Comments on: Why No Response Doesn’t Mean Not Interested

By: Hila

Hila — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:04:00 +0000

In reply to this article and also Miguel de Luis’ comment: “You could rename it to why bloggers should persever even if they don’t get a lot comments.We all know how frustanting it gets when you devote the best of your free(?) time to a post that nobody seems to care about.” which reminded me how sorry I am to be that person to read blog posts, take away something important, but never leave a comment. This time I wanted to leave a comment to express my sincere thanks for sharing this insight with the rest of the world. It has renewed my confidence to continue to face difficult situations rather than run away from them. Thank you.

By: Vilma

Vilma — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:09:00 +0000

Wow!!! What an excellent idea. Nakakapataba ng puso. This could be a very tough challenge for me to keep going in search for a new horizons. A million thanks…

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By: Stephen Hopson

Stephen Hopson — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:14:54 +0000

Great points here because I know what it’s like to work the phones with the objective of trying to get more clients for your line of work.

I was once a stockbroker on Wall Street during the early 90′s and working the phones was 1,000 times harder for me compared to the others simply because I am deaf. I had to use a TTY and then go through a phone service to reach out. Many times if people answered the first time around, they’d hang up, thinking it was a prank call. If I left a message, I had to leave them with special telephone instructions, which were thought to be “too complicated.”

But with persistence, I eventually found people who wanted to invest with me. I am no longer in that business having become an inspirational speaker. Nowadays I rarely use the phone – instead they come to me!

By: Miguel de Luis

Miguel de Luis — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:22:56 +0000

An observation: I’m seeing great comments here that could turn into great posts.

By: Effortless Abundance

Effortless Abundance — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:27:23 +0000

I think the concept of ‘market hard’ but ‘sell soft’ is very important. Building relationships and communicating is vital, but there’s no need to keep on pushing products down people’s throats. It just turns them right off. Building a genuine and lasting relationship is far more rewarding in every sense in the long run.

By: Alex Fayle

Alex Fayle — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:51:34 +0000

As I’m about to start selling something via my blog, this is a very timely reminder! I know it’ll take a while to build sales and this post gives me some good tools to cope with the wait.

Cheers,
Alex

By: Miguel de Luis

Miguel de Luis — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:41:03 +0000

Thanks a lot for this article;

You could rename it to why bloggers should persever even if they don’t get a lot comments.

We all know how frustanting it gets when you devote the best of your free(?) time to a post that nobody seems to care about.

By: Chris Edgar

Chris Edgar — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:29:02 +0000

I liked this piece, and I’d add that I think one of the reasons many people give up on their projects when they don’t receive a response is that they’re afraid of hearing an explicit “no” if they persist.

The prospect of being told “I don’t want what you have to offer” or “I don’t want to be with you” brings up a lot of sensation for many people. When we experience this, or worry about experiencing it, it’s important to keep breathing, feel the pressure of our feet on the ground and remember that it’s just sensation — it can’t kill or hurt us.