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Extreme importance of following up for sales

Friday, June 20th, 2008

A lesson for any newbies to sales or building your own business...follow up on all opportunities and do it often. At any given time, my biz has at least 10 deals in the pipeline and I just pick a day every week and I bug thesee people every week until they ...

Growing Coffee at Home

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

I've tried a few times to grow coffee here in Northeast Ohio.  The first time it was going fairly well until I accidentally left the plants outside for the first frost.  After that I never did get the seeds to sprout again. Here's a cool site (http://www.coffeeresearch.org/agriculture/homegrowing.htm) that deals with this.  ...

Next Father’s Day…

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

I think what he's saying is that fthe point of ather's day is NOT to spend the day on the golf course..... http://www.dadsanddaughters.org/blog/fathersday1.html: "On Father's Day, the words of appreciation can go from dad to child, not just from child to dad. If you’re a father or stepfather, take some time this ...

Better tasting peas

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

From a link supplied from one of our readers, here is a really interesting article on growing better tasting peas and hydroponics "When I was young, I was like most kids and would not eat peas—until my mother came up with calling them “nice, green peas”. I ate them like there ...

Coffee Review: Chili’s

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Have you ever gone to certain large chain restaurants and ordered coffee, only to find yourself unable to drink even a cup of it?  That's been my experience at nearly every large chain restaurant - the coffee isn't warm enough, generally stale, and even when it's fresh it tastes like ...

Today in History - June 15th

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

1917: The US congress passes the Espionage Act 1776:  The state of Delaware declares independence from Britain 1963: Actress Helen Hunt was born

Good tech support from Dish Network

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

It's not right to complain about bad tech support and not praise good tech support. That being said, I give much credit to Dish Network support.  Everytime I call, I get a rep on the phone within just a few minutes and more often than not, that rep is empowered to ...

Also on this day: June 12, 1994 - O.J. Simpson

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Far more memorable to Americans is the O.J. Simpson car chase....exactly 14 years ago today. We all know that O.J. was found innocent of the murders, but here's something I did not realize (quoted from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1033): "In a civil trial brought about by the families of the victims, Simpson was found responsible ...

This day in history: June 12, 1987

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Quoted from: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do Exactly 21 years ago today: On this day in 1987, in one of his most famous Cold War speeches, President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down" the Berlin Wall, a symbol of the repressive Communist era in a divided Germany... ...Most listeners at the time viewed ...

Ballsy: Weedsthatplease.com

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

I have to respect people ballsy enough to put up a web site (in this case a web site that wes done very nicely) that deals with growing pot.  I could just imagine my own family finding out about such a thing and then fining out that I was the ...