Did you know that you can Google pretty much any questions you have to bring you relevant answers? The reason I’m asking is that I keep getting an increasing amount of questions sent via email or my Manifesto’s contact form with bloggers asking me many questions.
Now here is the thing. I love helping others. So much so that I actually spend around 30 minutes a day to answer people’s questions when all they could have done is Google it first. With an increasing workload I simply don’t have the time to answer questions such as:
- How to insert an image into a blog post or
- How do I transfer my blog from one host to the other
These are questions that with a little time on your behalf you can dig up quite easy while reading our blog or else Google it.
I’ve always lived by the practice of trying to get my questions answered with Google first and spend time reading and actually applying what is recommended to fix a problem - before I go and bother somebody else.
Like most people I’m very impatience when it comes to solving problems but I never bother somebody unless I have at least tried to find a solution first!
Unfortunately many bloggers don’t seem to adhere by this principle and I find the only way we can make those aware is by telling them our side of the bargain.
I also understand more and more on how the big A-listers don’t reply to “slack” questions like that anymore. It is simply a waste of their time.
Now before any of you get upset, I want to make clear that asking questions is fine, if you try to find a solution on Google first. I don’t mind helping those who have tried all avenues before like reading the instructions, Googling the information and trying to apply what they have learned.
What do you think? Do you have the same problem, or are you a person who asks before trying?
