Comments on: Are You Giving Your Customers Full Attention?

By: kahthan

kahthan — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:40:55 +0000

whats this time management system you’re referring to?

By: Francis Wade

Francis Wade — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:45:13 +0000

I think as entrepreneurs it’s critical that we find a way to maintain focus on what we are doing at any time, and unfortunately most Blackberry users destroy their ability to focus with the habits that they use.

The other day while traveling through New York I saw a guy with his hands over his head, punching away at his Blackberry, with his eyes locked on the screen. That was a little strange, except that he was at the urinal with his pants unzipped… “multi-tasking.”

I have been using my time management system to help me remain focused, but it took some custom-design on my part to get it the way I wanted it.

By: sky

sky — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:14:23 +0000

hi yaro..
you has a great blog..i always use it as my review blog

By: Yaro

Yaro — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:30:38 +0000

I think some bloggers certainly look at their readers as prospects, which is one step before customer.

Although most bloggers don’t think in a business mindset, which is a good thing on some levels, but could certainly help them when it comes to generating a stable income source.

Branding and blogging are certainly two things that go hand in hand.

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:36:03 +0000

Yaro…great post. I wonder if most Bloggers think of their readers as customers?

Do they make themselves accessible to their readership or is that limited only to those with little to no traffic?

If being accessible to your customers was good when you are small, it must be good when you are the traffic master….I am just interested in how you or some of the others handle the traffic you generate.

By: Jose Quesada

Jose Quesada — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:36:08 +0000

Hey Yaro, great job getting Rich as an invited blogger!

By: Rob Kingston

Rob Kingston — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:47:51 +0000

He sure does Bill, you can check it out over here if you’re interested.

http://www.blogmastermind.com/partners/

He offers $35 dollars per sign up and $35 dollars for each month they remain in the program.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:18:05 +0000

Unrelated but does anyone know if Yaro has an affiliate program for Blog Mastermind?

By: Is Some Attention Better Than No Attention?

Is Some Attention Better Than No Attention? — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:59:35 +0000

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By: Mert Erkal

Mert Erkal — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:01:34 +0000

Hi Yaro,

Thanks for informing me about this great report. I think i have given the right decision to jump into your Blog Mastermind program. Please come and visit my blog when you have time.

Coming to your question regarding how to understand what our readers need, i guess all bloggers can make polls regularly (there are lots of WordPress plugins for this purpose) and evaluate the feedback received.

Cheers,
Mert Erkal

By: Seo Smarty

Seo Smarty — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:13:41 +0000

I agree with Gary Zaydman. The more we network, the less attention we are able to pay to a singe person. That unfortunately is turning into some sort of culture.

By: Jeremiah - Simpletiger

Jeremiah - Simpletiger — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:13:36 +0000

I highly agree, I like your idea about getting someone to talk more so you can listen. As a psychologist, you are supposed to prompt someone to tell you certain things that they wouldn’t tell you if you asked bluntly. Old Japanese martial arts proverb: “slow to speak, quick to listen, slow to anger”

By: Making Sales Making Money

Making Sales Making Money — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:05:03 +0000

Lest any us think we give/pay attention to someone, try this the with the next person you come in contact with, LISTEN just listen to what they have to say, add a comment only to provoke them to talk more so you can listen more. All of us, are searching for significance on some level. One sure fire way to make them feel significant is to LISTEN to what they have to say. Perhaps some of the strongest relationships I have were built on the foundation of listening, meeting people right where they are and listening.

Want proof? All of us commented on this post, generally for one purpose, to be heard and even if it was for a moment, we felt significant, I know I did. Solid relationships online today = Customers tomorrow.

By: Craig Klein

Craig Klein — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:57:42 +0000

Yaro,

Thanks for putting me in touch with Rich!

This is awesome stuff!

Craig

By: Get more out of everything « Sell, sell, sell!

Get more out of everything « Sell, sell, sell! — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:52:24 +0000

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By: Jeremiah - Simpletiger

Jeremiah - Simpletiger — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:49:18 +0000

Good coverage Yaro. I constantly feel like I am splitting my attention up between so many sources and ultimately killing my own productivity. I recently stayed up all night working on tasks, the next day I slept all day. This killed my productivity. I would like to remind my self and everyone else who blogs: Because you should write a good post everyday, make it your goal, strike out to do it early, when you’re done leave the blog alone. Comment on other blogs and respond to yours. Like you said, it takes 12-30 minutes to write a good post, but we should build our brands one person at a time. So write a post, and then comment on others blogs with solutions or participation. They will follow your link and at the end, find a good post! I just answered a big issue I have had for some time now as a new blogger. Thanks Yaro!

By: John Sadler

John Sadler — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:26:10 +0000

I sat down and read your Attention Age Doctrine 2 last evening and will be reading it many times more before I succeed in becoming a maven. I am happy that some of it I already have working and can see how to move forward. Your attention to attention is indeed respected and acknowledged and there is no doubt I would love to interview you for my blog I was able to interview Yaro a while back and he is a very interesting and honest person and the effect on my traffic was worthwhile.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:56:20 +0000

Thank you for such a great article, my attention cup has forever been half empty but from this point on it shall be completely full as the case might be

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:08:19 +0000

Most of the we do something that we “THINK” will draw attention to us but instead we are bouncing it away.

2008 will be attention grabbing year?

By: Iyabo Oyawale

Iyabo Oyawale — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:05:22 +0000

Wow,this is great.Thanks Yaro for getting Rich to put in this enlightening article.

Rich,I love your apt description of attention.Most of us overlook it but in one way or the other,we are not paying attention enough to the customer.

We seemed to be drowned by the noise in the marketplace.I guess this new report of yours is a wake-up call,if not for everyone,at least to me.

By: Gary Zaydman

Gary Zaydman — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:23:45 +0000

I think we are moving more and more to a ADD culture. We are all so connected and that tends to make our thinking very disorganized. Text messages, Email, Facebook Pokes, Facebook Messages, Myspace Comments, Myspace Messages, phone calls, Emails, voicemails, forum comments and notifications. The list goes on. What is worse is we keep looking for ways to be more connected and hence more distracted. Crackberry anyone? Unfortunately, I don’t see this trend going away any time soon. If someone can come out with a product to make it go away I think that they would have a really good business and at least one customer. Me! Oh, and I came here wanting to read a different article and got distracted into reading this one. Thanks Yaro!!!!