{"id":253,"date":"2015-04-12T21:47:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T01:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatsyourpoint.mobi\/?p=253"},"modified":"2025-06-05T23:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T03:15:40","slug":"how-wanting-social-media-likes-can-undermine-personal-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecatalyst.com\/blog\/how-wanting-social-media-likes-can-undermine-personal-service\/","title":{"rendered":"How Wanting Social Media \u2018Likes\u2019 Can Undermine Personal Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Behaviorists and researchers have discovered that obsession with posting photos and checking phones corresponds with lower enjoyment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For professionals, \u201clower enjoyment\u201d extrapolates to lowered personal service. Your clients may be shutting you out or down when they keep an eye on the screen, but are you doing the same thing to them by keeping an eye on your screen for social media updates and texts instead of giving clients your full attention? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Social media isn\u2019t only distracting, <strong>it\u2019s dictating how we interact in person<\/strong>. What important moment or event has your social media trophy-hunting behavior caused you to miss out on? What are you doing to take advantage of your knowledge and experience for your clients and your business?<\/p>\n<p><strong>My point is that distraction over superficial online responses should not take priority over giving your full, face-to-face attention to the client you\u2019re with. Aren\u2019t you curious why they believed a visit to you, not a text or phone call, was worth their time and effort?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. If you can\u2019t successfully juggle client relationships and social media, shouldn\u2019t you reevaluate priorities, improve time management strategies, or hire an assistant? What are you intent on achieving with social media and your clients?<br \/>\n2. Curiosity about your clients feeds success with client service and satisfaction. If social media is burning up curiosity that should go to clients, what replacement value is social media contributing to you and your practice?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you can\u2019t give the client your full attention, why have a face-to-face meeting?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecatalyst.com\/wyptbook.htm\">What&#8217;s Your Point? Cut The Crap, Hit The Mark &amp; Stick!<\/a>&#8221; by PJ Wade<\/p>\n<p><strong>Back to HOME&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecatalyst.com\">TheCatalyst.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behaviorists and researchers have discovered that obsession with posting photos and checking phones corresponds with lower enjoyment. For professionals, \u201clower enjoyment\u201d extrapolates to lowered personal service. 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