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		<title>Learn From Your Girlfriend</title>
		<link>http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/07/10/learn-from-your-girlfriend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Earwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a great post I found from Deaf Musician&#8216;s blog about learning business lessons from your girlfriend. My favorites are&#8230; #2 &#8211; They Are Always Right &#8211; Customers may not always be right, but they should walk away from (almost) any situation satisfied. #5 &#8211; Deliver Your Promises &#8211; The key to your future success [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Girl's bathroom" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/earwood/656631947/"><img title="Girl's bathroom" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1080/656631947_0bb89bafda_m.jpg" border="0" alt="Girl's bathroom" hspace="5" width="180" height="240" align="left" /></a>Here&#8217;s a great post I found from <a href="http://deafmusician.com/10-business-lessons-to-learn-from-your-girlfriend/">Deaf Musician</a>&#8216;s blog about learning business lessons from your girlfriend.  My favorites are&#8230;</p>
<p>#2 &#8211; They Are Always Right &#8211; Customers may not always be right, but they should walk away from (almost) any situation satisfied.</p>
<p>#5 &#8211; Deliver Your Promises &#8211;  The key to your future success it taking care of today&#8217;s business.  Track records are hard to escape.</p>
<p>#9 &#8211; Their Friends Are Your Friends  &#8211;  Whether it&#8217;s a prospect or long-time client, don&#8217;t be afraid to ask for leads.  Most people want to be seen as a resource to others and if you take care of #5, then referrals will come.</p>
<p>If you need help making money for on AdSense, you <a href="http://deafmusician.com/how-i-made-25000-in-adsense-under-one-minute/">MUST watch his video</a> on how to make $25,000.</p>
<p>Photo taken at <a href="http://www.tbd.com">TBD.com</a>&#8216;s offices (those are post-it notes).</p>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s my card</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 21:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Earwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For me, passing out a business card is as natural as shaking hands. I place a high value on a well-designed, quality card. So, why did I stammer my words when Craig offered me his card? I politely told him I didn&#8217;t need help carrying my bags to the room and he THEN offered me [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img title="Bellman card" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/197/509922336_728729084f_m.jpg" border="0" alt="Bellman card" hspace="5" width="240" height="168" align="left" />For me, passing out a business card is as natural as shaking hands.    I place a high value on a <a title="Quality biz card" href="http://www.resonantdesigner.com/?page_id=46">well-designed, quality card</a>.  So, why did I stammer my words when Craig offered me his card?</p>
<p>I politely told him I didn&#8217;t need help carrying my bags to the room and he THEN offered me his card.  The typical next step for a bellman is to grudgingly walk away with nothing to show for his effort.  Craig had an impressive and yet surprising response.  He offered to be a local resource during my time in St. Louis.  He didn&#8217;t have a disclaimer to call during his shift and then the surprises continued.  Craig walked us to the elevator and explained the directions off the 6th floor.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a shame this is a surprise, but as the elevator closed&#8230; all I could say was &#8220;Wow!&#8221;  Craig was a nice reminder a little extra effort can astound customers.  I didn&#8217;t feel obligated to tip Craig, but I did have to tell his boss of his great effort.</p>
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