I was looking through some of those real estate little booklets you get for free at the store. As I was leafing through, I couldn't help but notice that EVERY SINGLE real estate agent had their picture as part of their ad page for their listings.This has got to be one of the widest scale mistakes in the branding world…
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A reader of my blog posted a comment I think bears addressing here in the blog instead of just through the comments.First, read one of my previous posts on selling your talents, energy and creativity (TEC) directly to the public instead of through a broker (your boss.)The comment I had from Barry, was this:Dan:Great site. I have a couple of…
Since I'm into making predictions on my blog, I'm going to make another one.President Bush will get 57.4% of the popular vote and shock the entire nation that it wasn't as close as everyone thought it would be.Okay... so, there's a bit of a wishing in that prediction. :-) But I do feel he'll win and it won't be quite…
It's the mythical goal of all Americans, it seems. To be a "millionaire." But what EXACTLY is a millionaire? Is it someone who's liabilities deducted from their assets equals $1,000,000? Yeah, I guess that's one definition. How about a doctor who makes $1,000,000 a year in salary and bonuses? Is she a millionaire? Is she the same KIND of millionaire…
Off topic, but very important for this year's election. This is an excellent article written by a liberal Democrat with dual citizenship (British/American) who has voted Democrat (Labour in England) all her life. Read her very compelling argument for why she's marking "W" on her ballot this year.Simply a must read.
I thought that might get your attention. Nah... I'm not going to advocate stealing. However, I do know of at least one person who made millions doing this. (Or at least that's what he claims. You be the judge... read on.)I wrote a book back in 1997 which is highly controversial in the "credible" world. I don't even like to…
Hey everyone. Sorry about the tardiness as of late. Been busier than ever. This blogosphere is going to be the death of me. I'm hooked. I've GOT to read at least 20 blogs before I start my morning. And they wonder why the circulation of all the newspapers around the country are going down. Duh! Haven't read a newspaper in…
If you've already read this post before, just go to updates at bottom.I was driving from Oregon to California a few years ago. It was about 1 am and pretty much NO ONE was on the road. This guy in an El Camino entered the freeway right alongside me then got in back of me. His ride was so low…
I came across a really cool affiliate program. The site sells access to a database of celebrity addresses. I can't think of even one celebrity I want to write to (except maybe Cartman from South Park, but he probably gets way too much mail to answer a poor schlub like me) but I'm sure there are people out there that…
WARNING! OFF-TOPIC!Survey of French citizens resulted in 90% support for Kerry over Bush.Survey of 4,000 full time and part-time US military personel resulted in 73% for Bush and 18% for Kerry.The big problem people have with President Bush is his policy on Iraq, yet the people MOST effected by this policies give him the highest level of support.Conversely, the people…
I was researching some options for storage in our garage. I need LOTS of room to run my business in there and so I needed to get things up and out of the way. I want to use as much of the ceiling area as possible since it's wasted space. (It's a finished garage with an actual 8' ceiling.)I came…
If you follow this blog, you'll remember I predicted seismic activity and it happened within 72 hours of my prediction, over in Japan.However, with all the seismic activity going on around me (central California continues to shake and now Mt. St. Helens just north of me is coming alive) I need to quote myself from my follow-up post on September…
I know Blair and Bush share the same principled style of leadership. I just wish President Bush was able to articulate it as well as Blair. Wow. Blair is an absolutely amazing man and leader. England is extremely fortunate to have him at the helm during these trying times.Here is an excerpt of his recent speech, I'm assuming to Parliament.…
The scary season is fast approaching. I've got an idea you can use to make some money this season.Sell those really nifty costumes. Here's a place that sells all those neat ones like a large piece of pizza and a can of spam. My personal favorite is the one made for a couple. The man is a big electrical plug…
I just saw a link from Drudge that touts Martha Stewart's prison number is going to be 55170-054. So, being the opportunistic person I am, I immediately went to godaddy.com to see if I could register it in dot com form and IT'S ALREADY TAKEN. Can you believe that? Somebody beat me to it.The whois wasn't working when I attempted…
One of my current projects is selling t-shirts with political messages. It's obviously a good time to sell those types of shirts.I happen to be fairly handy with some of the latest graphic programs, so I've designed them myself. I've put an extra touch to them as well. Since I own a collectible business, this is a natural for me.…
I'm sure we've all heard of the immigrant story. How a family of immigrants come from another country, all live in a one bedroom apartment, get menial jobs, save, open a business of their own, all of them work hard while continuing to scrimp... etc, etc.As native Americans (I mean those of us born here, not the indigenous variety) we…
With the explosion of online purchasing, this means there are plenty of packages coming to people's doors with no one home to accept them.Why not become a local private postal delivery person? What you would do is provide your clients a "shipping" address that they can input when they order something to be shipped to them. That shipping address is…
Okay... off topic. But I felt it was pretty important.This is a letter written by a guy about his visit to the White House. I did a search on the internet to see if it was a hoax. I found that it wasn't. There's a site that specializes in checking sources to prove or disprove emails that go around the…
This is a great article about the widsom of staying put in Iraq for now. It's written by a classics professor and military historian. He gives a really good perspective on the Iraq war as compared to other wars in the past.
Now this is a way to sell things on ebay. Check out the other auctions for this seller as well. It's not a fluke.Too funny.
I just read over at Greedy Girl that Amazon is giving unadvertised discounts to their customers who they know (by way of cookies) are using their new search engine, A9, on a regular basis. It's not much, but it's enough to make people start talking about it, which, in turn, drives more traffic to their search engine. In my opinion,…
About.com has an article with some great entrepreneur quotes. Some of my favorites:"An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it.- Roy Ash, co-founder of Litton Industries"Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming."- Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Enterprises"I never perfected an invention that I…
I came across a blog this morning. She's a lifelong Democrat and she basically goes off. But I think it's a good read for my Democrat readers out there who may be one of those seemingly millions of Americans who seem to hate Bush for some reason.If you have a couple minutes, read her latest post and the over 100…
Sorry... been away longer than ususal from blogging. I have been moving not only my home but my office as well. All at the same time and still trying to get work done in the process. What a nightmare.This latest business idea of mine came to me during my move. My glasses broke a few days back. They were over…