Originally Posted by
hills
It's all good. You just have to figure out what works best for you.
I serve the public in my regular day job. Prior to that, i ran my own small carpentry business for 16 years. I'm not really all that crazy about the sales & marketing end of it. I'm not particularly good at it. Would much rather be in the shop working on mechanical things than dealing with people all the time.
It's just a necessary skill that had to be developed for the job.
Honestly though ... i've had pretty good luck with putting out a quality product over the years. It comes back to you in ways you never could have anticipated. I had a place that i've taken care of for the last twelve years that went up for sale last year. It sold for what i thought was an ungodly amount of money. Again ... no specialist on marketing but i brought a few things to the table that pushed the sale over the top. Got a nice little 2% gift dropped in my lap just before Christmas in thanks for all of the work i had done.
The money was never a thought that entered into the equation. Was just tryin' to do what i thought was the right thing for everybody involved in the deal.
It's just my thing ... ya know ?
I agree with this. My wife is a small buisiness owner and will always bend over backwards for her clients. I would also bend over backwards for any "scrap" clients I have (late night pickup, multiple trips, etc). Or for my boss at my day job. In those, we are providing a service, and I want to provide fantastic service. I guess I dont see random one-time internet strangers as "clients". I am not providing a service, just trying to sell stuff. Even though some of the one-time purchasers have turned into "buy-side clients" for me, and have now have become "my guy" for certain items. All about connections and how you think about things I supposed. Thanks for your input!
kss 
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