LISTENING - as defined by WordNet - is “the act of hearing attentively
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2024 5:49 am
You most certainly are not attentive to each and every noise that you “hear,” so therefore you are not always LISTENING. Now that we’ve established the difference between the two, let's discuss why it’s so important to understand and implement more listening than hearing when it comes to SEO/SEM. How many times have you been sitting with a client and as soon as they were done explaining what’s been going on, you said, “Ok, here’s how the process works”? That doesn’t sound like you were listening very well.
Sure, you heard them and maybe you can e list of egypt cell phone numbers ven remember some of the words they said. However, as we established above, when you are listening you are “hearing attentively.” You aren’t just letting someone tell you their wants, needs, and goals and then blurting out what you were waiting to say the whole time. You are digesting what your client/potential client is telling you and giving them feedback based on that. It seems that we are often too eager to offer advice/knowledge/solutions before we’ve taken the time to listen and learn.
Just because you happen to know a lot about a specific industry/field doesn’t mean you understand this particular situation. You’ve established that you are well respected in your industry; otherwise you wouldn’t be at the client. However, they aren’t looking for your process; they’re looking for a solution to their situation (not someone else’s situation). Let’s take an example. Say you are sitting with a client that has just finished explaining to you what is going on, what they are looking to do and where they would like to take things.
Sure, you heard them and maybe you can e list of egypt cell phone numbers ven remember some of the words they said. However, as we established above, when you are listening you are “hearing attentively.” You aren’t just letting someone tell you their wants, needs, and goals and then blurting out what you were waiting to say the whole time. You are digesting what your client/potential client is telling you and giving them feedback based on that. It seems that we are often too eager to offer advice/knowledge/solutions before we’ve taken the time to listen and learn.
Just because you happen to know a lot about a specific industry/field doesn’t mean you understand this particular situation. You’ve established that you are well respected in your industry; otherwise you wouldn’t be at the client. However, they aren’t looking for your process; they’re looking for a solution to their situation (not someone else’s situation). Let’s take an example. Say you are sitting with a client that has just finished explaining to you what is going on, what they are looking to do and where they would like to take things.