Comments on: 3 Ways Being Who You Are Attracts Better Customers

By: angela

angela — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:01:59 +0000

they told us at teacher training (cause i teach pilates for rehab) that twenty five percent of people would hate us, fifty would be indifferent and twenty five would love us; and that we might as well work on the twenty five that would love us and go from there. that may be the best advice i ever got.

the more me i am the better my clients get. in fact i rarely get a jerk who makes it past the phone interview :)

if i ever need a web presence boost? i’ll hire someone like you because you won’t try to fill my head with expensive bullshit that i don’t need and you won’t assume my ideas are bad just because they aren’t yours.

By: Ross Hudgens

Ross Hudgens — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:11:04 +0000

Ridicuously awesome, palpable, engaging. Drawn here from SEOmoz, I think it’s safe to say I’ll be sticking around. Bravo.

By: Kim Krause Berg

Kim Krause Berg — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:47:07 +0000

Wait. You gotta blog comment from someone about how you smell? I got one about how fat and ugly I am. How striking to use blogs to leave critical comments on our physical-ness. So I say bravo Lisa! Only the scummy, fat, gross and pathetic of us are truly kicking ass and creating successful businesses.

By: Joe M

Joe M — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:05:29 +0000

Once again, I agree with everything you have said. I certainly share the opinion that this post should be a must read for ANYONE entering into the Social Media realm. Its tough for most to accept that some will like you and others wont, and only the strong can move forward from that. Keep up the great work ladies, your posts are not only entertaining, but also educational.

By: MLDina

MLDina — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:56:03 +0000

This may possibly be my favorite post ever. It’s impossible to be everything to everyone- you’re almost guaranteed to fail that way. If you’re authentic, and completely honest about who you are and what you stand for, as a brand or an individual, you’ll be a success to the people that matter.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:42:05 +0000

Well written… Refreshing look at the subject!

By: Gerald Weber

Gerald Weber — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:41:41 +0000

@Alysson,

Agreed. It’s definitely not a good idea to try to be all things to all people. There has got to be a good SEO/Client fit for the relationship to be successful.

By: Jessica - Jessica Knows

Jessica - Jessica Knows — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:32:03 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

My Twitter friend @tlockemy emailed me this post this morning and it couldn’t have come at a better time. I don’t have the thickest skin in the blogosphere, that’s for darn sure, but you’re right…better to be disliked by some than “meh” to everyone.

This is a post I will come back to again and again…and will recommend it to others who deal with the “Roberts” of the interwebs.

By: Greg Lindblom

Greg Lindblom — Sun, 24 May 2009 06:48:54 +0000

“being who you are qualifies your sales leads” That is so true, and a definite wake-up call for me. I hate it when I make the mistake of working with someone I know has a totally different mindset on how to run their business or do their marketing or whatever. So when I work with these guys in order to “make them happy” or to “get the sale” I change the way I deal with them. Then after working with them I realize how big of a mistake it was and how I made myself miserable and dreaded working on their project. Anyway I defiantly enjoy working alot more with clients that like me for me, trust me, respect me and my work, I want clients that are knocking down my door in order to have me work with them. Next time a potential client asks me why they should use me or whatever, because of this post I’m gonna say “uhhh cause I’m awesome.” :) Great read!

By: Bob Weber

Bob Weber — Sat, 23 May 2009 21:45:03 +0000

I want to know how your smelliness became an Internet issue. Is that a new iphone app or what?