December 19th

Is my official date for the GRE! I've been studying rigorously. I was supposed to take it Nov 24th however a lot of things came up IE WORK lol so I had to push it back. I'm on a pretty solid schedule now so I'm able to have a good balance of study and work in.

Shae Bynes is my new best friend in FL! We finally got to chit chat and she's a great person.. I'm just mad when she said she like TSU better then A&T! (j/k)

I've been enjoying my Job, a lot of people ask me how I like working, I think they are looking for me to say.. it sucks.. but honestly, I've gotten used to the motion of waking up at 7 and getting to work by 9. I work in Acedemia so it's pretty laid back. Plus my job is great, I work on animals and with animals. I'm working on a project now that is in the middle phases of developing a new drug for alzheimers.. so that's cool.

That being said, I'm looking FWD to Tuesday because it's my last day off prior to the holiday! 5 day weekend sounds great to me!

Black friday anyone??

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Dennis

I'm still around!

Okay, so much has happened this last month. I visited Carolina mid September as you know I'm interested in getting my Masters in Health Administration. And they told me that based on my GPA and what not, if I score within the 50th percentile on the GRE I'll be golden. I should be able to do that. So hopefully next fall, I'll be at Carolina.


I ALSO recently got a J-O-B!! I work at Wake forest as a Principal Research Investigator in the Internal Medicine Department , I'm going to be conducting studies on lab rats and mice looking for causes if hippocampus degradation that leads to Aging diseases such as Alzheimer's and Dementia. I'm setting up some pretty cool cognitive behavioral experiments, some really neat stuff..I'll also be conducting brain surgeries to knock out various receptors in young rats which may simulate the same aging defects that older rats go through that show signs of aging diseases..I'm looking forward to that also...My nerdy side just came out :( Anyway, It's a very very lucrative position which is 40hours a week. I really can't complain at all...But the way I look at it, it's just another stream of income..

My First "OFFICIAL" Job Badge.. my picture sucks in it.. but i don't really care lol


September 16th I launched a ebay video course, it has over 2hours worth of video tutorial explaining how exactly i make money on ebay... www . auction cash cowboy.com (i use my pen name william leides) which is performing very well. (over $2k in sales since launch)
It's funny how you can see the "DIPS" over the weekend.. i guess people really don't buy stuff on the weekends! lol My ebay sales charts are similar



I also have a "Internet Marketing Video Course" out there at www. tai zejan. com which has slowed down a little just because I have been spending less tim marketing it, however, i launched this in july and have a little more then 150 members who paid atleast $12.97 or above... I'm in talks of selling this site with the video's sales page, everything to another marketer in the near future.

I'm still making money on ebay!!

I have 7 advertising Contracts that I don't spend much time on (no need to), but it pays me about a grand a month in fess and what not. I would like to get more, but i got so much going on there i just no time now.

AND GUESS WHAT

I may be buying my first house around the first of the year! (or atleast within 6months..i need time to look and analyze and do all the fund stuff) I am going to start looking through the MLS on what things are going for, I'm positive I can get a good house in my area now and put a little work in it then flip. I'm not going to be relying on other peoples financing anymore.. i'm just going to use my own lol but I would like to flip maybe 1 or 2 houses next year.. so yes.. in case anyone was wondering REI is deffinately in the wood works!

Well, I hope everyone is doing well! Steph, I just noticed your product launch! Congrats!! I hope it's been doing well! I hope you're building a list! If any of my readers (what's left of them) would like a copy of my ebay video course or my internet marketing course just email me @ ncataggie @ gmail.. i'll get you a copy to check out.

Talk to you soon!

Dennis

Cold calling is so much fun!

NOT! OMG , I don't know how telemarketers do it.. I can't take it much longer. I have about 20 more numbers, which isnt really a lot but gee whiz.. it's tough. I said I would stick to other marketing methods,but I wanted to keep my pipes full from all sorts of marketing.

I've contacted a few hundred people over the last 3 days via cold calls and I have 2 appointments, that's not really good numbers. I'm probably wasting my time cold calling, but I'll find out sooner or later.

I'm going to be meeting with my REI friends next week, hopefully they got some good news :)
now they are doing credit repair, they are doing well with that, so i'm not sure if they are even thinking about REI right now? we'll find out though.

Anyway, time to cook!

Den

2 More Contracts

Well, I've been focusing hard one two things. 1) Preparing for the GRE.. yes more school :( and 2) Continuing my marketing biz. I was able to pick up 2 contracts today. The first contract was from a biz owner who owns a mom and pop pizza shop, I'll be getting him setup with a basic 5 pager with a autoresponder and show him how ot maximize it to start making money soon. I had him so amped up about it that while I was in the office, he called one of his friends who just started a clothing store and told her that she needed my services (so he basically sold her for me) I wasnt expecting that, but I went over to her place right after meeting with him, she could afford to put down a huge chunk of change but we have her setup on a subscription service, so instead of paying $1500 down / $100 month , she's paying $250/month minimum 1 year. So that way over the course of a year, she will have covered the total cost of 1500down + 100 month.

Anyway, this was a pretty good day, got me amped up to get out there and hit it hard. So far I have $750 residual monthly income from my marketing company, I hope to get it to the $10,000 range within a few years if I stick with this.

Anyway, thanks for the kind words in regarding to my last post! Everything is ironing itself out!

Dennis

So how do you lose $10,000+ in 2 days?

Well... you crash 2 airplanes, that's how.

Rewind...

a few weeks ago we found out my dad had to get another surgery on his legs this time, last year he had sextuplet bypass surgery on his heart.. he's had surgeries on his legs before to clear up the veins and artery.. however now the femoral artery is pretty clogged and that needs to be cleaned. So this has been playing a burden on me.

Over the last 2 years my Mom's voice has increasingly gotten worse and worse and worse, to the point of it now being a whisper. The Dr's said shes horsed, they said she may have a bacterial infection, they said it could be a stomach thing.. over the past year she's been back and forth, well this week she was diagnosed with Spasmodic dysphonia which basically is a Neurological issue causing her brain to mess with her vocal chords. I miss hearing my mom's voice.. it sucks not being able to hear it. Well, there is no cure for this issue, however there is a treatment. They inject botox into the muscles of the vocal chords to "block out" the signal from the brain. After the treatments her voice will be back to 100% the only downside of this is, itls only temporary, she sould have to get treated every 3 months, once the botox runs out she will lose her voice again.

a Month ago, one of ym close lady friends found a lump on her breast, she was due to start veterinary school aug 9th, but she deferred just incase because she didnt want to be out of school for a while, in professional school you miss a day and your 2 weeks behind. Well, the test results came back - breast cancer :( I couldnt believe it.. someone who is younger then me! It was a scary time, shes giong to be starting chemo in september, she's been strong about it, but broke down a few times on the phone.. udnerstandably .. She caught it early on though, so they are pretty optimistic about it, which is a good thing.


I'm pretty big into RC planes, I have a number of planes that I just enjoy to fly. And after school let out, I literally went on a splurge and purchased 1 big plane that cost be about 3 gran, after I got that one I saw another one I wanted which was about 7.. Well over thepast 2 weeks, I've been a little stressed, and flying has been a pretty good stress reliever... well.. needsless to say I went down spectacularly..both planes.. gone. yesturday, the first of the "big planes" went down... I wwas flying it very hard and fast. I would come in from a dive (110mph) then pull up hard, putting a lot of g forces on the wing.. well, I pulled 1 2 many G's as I was pulling off the wings literally snapped off, they couldnt handle the pressue.. today I had a strange technical issue that cause my other plane to go down , fortunatly it missed a lake by about 50 feet.. so I'm able to salvage about $2000 worth of electronics and the engine.

That being said.. i'm just sooooo stressed and feeling some what bummed...i mean i know what I was getting into and I knew the risks..

I'm going to put the planes down for a little while, I'm not going to mess with them for 2-3 weeks as I just need to collect myself. Lately I've been really irritable and moody which really isnt me. Sometimes I just don't want to be bothered with anthing or anyone.. imagine someone poking you none stop.. after about 5 minutes you would get tired of it.. well that's how i've been feeling all day.. not the physical poking sensation.. but the frustration and iritation.. i struggle NOT to just flip out on someone, that's probably why i've been flying my planes so much.. cause it's just me and my planes.

wellllllllllll sorry for the debbie downer post! LOL I'll be back in a few weeks, back to my cheerful self (Except when it comes to REI!! haha)

Dennis

PS: Apple Cidar Vinegar is what i'm going to drink over the next few weeks.. it's supposed to lift and stablize your mood (or so they say, I'm going to give it a shot, literally)

Interesting Findings

I find that when I pitch potential clients "Save money on your current advertising" vs "Do you need a website" I get a much better response. I guess they already get a ton of website offers, but when they hear, would you like to save money while increasing revenue.

So far I have 3 clients lined up on $1500 plus $200 monthly. I have a potential 4th coming up but it's a hard 4th.

One other observation I find interesting.. is small business owners initially have a brick wall up, i guess they get pitched a bunch of products or services all the time.. but once you build a little repor they are very open and very cool to talk to, a lot of them have owned several different businesses and have a lot of insight on things.

untill next time!

D-NYCE!

Chamber of Commerce

I'm going to be heading to the chamber of commerce today, or tomorrow to see if I can setup some sort of small "free seminar" to local biz owners. My plan is to share with them how they can "Get online" and if they are online, to turn their website into a money generating machine for them vs just some shell billboard that's not doing much...then off them a consulting service (price point not set yet) then once I meet with them, offer them a unique blueprint solution for their company. So far I've received 3 calls biz related, but no appointments. Hoping something happens soon.

On another note, I was just charged 5 x for $498.37 on my debit card for some random websites.. i called Bank of America and the immediately said "We notice unusual activity" , i'm thinking they couldn't stop it while it was happening? Hell.. they stopped me from buying a TV a few months ago because they didn't think it was me.. anyway, they said the charged need to be "cleared" before they can fix it right now they are pending.. what a hassle..

Pz Out!

Got my first phone call!!

My biz line rang this morning early on, I was so excited like whoohooo, i missed the call though as I was still sleeping, anying the person left a message and it was awesome, they told me that I could be making 50,000 a month!All I had to do was call them back ~ Only if I was serious about making SERIOUS MONEY though :( ...Thanks Craigslist :-/

However, I am going to TRY* To make another 50-100 calls today..gosh cold calling businesses is a daunting task, but i'll get it done.. i think I'm giong to rely mostly on flyers and other marketing methods to get people to call ME back.

I should be getting some sort of calls from my alst mailings over the next few days though!

100 Cold Calls and 100 Flyer Sent.

Well, I'm starting things small. I want to work up to sending about 1000 flyers out advertising my webdev company, however I don't have a a system in place to handle it if I receive a bunch of calls.. so I'm building up slowly but surely.

Out of the 100 cold calls, I didnt get much GOOD responses, I did however manage to land to appointments next week, which I'm looking forward to. The mailers went out friday.. so I won't get any calls if any, until next week. 100 really isnt enough but I'm hopeing I get 1 or 2 appointments.

I know that if I meet with the owner I can close them... the product really sells itself if they truly want to increase their revenue.

I have a number of people that I will outsource the work to, so once I start getting in clients, I will be able to plug them in, so to say.. we will see how it goes!

Hope everyone enjoys their fourth of july.

Oh Ya. I'm taking a break from ebay :) I'm not going to work the eby biz all July.. I did pretty well the last few months, so I'm just gonig to take a lil vacation.

Hope this weeks goes well!

Hey everyone, after a few emails I thought it would be bessed to post a blog entry.

Well, I will just get str8 to the point. I don't want to let anyone down that's one reason why I havent really posted anything lately. However, some things have changed recently for me.

My local real estate market has been struggling a little, I have tried to put in a lot of leg work sincemy last blog entry in finding other good buyers, but I kept hitting a wall in which it didnt seem I could overcome. I am going to be on a "real estate biz sabbatical" for the next few months until things change a little.

That being said, I've since started another company.. yes another. This is a marketing company in which I'm able to help local biz owners decrease their marketing exepenses while increasing their profits. One thing I have gotten really good at over the pastyear is internet marketing. I find it enjoyable, and challenfing.

I was going to start up another blog that is my "accountability partner" for that business, mainly because I didnt want people to think I'm just giving up on RE, nor let some of my followers down that were reallypushing for me. However, my blog is about the road to freedom..

So I may change the tone of this blog from Real Estate to ,y new biz venture.. believe it or not, i do a lot of the same "logistial things" that i went through for my RE biz.. IE offline marketing, finding clients, marketing my services, presentations etc etc.

Just a heads up for anyone reading.

Thanks and talk to you all soon, i look forward to me starting to blog again!