I must admit, I made the cardinal sin of neglecting my blog, my friends, my subscribers, hell, the whole of my Internet business and it’s taught me a huge lesson……..

I have an offline cleaning business which literally just took off. Why?

I started focusing all of my efforts trying to make it a success and in turn started to give my clients the service they deserve and now expect. The problem is, I completely neglected my online business in doing so which was a huge mistake. I even got my eBay store closed down through bad customer service.

What’s The Lesson Learned?

Whether you’ve got an online or offline business, treat it as a business and in turn provide great customer service and value to your client.

This Is What I should Have Done!

1. First all explain to my readers and subscribers what was going on in my offline world. If you be yourself people will understand.

2. Diarise to do a blog post every Sunday or every month (time management). They wouldn’t need to be long blog posts just a little something informative.

3. Keep in touch and keep commenting on blogs that you like to read and share a common interest with.

4. Treat each reader or subscriber like a human being and not just a number or email on a subscriber list.

I’m happy to say that I have a team in place offline now and can now concentrate on providing real value to my subscribers again.

So, if I’ve got any advice to give, when times get hectic offline (the real world) or you’re going through a real rough patch. Try to stay in touch with your readers/subscribers by posting a blog post (if you have blog) about what’s going on. You don’t need to tell them the nitty gritty, just a simple breakdown and they’ll appreciate you for it.

Most importantly BE YOURSELF (sorry to shout . We’re fast becoming used to all the hype, product launch after product launch, and dodgy review after dodgy review. Be yourself and your readers will respect you for it.

Changes I’m Planning On Making!

1. Checking my email twice a day with reference to The 4-Hour work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich. How many times do you check your email, only to find that you’re still making it nice and neat and replying for well over an hour.

2. Treating Internet marketing LIKE A BUSINESS. This means I plan to diariase, set up targets and work on 1 or 2 projects at a time MAX!

3. Use the Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat approach. The best book I ever purchased. So many of us analyse the hell out of things. Most entrepreneurs/successful business people get idea and make it happen.

4. Start helping more people and giving real value.

Anyone else made these types of mistakes?

DesDrec.

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