Frustrated
August 30th, 2009
It’s another Sunday and I’m a bit frustrated.? I have an assistant that is avoiding my calls and a lawyer who is under-delivering.
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Posts Tagged ‘ChampaignHomes’
2009/2010 Yellow Pages
August 25th, 2009
I indeed decided to place an advertisement in the 2009/2010 Yellow Pages.? Although I believe print advertising is a dying medium, I’m following my gut on this one.? Deep-down, I really believe that the homeowner who is at risk of being foreclosed on may turn to the Yellow Pages to find who to call.? This would be especially true, if that homeowner is older and is more used to using a print directory vs. the internet.? The older homeowner will most likely have more equity in their house; see how this makes sense in my head?? You should.? And the main incentive is that my ad will be the only one in the Real Estate section about foreclosure prevention…boo-yhaw!
Onward and Upward
August 20th, 2009
Man, I have been slacking completely on my blogging. I’m back on it though. I haven’t posted any ‘Accountability Tuesday’ updates lately because as I mentioned, I wasn’t going to do so until I completed the launch of my direct mail campaign. It’s still not launched yet. I’m very close however, as I have the mail-merge setup, all of the stationary, and I’ve selected a college student with nice handwriting to handwrite my envelopes and stuff them (all 900 for $120 or $0.13 each). This same college student is going to act as my phone receptionist and field my calls during the day. I found this girl on CraigsList and haven’t met her yet, however she stands far above the other candidates and just from the looks of her on paper. She sent me her resume and this girl is solid, college senior, great relevant work experience, good GPA, etc. I’m to meet her this weekend so that I can get her the materials to get started on this first project of hers’. I can already tell, this girl is a real go-getter…my kind of people. I’m already loving the idea of having a local assistant.
Yellow Letter Marketing
August 17th, 2009
Late Night/Early Morning
August 15th, 2009
Another Friday night posted at my favorite spot; On the couch, with my laptop on a TV-dinner table. I fell asleep, after going for a long-run (7 miles and could’ve ran more, I still got it!) after work at around 10pm and now I’m up at 3:43am. Don’t know what that’s all about. I’m trying to decide if I should go back to sleep or start Saturday now. Either way, I’m blogging in the meantime.
Delightful Piece of Mail
August 13th, 2009
Back in it
August 13th, 2009
I haven’t updated for a week, as I went to D.C. last weekend and every time I go out of town it throws off my rhythm. That D.C. trip should be my last out of town trip until probably October. So, I should be able to work without interruptions for a quite a while. I’ve got a lot to write about from the last 8 days. I’ll post with some details later today.
CraigsList II
August 5th, 2009
I’m waiting now for a call from a website client at the moment and just thought about some more info to share. I started implementing my craigslist campaign a few days ago and had some frustrating experiences. The post I made initially, “Your stupid if you don’t buy from us” got flagged almost within the hour. This at first, alarmed me. I thought the po po’s were going to show up at my door or something. As I was scrambling to hide the guns and dope, I realized…”maybe there is more to this”. I did some research and found an article that hipped me to the game. You can check it out here:
Accountability Update
August 5th, 2009
So I forgot to post yesterday. I’ve got a lot of things going at once. I think I’m going to drop the Accountability Tuesday idea and just make Accountability Updates every once in a while. Actually, scratch that, I almost coped out just then. I’ll just have to remember to make those weekly posts every Tuesday. It’s just frustrating to review my posts and see things still pending due to others. When people don’t get in touch with you when they say they will, they deserve a three-fingered slap. I’ve got folks holding up my progress!…that’s my job…not anyone else’s…I guess they didn’t get the memo.
