Comments on: Do You Hate This Email as Much as Me? http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/do-you-hate-this-email-as-much-as-me/ Blog tips and internet marketing strategies from Christian Russell Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:16:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Christian Russell http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/do-you-hate-this-email-as-much-as-me/#comment-937 Christian Russell Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:37:23 +0000 http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/?p=803#comment-937 I understand wanting to draw lines between business and family. That's fair. Just realize that people won't know this coming in...you'll most likely always continue getting friend requests. That means you'll probably always have to be filtering people from one profile to another. I know people that have multiple FB profiles, multiple Twitter accounts, etc for this purpose. For me, it's way easier to simply have everything in one place. My real friends know what I do for a living and understand I'm going to talk about that also. My clients and business contacts, likewise, understand I have a life and friends outside of business, so they're not surprised when I talk about my kids on occasion. Both angles have their pros and cons, but to me keeping things separate is next to impossible. And by the way, my name is Chris, but you can call me Charles if you want. ha :) I understand wanting to draw lines between business and family. That’s fair. Just realize that people won’t know this coming in…you’ll most likely always continue getting friend requests. That means you’ll probably always have to be filtering people from one profile to another. I know people that have multiple FB profiles, multiple Twitter accounts, etc for this purpose. For me, it’s way easier to simply have everything in one place. My real friends know what I do for a living and understand I’m going to talk about that also. My clients and business contacts, likewise, understand I have a life and friends outside of business, so they’re not surprised when I talk about my kids on occasion. Both angles have their pros and cons, but to me keeping things separate is next to impossible. And by the way, my name is Chris, but you can call me Charles if you want. ha :)

]]> By: Augie Byllott http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/do-you-hate-this-email-as-much-as-me/#comment-933 Augie Byllott Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:35:29 +0000 http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/?p=803#comment-933 Good article Charles, as always. I get a fair number of friend requests from folks I don't know. Many seem to come from a similar sphere of interest; investment real estate. My preference, since I don't know them personally is to direct them to my business or fan page because that community is focused on the interest that led them to friend me in the first place. I usually thank them for their request and refer them to the fan page and invite their feedback. My preference is they will participate in the dialogues and from their a relationship can develop. My goal would be to keep my personal page limited to true friends (though it is going to take some work to get back since I initially thought, wrongly, that this was merely a numbers game). Do you have an alternative approach to recommend? Good article Charles, as always. I get a fair number of friend requests from folks I don’t know. Many seem to come from a similar sphere of interest; investment real estate. My preference, since I don’t know them personally is to direct them to my business or fan page because that community is focused on the interest that led them to friend me in the first place. I usually thank them for their request and refer them to the fan page and invite their feedback. My preference is they will participate in the dialogues and from their a relationship can develop. My goal would be to keep my personal page limited to true friends (though it is going to take some work to get back since I initially thought, wrongly, that this was merely a numbers game).

Do you have an alternative approach to recommend?

]]> By: Christian Russell http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/do-you-hate-this-email-as-much-as-me/#comment-927 Christian Russell Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:34:19 +0000 http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/?p=803#comment-927 Ha. Yeah Twitter has it's own brand of awesome spam. It's good stuff! Sometimes I find it funny, sometimes it's just straight annoying. Depends on the day :) Ha. Yeah Twitter has it’s own brand of awesome spam. It’s good stuff! Sometimes I find it funny, sometimes it’s just straight annoying. Depends on the day :)

]]> By: Christian Russell http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/do-you-hate-this-email-as-much-as-me/#comment-922 Christian Russell Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:28:17 +0000 http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/?p=803#comment-922 Great way to put it Todd...it's what true salesmanship is about, putting yourself aside and listening. Selling means caring deeply but also skillfully engaging and helping people solve their problems. Combining the two makes it almost impossible to not make a good living at what you do...but you need both. Relationships are not enough when it comes to business, you have to be able to actually help people as well. Great way to put it Todd…it’s what true salesmanship is about, putting yourself aside and listening. Selling means caring deeply but also skillfully engaging and helping people solve their problems. Combining the two makes it almost impossible to not make a good living at what you do…but you need both. Relationships are not enough when it comes to business, you have to be able to actually help people as well.

]]> By: Tony Ramirez http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/do-you-hate-this-email-as-much-as-me/#comment-921 Tony Ramirez Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:17:00 +0000 http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/?p=803#comment-921 "Let’s network!" I get these messages all the time on twitter. lol “Let’s network!”
I get these messages all the time on twitter. lol

]]> By: Todd Smith http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/do-you-hate-this-email-as-much-as-me/#comment-911 Todd Smith Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:51:14 +0000 http://www.nextlevelblogger.com/?p=803#comment-911 Yeah, I know what you mean. They say, let's network, and all their tweets are about them. :) I understand why they do it though. We're all looking for a way to do less and accomplish more. Unfortunately, there are no shortcuts when it comes to building relationships - which are huge assets for any business. Even just building enough trust to make one singe sale requires putting aside your own wants and focusing on another person. It's a hard lesson to learn though (me included), because we are always most interested in ourselves! :) Yeah, I know what you mean. They say, let’s network, and all their tweets are about them. :) I understand why they do it though. We’re all looking for a way to do less and accomplish more. Unfortunately, there are no shortcuts when it comes to building relationships – which are huge assets for any business. Even just building enough trust to make one singe sale requires putting aside your own wants and focusing on another person. It’s a hard lesson to learn though (me included), because we are always most interested in ourselves! :)

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