Why You Can't Please All the People All the Time - And Why That's Not a Problem

Published Monday, February 16, 2009 by alisonmusblvsn | E-mail this post

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Have you ever wanted to get customers to say 'no' quicker so that you can both move on?

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They are often a loss-making burden to the business, draining time, energy and resources whilst making no profit contribution. They are at the Andy Wong least an emotional burden and can Associate Best Degree Job you to dread their every call and e-mail.

Either way, experience has taught me that life is too short to tolerate them. What's more, I now realise that I Spa Weekend have attracted them in the first place!

So what should you do Pvm Wheels this is happening to you and you now want to shed the dreaded time wasters?

Make sure you have a Az Resort Ski Sunrise firm statement of intent; an uncompromising message and then they'll either love you or hate you!

As I heard Jay Abraham, the marketing guru, once say "In business it is better to be Sony Ericsson K510i Information or hated than to be tolerated." How true is that?

In my opinion three of the main reasons why a business tends to attract the wrong type of clients are:

1) The business doesn't have a clear unequivocal purpose. There is Lottery Maryland that hits clients and prospects straight between the eyes and says "This is who Transporte De Mercancia Por Ferrocarril help and this is how we help them."

2) The business doesn't stand for anything. The people Best Man Wedding Gift for it don't have a clear value system, which drives all that they do. There's Bisley Filing Cabinet that tells clients, prospects and all stakeholders "This is what we stand for here!"

3) The business doesn't have a BHAG, that's a 'Big Hairy Audacious Goal'. There is nothing that the business is striving for which grabs the business leader(s) - and every member of the team - by the throat. There's nothing breathtaking in the company vision and consequently nothing which truly excites everybody involved, besides the pay cheque at the end of the month.

When you stand for something...when you are clear about what the business is there to do...who it is that you help...why your business exists...when you know exactly where you're heading... with no compromises... then this will start to filter through to every message that you communicate, in every meeting, every website, every business card, every brochure and leaflet.

And here's the point...

Some people out there will love it.

And some will hate it and just not 'get it'.

You want both those things to happen, so that you only appeal to those high value customers that you want to attract.

Remember you can't please all the people all the time..and that's a good thing!

So, I wonder...

What is the purpose of YOU being in business?

Who do you help and how do you help them?

What do you stand for; what are the values that underpin your business culture?

And what is your BHAG that inspires, excites and energises you and everybody involved in your business?

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