Re: Another photographer is raiding my Facebook friends list
Benj,
Personally I would be annoyed by unsolicited contact from the other photog (as a client of yours). Not everyone might feel that way, some of your clients might see him/her as a valuable alternative to you. It really doesn\'t matter if they are in the same league as you or not, only what the client thinks since it\'s their money. You then have to decide if your clients happiness is most important to you, or if running a successful business is more important. If it\'s the former, than you should have no problem with your clients choosing whomevers\' services makes them happy... and if it\'s the latter than you can\'t fault your competitor for being competitive. It\'s not like he broke into your office and stole your client list. It\'s more like you posted it on the door of your business for anyone walking by to take a look at. Sounds like you have fixed that now.
I don\'t run a photo business, but I am self employed. I do everything I can to guard my client list... I know exactly what my competitors would do with it. That\'s just business.
Business ethics is really an oxymoron. Between competitors there are no true ethics, only what is legal and what is not. Between merchant and client there are ethics beyond the law, and between friends/comrades there are ethics beyond the law. This is why it is advised not to mix business and friendship The rules for one doesn\'t apply to the other. If this guy is a friend of yours he went over the ethical line; otherwise it\'s just business.
Nov 16, 2009 at 05:56 PM
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The rules for one doesn\'t apply to the other. If this guy is a friend of yours he went over the ethical line; otherwise it\'s just business.