Build Your Database – Build Your Profits
It’s been said that it costs five times more to attract a new customer than to keep an old one. Despite this, most businesses spend an enormous amount of time and effort chasing after new customers.
Funding Just Got Tougher
Funding services just took a BIG hit this past week – with funders pulling out of many types of cases – even ones in progress. This came about primarily due to the Fen Phen case, where now it looks like more cases will be turned down after audit, paying less people, and having no guarantee of paying back funds already advanced. The possibility of the company running out of money is a very real possibility – for anyone looking to get paid in the future.
The Google Everflux Phenomena
I tend to spend a lot of time in various search engine forums and newsgroups answering questions. One of the most common questions that seems to come up is along the lines of:
“My site was in Google yesterday and ranking well and today it’s gone! What happened?”
Help! I Made a Big Tax Mistake
Dear Wayne,
I make a big mistake. I am currently in a lot of debt so I decided a few years ago to change my number of dependents on my W4 so that I can get more money on my paycheck. Well, the problem is I put too many and now for the first time ever I owe back taxes. Although I have two dependents I still owe and the worst is I have not filed for 1999-2002.
Expanding Content For More Traffic
We have just released a Children’s Learning CD. We are having a hard time getting on search engine positions. Could you also look at our site and see if it needs some changes?
Search Engine Optimization (Re)Visited
In the wake of pay-to-be-included search engines popping up right and left, one often wonders, “What’s the use of spending so much time on optimizing various pages for various search engines when what you actually have to do is, pay for the indexing?
Few people realize that paying for inclusion hardly affects the ranking, especially in serious search indexes like Yahoo! If you pay them, they review your page within a decent time frame, and if the site is unsuitable for inclusion, they let you know, and advise you to carry out various changes.
Realtors – How to Turn Your Internet Visitors into Roaring Hot Leads
I often hear this problem from realtors that I coach “I get people who visit my website but I don’t know how to convert them into a hot lead”
Have You Ever Thought About Becoming A Free Agent?
Are you a great typist, bookkeeper, or financial advisor? Do have specialized skills as a CPA, Tax Specialist, or experience in Human Resources? Are you an expert in hanging wallpaper, painting, landscaping? If it’s broke can you fix it? Do you enjoy running errands, or carting kids to appointments? Do all of your friends ask your advice, or for your assistance? Then you may be the perfect candidate to start a business as a Free Agent.
Bluntness
If you can’t understand this one, you’re pretty stupid… See what I mean? Most of us know better than to call other people names and insult their intelligence. Being assertive about our opinions and beliefs is fine, but at some point, assertiveness crosses over into bluntness. And that means you haven’t taken the other person’s feelings into account.
Take A Reality Check On Time
You have more than enough time for the things you’ve chosen to focus on, haven’t you? Perhaps your focus is on your personal life, your career, being a leader, developing your business or whatever is important to you. If your use of time doesn’t reflect these focused activities, the route to achieving personal success will be a long one.