Archive for June, 2010

How To Avoid The “Big Fizzle” After Going Viral

It’s sort of an internet marketing home run to create something that just takes-off and becomes wildly viral. Having some kind of content that is popular and talked about on social media sites is a highly coveted event in the life of a marketer. Your business can instantly get a shot of traffic adrenaline from [...]

McAfee Virus: McAfee DAT 5958 Reports False Svchost.exe Virus

Users of McAfee Virus scanning software who updated their definition files this morning to McAfee DAT 5958 found themselves in the unfortunate situation of getting a false svchost.exe virus report. There is no reason to get payday loans online to pay for a computer expert to fix the McAfee virus, though. Instead, McAfee DAT 5958 [...]

Subscript Out Of Range Runtime Error 9 Means Registry Problems

Unless you are prepared to read the scripts on your computer line by line searching for bad parameters or line locations, you are going to want assistance eliminating the subscript out of range runtime error 9.  There’s no guilt in admitting that you don’t even know where the scripts are on your computer.  On the [...]

Keepsakes for our Children

One of the things that my parents did for us when we were children was purchase some gold coins issued the year that we were born.  The idea was that it would be a great keepsake for us when we were older, and potentially a great investment. My wife and I decided to follow my [...]

That Time of Year

It seems that this time of year gets busy in our bookstore.  Now, I’m not saying that other times of the year are necessarily slow by any means, but there is a definite trend at this time of year, especially in the sale of GMAT prep courses. Though we don’t carry a lot of offerings [...]

Kids Love Children’s Vitamins

One of my fondest memories of my childhood was taking my children’s vitamins each and every day.  I guess it was a bit of a ritual, but taking them not only tasted good, but was good for us too. I loved the variety that we had – everything from animals to cartoon characters.  Flavor wise [...]

Getting Rid of High Cholesterol

One of the side effects that I have experienced since quitting smoking is high cholesterol.  Now, I’m not saying that they are related in any way, but it seems that I traded one thing that was bad for my health for something else – and I’m not really happy about it. But I have been [...]

Run Error 429 – What’s The Trouble?

There’s no shame in a wrestle with the run error 429.  Even the computer ITs are struggling with it.  And if pros can’t sort it out, what are the thousands of regular PC users suffering from run error 429’s supposed to do? The usual cause of run error 429 is when you attempt to automate [...]

Why All The Hype For Portable E-Readers?

Bibliophiles with compact houses, rejoice! The E-readers have arrived, and currently we have enough unique types on the market to support some degree of competition and originality. Naturally, no device is ever a perfect choice for everyone, so in the next paragraphs you’ll find some straightforward examinations of each challenger. Another must see is the [...]

Sales Negotiation Tips – How to Win in Sales Negotiations

Have you ever noticed how almost allcustomers don’t like being sold to? If so this is one of the best sales negotiation tips I know… I sometimes ask customers who aren’t in the sales business what they don’t like regarding salespeople. Here are just some standard replies: They are excessively forceful They don’t pay attention They do not actually care about me They are solely bothered about selling me one thing They appear aggressive if I say I am not interested The unusual thing though is that almost allpeople like to shop for things. So what’s the problem? The problem [...]