I’ve heard that change requires an extended period of disruption. I’ve finally been prompted into change, after a year of commuting to Montreal. Lately, I’ve been getting lots of calls to book headshots and other kinds of shoots. I guess my new website is really firing on all cylinders!
Anyway, this week while I was away in Montreal, I missed out on booking three photoshoots because I wasn’t able to respond to my answering machine messages in time. I was using a regular old-fashioned answering machine, which I can check from Montreal, but I never remember to do that, and it’s a pain to use too. I don’t really carry my Hamilton cell phone around with me anymore because I don’t have enough pockets to carry that and the Blackberry too. I’m also reluctant to put my cell phone number on the Internet.
So, yesterday, I finally signed up for online voicemail. Now, when someone leaves me a message, it’s emailed to me automatically. I’ve been using this for my other business for months, and it’s worked very well to keep me in touch. Now it’s become worthwhile doing for my personal and photography line too.
Sometimes change is good.
Seo is good ! hope you’ll find more and more client.
How much for the voicemail ?
wow that’s really cool! I never even know it existed hehe
Too bad you don’t ever show stuff you shoot though 🙁
i got voicemail and a bunch of other features (call forwarding, visual call waiting, etc.) for $5 more per month.
and i will show some stuff… they’re not terribly exciting though. just headshots 🙂
all my business for paintings and commissions is via email so its not too bad for me, also i’m not that busy on that front, so its not like i need voicemail or anything like that,
but its good to know your busy enough to need that stuff,
just be careful you dont burn out!!!!
oh yeah… email is great, but some people just insist on talking on the phone! anyway, i think reducing my stress about losing jobs will help me not to burn out 🙂