Comments on: How to Lose Clients & Alienate Colleagues

By: Britney no underwear.

Britney no underwear. — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:59:47 +0000

Lindsey lohan no underwear….

Young girls in underwear. Gay men in underwear….

By: nile cruise

nile cruise — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:38:17 +0000

Friendship should be stronger than political or religious differences. Professional relationships,however,rarely are.

By: nile cruise

nile cruise — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:38:17 +0000

Friendship should be stronger than political or religious differences. Professional relationships,however,rarely are.

By: vessel sinks

vessel sinks — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:38:03 +0000

The internet,and recent social media innovations in particular, have helped us get to know each other a lot better while i think the Face book and Twitter are the best form.

By: geschenkefrmnner

geschenkefrmnner — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:32:35 +0000

Hi,
I believe word of mouth is one of the best ways to get clients. Once you start getting clients, treat them as 'People You Know' and ask them to refer new clients and tell people they know about you.
Grüner Tee

By: life coach

life coach — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:58:05 +0000

you don’t know well than to bring up politics or religion.i think that proper good relationship should be maintain with the client.

By: personal career coach

personal career coach — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:38:51 +0000

I agree that by having any thing controversial the clients can break contact with you. So we should maintain good relation ship with our clients.

By: ericbramlett

ericbramlett — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:02:37 +0000

I guess I'm a little more of a capitalist than a politician. If I owned a “widget sales” store, I wouldn't feel inclined to post political signs in front of my store. Just because I don't vote for the same person as my customers doesn't mean that I shouldn't sell them a widget. If you're willing to lose out on sales for the sake of politics, then that's a decision you're making. If you'll notice, the title of the post is simply “how to lose clients….”

By: Josh Ferris

Josh Ferris — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:45:06 +0000

Marlow -- I might not have properly conveyed what I was trying to say with that point. I will not do business with friends or family, not the other way around.

The reason for this is simple: Imagine someone in your family asks you to find a home for them and they bought it in 2005 at a great price (at the time). Now the market has taken a significant plunge in home values and they're wondering who to blame for owning a home that's worth less than what they owe? After all, you, the family REALTOR, told them they were getting a great price on the house (and they were, at the time.)

I would rather not have every family function with that person revolve around their home's value and why I couldn't see the market taking such a steep tumble four years in the future.

It's a personal comfort zone thing. I always work to get the best price for a client in a home they're happy to own but there needs to be some separation between your work life and personal life. That's my view anyway.

If you are the family REALTOR who has managed to accurately forecast market changes years into the future and verified every inspector's results to ensure nothing will ever fail in their home in the future then I have much to learn from you.

By: Marlow

Marlow — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:29:14 +0000

I couldn't disagree more.

Why would I want to work with someone who didn't respect me, my beliefs and my opinions? And why would I want to work with someone who I thought was incorrect, misguided or just plain wrong? That just doesn't make any sense. Unless one values money over values. Then I guess it's a good strategy. And Josh's rules that include not doing business with friends or family just seems ludicrous to me. If your friends and family won't work with you or hire you, how could you ask a stranger to hire you?