Are you as fed up with all this negative stuff as I am? Even though I stopped buying a daily paper some months ago, I still listen to news bulletins and read stories about what’s happening on the internet. These stories make me so cross!
I’ve also been speaking with fellow business owners from my local business community. And quite honestly a lot of what I hear makes me want to give some people a good slap! For this week’s posts, I’ve come up with another group of three, this time three types of people, based on the attitudes I’ve encountered in the last few days, straight from the horse’s mouth, as it were .....
Andy Apathy
"Oh dear, woe is me! I really haven’t got the energy to deal with all this recession stuff. And even if I did, it wouldn’t make any difference, would it? I’m far too exhausted to do any marketing. You know, I really think clients should just come to me, they should know how good I am without me having to tell them, shouldn’t they? Oh no, you don’t expect me to learn anything new, do you? Don’t you know I’m far too busy organising my stationery drawer to do that.
What’s that you say? Get in touch with my existing and recent clients? I don’t think so, that sounds rather tiring. How dare you suggest my website needs working on! It’s been there for nearly 10 years and no-one’s ever complained about it before. Oh alright, I’ll give it go, maybe tomorrow. Stop rushing me, will you? Let me sleep on it and see how I feel in the morning...."
This economic situation has changed everything. This is not a time to be doing nothing, or coasting along and expect what used to work to keep on working.
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