Just the other day I found out that we owed the electric company for two months because our bill was lost in the mail. I couldn’t believe that all of the sudden I was behind $400 on my bills I had been working so hard to keep current.
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I like to send the family pictures of my kids often because they are growing so fast. I usually just send them a little note and the doubles from all my rolls. Recently I switched to a digital camera and I could email all my relatives pictures, but I wanted to give them something they could put up on their fridge.
Thats when I discovered Custom photo cards. Using pictures from my digital camera I can upload them to their website and order as many cards and I want!
This is my favorite card, a full color full picture card. I can personalize the inside with my own greeting. These are great for special occasions and announcements I like to make. I love how I can personalize the picture on the front to whatever event (like birthday pictures for birthdays).
I even order some blank inside so I can write my own personal message. I was thinking about getting some more made today for my business, so I send out greetings to all my customers, and remind them I exist.
They are so affordable, why not! I was able to order as many as I needed right from my computer, plus, they have free ground shipping! Thanks CardsDirect.com.
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Who doesn’t love a good oyster joke, especially when I came up with it myself!
Two Gulf oysters walk into a bar and the first oyster sees a fishermen sitting across in a booth ready to eat the first sea food that walks through that door. He looks at the other oyster and says, “hey guess what I am?”
The other Gulf oysters replies, “I don’t know, what?”
“I’m an Oyster slider sliding out of this place!”
But on a more serious note, who doesn’t like to eat oysters? I know everyone I know loves them, but it can really be hard to figure out how to make them properly, and since they can be dangerous if cooked improperly, its important to do your research. I just found a really neat and informative website called Beoysteraware.com. They have everything from recipes to information about the risks posed to people with certain health conditions.
Before you go our and enjoy oysters, make sure you know your facts.
I recently started a computer service business. I put an ad in the newspaper, and people would call me out to their house to fix whatever problem they had. After the ad finished my customers seemed to drop of the map, and I couldn’t figure out why.
One day one of my friends said that he wanted me to fix one of his problems, but he couldn’t find my phone number. I didn’t have the ad in the paper anymore and he couldn’t look there. Then it hit me, people liked my service, they just didn’t have an easy way to have my number on call.
I decided that I would give all my clients a magnet with my phone number so it could be there right on their fridge. I went to Vista Print and checked out their large selection of custom save the date magnets. The offer several different types, including business card magnets, perfect for what I was looking for. I even used the coupon code “Blog25FreeMag” and got 25 free magnets!
They printed them up and had them to me fast, for a lot cheaper than my local print shop! Plus, they make is easy to customize your magnet, all online! Now no one forgets my number, and business is booming!
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Growing up my brother and I used to shoot each other with BB guns. One day a BB got lodged into his leg, so my dad bought us a pair of paint ball guns. He said cloths are cheaper than the hospital, and our obsession with paintball began.
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It has finally happened to me. I have always been very trusting of people, and didn’t take any precaution with my personal information. I had heard many reports on television but I didn’t think it would ever happen to me.
About five days ago I got my credit report and noticed 3 credit cards I didn’t even sign up for. Who ever it was that stole my identity spent over $3000! I was shocked!
So, to protect myself from now on I signed up for a service called Life Lock. It is only $10 and they protect me, and they have specialist’s standing by if anything happens. If I lose my wallet, I give them a call and they take care of everything. They are on top of my personal information, and will stop anything from happening before it starts.
With Life Lock I don’t have to worry anymore. I’m glad its all over, and I’m glad I can rest assured that it won’t happen again.
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This year vacations looked out of the question. We had looked into taking a relaxing trip to Canada for a week or so, but with flights being so expensive it looked far out of reach of our budget. I wanted so bad to see Toronto and Niagara Falls, things I have always wanted to see but never have. I went to Vancouver once and it was like a magical wonderland, with clean streets and amazingly nice people.
Little did I know my grandfather had taken care of everything. He booked flights to Canada online and had tickets printed out and waiting for me once I got home from work. I have already decided we would just go to the lake and pretend to be on vacation, but it was really coming together. Canada here I come!
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Everyone I know has an email address. It is by far the cheapest way to get in touch with people (free), and since everyone has one no one gets left out. When you approach trying to sell a product online, you can’t miss out on this huge market. Not using email will leave out thousands of potential customers because of something you could of done very cheaply.
Most people check their email daily, making it a fast marketing tool, providing results right away! Using email marketing you can build a brand for your company, and communicate with existing customers, keeping them informed, and your company name fresh in their minds.
The biggest problem is where do you get started? How do you email all these people, keep track, and make sure those people turn into customers? Well, until recently, I was very frustrated with email marketing. I didn’t see any results and wasted a lot of time.
Then I found a email marketing company called Software Projects. They are cheap (free for the first month) and provide results. Their email console is easy to read and provides useful statistics so you can see your results. You can try things, see what works, what is selling on your website, or perhaps find weaknesses in your selling plan.
Their software is completely web based and doesn’t require any lengthy installs. You get complete control over your emails. Software Projects will be invisible to your customers. They also offer 99.9% deliverability-guarantee by using white-listed IP addresses! It doesn’t get any better than that.
Don’t miss out on building a brand name for yourself. Visit Software Projects today, and see what I am talking about. If you don’t like it after the first month, cancel your subscription and don’t pay a dime. What do you have to lose?
Disclaimer: This post is brought to you by Software Projects.
Recently my dad needed a new pair of glasses. I had just went through a horrible ordeal at the mall, trying to get myself a pair of glasses, and ended up spending $300, so I told him to try something else.
He was a big fan of online shopping. His home page is Amazon, and a package seems to arrive for him daily. I figured since he bought everything else online (including his shoes) why not a new pair of glasses. I told him he could probably save some money by ordering direct from the manufacture and cutting out the middle man.
He found a website called zennioptical.com. ZenniOptical.com had a wide selection of Stylish Prescription Glasses from single vision lens, to sunsensor (potochromic)lens, tinted suglasses lens, bifocal lens and even progressive lens. They manufacture the frames themselves, and keep prices low by not having a large advertising budget.
My dad made a Great Discovery: www.ZenniOptical.com. Next time I am in need of new glasses, forget the mall, im going to zennioptical.com.
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