For those of you not familiar with Paul Thomas, he is a kick-butt designer, photographer, and web developer; and luckily for us, he has been with GCI for a little more than a year now.
Follow Paul’s lead and you’ll have the bad-economy monster running scared:
1) Reinvent yourself as needed. You are so much more than any one skill. When it’s logical, offer more interconnected services to your customers.
2) Keep doing an awesome job. As things change it is good for your customers to know they can always depend on you for quality work, an impressive turn-around, and a professional attitude.
3) Focus on how great it is to be doing what you do. When things are stressful it is be easy to feel jaded. Passion and enthusiasm for what you do is great for your endorphins (and your customers will appreciate it).
4) Remind people that you are still around and want to help. It can be as simple as a message like this or a phone call.
5) IF ALL ELSE FAILS… Get cast in a movie that provides scary props, like monster teeth. No one will mess with you, especially that would-be-tough, bad-economy monster.
-Jenny
