Connect with me for a better experience
I did something that I have been wanting to do for awhile... I removed the "Contact" link from my company website. But right there, in the top right of my site, I have a "Connect with me" section. Here you can find me through LinkedIn, Flickr, Facebook, Digg and Twitter.
In the long term, I think this will bring me better quality business relationships and increase my network. Also allowing my company to operate smarter and not harder.
Why did I make this change?
I get a lot of leads for new work. But I feel bad, I don't push forward on a lot of the work they want and I dont want to lead them on. Not because of the money or I don't like the potential clients. It just that I am being picky. Majority of my favorite projects come from referral anyway. So really I am just lowering the throttle on my incoming email. I partnered with a few companies to refer out the leads, but it never really worked. Plus, I don't want to be a salesman.Creating a better conversation!
New contacts are now coming to me through different social networking sites. When I talk to new leads it is through a less formal medium and I don't feel obligated to get back to all of them. I also learn about their companies and determine if their brand inspires me? I already get leads through Facebook then recruiters/employers contact me via LinkedIn and new tech friends follow me on Twitter.How long will it last?
Hopefully forever, if needed I can always put it back. I guess I have been lucky so far to network with the right people to get the steady work. I have never advertised as the project I get are mostly word of mouth. This allows me to find the right clients that I enjoy working with. Plus provide better quality (long term) work. Instead of the small, tedious projects that really aren't that satisfying.In the long term, I think this will bring me better quality business relationships and increase my network. Also allowing my company to operate smarter and not harder.
2 Comments:
very unprofessional... you should keep the contact link but have people fill out a form rather than just email you crap....
Contact was going to a form. But it was giving the expectation that I wanted to do work with everyone. Now by reducing the connections I gets I am delivering quality over quantity.
I dont want to give a bad impression to new leads. I am not someone who says one thing and provides a lower level that expected.
It's more unprofessional to have someone fill out a lead and then not follow-up with them.
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