{"id":3127,"date":"2008-05-16T06:53:09","date_gmt":"2008-05-16T13:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3127"},"modified":"2008-05-16T06:54:06","modified_gmt":"2008-05-16T13:54:06","slug":"a-link-letter-instead-of-a-post-by-a-man-too-scattered-by-the-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3127\/a-link-letter-instead-of-a-post-by-a-man-too-scattered-by-the-winds\/","title":{"rendered":"A link letter: Instead of a post by a man too scattered by the winds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colleen Kulikowski<\/a> sent me a sweet card wishing us success with Unchained. Enclosed was a packet of Aster seeds. If I can get them to grow, I’ll take pictures.<\/p>\n

Tom Royce<\/a> sent an email note telling us to break a leg.<\/p>\n

Kevin Warmath<\/a> needs a roommate for Unchained. If you haven’t bunked up and want to split costs with a man who swears he’s not a Neanderthal, give him a call (678-438-3041) and work something out.<\/p>\n

My post on transparency<\/a> was picked up by my long-time friend and client, Richard Nikoley<\/a>. Richard runs Provanta<\/a>, a debt-reduction company. Partly owing to my influence, they’ve just switched their on-line presence over to a WordPress blogsite, putting them squarely in the warts-and-all Web 2.0 world.<\/p>\n

I said this in email to Richard, an Unchained epiphany all its own:<\/p>\n

What’s interesting is that everyone in our world shops this way: Full research, full knowledge of the pros and cons of everything. We might be at the right edge of the learning curve, but it’s all the same curve. Everyone is on it, and everyone is moving our way on that curve. Why would we market any way but as a reflection of how we shop?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Think about it, and I mean think about it a lot:<\/em> Why would we market any way but as a reflection of how we shop?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That post was also picked up by The Innkeeper’s Resource<\/a>, a blog for Bed ‘n’ Breakfast innkeepers. Their take: Anonymous reviews are a reality of their business. Get used to it. I offered this in a comment:<\/p>\n

Brilliant.<\/p>\n

Here’s an idea that can work in any industry that can be hit with an off-site review:<\/p>\n

“When Mark and Marie Olson complained about our threadbare linens on TripReports.com, we saw red. Not because the charge was false. It was true, alas. We had let ourselves become so distracted by the big picture of providing a great experience for our guests that we forgot that big things are made up of little things. Not only did we add a quality control procedure to our laundry, we built quality control into every aspect of our business. And we gave the Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colleen Kulikowski sent me a sweet card wishing us success with Unchained. Enclosed was a packet of Aster seeds. If I can get them to grow, I’ll take pictures. Tom Royce sent an email note telling us to break a leg. Kevin Warmath needs a roommate for Unchained. 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