form wrote:
The smartphone, to me, is a bunch of extra cost for nothing I need. I can live without every little convenience that it has to offer without any difficulty. Remember when cell phones didn\'t exist, yet somehow we managed to live anyway?
I choose not to become highly dependent on such a device. I am already dependent enough on a plain cell phone, and I don\'t need any of the other features.
I know the title of this post isn\'t \"smartphone\", but I\'d have to agree that a smartphone will only help to advance your business, not hinder it. It pays for itself...
-I\'ve found that brides like quick responses, and it\'s helped me to book weddings, because they feel communication is excellent.
-Often I\'ve needed to retrieve important info from an email the day of a wedding, and I\'m able to do that with a smartphone.
-I use the GPS all of the time.
-When GPS fails, I have google maps. Saturday GPS brought me to the wrong location and I was able to google the right spot and noticed it was only 5 minutes away.
-I\'m horrible with remembering names, and a few times I\'ve seen past couples out in public and quickly found their name on Facebook so that I didn\'t look like a dweeb.
-I can voice command reminders into my phone when I\'m out and about, because things tend to pop into my head that I don\'t want to forget.
-I have a bunch of weddings photo on my phone that I can show people when they ask about my photography.
On and on, there are countless ways that my iPhone has served me well and I\'m so thankful for it.
...To answer your original post, I sometimes feel bad as well. I\'ve had a few couples with slow response time and I booked with someone else. I\'m not super pushy, so if they don\'t seem to show interest I usually back off, and then they come back later interested.
form wrote:
The smartphone, to me, is a bunch of extra cost for nothing I need. I can live without every little convenience that it has to offer without any difficulty. Remember when cell phones didn\'t exist, yet somehow we managed to live anyway?
I choose not to become highly dependent on such a device. I am already dependent enough on a plain cell phone, and I don\'t need any of the other features.
I know the title of this post isn\'t \"smartphone\", but I\'d have to agree that a smartphone will only help to advance your business, not hinder it. It pays for itself...
-I\'ve found that brides like quick responses, and it\'s helped me to book weddings, because they feel communication is excellent.
-Often I\'ve needed to retrieve important info from an email the day of a wedding, and I\'m able to do that with a smartphone.
-I use the GPS all of the time.
-When GPS fails, I have google maps. Saturday GPS brought me to the wrong location and was able to google the right spot and noticed it was only 5 minutes away.
-I\'m horrible with remembering names, and a few times I\'ve seen past couples out in public and quickly found their name on Facebook so that I didn\'t look like a dweeb.
-I can voice command reminders into my phone when I\'m out and about, because things tend to pop into my head that I don\'t want to forget.
-I have a bunch of weddings photo on my phone that I can show people when they ask about my photography.
On and on, there are countless ways that my iPhone has served me well and I\'m so thankful for it.
...To answer your original post, I sometimes feel bad as well. I\'ve had a few couples with slow response time and I booked with someone else. I\'m not super pushy, so if they don\'t seem to show interest I usually back off, and then they come back later interested.
form wrote:
The smartphone, to me, is a bunch of extra cost for nothing I need. I can live without every little convenience that it has to offer without any difficulty. Remember when cell phones didn\'t exist, yet somehow we managed to live anyway?
I choose not to become highly dependent on such a device. I am already dependent enough on a plain cell phone, and I don\'t need any of the other features.
I know the title of this post isn\'t \"smartphone\", but I\'d have to agree that a smartphone will only help to advance your business, not hinder it. It pays for itself...
-I\'ve found that brides quick responses, and it\'s helped me to book weddings, because they feel communication is excellent.
-Often I\'ve needed to retrieve important info from an email the day of a wedding, and I\'m able to do that with a smartphone.
-I use the GPS all of the time.
-When GPS fails, I have google maps. Saturday GPS brought me to the wrong location and was able to google the right spot and noticed it was only 5 minutes away.
-I\'m horrible with remembering names, and a few times I\'ve seen past couples out in public and quickly found their name on Facebook so that I didn\'t look like a dweeb.
-I can voice command reminders into my phone when I\'m out and about, because things tend to pop into my head that I don\'t want to forget.
-I have a bunch of weddings photo on my phone that I can show people when they ask about my photography.
On and on, there are countless ways that my iPhone has served me well and I\'m so thankful for it.
...To answer your original post, I sometimes feel bad as well. I\'ve had a few couples with slow response time and I booked with someone else. I\'m not super pushy, so if they don\'t seem to show interest I usually back off, and then they come back later interested.
form wrote:
The smartphone, to me, is a bunch of extra cost for nothing I need. I can live without every little convenience that it has to offer without any difficulty. Remember when cell phones didn\'t exist, yet somehow we managed to live anyway?
I choose not to become highly dependent on such a device. I am already dependent enough on a plain cell phone, and I don\'t need any of the other features.
I know the title of this post isn\'t \"smartphone\", but I\'d have to agree that a smartphone will only help to advance your business, not hinder it. It pays for itself...
-I\'ve found that brides quick responses, and it\'s helped me to book weddings, because they feel communication is excellent.
-Often I\'ve needed to retrieve important info from an email the day of a wedding, and I\'m able to do that with a smartphone.
-I use the GPS all of the time.
-When GPS fails, I have google maps. Saturday GPS brought me to the wrong location and was able to google the right spot and noticed it was only 5 minutes away.
-I\'m horrible with remembering names, and a few times I\'ve seen past couples out in public and quickly found their name on Facebook so that I didn\'t look like a dweeb.
-I can voice command reminders into my phone when I\'m out and about, because things tend to pop into my head that I don\'t want to forget.
-I have a bunch of weddings photos on my phone that I can show people when they ask about my photography.
On and on, there are countless ways that my iPhone has served me well and I\'m so thankful for it.
...To answer your original post, I sometimes feel bad as well. I\'ve had a few couples with slow response time and I booked with someone else. I\'m not super pushy, so if they don\'t seem to show interest I usually back off, and then they come back later interested.
May 21, 2013 at 12:34 PM
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