December 23, 2009
The first client that I referred to Danny DeMichele is still using him to keep his site up on the search engines. I was happy to hear it and asked him if he would help me by writing about his experiences with Danny DeMichele for all of the clients who do not choose to follow my advice and hire the very professional internet marketing genius.
My client told me that he would be happy to do that for me and if it helped Danny DeMichele build up his client base a little more than it would be worth it too. Four days later, a handwritten and typed letter arrived at my office. It was very nice and explained everything that Danny DeMichele had done for this guys site and how his sales were enough for him to retire and only sit back and collect the online sales money.
Since most of my clients had ecommerce websites, I knew that this would get their juices flowing and they would want the same thing. I sent a copy of it to every person I had helped get their sites off the ground and within twenty four hours, Danny DeMichele told me that he had heard from all but one of the four hundred clients I had sent the letter to.
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December 22, 2009
I had a really hard time finding just the right used sun hardware parts that I needed to fix the servers in the office. I knew that if I did not find them in the last store I stopped at, that I would have to call and order them from a supplier that was out west and they would take at least four days to get here.
I was so glad to hear the girl behind the desk tell me that they did indeed have the used sun equipment that I had asked for. She had called to the back warehouse for one of the guys to bring them up. I made a phone call while I was waiting to let my boss know that I had in fact found all the used sun hardware that I needed to get the office back up and running.
I drove back to the office quickly and practically ran in with the parts to get to work. I wanted to make sure that no more sales than needed to be lost would be. I even skipped lunch and worked through dinner to get the servers back online and in good working order. I am very glad that the used sun hardware was at that computer store in town.
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December 21, 2009
The number one thing that was at the top of my computer equipment necessities was the dell servers. I had heard so many horror stories from people who have bought less expensive brands of servers just to save a few bucks and they have problems with them all the time. I know that the company that I used to work for had dell servers and we never had any trouble with them.
So, when I decided to venture out on my own and open up my own practice, I already knew a good place to get used dell products from and planned on using them for everything that I could. I called and explained to them that I knew I was going to need at least two servers, but that they had to be dell. The lady read through the list of used dell servers that they had in stock and I chose two that were not the most expensive, but not the cheapest either.
I was proud of myself for getting all the computer necessities in one place and for getting exactly what I wanted. I did not have to compromise on anything. Every make and model that I wrote down, the online company had in stock and it will all be arriving in less than a week.
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December 2, 2009
A vinyl siding contractor stopped by my house to tell me that they would be in the area next month and wanted to know if I wanted a free estimate on what it would cost to install vinyl siding on my home. I figured since they said it was free, I might as well have them do it. I did not think that I could afford to have them do it, but at least I would know how much it might cost me if I could do it in the future.
This same kind of thing happened last year, when a contractor that installed replacement windows knocked on my door and explained that they were just out in the neighborhood doing free estimates. When he came back up to my door, from figuring how much it would cost to put in replacement windows, I knew that I could actually afford it, and he did the work later that week.
If the vinyl siding contractor comes up with a really low number, then I might be able to get my parents to loan me the money to have the siding put on until I get my end of the year bonus. It would only be a three month loan, and they know that I will pay them back.
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December 1, 2009
It took me a couple of days to find a link building company in my area that only does one way links. There were quite a few that said that they could do reciprocal link building for me but that they did not have the resources to handle one way links. I knew that sometimes the search engines figure out that you are just trading the links back and forth with the whole two way thing and I did not want to take the chance to have them re-index me and take my site down a page rank or two for it.
I hired the company that does the one way links and they have set up a standing order for me, granted that I start to see results from their link building efforts. I filled out an order form that explained which keywords that I want to rank for and how many one way links I wanted done each month.
I have told a couple of friends who are always complaining that their sites rank horrible, about this local company that does the link building and helps you to rank better. I am not sure if any of them have called and placed an order yet or not.
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