Comments for A Net Gain For Revenue

Comment on Domain Name Expiration Scam by John

John — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:35:22 +0000

The “address” they use, 2316 Delaware Ave #266 in Buffalo, New York is actually a UPS store. UPS is well-known for having mail-forwarding services. This is a way to shield their actual place of business which is just over the border in Canada. They use this phone number 1-905-479-2533 which is in Toronto.

Comment on Get Back In The Game by Patrick Wallen

Patrick Wallen — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 20:50:36 +0000

Yes, you’re right! For the first time in five years, the gross sales at ArtisticCellars.com are significantly up over last year.

I find it interesting that all the growth in my custom wine cellars work is coming from down in the Peninsula (Los Altos, Palo Alto, Saratoga etc). Looks like Silicon Valley is recovering nicely. There is much more new construction South of San Francisco than North of the city in Marin, Napa or Sonoma Counties. Lots of room for more growth!

Comment on Appointment-Setting Scam Unmasked by Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:46:27 +0000

I was an appointment setter for a company called pro services. We did what is called cold calling where we called random numbers and tried to market our services to them. The first week was training, and there were a lot of red flags that I didn’t see until it was too late. We were supposed to be able to pick an AM shift or a PM shift. I picked the PM shift because the AM shift started at 8 am and to get there in time I had to be up at 5 and then out the door at 6 to catch a bus and then had to switch buses multiple times to get there. That was red flag number one since I never got to pick which shift i wanted like I got told I was. Red flag two, they never asked for any info for a W2 or anything so they could pay us. Week one was training, and after week one I was fired. I was told week one was just training and you don’t get fired because you’re still learning, plus I met all of the quotas I was supposed to, and they lied to me because they said they couldn’t pay me because no one wanted their services. I was told that any time we call someone and they say “yes” when we ask if our “Service teams” can call them back later, then we get paid. That week I had 15 people say yes, and never got paid for anything. What a waste of time.

Comment on Appointment-Setting Scam Unmasked by Not this time

Not this time — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:46:17 +0000

I’ in the Las Vegas area and I am getting calls from these people about some form of marketing opportunity. Thank you all for the insight -I’m sorry that you were taken advantage of. These comments really help.

P.S. I think they got my information from LinkedIn

Comment on How To Get Blog Sponsors by Hammy Havoc

Hammy Havoc — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:21:03 +0000

This has been really useful, and it’s really helped us thinking about monetizing from Previous, thank you.
At first you feel like a sell out, then you realise that money for doing what you love is the greatest feeling imaginable.

Comment on WordCamp SF 2011 by Anet Dunne

Anet Dunne — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:00:47 +0000

Videos were made of all the talks (and streamed live for ticket holders) and will be posted soon. You can see the video for Matt Mullenweg's State of the WordPress on my WordPress class Website.

Comment on WordCamp SF 2011 by Karen Clark

Karen Clark — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 04:10:24 +0000

I am so sorry I had to miss it, it sounds great! I especially love that there were so many women represented. I hope I can make it next time (did they announce a date?) because I know I’d enjoy it. I love your prediction and agree. We are already seeing many more people start or convert to using WordPress for regular web design and getting almost immediate results in their stats. Thanks for posting!

Comment on Patrick Schwerdtfeger Social Media For Effective Marketing by Anet Dunne

Anet Dunne — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:21:55 +0000

I am so impressed, Patrick, with your excellent use of Google alerts to track blog posts about your wonderful book which is chock full of accurate and useful information. You rock!

Comment on Patrick Schwerdtfeger Social Media For Effective Marketing by Patrick Schwerdtfeger

Patrick Schwerdtfeger — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:33:36 +0000

Thanks for posting this, Anet. I love this approach and hope you can use it to promote your own business. Please keep me posted. I love hearing success stories!

Comment on Why Your Business Must Be On Facebook by Devorah Fox

Devorah Fox — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:21:29 +0000

I’ll go with the apples and oranges. I wouldn’t go to Facebook to find a tutorial on video format conversion. I did, however, post my video on Facebook, not on YouTube. (At least, I haven’t put it on YouTube yet…). And I’m still uppity enough to want to find my own content, not restrict myself to consuming the content that’s delivered to me.