Stay in touch
Do you forget to buy cards?
Monday, December 6th, 2010 | Blog, Send Out Cards, Stay in touch | Comments Off
How often do you forget to buy a card till it’s too late?
I went to the newsagents today to purchase a card for a celebration that is taking place tomorrow. The date had sneaked up on me and I wasn’t prepared enough to have organised the card through my normal avenue. The card cost more than double what I normally spend these days. I don’t begrudge the $$ but do recognise that if I’m going to be prudent in my spending then I have to be better organised and start planning ahead.
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Use your promptings
Friday, November 26th, 2010 | Blog, Stay in touch | Comments Off
What is a prompting? It’s when someone enters your mind and you wonder how they are, or remember it’s their birthday, or perhaps you have thought of something that reminds you of a person.
However it happens, whatever the cause, this is a prompting and you are supposed to act on it. Contact that person, call them, email them or send them a card.
How have you felt when you’ve received a card out of the blue? If you haven’t, it’s time you did and to get the ball rolling, why not send a card to someone you’ve thought of? Sooner or later they, or someone else, is going to do the same for you.
Promptings are opportunities to keep in touch with people – before it’s too late. If you haven’t had the experience, you are sure to know someone who has, when they’ve thought of someone but been too busy to follow up, and then later learnt that person is gone. Don’t let that happen to you.
The importance of follow up
Monday, June 21st, 2010 | Stay in touch | 1 Comment
I drove past a place with a funny verandah this morning and remembered instantly a conversation I’d had with a lady several months before, during the summer. I’d sent an email via a website enquiring about the local tennis club. They’d rung me a couple of weeks later to let me know about their social nights and where they meet. The lady had described this place with the funny verandah as being at the corner of the street I’d need to go down to find the tennis courts.
Life being busy and all that I haven’t taken things any further but it did occur to me today (and other times) that this tennis club has my phone number, my email address and my postal address but they’ve done nothing to follow me up. All I needed was a bit of prompting and encouragement and I would have been there. The intention was there – but my mind had moved onto other things and forgotten.
I wonder how many potential clients you’ve lost because you haven’t followed up. If you didn’t want to email them or perhaps felt awkward about phoning them, then the obvious choice is to send them a postcard or greeting card. I have the perfect option for you! Why not contact me today to find out how I can help?
What’s it worth to retain a customer?
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 | Stay in touch | 1 Comment
What you do you reckon it’s worth? How often have you had to hunt for the contact details of a service provider you’d met some time ago but hadn’t needed to use up till now?
I read the story of a man who needed a security alarm system after having had multiple break-ins. He’d met several security system people over the years but not one of them had kept in touch with him. So he looked through the Yellow Pages to find a service provider and he’s still with that company 4 years later.
What would it have cost any of the other security system people to get this man’s business? A couple of dollars every 6 months just to stay in touch. That’s all it costs.
