Entrepreneur - Author - Editor - Content Writer - Website Designer - Digital Marketer - Helping SME Businesses and Entrepreneurs To Grow - Advocate For Mental Health - Disability Discrimination & Human Rights

Month: July 2021

Support, Encouragement & Brand Awareness.

Support & Encouragement.

I did a social experiment yesterday by sending a link back to this website via text message to my family to see their reactions and not one of them responded, interacted, commented, shared, or liked my website. The message was delivered and opened.

I did this experiment not only to show brand awareness as some members do not know exactly what I do as they have never made an effort to find out, so I wanted to show them my personal brand rather than send numerous links to all my websites and blogs I own.

This would show valuable assets by having exact match searchable keyword and phrases domain names as well as developed websites. This would have also shown them a portfolio of digital real estate that I own.

So I was extremely disappointed that I had no response which prompted me to write a post on my other site and explain why people may not want to support you or give you the encouragement you need. https://disabledentrepreneur.uk/support-encouragement

All I can say is not only did they choose to ignore me they also opted out of spreading my personal brand awareness which would generate traffic and make me more visible it would have also helped my readers by spreading awareness about their disabilities, physical and mental. It would have helped empower more visitors to subscribe to the site.

Obviously, I do not rely on anyone helping me generate traffic, I am an SEO expert after all and I am not going to cry over spilled milk but I do learn fast and find ignorance distasteful.

Lesson Learnt.

People can scroll past my content all day long if they want, but if I reach out to certain people purposely, at least have the decency to respond, it says a lot about you if you don’t.

iRenata B2B Services

Sample of My Critical Time Path.

Critical Time Path

The critical time path is not set in stone, but depending how many websites I manage will depend on how many hours I have to dedicate in any given month. I simply do not have any spare time.

Phone Calls

I have noticed people of late randomly phoning me at all hours of the day and night even though I clearly have my business hours set on my websites.

They phone me without scheduling appointments and are oblivious to time zones even though it clearly says I am in the UK.

I cannot answer the phone as I could be in the middle of meetings or migrating or coding and cannot be disturbed. I have since put my phone on “DO NOT DISTURB” so apologies for any convenience caused but I cannot talk to you unless you book an appointment at least 24 hours in advance. Furthermore, consider putting what you wish to discuss in writing via email rather than calling.

My Business is purely Online B2B, I do not do physical face to face meetings”.

Finally, I cannot be away from my computer as I have an online chat option that I manage for my customers so cannot take time off work or walk away and chat for 5 minutes.

Five minutes away from my computer could be the difference between a company losing business or not and everything is trackable. I do not want to be in a position to have to explain to a business owner that I missed a chat with somebody.

I could outsource my work but I won’t because, from previous disasters stories which I have written about on my marketing site, from clients I have spoken to, I have a promise to all the businesses I manage I will not outsource work or give any virtual assistants and developers my work unless I know them personally and they are on my books.

Do not assume I can take time off work to socialize. If you are working for someone you have a guaranteed wage, whilst a self-employed entrepreneur does not, so please consider the person’s circumstances before judging or making assumptions.

I wrote about people making assumptions on my other site: https://disabledentrepreneur.uk/why-do-people-assume-or-presume

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