Here’s another hot tip from my brain I’m sharing w/ all you hard working freelancers out there.
It seems in my research, I’ve discovered you’ll do better with people if you actually talk to them over the phone versus busting them a fly email. Now, of course, face to face is the best medicine, but this tip applies to when it’s impossi-bull to meet them in real life.
The best way to go about this is to simply offer to call them to discuss business. Just let them know it’d be easier to discuss matters over the phone and ask for their number. You can offer yours and ask them to call you, but research shows (my research) that they’ll almost never call. BUT, they will answer when you call them.
It seems like common knowledge, but it took over a year for an idiot like me to realize this so I thought I’d share.
All I can say is WOW. It seems this blog is getting MUCHO-POPULARO with the spambots!! They just CAN’T STOP leaving comments!!! How blessed can echoflip.com get? I don’t mean to brag, but I posted some of the comments below so you guys can share in my joy and happiness.
The open-jerk-face sandwhich spambot at best-global-hotels.com/hotels writes:
“I found your blog via Google while searching for six star hotels and your post regarding yourself in Gaylord Palms at echoflip.com looks very interesting to me. I have seen many sites before and most of them do not look this good. I cannot wait to let my friends know about this site. Thanks for the excellent content.”
Thank you so much spambot! Even though my blog post was making fun of the name of the hotel, I’m glad that you and your friends are benifiting from my obviously amazing site layout and excellent content!! Suck an egg!
The shouldn’t get out of bed in the morning because I suck so hard spambot at myyoungerlookingskin.net writes:I couldn’t understand some parts of this article amid.gov at echoflip.com, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.
Sorry there spambot. I know that I use allot of big words and I honestly hope that you can find some more resources to de-code my 4th grade writing level.
The I hope you choke on your fist in your sleep spambot at wikisources.net writes:
Hello webmaster your Artikle dventures of Matt Gondek, Freelance Artist IV at echoflip.com ist very intresting!
Thanks allot spambot! I’m glad you thought my “artikle ist vey interesting!!! Learn to spell asshole!
I hope the rest of you blog owners out there can read this and not get THAT jelous. You’ll be as cool as we are someday w/ practice.
P.s. Turtles can breathe out of their behind.
Published by Matt Gondek August 28th, 2007
in Fun and Entrepreneurs.
As you probably already know, I make WAY MORE than enough each month off this blog to live comfortabley. However, as most multi million dollar small businesses do, we will eventually lose everything. This is why I have developed the perfect backup plan. Let me tell you about my NEXT business venture.
The Pancake and Popcorn Buffet.
Think about this… who doesn’t like a bag of popcorn, or a plate of pancakes? Well.. lets say you sit down and eat both. Want seconds? Of course not! It’s very simple really:
IT’S IN-HUMANLY IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A SECOND HELPING OF POPCORN OR PANCAKES.
While your eating your first helping of either treat, you can’t believe how delicious they are, but by the end, you’re so full that the thought of eating any more makes you sick.
So… if I open a Popcorn and Pancake buffet, and charge say $8.95 to get in (with soft drink), and you eat maybe $2.00 worth of food during what I like to call “Round One”, I am currently at a profit of $6.95. Now, I know in my heart you ain’t eatin’ anymore, or I’ll eat my hat. This is where the money starts ROLLING in.
