Re: Inroduction to the list

From: Brian Fielder <brian_at_multihull-maven.com>
Date: Mon 14 Feb 2005 10:14:48 -0600

Lynn Bishop wrote:

>and one of the things he said was that websites are far to impersonal,
>and people like to feel they "Know" the person they are
>contacting.... we are rebuilding our graphic design site and I've decided
>to write some hints and tips, things like taking your own
>product photos, choosing a website address (url) and other money saving
>ideas, the tips will be typed in my usual friendly style, and >I'm going to
>provide a different email address and see if people contact me personally
>for work rather than info@ address, because
>they feel they "know me" from reading the articles.

Hi. I have been lurking for a couple of weeks, and find the discussions very
pertinent, and would like to pitch is occasionally. I have been in marketing
for about 15 years, and now have a content-based web business.

To the above, I would add that it's not knowing the person they are
contacting, it's liking the person they are contacting that is important.
This is a challenge, especially if you are going international or for a wide
customer group. It is very easy to put people off. Being too up front can
easily make people wonder why they should be so interested in you. For an
international target group, I would adopt a friendly and easy style, but
would be careful about introducing myself unless my personality or
achievements were important to the message of the product.

Brian Fielder





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