Saturday, January 21, 2006

Welcome to My Domain


This is not a website as you will notice but a DOMAIN,
Welcome to My Domain, is a shrine of sorts to pure geekdom. It could be a hoax or satire, but I have to believe it isn't. It is too perfect in all the nerdy details.

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Telemarketer's Nightmare

While many people think that telemarketers, (the workers that actually make those annoying cold calls we all hate) hate it when the caller hangs up on them because we would hate it. In actuality the telemarketing industry is not based on whether the telemarketer converts a caller. In the cold calling business it is all about the numbers! Some small percentage of people called actually are interested and will buy whatever the telemarketing company has to offer. So the key to success is calling the most people to increase sales. Think of it this way...If 3% of the people called don't hang up. Of that 3% we will say that 1% buys or agrees to the offering, so out of 100 calls 3 people will listen to the pitch and 1 person called will buy. So if telemarketer calls 1000 people she will make 10 sales. When a not interested person hangs up quickly the caller simply thinks "thank you for not slowing me down". Telemarketers look for needles in a haystack, they do not convert hay into needles! That is for a salesperson and most cold callers are not sales people.

Here in lies the fun part. Instead of hanging up on telemarkters, I chat with the, but completely off topic. With a little practice anyone can quickly learn that the telemarkter is not accostomed to this and has very little skill when talking outside of the script infront of them (the good ones memorize it and sound 'conversational'). Believe me when I say that unless there is a script of some sort, even an outline or flow chart of some sort, the cold caller has nothing to say. It is in the training. They will try some of the most feeble attempts to "get up back on the script". Do not acknowledge anytime they ask a question. Simply ask a question yourself. Your question should be somewhat related to the subject matter at first, but after 2 mins of this I usually have to step it up to keep there interest. If the telemarketer thinks that I am full on crazy they hang up and move on. Posted by Picasa

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Proof White Girls CAN'T dance check_Z-VIDEO

Next Step Car Without Gas or Brake At All!

Wired News: The Ultimate Geek Car?

Now if I just didn't have to steer either it would be perfect. Of course the have that and it is called a "train"

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

HOME BASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

Home Based Business Opportunity

What are the chances that this guy is selling either a self-help get-rich-quick 'program' or just good old multi-level-marketing?

I particularly like how the questions states "...to completely changed every aspect of your life?" To me that is a desperate person that is willing to change everything?

I wonder about anything that is not included. I find one slightly important item missing from the entire website. Why is there no description of the actual product. Can't even buy anything at this site. What can you do because you are so amped up and ready to go. Jumping up and down...heart pounding...contact us! You get the rare opportunity to fill out a form a agree that you are ready to succeed. Why would you not be on a path of success if you can get so motivated from simply reading a hype-filled static brochure on the internet.

Now since I am suddenly changing everything, and I have just read the hype, comes the moment of truth that I have been driving towards since at least 20 minutes ago, I proceed to the FORM! I am going to request to succeed in trade for me changing everything about my live because some idiot on the web managed to cobble together this amateurish website.

I can't wait to see what exciting adventure comes next.