Recently in my mastermind group, the subject of “haters” came up. You know what I mean…we’re talking the diametric opposite of “glowing testimonials” here. Apparently, one of the guys in our group who is in the early stages of building his list had just experienced his first “hate mail”, and he was wondering how exactly to handle it. That’s a question ALL of us are hit with sooner or later in the Internet marketing business, isn’t it? When you decide to build a list you inherently decide to make yourself vulnerable to the wistful opinions of Internet users…all of whom have the distinct luxury of hiding behind a veil of anonymity. In a very real way this is a GOOD[…]
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Emily was talking to a friend on the phone. I could tell the conversation wasn’t the happiest one. As soon as she hung up, she shook her head. I knew something wasn’t quite right. It turns out a couple we had recently met and became friends with had gotten some hard news that very day. After only six months with his new company–who had relocated him at considerable expense–he had been “downsized”. They had given him the news at the beginning of the workday, offered fifteen minutes to gather up his personal belongings, and had security escort him out the door. Two things they didn’t offer were severance pay and “re-relocation” assistance. Essentially, they had been moved across the country[…]