Archive for December, 2009

Found Two Big Poweredge Servers To Install

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

The only way that I could ever afford new servers for my office, would be if I took out a loan or something. The way that the economy and the credit markets are, right now, that was really not an option. I knew that we needed to get some bigger servers to handle the growing office but until we just did not have the disposable income to buy new ones at this time.

I thought about buying used servers and my whole office figured that it was better than nothing. They all started searching in local computer shops for used servers that were big enough, still in good working order and most importantly, priced low. I found two used poweredge servers in a computer shop down the street from my gym and put money down on them so that they would not sell them until my computer guy could come and take a look at them.

My computer guy checked out the used poweredge servers and within twenty four hours of that, he was able to install them in place of the smaller ones that were just not pulling their weight in the office. We have had the used servers now for about six months and they are working perfectly.

Looking For Used HP Servers Online

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

I was hoping to find some used hp servers online but was having to sort through all the junk that people were trying to sell and I was just about to give up. I just happened to stumble upon a site that had good deals on used proliant servers along with a few other used hp servers. I had to call to get all of the prices but I knew that the quality was good and that if I ever had any problems with them that I could just contact them and they would help me out.

I am in need of four used hp servers for my current customers and the list keeps getting longer and longer. I started out the week with only having to find one used proliant servers but now it seems that all my clients are having issues. I hope to have everyone back up and running before the end of the month. It is not easy to find used hp servers at good prices around town, which is why I am turning to the internet.

Every single one of my clients understands the wait, and since they are not able to just order new servers, they are willing to just wait until I can find some good deals on used hp servers.

Our Office Scottsdale Adult Flag Football League Team

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

All the guys that I work with were really excited to get to the first Scottsdale flag football league practice of the season. We had wanted to have a team last year but our work schedules were too busy and we did not have the time. Thanks to the recession, our work is very slow this year and we can enjoy the little things in life that make us happy like the Scottsdale adult flag football league.

We had all come up with the name of our team together and had shirts printed up to wear during the games. I could not resist wearing it for the first practice and apparently neither could the other guys. We looked funny running around the field with our pretty new shirts trying to practice football. I think that youngest guy on our team is probably thirty five and he is not in any better shape than the rest of us.

Our only hope for a successful Scottsdale flag football league season is that all the other teams are as old and out of shape as we are. Since that first practice, I have seen some improvement and we are looking better and better every time. Our first game in the Scottsdale adult flag football league is this Saturday and according to the schedule, we play an all female team.

Still Wearing The Toddler Footed Pajamas With No Feet

Monday, December 28th, 2009

For six years, all my son would wear was the toddler pajamas that I had gotten him so long ago. Since they were footed pajamas, when he got to a certain height, I had to cut the feet out of them and he kept wearing them. I decided that this could not go on forever and went out shopping for some new toddler pajamas that had some of his favorite cartoon characters on them. I really thought that it would do the trick but I was wrong.

I then decided that maybe I should just find a company that made footed pajamas for eight year olds. I was able to find one online and I ordered just one pair of footed pajamas to just test out on him. They arrived on a Monday morning and that night, I pulled them out for my son to wear. He was very excited to see that they still had the feet in them and he fit them very well.

I knew that I had made my son happy and I was thrilled to not see him running around in toddler pajamas with the feet cut out because he was so tall. I am ordering four more pairs of footed pajamas this evening and then throwing out all the old small ones that we have.

Switching To Discount Office Supplies Now

Monday, December 28th, 2009

My only regret when firing the old office supply provider we used to have, was not telling the owner what an idiot he was for thinking that people were actually stupid enough to pay the prices he had just raised his products to.

I was made aware of the price increase when my secretary brought me a copy of it that had been faxed over. I compared it to the price list that we had from their old prices and it was a thirty percent hike in prices. I wonder how he thinks that anyone running a business in this economy can pay a thirty percent increase for anything.

I immediately called and cancelled our standing monthly order. I guess that they had never heard of discount office supplies, the new company that I am going to switch to. I had been looking at them a few months ago and wondering if by switching, we would get the same kind of service or not. I do not even care about the service now; I am going with discount office supplies. Maybe sometime in the future, the old office supply provider will figure out that you cannot just raise prices like that, maybe when his company goes under.

Not All of Them Are Like Danny DeMichele

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

I really enjoy making my living at home by being a blogger on the World Wide Web. I have read the likes of Danny DeMichele and many other marketing experts. I have learned how to market myself has an online author. I write about home improvement projects and try my best to help home owners to make that right decisions.

Whether home owners are looking for some do it yourself advice or looking for tips on hiring a contractor to do the work for them, I have information that can help them. I have built quite a few blogs with tons of articles in them that do get a lot of traffic.

My information is free for the taking and with my traffic numbers, I sell advertising space and that is pretty much how I make my living. I have been doing it for a long time but learned more in one afternoon from Danny DeMichele on social media benefits than I had learned the entire time.

Mr. DeMichele is a great part of my success online and as a writer. There are many marketing guys out there but some are so full of themselves that it can make you sick. Plus their information can be pretty useless most of the time.

Offering Better Life Insurance Rates

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

I wanted to be an insurance agent ever since I was in middle school. I do not know why really I just liked the industry and I liked to help people. My Grandpa was an insurance provider agent so he also had a lot of influence on me. I wanted to start my own insurance office and try to provide people with better life insurance rates but still provide a great service.

I have lived in my community my entire life so I felt like I could get a good start just from everybody that I knew or that knew my Grandpa before he passed. I got my opportunity to take over for him and that is what I have been doing for several years now.

I provide people in my community and online to long distance customers a better life insurance rate and many types of insurance. My Grandpa used to just sell a few different policies but I have opened it up to more options. I offer no medical exam life insurance, guaranteed life insurance, underwritten life, and many others.

I feel like I am an asset to the community and that I am helping people out all while making a living. It really is my dream come true to have become a life insurance agent and I am proud of what I do.

The ReputationManagers.com Have A Good Plan

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

The very last time that someone wrote some bad things about me on the web, I decided that I had had it. I looked into hiring a company to help me combat the bad press and put the good press at the top of the search engines so that people would see the good and not the bad. Some of the reviews were probably true, but it was hard to tell which ones were legitimate and which were not.

I found ReputationManagers.com on the web and the explanation of what they did was exactly what I was looking for. I called and hired them right away and went over the plan that they would take to get rid of the bad things that were on the web and help me to look like I was a saint, in my customer’s eyes.

I was impressed with the ReputationManagers.com plan in the first ninety days; I could really see things turning around. I was no longer the punching bag for people when they were not happy with me, or if they just wanted to try and make me look bad because we were competitors. I have discussed taking legal action against the people who are just messing with me, with the ReputationManagers.com staff and they said that those are hard allegations to prove in court.

They Stole The Used Cisco Switch From The Repair Van

Monday, December 21st, 2009

The twenty four ports used cisco switch that I had in the back of my cisco repair van was stolen last night. I have already called the cops to see if they would be willing to come out and prepare a police report so that I can turn it into my insurance company. I always lock the cisco repair van that is supplied to me from my employer because I live in a pretty rough neighborhood.

My own vehicles have been broken into many times but never my work van. I am wondering if the person who stole the port switch knew what it was. By itself, it does not look like much but a big black box. Now, if they knew what it was then they would know that it cost about two thousand dollars and they might be able to sell it for at least half of that.

This cisco repair job has got to be the best job that I have ever had, so I hope that I do not lose it over this incident. If they want me to start leaving my cisco repair van at the office then I will to save my job. It is very convenient though to not have to drive the twenty minutes to the office to pick it up every day.

General Contractor In Raleigh Needed To Build Garage

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

I was faxed a list of general contractors in Raleigh that are members of the better business bureau. I am always worried that I will hire a contractor that is going to walk away with my money and not complete the job or worse, complete it and it will have to be redone. The general contractors in Raleigh that are part of the better business bureau have reports filed on them all the time. You can read what kind of work they do, from their past clients.

I thought of looking for just a garage building company that only specializes in that area, but there were not any on the BBB list. So, I know that if I find a general contractor that also doubles as a garage building company that I will be getting the best of both worlds when I hire them.

I am looking to increase the value of my home by adding on a three car garage, since I have no garage at all right now, I think that it will add triple the amount of just a one stall garage. The garage building company that I hire should know more about that and I will make sure that I will get triple the value or I may rethink my whole concept.