Comments on: 5 Ways to Please Your Clients and 5 Reasons Why You Should

By: Daquan

Daquan — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:37:38 +0000

danh2000, it’s the basics that matter. The advanced stuff is nugatory unless you have a strong grasp on the basics. Besides, common sense is picked up, it’s not automatically dropped into your head as if you’re a cyborg.

Good, basic article. I agree with the points made.

By: Alyssa Gregory

Alyssa Gregory — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:18:59 +0000

@danh2000 Noted. Stay tuned for posts on your suggested topics.

@AK Thanks for your feedback. As I said to @danh2000, I am very open to other ideas/suggestions/comments. Feel free to email me personally or post a comment with your suggestions, and I will do my best to deliver. :-)

@chicagocubsfan Thanks!

By: AK

AK — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:03:18 +0000

I agree with danh2000. The article could have been a little more in depth. It seemed too basic. Even if it was for beginners, the write could have done some more research and provided better points.

However, I’m not bashing Alyssa. I’ve read previous articles by her and thought they were good.

By: danh2000

danh2000 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:30:51 +0000

@chicagocubsfan I am glad that you found the article useful and were able to learn from it.

By: chicagocubsfan

chicagocubsfan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:24:34 +0000

I feel Alyssa wholeheartedly delivered on the title. Why do some people bother to leave such unpleasant comments. (danh2000)

Writing is hard work and the fact that Alyssa took the time and energy to come up with the idea behind this article and actually deliver the article to SP, speaks volume on her ability. I for one found the tips useful and appreciate it.

I understand danh2000 disguised his comment as constructive, but it was 1. unnecessary and 2. unpleasant.

By: danh2000

danh2000 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:30:07 +0000

@Alyssa Gregory

I personally found this article far too basic and still see most/all of the content as common sense, however in hindsight I respect that other readers may find this helpful.

On another day I probably wouldn’t have commented, however..

From a personal point of view, and based around what I believe to be your area of speciality, I would like to see more content targetted to the more difficult aspects of running a business and engaging with your clients.

If for the purpose of this comment, I may still refer to the current article as basic information – (Be responsive, Communicate well etc) then I would be interested to see tips around more advanced/difficult topics, such as (just off the top of my head):

Writing a contract.
Pricing your work.
Debt collecting.
Licensing and Copyright.
Accounting.

Maybe I’m wrong, but I believe that many more of your readers would benefit from this (what I’ll refer to as) ‘meaty content’ than the article that I commented on.

I appreciate you listening and respect the opinions of anyone who disagrees.

By: Alyssa Gregory

Alyssa Gregory — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:08:57 +0000

danh2000 – Thanks for your feedback. What would you like to see more of in terms of post topics/formats?

samanime – Thanks for the compliments!

By: erythisis

erythisis — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:20:27 +0000

Even with quality habits, the “do it later” monster is immortal and never really goes anywhere. Though I agree some of these things shouldn’t really require review. Sadly, there are large companies who could stand to look at the list and realize most these things apply to them too.

By: danh2000

danh2000 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:04:06 +0000

If I could, I would actually retract “don’t patronise your readers” – I suppose some readers may not have considered the basics.

Personally though, I followed the link on twitter and felt patronised by the content.

By: samanime

samanime — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:45:57 +0000

Oops, sorry about the BBCode. Didn’t realize we could use instead.