Feedback dangers

I was reading Nicola Cairncross’s blog earlier, and it made me smile. She was writing about “the dangers of asking for feedback”

It was a great post telling the truth about the situation, and it hit a note because I’ve often asked for feedback on my own website & yes people do use it as an opportunity to give their opinion. It doesn’t always help & it’s not always constructive. Far better to have the feedback of the buying public, as Nicola states.

When I started out in business I got so much advice that had I taken it all, I’d have gone round in a big circle. So much contradicted or came with hidden agenda’s, that I now chose who’ll take advice from very carefully.

When I started photographing children, I took the opportunity to speak to the parents about what they wanted, what they liked & what they disliked. It was a fantastic way to learn, and I adapted my business to suit them.

October 19th, 2006