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« Previous Entries Thursday, July 24th, 2008Cries & pleas for help in business
If you belong to any wahm groups, forums, networks I’m sure you’ve seen what I’m talking about.
Many think it’s “professional” or “business like” to cry out and beg and plea for donations (be it money or orders) to keep their business afloat.
This can range from the cries of “help me meet my quota before I […]
When working as an independent distributor, rep, consultant
According to Dictionary.com the word independent means:
working for oneself or for a small, privately owned business.
not relying on another or others for aid or support.
not subject to another’s authority or jurisdiction; autonomous; free: an independent businessman.
However; in the direct sales business world, independent should really mean something more like:
separate from main company, yet still under […]
Desperation: desperate cries for sales.
des·per·a·tion
[des-puh-rey-shuhn] –noun
1. the state of being desperate or of having the recklessness of despair.
2. the act or fact of despairing; despair.
Ok this probably won’t set well with some but it has to be said.
We’ve all seen the ads and postings on forums, yahoogroups and network arenas where someone is practically begging for sales and/or parties.
You can […]
Kiva ~ Loans that change lives
You can make a life changing difference in someone’s life today.
You can lend money to an entrepreneur who is in need.
Kiva’s mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.
Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.
I wanted […]
Wanna be’s and posers (yes again)
Wow, here we are talkin about wanna be’s and posers… AGAIN.
Funny how it’s the same people posing and wanting to be like us. Remember years ago and Michael Jordan & all the boys “I wanna be like Mike”.
Apparently in the work at home world it’s “I wanna be like Affordable Mineral Makeup™”
A company who’s […]
WAHMS who steal images from web sites
Really do people not think the original owners will find out or what?
This morning I saw an ad posted on a group boasting about their grand opening so naturally I went to check it out and lo and behold an image from Affordable Mineral Makeup was found on their site.
They added text over it and […]
Spamming and BCC’ing
Ok this has been one of my huge pet peeves for awhile now and am just now posting it.
How often do you get an email that was sent to a zillion people?
Too often I’m sure!
How often do you get an email that was sent to a zillion people and the sender did not bcc (blind […]
Following directions ~ What’s so hard about it.
I’m not talking about following directions on a map (anyone remember what that is?), you know the scene where the man gets lost and refuses to ask for directions because the woman read the map wrong and gave him wrong directions! LOL Guess it’s a good thing we all pretty much have GPS and navigation […]
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Will Speak For You
Will Speak for You offers professional and confidential mediation on a variety of subjects.
Have you ever wanted to say something, either to a person or business but just couldn’t muster up the words? Maybe you were treated unfairly and wanted to file a complaint but no one would listen. Perhaps you get so furious you […]
Whacked customers
According to Urban Dictionary “whacked” means:
demented; not right in the head
So, if you’re dealing with someone who’s obviously not “right in the head” and try to forewarn others before they could get taken advantage of by this person why do those you’re trying to forewarn get all upset and get their panties in a wad […]