Forum: Offline Marketing 
5th January 2019, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,061 Re: My 6000th post...
What, like the shady WSO's he has put out more than once and been banned for? Always to come back with a sob story... but no refunds.
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Forum: Website Design
18th July 2016, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 127  Re: Hardest Part of being a full time webdesigner
Sales. I've been relatively lucky (worked hard at it, and was reasonably decent). It's easy to find someone to pick up your design overflow. They're a dime a dozen. Bringing in new work has to be...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
20th April 2015, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 21
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Forum: Offline Marketing
10th October 2014, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,876 Re: Costco and Hearing Aids
Gotcha. No worries, and thanks all for the input. She isn't concerned about a competitor, so much as looking for a way to use them to her advantage. It's a good thing.
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Forum: Offline Marketing
9th October 2014, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,876 Re: Costco and Hearing Aids
Times have changed. Siemens and GN Resound among others fit the bill for what I'm talking about. Look it up. It's a brave new world...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
9th October 2014, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 26
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Forum: Offline Marketing
9th October 2014, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,876 Re: Costco and Hearing Aids
Considered that, but it just isn't the case. Hearing aid batteries last 6 months, give or take. The aids themselves are completely custom though. They need to be adjusted and fit to work...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
9th October 2014, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,876 Re: Costco and Hearing Aids
So, you have a brick and mortar location that you've been in for better than 10 years, but you would move "directly across the street from Costco"? I'm thinking not. Costco isn't selling dozens of...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
9th October 2014, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,876 Re: Costco and Hearing Aids
Spare me the "newbie is his own worst enemy" stuff, if you could be so kind. This isn't my first rodeo. Just the first time on this particular horse. You can bet all you want, but this isn't a...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
9th October 2014, 08:31 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,876 Re: Costco and Hearing Aids
Something simple and direct like that is generally my first approach, and I'll run it by her, but I doubt it will work. Costco is a corporate machine. I highly doubt they'll be interested in...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
8th October 2014, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,876 Costco and Hearing Aids
My apologies in advance. This isn't a "How I Crushed It And Made $476 In 3 Hours" type of post.
I have a long time client who is an audiologist (hearing aid lady). Her pitch is that she takes...
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Forum: Website Design
3rd September 2014, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,011 Re: Advice On Hiring a Good Web Designer
You don't need a web designer, a developer, a coder, etc. You need to approach someone with a clear understanding of what you're looking for, who has a demonstrated background of putting together...
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Forum: Website Design
3rd September 2014, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 580 Re: Help with web page
Great domain name, terrible site. It needs to be redesigned from the bottom up, and by someone who understands what the goals of the site are.
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Forum: Website Design
2nd June 2014, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 746 Re: New Design: Too much?
I disagree, a little. I'm the first to admit that Parallax can be overdone - hence the point of this post. I'm pushing the envelope (or at least, "my" envelope) a bit with this design because the...
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Forum: Website Design
2nd June 2014, 04:03 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 746 Re: New Design: Too much?
Thanks. Right on all accounts. I haven't done anything to optimize images (some of them are very large) and the "zoom" (which is actually a video) is currently a resource hog. Next step is...
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Forum: Website Design
2nd June 2014, 10:28 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 746 Re: New Design: Too much?
Yes and no, on your internet connection. It's actually a video - and right now, a pretty large one. Hence, the hiccups. I need to compress it much, much more and that should help quite a bit. ...
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Forum: Website Design
2nd June 2014, 09:47 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,272 |
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Forum: Website Design
2nd June 2014, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 746 New Design: Too much?
Howdy Folks,
I design primarily in Wordpress, and I've been playing around a bit with Parallax lately. This is a new design that I'm working on. The question is: is it "too much?" I want to say...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
28th August 2013, 08:48 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,683 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
28th August 2013, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 494 |
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Forum: Website Design
6th August 2013, 10:43 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 414 Re: Quick wordpress help required please
Go to codecanyon.com like EZ mentioned above. Search for MegaMenu, and buy it.It's $10 or so. The rest of the posters above are technically correct, but I don't think the WP menu system is going to...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
24th July 2013, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 680 Re: need some help with a client
Unless I'm missing something, just fix it. Open it up in word, Ctrl-A, change the fonts and sizes. Add some headings, and you're set. I generally provide all content for my projects, but even when...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
20th July 2013, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 504 Re: Kind of a big deal
I'm not thinking affiliate, as much as I am reseller. They'll need to OK it of course, but I can't see them having a problem with it so long as it is reasonably easy to white label the whole deal. ...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
20th July 2013, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 504 Re: Kind of a big deal
You have to keep in mind that it's a template-based system. Everything is automated. The system inputs geo-specific data that is pulled from the local and/or regional MLS and the realtor (we called...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
20th July 2013, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 504 Kind of a big deal
Personally Branded Video Newsletters for Real Estate Agents | Market Videos (http://www.marketvideos.com/)
I wonder how much of a market there is for this sort of thing. Realtors are cheap, but...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
20th July 2013, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,200 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
19th July 2013, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,200 Re: Great Local Marketing Videos
It's an Aftereffects template from videohive (see above link). I do a lot of stuff that I actually shoot myself for local clients, but I'm not on par with Rollmodl (yet). Stuff like this:
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Forum: Offline Marketing
19th July 2013, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,200 Re: Great Local Marketing Videos
Yep. Not a whole ton of technical expertise there once you figure things out. As Claude would likely say, "the money is in the script". Gotta make it look pretty though.
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Forum: Offline Marketing
19th July 2013, 03:15 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,200 Re: Great Local Marketing Videos
Absolutely well done. You guys do fantastic, quality work. I'm continually inspired by the stuff you guys put out (and to be honest - steal as much as possible. As in, learning tips, tricks, and...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
7th July 2013, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,034 Re: Your WORST Cold Calling Experience
You may have asked the wrong question, but I think I understand what you meant. Here's the thing:
Cold calling is easy - IN COMPARISON TO - doing the same thing in person. There is only so much...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
7th July 2013, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 534 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
7th July 2013, 11:02 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 534 |
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Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping
7th July 2013, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 828 Re: Real deal online store - Magento, SCE, What?
Thanks for taking the time with this response. It helps quite a bit. My only question off the bat is with respect to: "many of the hosted shopping carts will allow you to sync with both eBay and...
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Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping
1st July 2013, 09:52 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 828 Real deal online store - Magento, SCE, What?
I have a client who runs an online/offline fishing tackle store. He started out strictly selling via Amazon and eBay, bought a building, etc.
He currently uses ChannelAdvisor, and for a lot of...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
29th June 2013, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 595 Re: Pricing your services
If we're talking about IM, I get it. In the real world (we're in the Offline forum) it isn't that simple. Sure, in theory you could make everyone pay via Paypal online. You'll lose a ton of...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
29th June 2013, 07:14 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 418 Re: Is This Video Converting?
Nothing wrong with animated videos, I do a lot of them. Here is an animated video from one of my Youtube channels. Tell me you can't see the difference:
Charter Boat Site Design | Site design...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
29th June 2013, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 418 Re: Is This Video Converting?
First off, stop using power point. It has no place in video production. Stop using it.
Second, hire a native english speaker to proofread your typography. Seriously. This can be a deal killer...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
29th June 2013, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 595 Re: Pricing your services
I've toyed around with this a bit, but always opted out because I couldn't figure out a way to be absolutely certain I could track it (taking my fee as a percentage, that is). I like all of my...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
29th June 2013, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 2,331 Re: How much can i sell this website for?
Listen, it's not about just buying the most expensive theme. I can do SEO and get pretty good results, but it takes me forever and I hate it. I can code the back end of a site from scratch, but it...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
27th June 2013, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,062 |
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Forum: Website Design
22nd June 2013, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,689 Re: Can you please rate my website design?
No reason at all to be sorry. If indeed this was your first website ever, then congratulations. I didn't mean to be too harsh. I would say that very, very few people try to turn their first...
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Forum: Website Design
22nd June 2013, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,689 Re: Can you please rate my website design?
I'll be brutally honest, because that's what I would want. It's bad. And not because your HTML or CSS is bad, which it is, but because it looks bad. If you're looking to make a free theme (i.e....
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Forum: Website Design
22nd June 2013, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 791 |
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Forum: Website Design
21st June 2013, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 921 Re: Trash this site!
Yep. Stonefly Marketing is me. Pretty horrid from a design perspective, but that's what I started with and haven't had enough breathing room to go back and make it right. Still working out where...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
21st June 2013, 12:20 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,901 Re: Lapel mic for iphone under $50?
I'm still a neophyte with respect to fairly serious live video, but I think "lavaliere" or something like that, is a type of microphone - not a brand. Basically a lapel sort of deal where you clip...
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Forum: Website Design
20th June 2013, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 921 Re: Trash this site!
Thanks. I was trying my darndest to pull together one like that sweet landing page in your signature. I just couldn't pull it off. Oh well, maybe some day...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
20th June 2013, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 519 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
19th June 2013, 10:56 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,901 Re: Lapel mic for iphone under $50?
I think what you're looking for is a "lavaliere" microphone. Wireless, can feed to an iphone or video camera. What most folks think of when they see a mic pack on TV. Can be had for $50, but...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
19th June 2013, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 879 Re: Hourly Rate or for the job?
To each his own, but I never, EVER charge hourly - and here's why:
All this talk about "gouging" is completely lost on me. You're worth what you're worth in any given market. If I'm very good at...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
14th June 2013, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 797 |
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Forum: Website Design
13th June 2013, 08:40 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 921 Re: Trash this site!
Thanks. I didn't quite understand Yanl, because I already felt like it was a bit gaudy. I can maybe see a different style to make it pop more though. I'll see what I can come up with. My email...
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Forum: Website Design
10th June 2013, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 921 Re: Trash this site!
Agreed in general. I'm sticking to my guns though on the slider font. I'll see if I can standardize the rest though. Thanks!
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Forum: Website Design
10th June 2013, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 921 |
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Forum: Website Design
10th June 2013, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 367 |
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Forum: Website Design
10th June 2013, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 367 Re: Did I Go OverBoard Or What??
Start with getting rid of the apostrophe in your logo. Step two, see the post from James Lennon above. Only this time, have someone who knows design do it. WP is a fantastic tool - not an end all...
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Forum: Website Design
9th June 2013, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 921 Re: Trash this site!
Agreed, but I'm keeping it super simple for right now. I'll verbally upsell those without a doubt. When I put together my actual company site, I completed disregarded what I read on here: i.e.,...
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