Archive for December, 2009

My Plumbing Fixtures Company Is Hurting

Monday, December 28th, 2009

My own plumbing fixtures company was starting to lose sales to the new franchise company that just moved into town. I have seen many of my accounts that I had for many years just go completely cold. They have not called me in about six months, and they used to call at least once a week. I know that I cannot compete with the big box stores prices but I thought that maybe the personal service would count for something. So far, it has not.

I think that the accounts that I still have may only be staying with me because I allow them to charge and just pay a portion every month. I know that the big store does not allow their customers to do that, no matter what kind of great customers they are.

I have started to offer some of the unique products that you cannot find anywhere else, like the new waterless urinal. It has brought back a few of my clients but not enough to keep me going for much longer. If the waterless urinal does not save my business then I will have to start calling in all of the money that I am owed by my customers to pay the bills for this month.

I Chose The Number Four Link Building Company

Monday, December 28th, 2009

When searching the internet for companies that offer services of one way link building, I was shocked to see just how many there actually were. I have no idea how to choose one from the hundred that offer this service. My friend suggested that I choose one that is at the top of the search engine because maybe they can do the same for me. Her logic made complete sense and I chose the company that was number four on the first page.

My thinking was that the number one company for link building because they would probably be too busy to deal with a little old company like mine. We manufactured and repaired hiking boots and only serviced the tri state area, not the entire world like many sites out there.

I sent a couple of emails to the number four link building company and did not hear anything for six days. This did not sit well with me since I figured that this must be the way that they handled all of their customers, horribly. When someone did get back to me, they explained that they would love to help me with one way link building but they had a waiting list of twenty people because they had so much work. I just laughed and clicked the delete button on them.