Comments on: How to Save Valuable Time For You and Your Customers http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-save-valuable-time-for-you-and-your-customers/ Smart Ways to Live a Passive Income Lifestyle On the Internet with SmartPassiveIncome.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:40:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tram Tran http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-save-valuable-time-for-you-and-your-customers/comment-page-1/#comment-330432 Tram Tran Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:26:50 +0000 http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/?p=602#comment-330432 Impressive figures, thanks for the info Pat Impressive figures, thanks for the info Pat

]]> By: Lazy Man and Money http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-save-valuable-time-for-you-and-your-customers/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 Lazy Man and Money Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:16:07 +0000 http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/?p=602#comment-1068 I don't like the autoresponder solution that asks them e-mail again. As a customer, having to do an action twice is extra work that I wouldn't want to do - especially when I just paid my money. Perhaps you can get a virtual assistant instead. If it really is a half hour a day, to send e-mails, you should be able to outsource this for around $15-$25 (maybe even less). If you are making $1000+ a day (I realize that's a really good day), this should be money well spent. <abbr><em>Lazy Man and Money´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.lazymanandmoney.com/my-wife-and-i-robbed-black-angus-last-night/" rel="nofollow">My Wife and I Robbed Black Angus Last Night</a></abbr></em> I don’t like the autoresponder solution that asks them e-mail again. As a customer, having to do an action twice is extra work that I wouldn’t want to do – especially when I just paid my money.

Perhaps you can get a virtual assistant instead. If it really is a half hour a day, to send e-mails, you should be able to outsource this for around $15-$25 (maybe even less). If you are making $1000+ a day (I realize that’s a really good day), this should be money well spent.

Lazy Man and Money´s last blog post..My Wife and I Robbed Black Angus Last Night

]]> By: Maria -- WriterGig http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-save-valuable-time-for-you-and-your-customers/comment-page-1/#comment-1019 Maria -- WriterGig Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:29:42 +0000 http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/?p=602#comment-1019 Your daily earnings are incredibly inspiring, Pat! We had a lovely day day hiking yesterday and spending time with family and friends ... I was happy to get out in the lovely weather and tickled to come home to find I'd made seven ebook sales in my absence. None of these transactions required my assistance in any way. Isn't passive income the BEST?! <abbr><em>Maria -- WriterGig´s last blog post..<a href="http://mywahm.blogspot.com/2009/02/free-search-engine-optimization-seo.html" rel="nofollow">Free Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Starter Guide from Google</a></abbr></em> Your daily earnings are incredibly inspiring, Pat!

We had a lovely day day hiking yesterday and spending time with family and friends … I was happy to get out in the lovely weather and tickled to come home to find I’d made seven ebook sales in my absence. None of these transactions required my assistance in any way. Isn’t passive income the BEST?!

Maria — WriterGig´s last blog post..Free Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Starter Guide from Google

]]> By: Steve http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-save-valuable-time-for-you-and-your-customers/comment-page-1/#comment-952 Steve Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:13:43 +0000 http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/?p=602#comment-952 Very exciting, Pat! I love your blog, because it provides a road map of where I want to go! I have a ways to go, but 2009 is going to be a banner year in terms of moving me along the road of passive income! <abbr><em>Steve´s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/SuccessFactors/~3/509531205/svborgman" rel="nofollow">Links for 2009-01-11 [del.icio.us]</a></abbr></em> Very exciting, Pat! I love your blog, because it provides a road map of where I want to go! I have a ways to go, but 2009 is going to be a banner year in terms of moving me along the road of passive income!

Steve´s last blog post..Links for 2009-01-11 [del.icio.us]

]]> By: Richard http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-save-valuable-time-for-you-and-your-customers/comment-page-1/#comment-854 Richard Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:48:12 +0000 http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/?p=602#comment-854 I had the same thought about a virtual assistant. Part of the bad reputation of outsourced customer service is probably because the big companies that use it set up rules that prevent the customer service people from doing anything truly useful. The easy questions that come up a lot are exactly what this would be good for - it allows you to have someone who checks the question without sending the same standard reply to everyone, and sends the appropriate answer without wasting your time. For new questions you could give instructions to contact you or offer some easy forms of help without getting authorization first (as Tim Ferris suggests). It won't solve every problem but if you can cut out 90% of the emails things will get a lot easier! I had the same thought about a virtual assistant. Part of the bad reputation of outsourced customer service is probably because the big companies that use it set up rules that prevent the customer service people from doing anything truly useful.

The easy questions that come up a lot are exactly what this would be good for – it allows you to have someone who checks the question without sending the same standard reply to everyone, and sends the appropriate answer without wasting your time. For new questions you could give instructions to contact you or offer some easy forms of help without getting authorization first (as Tim Ferris suggests).

It won’t solve every problem but if you can cut out 90% of the emails things will get a lot easier!

]]> By: 01Bri-Guy http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-save-valuable-time-for-you-and-your-customers/comment-page-1/#comment-847 01Bri-Guy Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:08:27 +0000 http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/?p=602#comment-847 Hey Pat! Congrats on the 500 readers! I was always wondering if you got a few customer service emails that you had to spend time answering, and how you went about that. I'm in the middle of the chapter in Yanik Silver's Moonlighting book about digital products and you are proof of that concept!! Thanks so much for the awesome recommendations on the books. So far I just have The 4 Hour Workweek and Moonlighting and I like both so much I keep switching back and forth when I should probably finish one at a time! -Brian Hey Pat!

Congrats on the 500 readers! I was always wondering if you got a few customer service emails that you had to spend time answering, and how you went about that. I’m in the middle of the chapter in Yanik Silver’s Moonlighting book about digital products and you are proof of that concept!! Thanks so much for the awesome recommendations on the books. So far I just have The 4 Hour Workweek and Moonlighting and I like both so much I keep switching back and forth when I should probably finish one at a time!

-Brian

]]> By: Vik Dulat http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-save-valuable-time-for-you-and-your-customers/comment-page-1/#comment-842 Vik Dulat Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:42:13 +0000 http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/?p=602#comment-842 @Frugal Dad, A journey starts with small steps :) Just go for it! <abbr><em>Vik Dulat´s last blog post..<a href="http://vikdulat.com/?p=847" rel="nofollow">Best Place for Free Materials</a></abbr></em> @Frugal Dad, A journey starts with small steps :) Just go for it!

Vik Dulat´s last blog post..Best Place for Free Materials

]]> By: Vik Dulat http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-save-valuable-time-for-you-and-your-customers/comment-page-1/#comment-841 Vik Dulat Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:40:13 +0000 http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/?p=602#comment-841 Congrats on getting 500+ subscribers. I am sure you will hit 1000+ in no time :) <abbr><em>Vik Dulat´s last blog post..<a href="http://vikdulat.com/?p=847" rel="nofollow">Best Place for Free Materials</a></abbr></em> Congrats on getting 500+ subscribers. I am sure you will hit 1000+ in no time :)

Vik Dulat´s last blog post..Best Place for Free Materials

]]> By: Pat http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-save-valuable-time-for-you-and-your-customers/comment-page-1/#comment-840 Pat Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:27:54 +0000 http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/?p=602#comment-840 @Earlyriser, I hope every time you feel motivated from my blog you don't feel like throwing up! Thanks for the compliments...hehe! @Earlyriser, I hope every time you feel motivated from my blog you don’t feel like throwing up! Thanks for the compliments…hehe!

]]> By: Pat http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-save-valuable-time-for-you-and-your-customers/comment-page-1/#comment-839 Pat Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:27:23 +0000 http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/?p=602#comment-839 @Frugal Dad, Two words: DO IT! Thanks FD :) You rule. @Frugal Dad, Two words: DO IT! Thanks FD :) You rule.

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