haha, now that you mention it, yeah, I do!
Yes.
All the time!
Conversely, I kind of expect people to do this about me and my business as well…[probably not a good assumption]. When they ask basic questions about me/my work, it’s like, “Have you looked at The Internet lately?”….
Almost all contact for me is over email or face to face. However, if I am not familiar with the person, you better believe I go through the same “research” process before I respond to an email.
nope, must me out of the loop on this one.
I usually Google while taking my voicemails and while on the phone with client.
Absolutely! I play keyboards, and every call I get from an artist or a musical director, they drop names assuming that you know exactly who they’re talking about. “Yeah, this guy produced the record, and we have so-and-so running the media campaign – you know them, right, they worked with such-and-such.”
Google, Wikipedia, and allmusic.com are my lifeline.
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Do You Google Before You Return Calls?
Thu 10/30/08
Scenario:
1. Check office voicemail
2. Write down important details (names, numbers, companies, etc.)
3. Hang up
4. Google names, companies, etc.
5. Read up a bit
6. Return call
Does anyone else do this? I do it 99% of the time, and it’s so ingrained into my workday that it feels like an unconscious process.