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TEN years of Service & Honest Information
May 6, 2010 volume 10-issue 18
Your editor: Jan Tallent, rimdigest@usa.net
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Today's Issue Contains:
Publisher's Spot
Featured Article: Web Sites that Don't Work
Positive Quote
Fun Tip or Site
Funny of the Day
Recommended eZines
Publisher's Goodbye and Legal Stuff
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Featured Article
Web Sites that Don't Work
by jl scott
Not making the money you'd like to with your web site?
This might be a good time of year to look it over carefully.
Not only are the following god-awful irritating - these
situations will NEVER get MY money. And, probably won't
get much of it from other people, either.
For Instance ...
Don't ask me to "sign in" in order to take a look.
You want a user name and password before I even buy
or join anything? WHY?
I'm not going to do it. I'm GONE.
A friend told me not long ago that he couldn't seem to access
a site properly. He sent an email asking for a solution.
The reply?
He was to open his browser options and make changes!
WHAT? He had to set his options in a certain way
just for this site?
I don't think so! I'd pass. I'm GONE.
Then, we have the sites with code that won't work
in all browsers. And, why would that site owner
not make sure the site works in ALL versions?
Guess they don't want the business. I'm GONE.
Flash presentations. Forget them. Unless, of course,
you're more interested in showing off your artistic
abilities than in selling product.
I NEVER wait for a flash presentation to load.
Same thing for a page taking 10 minutes to load
over-blown graphics. I'm GONE.
Don't talk to me without my permission.
And, spare me your pitiful acting and lack of education
in delivery. If I wanted to watch an infomercial, I'd watch TV.
Give me a button where I can CHOOSE to watch/listen, or I'm GONE.
And, of course, a lot of mis-spelled or mis-used words will turn
me off immediately. People who don't have sense enough to have
their sites proof-read aren't the people I want to do business
with. An editor is called for on ALL web sites - even if it's
your brother!
You'd NEVER get a book or article published off-line without
an editor proof-reading, and maybe editing, it. Apparently,
a lot of people don't even KNOW they are mis-using words.
I'm GONE!
Bottom Line ...
Don't tell me what I have to do to have the privilege of viewing
your web site. Don't tell me I have to set a browser a certain
way - use a particular browser - sign in - wait for your S-L-O-W
flash show - or HUGE graphics to load - listen to stuff I can
read faster or overlook your many mistakes. I WON'T.
*You* make your web site fit whatever browser *I* want to use -
set however *I* want it set - and don't waste my time. I AM the
visitor. Do it *my* way - or *you* lose!
Why? 'Cause, I might have been your customer ... but I'm GONE!
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* dr. jl scott is the Founder of the International Council of
Online Professionals (iCop?) http://www.i-cop.org - and also
the publisher of the Online Business Trade Journal? - the blog
that keeps you up to date with online business coming of age.
Visit: http://www.OnlineBusinessTradeJournal.com
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Positive Quote
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers
through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge
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Fun Tip or Sites
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat
by his feet. He held up a sign which said:
"I am blind, please help."
There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket
and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign,
turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back
so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were
giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man
who had changed the sign came to see how things were.
The boy recognized his footsteps and asked,
"Were you the one who changed my sign this morning?
What did you write?"
The man said, "I only wrote the truth.
I said what you said but in a different way."
I wrote: "Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it."
Both signs told people that the boy was blind.
But the first sign simply said the boy was blind.
The second sign told people that they were so lucky
that they were not blind. Should we be surprised
that the second sign was more effective?
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Funny of the Day
"Big Shot"
If you've ever worked for a boss who reacts before getting
the facts and thinking things through, you'll love this.
A large steel company, feeling it was time for a shakeup,
hired a new CEO. The new boss was determined to rid the
company of all slackers.
On a tour of the facilities, the CEO noticed a guy leaning
against a wall. The room was full of workers and he wanted
to let them know that he meant business. He asked the guy,
"How much money do you make a week?"
A little surprised, the young man looked at him and said,
"I make $400 a week. Why?”
The CEO said, "Wait right here." He walked back to his office,
came back in two minutes, and handed the guy $1,600 in cash
and said, "Here's four weeks' pay.
Now GET OUT and don't come back."
Feeling pretty good about himself, the CEO looked around
the room and asked, “Does anyone want to tell me what
that goof-ball did here?"
From across the room a voice said,
"Pizza delivery guy from Domino's."
Thanks to Kent Butler, Puzzlemaster
http://www.Personal-Puzzles.com
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