The Renegade Doc Comments

We have kept an ongoing list of things here on this blog that we call “Too Good to be True” I have discovered another one you ought to know about, particularly if you operate a business. It doesn’t matter if it is online or offline, home-based or office-based, virtual or brick-and-mortar, product or service. Every [...]

The final episode of Celebrity Apprentice was pretty intense. Was definitely lots of fun to watch; as such it was great TV! It pitted the “nice guy” Trace Adkins against the ruthless Piers Morgan. Trace made points with people, making relationships and friendships. Piers made money. Trace was a gentleman, Piers was manipulative. In the [...]

See the new look on the blog – Google Ads posted along the sidebar. No big deal, you say. Everyone has them. True, except everyone but me until a few minutes ago! Have you ever taken one of those surveys where part way through they are asking at what level of computer literacy you are? [...]

One of my “loves” is using the computer to attempt to generate some extra cash. Many of my posts on this blog in the past have been about this subject or related fields. It is actually becoming one of my “love-hate” relationships, my computer and I and this attempt to generate cash. Some days real [...]

Some time ago we wrote about some things that were “Too Good to be True” in which we talked about several specific things, but also about the fact that one has to believe in a general goodness of heart in at least some of us to think such things could exist. Most of us seem [...]

We constantly hear today, especially in the marketing world, about putting everything into a system. Of course, the reason for doing this is to be able to duplicate and automate. It goes to the idea of doing something once and getting paid over and over again, the idea of efficiency. And of these I am [...]

I realized recently that the marketers I know, be they network (MLM) or internet or (the few) direct mail marketers, basically are doing one thing. They are doing the marketing game just to play with the technique of marketing and not really to make any money. There is a LOT to learn about marketing, don’t [...]

I was speaking with a Massage Therapy friend/mentor recently. He dropped the bomb that he was going to sell his spa. My first thought was, “How can he do that? That would be giving up his Gift, his Calling.” And selfishly, I thought “That would take him away from me and he would not be [...]

I have spent 4 or 5 years in the marketing world trying to run one or more home based businesses. Like most, I have been unsuccessful – that is, I have spent lots of money without earning any. During this time I have been taught – and tried to learn, with some success – skills [...]

Yesterday a friend spent some time with me, being concerned and caring for me, presenting another business opportunity. For that I am very thankful, especially that he cares about me. Incidentally, the biz op would probably be a good one, a money saver and a potential money maker. However, the experience taught me something I [...]