Comments on: Make money from your mistakes http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/15/make-money-from-your-mistakes/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:05:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: MissingArrow http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/15/make-money-from-your-mistakes/#comment-637906 MissingArrow Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:48:15 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/15/make-money-from-your-mistakes/#comment-637906 Sounds like you "profited" by treating your customers properly after your suppliers demonstrated their negligence... If you treat your clients right and are honest with them, they will reward you with more business. To be technical it wasn't your mistake, unless your mistake was selling hosting and not verifying proper backups were functional. Which I suppose is a large mistake made by many resellers. I made a mistake once that made me money. I bought the wrong network card at CompUSA and sold it online for twice as much. :rolleyes: Sounds like you “profited” by treating your customers properly after your suppliers demonstrated their negligence…

If you treat your clients right and are honest with them, they will reward you with more business. To be technical it wasn’t your mistake, unless your mistake was selling hosting and not verifying proper backups were functional. Which I suppose is a large mistake made by many resellers.

I made a mistake once that made me money. I bought the wrong network card at CompUSA and sold it online for twice as much. :rolleyes:

]]> By: Rob_D http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/15/make-money-from-your-mistakes/#comment-636806 Rob_D Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:18:39 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/15/make-money-from-your-mistakes/#comment-636806 Another example: A hosting company we are using had massive hardware failure very soon after we moved a site (in development) to them, resulting in hours of downtime. They kept us, and our client, informed all the way through and therefore we are happy to continue doing business with them. The client was particularly impressed. If they had not responded in a personal and truthful way, I doubt we would be using them any more... Another example:

A hosting company we are using had massive hardware failure very soon after we moved a site (in development) to them, resulting in hours of downtime. They kept us, and our client, informed all the way through and therefore we are happy to continue doing business with them. The client was particularly impressed.

If they had not responded in a personal and truthful way, I doubt we would be using them any more…

]]> By: Jaymin Patel http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/15/make-money-from-your-mistakes/#comment-636533 Jaymin Patel Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:49:47 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/15/make-money-from-your-mistakes/#comment-636533 Yes. It has happened to me before. I was working on a project for a client in CANADA and there were two databases. 1. Developement 2. Production. I had to update developement DB with Production one and I did reverse! I apologize for that to client and his boss. They come back to me and said we will try to resolve this together. And we did it! We are still working together and they are happy with my work. Yes. It has happened to me before. I was working on a project for a client in CANADA and there were two databases. 1. Developement 2. Production.

I had to update developement DB with Production one and I did reverse! I apologize for that to client and his boss. They come back to me and said we will try to resolve this together. And we did it! We are still working together and they are happy with my work.

]]> By: mattymcg http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/15/make-money-from-your-mistakes/#comment-636372 mattymcg Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:14:46 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/15/make-money-from-your-mistakes/#comment-636372 I have a good example: the first job interview I went to, I was late. Talk about the absolute, number one rule for job interviews! It was exam week, and I had been up most of the night. I was also house sitting, and made a mistake programming an alarm clock with which I was unfamiliar. I called ahead as soon as I woke up, and arrived some 20 minutes late (amazingly!) The interview was actually a group session, with IQ test and Myer-Briggs profiling. At the lunch break, the coordinator asked me why I was late, and I contemplated spinning some story about my car battery failing, but I just told her the truth. I got the job. The rest of the people in the room doing the tests with me did not. I'm convinced that, had I answered any differently, they would have seen straight through it and not made me an offer. As with Toby's tale, being honest earned me some respect. I have a good example: the first job interview I went to, I was late. Talk about the absolute, number one rule for job interviews! It was exam week, and I had been up most of the night. I was also house sitting, and made a mistake programming an alarm clock with which I was unfamiliar. I called ahead as soon as I woke up, and arrived some 20 minutes late (amazingly!)

The interview was actually a group session, with IQ test and Myer-Briggs profiling. At the lunch break, the coordinator asked me why I was late, and I contemplated spinning some story about my car battery failing, but I just told her the truth.

I got the job. The rest of the people in the room doing the tests with me did not. I’m convinced that, had I answered any differently, they would have seen straight through it and not made me an offer. As with Toby’s tale, being honest earned me some respect.

]]> By: Tiago http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/15/make-money-from-your-mistakes/#comment-636350 Tiago Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:30:25 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/15/make-money-from-your-mistakes/#comment-636350 The question here is how to keep your clients on your business! The question here is how to keep your clients on your business!

]]> By: mchlsync http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/15/make-money-from-your-mistakes/#comment-636165 mchlsync Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:54:23 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/15/make-money-from-your-mistakes/#comment-636165 I love honesty but this is not about making money from mistake. This is about being honest and how to care about client even they gave you a little money... I like your example but seems doens't match with the title. Thank you! I love honesty but this is not about making money from mistake. This is about being honest and how to care about client even they gave you a little money… I like your example but seems doens’t match with the title. Thank you!

]]> By: babyboy808 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/15/make-money-from-your-mistakes/#comment-636115 babyboy808 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:11:01 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/15/make-money-from-your-mistakes/#comment-636115 Nice fluffy post :) Nice fluffy post :)

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