Archive for April, 2008

Speaking of getting your share of the “economic stimulus” package, here’s an interesting article on “making a compelling marketing offer”
It’s how one drawing instructor gave away a free lesson on drawing a fish for parents and children. That “hooked” them (sorry for the pun) and then she had a special referral offer that brought in […]

In case you missed this last week, today’s Thursday and it’s time to Stump Markus again!
Markus Allen is one of my favorite online marketers. I was sad when he took a hiatus a while back,but now he’s going full guns again and this is his latest project “Stump Markus”.
It’s a weekly teleconference where you can […]

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As the “Economic Stimulus” rebates are about to hit the street, suddenly all your customers and prospects are going to have extra money to spend. Will they spend it with you?
Good question.
Have you asked them to spend it with you?
Have you sweetened the deal so that they know WHAT extra benefits […]

They wanted to work from home in a franchise operation, so now they are. They are an Orca Website Franchisee in the UK.
Here’s how ORCA describes their franchise offer:
We guarantee you:

A protected territory
A regular supply of new business enquiries
Constant demand for your services
Uncapped income potential
A rapid return on your investment
Positive turnover from the very […]

Teachin Sells has a $1 Trial Offer. It’s a great value.
But they’re adding so much downloadable material that they’re afraid to offer it much longer.
SO, they’re going to terminate the $1 special offer Noon Easter Standard Time on April 17th!
This is your last chance to get the special offer so ACT NOW if you…
Want to […]

I was just reading an enewsletter from a friend. One article was pretty choppy and I wondered if he had proof read his work before hitting “send”. (I’m guilty of that myself at times, that’s why I’m glad you can at least update blogs!).
But as I was thinking about that, here came Marcia Yudkin’s reflections […]

The fate of the Raw Milk Industry may hinge on these California hearings.
Family farmers can sometimes earn a good living from people wanting to buy raw milk. In some cases they can’t sell raw milk per se, but they can sell shares of a cow that produces the raw milk and shareholders can come and […]

To try to curb astronomic health costs, Health Savings Accounts are something that should be encouraged.
The so-called “Tax Payer Assistance and Simplification Act” (which isn’t either of course) contains an all out attack on Health Savings Accounts which prompts threat of a Presidential Veto.
“The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 5719, the so-called “Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification […]

TNHousingSearch.org is a statewide database of rental units available across the state of TN. It was created by the Tennessee Housing Development Agency because, well, I guess they never heard of Craigslist. It’s free for landlords to list rental properties. So if you have rental properties and want some free advertising at taxpayer expense, here’s […]

Some people asked me how we were doing because of the tornado that hit nearby last Friday. Here are two pictures I snapped with my cell phone yesterday so they’re not that great.
One of the first reports was of a car being lifted off the road and deposited in this yard. By the time the […]