Now here comes real kicker! In one persons ezine, no name, no email address - so I head on over to their site. And what do I find? A whack of testimonials addressed to .... drum roll please ..... Webmaster! Can YOU all believe that? I think this person really took use of name "webmaster" just too literally. But question is .. WHO are all these crazy people buying stuff from this person?

It really makes you wonder ..... cause they gotta be fake! Like that'd be day, I sent in a testimonial to someone who can't even tell me WHO they are, let alone BUY from them in first place. Give me a break here, as if people are going to address you as "webmaster" in a testimonial. I may be a little slow some days, but I am not that stupid to fall for that old routine.

The moral of this story is, put YOUR contact information on your web site and you might just get some business! We are all way too old to be playing hide and seek with YOU.

By Laurie Rogers Copyright 2002 All Rights Reserved

By way this same adage applies to those of you who WHINE and CRY about NOT making a million bucks after a week. "Oh well I can't do this anymore, it's not making me any money"! "Oh I don't want to do follow ups, that's too much work"! And, "why can't you just GIVE me some sales, you can afford it because you're making thousands of dollars a month". Heck, even my 3 year old son realizes that with WORK there comes a reward for his efforts.

I for one have NEVER had anyone GIVE me a free hand out, so WHY should I give you one? What makes YOU think that you are so deserving of a "hand out" that I didn't get? Are you that MORE special than I am, so I should just give you one? Who are you tell me that you have more grief and problems than I do? Do you know that for a fact? I doubt it!

Just because we are conducting business online, does not mean you don't have to WORK for your money. And you'd probably feel 100 times better knowing that YOU really did work for your money, rather than having someone just hand it to you on a silver platter. If you want to be treated and called a "Professional", then maybe you should really START acting like one. And it goes without saying, "do unto others, as YOU would have done unto YOU.