again the next year 18% who last purchased 13-24 months ago will purchase the following…
Someone recently shared the following story on an entrepreneur forum: “…An employee had resigned and it was an amicable split. Within hours after the split, though, this person contacted every customer and told them lies about unethical business practices; his only motivation being to destroy this business, not to steal the customers. His boss –…
… and then there’s Rock Palace. My shiny new Snowball microphone arrived this week. It’s gonna serve me well when I start interviewing experts via skype next week, for my upcoming “Thirties Survival Kit” book. The picture here shows the content of the shipment. Doesn’t it look pretty? Besides a big Thank You card, they…
Customers’ opinions on social media are symptoms. They are results, outcomes of experiences they had with your company. They can be good. They can be bad.
If you’re not happy with the symptoms, how about trying to change the cause?
I just made someone’s day by telling them how great customer service they had given me today and that I really appreciated it, since it’s so rare here in The Netherlands. I said Thank You even though they proved me wrong and I really did have to pay that old invoice… :) They helped me…
Tell you’re co-workers how much you appreciate them today. Make their day!
