But I think there’s a generational issue here. My students at a med school in Arizona spend an extraordinary amount of time on Facebook and Twitter, and they feel very connected. And maybe it’s their influence on me, but I feel more connected to them than I could before these tools existed. Better, I feel connected to people from every era of my life, something I could never pull off in non-virtual reality. I know about events in their lives, what they’re doing today, thinking about, and can engage with any of them (almost) with very little effort. And because these tools operate outside of real time, I can have more leisure associated with maintaining connections than if I had to find the time that worked for everyone before talking about anything.

I think younger people (than myself;-) have grown up in a technological world of opportunity, and they gather wherever they can, whether virtual or real, and for them the virtual seems far more real than it does for people in my generation (at least from what I hear)

Last thing, I think what you did is brilliant, you’ve inspired me to do something I never even considered before. Thank you!

best wishes,
Rick

Dr. K’s last blog post..Difficult Behavior – Negative or Realistic?

I can’t even begin to tell you how annoyed I’ve been trying to set up a meeting with someone who makes me go through multiple conversations with a VA to set up an appointment just to ask them some intro questions. I certainly don’t mind setting up an initial appointment through an assistant, but I do mind talking to a person who isn’t trained very well on the core business areas and can’t answer the most basic of questions. I also resent when takes multiple e-mails and/or phone calls just to get the core person to talk with me.

In fact, they’ve lost my business because the whole setting up an appointment and trying to get to the decision maker to ask a couple of quick questions has wasted my time. There are enough skilled professionals out there who WILL talk to me that I don’t need to go with someone who makes me go through layers and layers to get to them.

Fundamentally, people want to connect. I’m glad you are honoring that and I think it differentiates you in the Internet Marketing realm. I have various vendors, contractors, and mentors that I work with and I like being able to have that person answer my e-mails or be willing to spend a few minutes on the phone with me.

It’s how I do business with my clients – why should I expect any less from someone I hire? Can you tell the layers and layers are a pet peeve of mine? (-:

Best, Wendy