Comments on: You can’t make money sitting on your ass http://virtualimpax.com/2008/12/05/make-money-with-follow-through/ Social Media Marketing: Old school sales strategies don't work here. Thu, 03 May 2012 13:43:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Houston Pet Sitting http://virtualimpax.com/2008/12/05/make-money-with-follow-through/comment-page-1/#comment-18300 Houston Pet Sitting Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:34:29 +0000 http://virtualimpax.com/?p=629#comment-18300 I could not agree more with this post. If you think about the bad experiences you've had with service providers, it is a lack of follow-through that is the most frustrating. Here you are a paying customer and you feel like you are ignored or a burden. be responsive to the clients needs and you're likely to have a customer for life. I could not agree more with this post. If you think about the bad experiences you’ve had with service providers, it is a lack of follow-through that is the most frustrating. Here you are a paying customer and you feel like you are ignored or a burden. be responsive to the clients needs and you’re likely to have a customer for life.

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]]> By: Ricardo Bueno http://virtualimpax.com/2008/12/05/make-money-with-follow-through/comment-page-1/#comment-13278 Ricardo Bueno Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:01:05 +0000 http://virtualimpax.com/?p=629#comment-13278 I worked at a company a while back (I won't say where)... The owner bought some internet leads. I did my own thing so I was good (I didn't ask for any leads). A few days later I asked: "so how's it goin'?" The response: "oh, I haven't gone through them yet. I've been organizing who I want to call first." Mind you, almost a full week had gone by at this point. Long story, short, the leads were almost useless by the time they were actually contacted. I agree with you 100% that follow through is important! Do what you say you're going to do when you say you're going to do it. That's how trust is built. That's how awesome reputations come about. Sure, every now and then we might slip up and fail to deliver. But admit your mistake and correct it because that moment isn't just going to go away with time (people will remember the way you did with the example you shared). <abbr><em><abbr><em>Ricardo Buenos last blog post..<a href="http://www.ribeezie.com/ribeezie/2008/12/yupim-addicted-to-social-media-you.html" rel="nofollow">Yup...I'm Addicted to Social Media! You?</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> I worked at a company a while back (I won’t say where)… The owner bought some internet leads. I did my own thing so I was good (I didn’t ask for any leads). A few days later I asked: “so how’s it goin’?” The response: “oh, I haven’t gone through them yet. I’ve been organizing who I want to call first.” Mind you, almost a full week had gone by at this point.

Long story, short, the leads were almost useless by the time they were actually contacted.

I agree with you 100% that follow through is important! Do what you say you’re going to do when you say you’re going to do it. That’s how trust is built. That’s how awesome reputations come about. Sure, every now and then we might slip up and fail to deliver. But admit your mistake and correct it because that moment isn’t just going to go away with time (people will remember the way you did with the example you shared).

Ricardo Buenos last blog post..Yup…I’m Addicted to Social Media! You?

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