Archive for December, 2009

My Friends And I Installed Used Poweredge Servers

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

My best friend asked me to help him install a set of used servers. I had never done anything like that and told him that he should just hire a professional. He told me that he could not afford a professional and had bought the used poweredge servers because they were really all that he could afford.

I called a coworker of mine and asked him if he knew how to install used poweredge servers and he told me that he had done it once before but that it takes a long time. I asked him how much he would charge me to do it and he said that it would not be too much as long as I helped him out. I explained the situation of my friend and the cheap used servers that he had bought and that he did not have much money for the installation fees but I would make up the difference.

We started the work on the installation of the used poweredge servers the next morning and it took us about twelve hours to get all the lines run to the right spots and then to get everything hooked up where it should be. My friend did not have all the necessary materials, so a couple of trips to the store were included in the twelve hour installation time as well.

The Used HP Servers Boxes Were Damaged

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

The used hp servers that were delivered today came in boxes that were all banged up. The company that we had bought them from had asked us if we would like to insure them and since we had never had anything delivered to us damaged before, we did not buy the insurance. I sure wish we had, since five of the six used proliant servers all had something wrong with them.

When I contacted a manager at the computer company, she was very nice but also informed me that once the used hp servers left their warehouse, they were not their concern anymore. I wanted to reach through the phone and smack her but that would not have done me much good. I called two local repair shops that fixed computers and explained the situation to them. They asked me what kind of servers that they were and I informed them that they were used proliant servers.

The guy was very nice and said that more than likely; the insides of the used hp servers were fine even if the outside had been dinged up a bit. He told me that we should try and install them first, before just assuming that they might now work.

A Website Design Company Should Know Better

Monday, December 28th, 2009

I do not know who built my competitions website but I am grateful that they are not very good at custom website design. They actually are pretty bad at it to be honest about it but for me that is a good thing. My competitor’s website looks horrible in my opinion and will not get him many leads at all.

It is not very professional looking and I do not think I would hire a contractor that owned a website like that. It just looks like he is a fly by night company and does not do professional work. I know he does good work but for someone that does not know him and too see that website first is not a good thing for him.

Another thing that I noticed about his new website is that it does not rank very well. There are certain keywords and keyword phrases that we have to target in our industry and right now his website only shows up on the second and third pages in the search results.

I know for a fact that you have to be in the top five results to expect any leads from it. Being that far back will not generate leads for him and is a poor job by that website design company. I think he will be disappointed when he notices is lack of ranking good.

Glad I Found The Guaranteed SEO Services Company

Monday, December 28th, 2009

I was happy to have found a good SEO services company that offered a guarantee. I had only seen four companies online that put a guaranteed SEO services claim on their front page but I decided that it would be silly to not go with them and pick someone who did not give you that kind of a promise.

I laid out exactly what I wanted to happen with my site and the person who handled my order, told me that their SEO services gold package would be the best bet for me. I paid her with my credit card over the phone and was excited to sit back and watch the money start rolling in from the increased sales that I should be getting from having this guaranteed SEO package going into effect.

It took three months, but I was finally starting to see the rewards of hiring a professional team to handle all of my SEO services. They had even thrown in some things that I had never even heard of and that made me very happy to have hired such a great team. If anyone ever asks me who I would recommend to do SEO services, I would give them this companies name and tell them not to look at any one else.

Iron Entry Doors And Gates Going In The Garbage

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

I would not want to throw away iron entry doors and iron gates like the guy next door just did. I guess that he wanted to change the look of his house on the outside and removed everything from before and was starting with a clean slate. I remember when the previous owners of that house had those doors and gates installed just four years ago and how much it had improved the curb appeal of it then.

I had even watched as four more houses on our block had also had iron entry doors and iron gates put in right after that. I could not afford it at the time and since everyone else seemed like they were going to do it, my husband did not want it to look like we were copying all of them.

I had secretly still always wanted the wrought iron doors and gates but knew that he would never go for it. I wonder though, that since there is one less house on the block now with them and we could probably even buy the ones that the neighbor is going to just throw away for really cheap, if he would go for it now.

Reading The Danny DeMichele Book Instead Of Taking Classes

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

My brother was looking to get into some internet marketing classes at our local community college. I told him that he could learn more from reading the book that Danny DeMichele wrote than all the classes at the school combined. I believe that you can learn more from someone who is a professional than from text books that only talk about the way to succeed.

Danny DeMichele is a proven professional many times over and when professionals give away their secrets, you are crazy if you do not use it all to your advantage. I told my brother to hold off on enrolling in the classes, till I could send him my copy of the book.

Two days later, he called to let me know that he was rather impressed with the book and is now thinking that starting on the ground floor at a local internet marketing company will teach him better hands on skills than taking some classes at the local college. I am glad that he changed his mind and has a job that will keep him leaning and interested in his career choice.

I am going to check in on him in a month or so and look for more literature written by Danny DeMichele to keep sending to him. I want him to stay inspired by one of the most professional search engine marketing professionals in the business.

ReputationManagers.com Has A Four Month Plan

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

The only thing that I am worried about with the ReputationManagers.com campaign that I have seen is that it might take too long. I have been spiraling down this slippery slope for years and have read all the bad press about me on the web, and I do not think that thirty years of doing things wrong, can be overturned in just four months. I am going to just have faith in them and see what they can do in this amount of time but I am very skeptical.

ReputationManagers.com is one of the best in the business and when I asked all my friends who I should go with to help me with this very difficult task, they all said that I should go with them. I made the call that night and by the next morning, the ReputationManagers.com staff had already put together this four month heavy duty plan.

I was also given a list of things to do to make this plan work better and I was going to do everything that I could to make it work. I think that my days of being a rebel are now over and it is time for me and ReputationManagers.com to create a new brand for me, one that includes a guy who has his act together finally.

The Dell Repair Contract Is Up For Renewal

Monday, December 21st, 2009

The dell repair contract that we had with the company has expired. I think that they want to renegotiate a new one but I have heard that they have raised their prices considerably this year. I wanted to use them again but think that I may need to start searching for a smaller dell repair company that is willing to deal, to have our business.

The company we used to have, had to have come out here at least ten times a month to repair something and each time we called them they charged us a trip charge. I would think that since we bought two new poweredge servers from them, they would be more likely to give us the prices we had before.

I am going to put all of my thoughts in a letter and then fax it over to the salesman who is in charge of our account over there and remind him of the great commission he made on the poweredge servers. I am hoping that he can set the prices or convince whoever is in charge that we deserve to have the prices from before or else we will have to take our business elsewhere.

Ordering XSeries Server Systems From Online Company

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

The last time that I had to order anything remotely related to a computer, it was a keyboard and mouse. Now, since we have made so many cuts to our staff, I have been given the extra task of making sure that all the computer equipment is kept up to date. I was a little nervous at first, but then when one of the xseries servers went out I found a really good company to order a replacement from.

My boss was shocked to see the bill since the last time the company had to order servers; the amount was double what I had just paid. He asked me if the xseries servers I ordered were new or used. I let him know that they were actually refurbished and came with a guarantee. He was impressed and told me to make sure that I used them for anything else that would allow us to save that much money.

I was telling my roommate about the whole ordering the servers deal and she told me that she had just placed an order with a different company for some system x servers and that she knows that the bill was about double of what I had paid. I told her to send them back and place the order for the system x servers with the company that I just used.

I Was Hired By An Interior Painting Company

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

I was hired by an interior painting company and love my new job. I work great hours and work with some really nice people. I figured that they would make me do all of the hard jobs, since I was new but that is not the case. In fact, it seems that the owner takes the more challenging jobs and gives the rest to his employees.

The interior painting company foreman says that the owner takes the harder jobs so that he knows that they are done properly and if there are any complaints, he handles them himself. I think that he is very smart to do business that way.

This particular painting company has been in business for approximately thirty years and I can see why that is. The owners treat their employees with respect and they go above and beyond for their clients. I heard one customer say that she has seen many other companies come and go but this painting company is here to stay.

I plan on working for this interior painting company for a very long time. I hope that they are around for at least another thirty years, or at least till I can retire.