{"id":2847,"date":"2014-01-10T07:21:20","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T12:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2847"},"modified":"2014-01-10T07:21:22","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T12:21:22","slug":"being-attentive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2014\/01\/10\/being-attentive","title":{"rendered":"Being attentive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/byte\/59686410\/\" title=\"We just won a lot of money! by byte, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/31\/59686410_20a88ad31e_n.jpg?resize=320%2C213\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" alt=\"We just won a lot of money!\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/a>As I always do, I make last minute purchases for Christmas. It&#8217;s not because of the lack of planning, more so that I&#8217;m getting busier despite the holiday season approaching.<\/p>\n<p>From 10am &#8211; 10.06am I called Machines in Gardens. No one would pick up the phone. I called iStore by C-Zone in Publika. Quick answer (picked up the phone within 4 rings), stock was available, so I reserved a few units. Within a span of 1.5 hours, I had my Christmas presents ready.<\/p>\n<p>You win business by picking up the phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At Harrods yesterday, there were three concessions that we spent some time around &#8211; Chanel, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton. Sales people at Louis Vuitton always seemed busy and generally left one part of their concession empty. They weren&#8217;t busy per se, just not engaging. At Chanel, you could go grab a bag off the shelf yourself. At Gucci, they paid good attention to you, spent time with you and engaged heavily. Guess who won the sales then?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pick up your phone. Be attentive to your customers needs. Serve in the service industry. You will be rewarded by being successful in business.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Being%20attentive&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2014%2F01%2F10%2Fbeing-attentive&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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