Comments on: Lessons from an Umbrella Salesman

By: Ares Vista

Ares Vista — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:40:18 +0000

This is awesome! Very educational, this could be used in a business class. Simple business tactics making mad money, gotta love it. This inspires me to look for the opportunity in the rainy days we may face. Thanks!

By: chris adams

chris adams — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:43:38 +0000

Hi, just a note (i’m following the 31 day challenge) and i noticed in your post “crow” where you clearly meant “crowd”.

You perfection deserves the correction.

By: ExcitedByLife

ExcitedByLife — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:02:34 +0000

Bloggers and marketers do need to get out more. It is difficult sometimes to allow ourselves “the time” to stop and “smell the roses”. To observe life happening around us, to enjoy and learn from it. Next time I have a cup of coffee after shopping instead of thinking about the next errand that needs to be done I’ll contemplate on what I have observed and really enjoy the moment of drinking the coffee i.e. LIFE. Inspiration for an awesome blog post is sure to follow.

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:09:24 +0000

Yes! I have a calender for the year which has all the celebrations and holidays with a green theme that i will want to cover.

I try to theme things to relevant upcoming events where possible, but I can definitely do more to ensure I do things long enough in advance to get google sitting up and taking note.

The hotspots idea is fab; I’ll be utilising that for advertising in the future.

Great umbrella salesman and thank you for sharing all that you learned!

By: Take a Trip to the ‘Mall’ and Improve Your Blog [Day 13 - 31DBBB]

Take a Trip to the ‘Mall’ and Improve Your Blog [Day 13 - 31DBBB] — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:01:59 +0000

[...] more lessons about ‘people’ and how they operate and once or twice I’ve even seen illustrations to use for posts or even ideas for new blog post topics. Once I even spotted a trend that gave me an idea for a new [...]

By: Paleez

Paleez — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:18:14 +0000

Great post! Made me think about being more observant out in public.

I wanted to let you know I absolutely love reading your newsletter. You’ve convinced me that I want to start blogging. I suffer from the same problem as brem does though, “But between “I say I do” and “I do”, there is an ocean sometimes ;)”

By: waterylife

waterylife — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:16:55 +0000

a great post! I know how to take today’s exercise in the 31 days project. thanks!

By: Kat C.

Kat C. — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:24:08 +0000

I just finished my blog post on my umbrella habits. I was looking for blogs on people with same eccentricity. I was directed to this problogger article. Nice work, Darren!

By: AMERICAN DIGEST

AMERICAN DIGEST — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 23:28:41 +0000

Things Found in My Pajamas…

A reader asks if “American Digest” shall fade away. Never, but as noted below I’ve become quite busy with a number of new projects at Pajamas Media. Briefly put, this job equals about 2.5 jobs. There’s a lot of work being done behind the scenes, bu…

By: Pajamas Media

Pajamas Media — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:38:48 +0000

Smarter Blogging via Umbrella Sales…

“As I watched the umbrella sales guy doing his job I asked myself what I could learn as a blogger from his strategy.”……

By: Markus Merz

Markus Merz — Wed, 17 May 2006 11:02:45 +0000

Very beautiful and 'juicy' real life story! I recommended it at performancing.com. Much better IMO then the little piece I wrote about 'timing' :-)

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 16 May 2006 17:04:19 +0000

nice essay =)

By: Mr Cheap Stuff

Mr Cheap Stuff — Tue, 16 May 2006 09:48:06 +0000

Nice post Darren, you really got me thinking on looking at everyday things and finding my own tangents on what works and what doesn’t work.

By: Make Money Online » Great Marketing Story

Make Money Online » Great Marketing Story — Tue, 16 May 2006 05:18:56 +0000

[...] Darren of ProBlogger wrote this excellent post about an experience he had the other day with an umbrella salesman. There are some great marketing lessons to be learned from his post. I just wanted to quickly touch on a couple of them. [...]

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 16 May 2006 04:48:40 +0000

Great analogy.

I was in Melbourne two fridays ago and walked from the Southbank precint to Southern Cross Station in the pouring rain. I didn’t see any umbrella salespeople but I wasn’t really looking. Heaps of people offered to let me walk with them under their unbrellas (which I was pleasantly surprised to see) but I was happy feeling the water against my face and doing my own thing in my own little world. A Darren like blogging lesson from my story??? Ummmm ….there is none. Except maybe that Melbourne people are nice, I’m super tough and sometimes it’s cool to do your own thing in your own way just to see what happens.

By: Small Office, Home Office Information » Blog Archive » Making Life Easy for Your Customer

Tue, 16 May 2006 02:53:03 +0000

[...] One blogger in Melbourne learned some important lessons from an umbrella salesman yesterday. [...]

By: Henry

Henry — Tue, 16 May 2006 00:18:48 +0000

Darren I think the “Anticipation” aspect of the post is probably the best one you’ve put up so far.

Great work on this man!

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 15 May 2006 23:45:28 +0000

Darren,

You forgot to say if you bought an umbrella in the end…

Great article – I look forward to reading more soon

By: Centrerion Canadian Politics

Centrerion Canadian Politics — Mon, 15 May 2006 23:28:16 +0000

Excellent, on the mark.
HERE’S A TIP FOR FELLOW READERS ON ANTICIPATING NEEDS:
Find/Make a calendar with important dates in your niche. For example, I write on Canadian Politics. Our federal politicians will take a break in the summer, and I expect people to look around about how come they get this vacation: the terms of employment of our MPs. Similarly, we have a minority government, which tells me that next April will be an important point in “Canadian Conservative budget” searches, because the government might fall on the budget.

LeCentre
Centrerion Canadian Politics
centrerion.blogspot.com

By: James Thoenes

James Thoenes — Mon, 15 May 2006 20:30:27 +0000

Really great post!
Thanks. It is really something to think about and start to work on. Now I have to figure out how to use it. Also, it is just a fantastic story.