tele_pathic Offline Upload & Sell: Off
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I'm of two minds.
One, if I had clients contacting me, asking if we were "still on," I might reconsider how often and when I send reminder kinds of materials, which might be an email, or a Christmas card if their booking extends over that time frame. Just a short something to let clients know that I haven't forgotten about them before they begin to think I have. And also in case clients have forgotten about ME, if they need to cancel, which would give time to re-book.
I also see the value of facebook. But I have business page they can connect with, not a personal page. So those of you who say you send friend requests, are you saying that you use personal pages for business? facebook business don't have "friends" per se, but clients can like and follow the page. I just wouldn't want some/most of my clients to see my personal pages, rants on politics, and updates on where I'm moving to and such.
Two, I have gotten xmas cards from businesses that I sent inquiries to but didn't do business with, and it's always a WTF? kind of feeling. Like, yeah, I asked for a quote, but I didn't pursue it because your quote was terrible. For example (and I'll keep it brief), we met with a financial advisor. We had a couple meetings in fact. But when my wife and I crunched our numbers and compared them to this person's numbers, we decided not to do business with him. The following Christmas, which was just a couple months after our last meeting, we got a xmas card. It was weird, like why the hell is this guy sending us a card? Does he not know who is clients are and are NOT? Big turn-off. NOW, had we invested with him, and he then sent us a card, yeah, that makes complete sense, and I would appreciate the friendly gesture.
I would put wedding photographers in this category. If I've booked you in Sep or Oct for May, and you send a xmas card, I view that as a sign of respect and friendship.
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