Welcome to the first post here.

At last I got this site out of the bubble wrap. It has been laying around for two years now and at last I have gotten it going.

This is in part due to some butt kicking by Doberman Dan Gallapoo. You can get the same walloping on his blog at the link below this post at the bottom of the page, after reading this post.

( Go there, you will learn a lot about business, marketing, copywriting and life in general)

Thanks, Dan.

So let’s get into it.

Always be careful of what you hear, see and believe from the “gurus”. 99% of them are more know it all than anything else.

They always try to dazzle you with all the bells and whistles that they have acquired by other people's labours, don’t pay their bills and always have these photos of the houses, cars, holidays, Photoshopped cheques, proof of income that is three years old etc.

They always have the newest thing to make you rich while you sleep. It is actually to make them rich out of your pocket while you sleep.

The term “blueroo” comes to mind. The jump from one thing to another at such a pace, that they get out of breath and turn blue from lack of oxygen.

And they always "Consult?....."

Online or offline be careful. They just want your lunch money and give crap in return.

If they have not been and still are in the trenches, with the gut wrenching experience of making payroll, support bad habits like regular food for them and their families, as well as sleeping indoors, in a bed no less and living or dying by their businesses success, be afraid. Be very afraid.

Just smile, back away slowly and then when out of reach, turn and run like blazes.

Never trust them until they have earned your trust.

Example:

An old farmer always sat on a log outside of his back door in the mornings after breakfast, enjoying his coffee and pipe before getting down to work.

One morning, an SUV that would only be available to the public in two years time turned up. A gent got out wearing a suit that cost more than an MBA.

He greeted and asked the old farmer that if he could tell him exactly how big his farm was, how many and what type of animals he had on the farm, would he give him one of those animals?

The old farmer looked amused and said yes.

The gent pulled a laptop out that would put NASA to shame and started connecting wires and all sorts of things to it.

Eventually he started working. After about 30 minutes, he looked up proudly and said:

“Got it. You have 10312 sheep on your farm. You have one horse, and your farm is twelve miles long and two miles wide. Can I have my animal now?”

The old farmer said OK.

While the gent was stuffing the animal onto the back seat of the SUV the farmer lit his pipe leaned back and asked the gent a question” You must be one of those internet marketing guys, aren’t you?”

The gent said: “ Yes. How do you know?’

Farmer: “ Well, you came on to my farm without my permission, answered questions that I never asked, which you got wrong by the way, and wanted something for nothing expecting me to pay for it, all the while trying to dazzle me with your technology, vehicle and clothes. For your information, I farm with cattle, my farm is only two miles by two miles, and I have no sheep or horses here.

Can I have my dog back now?”

Moral of the story:

I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-62)

Until next time when we talk about “sticking it to the competition with their own products”

Thomas.

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