Comments on: It’s Time to Reconnect http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-reconnect/ Simple steps to bootstrapping your business Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:46:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: heckman http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-reconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-14302 heckman Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:44:30 +0000 http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/?p=398#comment-14302 Hi Mary, Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Marketing is an interruption by it's very nature. The key to it not being a bother is in giving them good content. I know up in Canada we get new tax information all through the year but I never hear about it until tax season. Timely newsletters outlining new tricks, tips and loopholes might be a good start. The other thing that I know I struggle with as a business owner is recording my mileage and stuff like that so simple worksheets and forms like that sent to me during the year would be a big help. Or a quick and easy way to handle my receipts or even a monthly reminder that it is a much bigger job if you leave it to the end or the year, why not do it now. This might even be a way for you to make your business a little less seasonable if you wanted. Send a note about letting you guys handle the monthly reciepts, but that might be more accounting then you want to have. Hi Mary,

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Marketing is an interruption by it’s very nature. The key to it not being a bother is in giving them good content. I know up in Canada we get new tax information all through the year but I never hear about it until tax season.

Timely newsletters outlining new tricks, tips and loopholes might be a good start. The other thing that I know I struggle with as a business owner is recording my mileage and stuff like that so simple worksheets and forms like that sent to me during the year would be a big help.

Or a quick and easy way to handle my receipts or even a monthly reminder that it is a much bigger job if you leave it to the end or the year, why not do it now. This might even be a way for you to make your business a little less seasonable if you wanted. Send a note about letting you guys handle the monthly reciepts, but that might be more accounting then you want to have.

]]> By: Qualifying Your Time | Bootstrapping Guerrilla Marketing Blog http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-reconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-14038 Qualifying Your Time | Bootstrapping Guerrilla Marketing Blog Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:03:17 +0000 http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/?p=398#comment-14038 [...] of the best places to start prioritizing is when you consider how much time you should spend on reconnecting with your prospects. Letting go of a prospect can be like leaving your child behind with a babysitter for the first [...] [...] of the best places to start prioritizing is when you consider how much time you should spend on reconnecting with your prospects. Letting go of a prospect can be like leaving your child behind with a babysitter for the first [...]

]]> By: Mary in Maryville http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-reconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-14019 Mary in Maryville Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:25:33 +0000 http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/?p=398#comment-14019 We own a seasonal tax business. I'm always trying to figure out a way of reconnecting with clients during the year without coming off like an interruption. Any suggestions? We own a seasonal tax business. I’m always trying to figure out a way of reconnecting with clients during the year without coming off like an interruption. Any suggestions?

]]> By: Small Business Internet Marketing http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-reconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-13668 Small Business Internet Marketing Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:10:37 +0000 http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/?p=398#comment-13668 There is no denying that marketing your business online is a necessity in today’s market and social media networking is more effective way for new small business popularity. There is no denying that marketing your business online is a necessity in today’s market and social media networking is more effective way for new small business popularity.

]]> By: heckman http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-reconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-13200 heckman Wed, 20 May 2009 15:07:01 +0000 http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/?p=398#comment-13200 Yes these are things that you need to be careful about. And quite frankly I have never been a fan of the automated canned sales pitch. But further reading is a way of showing that you are hoping to provide extra value to them. Yes these are things that you need to be careful about. And quite frankly I have never been a fan of the automated canned sales pitch.

But further reading is a way of showing that you are hoping to provide extra value to them.

]]> By: Lauren http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-reconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-13192 Lauren Wed, 20 May 2009 05:38:25 +0000 http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/?p=398#comment-13192 Always a good reminder - with the proviso that the above template is never sent in error to long-term subscribers. I'd been a regular visitor to a (small) blog I liked very much and commented frequently. Imagine my surprise to receive a "Welcome! So glad you just found my blog! Sales pitch, sales pitch, sales pitch" email <i>months</i> later. It stung a bit! Like the idea of including further reading. Always a good reminder – with the proviso that the above template is never sent in error to long-term subscribers.

I’d been a regular visitor to a (small) blog I liked very much and commented frequently. Imagine my surprise to receive a “Welcome! So glad you just found my blog! Sales pitch, sales pitch, sales pitch” email months later. It stung a bit!

Like the idea of including further reading.

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