Archive for December, 2009
Danny DeMichele Celebrated With Us
I was so happy to get the report of our internet sales for the month. It seemed that all of the money that we were paying to Danny DeMichele and his team was starting to pay off. I was a little worried in the beginning of the campaign and thought that it was maybe a little too much to put into all one company but they have proven to me that they know what they are doing.
I asked to get Danny DeMichele on the phone or at least his assistant so that I could thank him and let him know how well everything was going. I guess that since he has access to all of our sales data, he might already know but I just wanted to make sure. I could not reach anyone from his team and was getting frustrated.
About ten minutes later, there stood Danny DeMichele and his entire staff with champagne. I would have never guessed that a man that is so busy would take time out from his busy day to come to our offices and congratulate us for a job that he did. I tell anyone and everyone who will listen about the great team that Danny DeMichele has and what he can do for their businesses as well.
Walked Into Our Used Sun Hardware And Equipment Store
While on vacation down south, I saw a store that sold used sun hardware. I knew that sun was the brand of servers my company used and was just a little curious about the prices a used sun hardware store would charge in comparison to the used sun equipment place I used online.
The prices for the used sun equipment in the store were pretty comparable to those of the site I used. I got to talking with the saleslady behind the counter and started telling her that my company back home used sun computer products and that we bought most of our parts and hardware online. She asked me which company I used online and then laughed when I told her.
Apparently this used sun hardware store was also the base for the warehouse of parts that were sold on the site that I used. She even showed me our company name in her computer and you could see that there were many orders under our name since we use them all the time. It was a funny experience to have been in the place where our used sun equipment comes from all the time and not realize it till being told.
Cannot Beat The Used Dell Servers Prices On The Web
When the used dell store sent me a flyer in the mail, I looked it over and laughed. I knew that their prices were probably good for this area, but I bought all my used dell equipment from an online source. The online source is a site that I just happened to find while searching for dell servers about five years ago. I had first thought that some of the sites prices must have been wrong because they were so much lower than the local used dell store.
The prices from the site actually were correct and the man that I talked to on the phone from the company informed me that they refurbished the dell servers and other products themselves, and that allowed them to offer the great low prices.
I felt bad for the used dell store in town that had to send out the servers and other computer things to a separate repair shop to have them fixed, cleaned and refurbished. They would never be able to offer the prices on the dell servers that the web company could. They had to pass the extra costs onto their customers and that would keep their prices just a little higher than the competition.
Only One NC Roofing Contractor Was On Time
When I was doing a search online for a NC roofing contractor, I found quite a few. I narrowed the list down to five, just by visiting their websites. If their website was not very informative, then I scratched them off of the list. If they had a very professional website then I figured that they do professional work.
I called all five of the NC roof contractor companies and set up times for them to come and give me an estimate of what it would cost to fix the small hole in my roof that was cause by a really strong storm.
After having all of them come out, I chose the company that actually showed up on time and was priced not too low, and not too high. They were the only one to show up on time though and that goes a long way with me.
I remember one time I had hired a siding company to install vinyl siding on my shed and they did not show up on the day they had said they would. I had hired them because they were the cheapest out of the three siding companies that have me estimates. I could see after they did not show up on time, that you get what you pay for.
The One Way Links Are Paying Off
When my son called me to let me know that the one way links he had paid for were working, I had no idea what he was talking about. He explained that his website was not getting very many hits and his sales on it were very low. I thought that his site was great and had always assumed that he was making tons of money with it. Anyhow, he hired a link building company to help him rank better and improve sales and it was working.
He let me know that for the last few months, his sales were not even covering the cost of keeping the site up and running and now after having the one way links done for him, his sales have gone up so much that he is able to cover the cost of the site, all his bills and even put away a little into savings. I wish that I would have known how badly he needed money before, but now that it seems that those times are behind him, I am glad.
I have offered to pay for some more one way links to help the website stay successful and even improve sales even more. He told me that he would never take money from me and that he will be fine since everything has turned around thanks to the link building company.