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Marketing to Women: Don't Waste Our Time

 
Author: Wendi Moore-Buysse
 

< P > A s a w o m a n , t h e r e a r e m a n y w a y s t o k e e p m e f r o m d o i n g b u s i n e s s w i t h y o u . O n e i s t o s e n d m e e m a i l s p a m ; l i k e m o s t p e o p l e , I d o n ? t l i k e t h a t . A n o t h e r w a y i s t o s e n d t e e n a g e r s t o k n o c k o n m y d o o r t o s e l l y o u r p r o d u c t ; i f I d o n ? t r e c o g n i z e t h e p e r s o n k n o c k i n g , I w o n ? t a n s w e r . T h e s e a r e t y p i c a l a n n o y a n c e s f o r m o s t p e o p l e , h o w e v e r , t h e # 1 w a y t o k e e p m e f r o m d o i n g b u s i n e s s w i t h y o u m a y n o t b e . < / P > < P > I p e r s o n a l l y h a v e a v e r y l o w t h r e s h o l d f o r p e o p l e w h o w a s t e m y t i m e . M y t i m e i s p r e c i o u s , a n d i f y o u a r e w a s t i n g i t , y o u a r e d o n e . < / P > < P > R e c e n t l y , I w a s l o o k i n g f o r a p a r t i c u l a r h a r d - t o - f i n d p r o d u c t . L u c k i l y , I f o u n d i t o n t h e i n t e r n e t a n d t h e n w e n t o n t o f i n d a c o m p a n y t h a t s o l d i t d i r t c h e a p . S o I c a l l e d t h i s c o m p a n y t o m a k e s u r e t h e y h a d i t i n s t o c k . < / P > < P > I w a s t o l d b y t h e c u s t o m e r s e r v i c e p e r s o n t h a t , y e s , i n d e e d , t h e y d i d h a v e t h e p r o d u c t a n d i t w o u l d s h i p o u t w i t h i n 2 4 h o u r s . H o w e x c i t i n g ! N o t o n l y d i d I f i n d i t , b u t I c o u l d h a v e i t w i t h i n 4 o r 5 d a y s i f I p a i d m o r e t o h a v e i t s h i p p e d e x p r e s s , s o I d i d . T h i s w a s g o i n g t o w o r k o u t p e r f e c t l y b e c a u s e w e w e r e l e a v i n g t o w n f o r t w o m o n t h s a n d I w o u l d n ? t h a v e t o d e a l w i t h i t f r o m a n o t h e r s t a t e . < / P > < P > W e l l , a w h o l e w e e k w e n t b y a n d t h e p r o d u c t w a s s t i l l n o t h e r e . S o , I s e n t t h e c o m p a n y a n e m a i l a s k i n g w h e n t h e y s h i p p e d i t . T h e e m a i l t h a t I g o t b a c k f r o m t h e m s a i d t h a t t h i s i t e m w a s d i s c o n t i n u e d a n d I w o u l d n o t b e r e c e i v i n g i t , b u t w o u l d I s t i l l l i k e t o p a y f o r i t ? < / P > < P > W h a t ? ? ? < / P > < P > I c a l l e d t o m a k e s u r e t h e y h a d i t i n s t o c k a n d t h e y s a i d t h e y d i d . S o n o w t h e y a r e s a y i n g t h e y d o n ? t ? H o w c o u l d t h a t h a v e h a p p e n e d ? < / P > < P > W h y d i d n ? t t h e y t e l l m e i t w o u l d n ? t b e s h i p p i n g ? W o u l d n ? t t h e y h a v e k n o w n w i t h i n 2 4 h o u r s i f t h e y w o u l d n ? t b e s h i p p i n g i t ? T h a t ? s w h a t t h e y s a i d ? t h e y w o u l d b e s h i p p i n g i t w i t h i n 2 4 h o u r s . < / P > < P > I c a l l e d a n d t a l k e d w i t h t h e c u s t o m e r s e r v i c e p e r s o n a n d a s k e d h e r a l l t h e s e q u e s t i o n s . S h e a d m i t t e d t h a t s h e d i d n o t h a v e a c c e s s t o t e l l m e w h e t h e r t h e y h a d t h a t p r o d u c t i n s t o c k . S h e l i e d t o m e . < / P > < P > B o y , w a s I m a d . F i r s t o f a l l , t h e y w a s t e d a w h o l e w e e k o f m y t i m e , a n d t h e n t h e y l i e d t o m e . T w o s t r i k e s a g a i n s t t h e m ? b i g s t r i k e s . T h e t h i r d s t r i k e c a m e w h e n t h e y a s k e d i f I w o u l d s t i l l l i k e t o p a y f o r i t . O f c o u r s e n o t ! ! < / P > < P > I s e n t t h e m a n e m a i l t e l l i n g t h e m t h a t I w o u l d n o t b e d o i n g b u s i n e s s w i t h t h a t c o m p a n y a n y m o r e a n d t h a t i t ? s c o m p a n i e s l i k e t h e i r s t h a t m a k e i n t e r n e t b u s i n e s s e s l o o k b a d . < / P > < P > N o w , I r e a l i z e t h a t m o s t p e o p l e w o u l d n o t b e p l e a s e d a f t e r g o i n g t h r o u g h a n e x p e r i e n c e l i k e t h i s . M y p o i n t h e r e i s t h a t a s a w o m a n , a m o t h e r , a w i f e , a b u s i n e s s o w n e r , a n d i n m y h o m e ? t h e e v e n t o r g a n i z e r , t h e n u r s e , t h e c o a c h , t h e c l e a n i n g l a d y , t h e g a r d e n e r , t h e b i l l - p a y e r , t h e d i s h w a s h e r , t h e l a u n d r y l a d y , t h e s h o p p e r , t h e c o o k , e t c . , ( y o u g e t t h e p i c t u r e ) , I d o n o t h a v e t i m e t o b e d e a l i n g w i t h b u s i n e s s e s w h o d o n o t t a k e c a r e o f t h e i r c u s t o m e r s . I d o n o t h a v e t i m e t o d e a l w i t h a n y o n e w h o w a s t e s m y t i m e . P e r i o d . < / P > < P > I s o m e t i m e s g o t o a g r e a t e x t e n t t o m a k e s u r e I a m d o i n g b u s i n e s s w i t h a c o m p a n y I c a n t r u s t . T h e y h a v e t o p r o v e t o m e t h a t t h e y w i l l h e l p m e g e t m y j o b s d o n e o n t i m e . T h e y h a v e t o h e l p m e s a v e t i m e , n o t w a s t e i t . T h e y a l s o h a v e t o b e t r u t h f u l a n d w o r k o u t o f i n t e g r i t y . T h i s i s s o i m p o r t a n t . < / P > < P > N o w , I h a v e b e e n a r o u n d p e o p l e w h o g i v e b u s i n e s s e s s e c o n d a n d t h i r d c h a n c e s . T h e y a r e n ? t a s i n t e n s e a b o u t t i m e l i n e s s , i n t e g r i t y , a n d t r u t h f u l n e s s a s I a m . A s a w o m a n , t h a t ? s h o w I a m . I h a v e a w h o l e l i s t o f t h i n g s I n e e d t o g e t d o n e e v e r y d a y a n d I d o n ? t h a v e t h e t i m e o r t h e p a t i e n c e t o h o r s e a r o u n d . < / P > < P > S o , f o r a n y o n e w h o o w n s a b u s i n e s s a n d w a n t s t o m a r k e t t o w o m e n t h e b i g g e s t t i p I c a n g i v e y o u i s ( p l e a s e ) m a k e s u r e y o u d o n ? t w a s t e o u r t i m e . B e c a u s e i f y o u d o , y o u ? r e d o n e . < / P > < P > C o p y r i g h t 2 0 0 6 W e n d i M o o r e - B u y s s e < / P >

 
 
 

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