Can really respectable psychics be found working on the phone lines or on internet sites?
I’ve been a psychic all of my life. I was born into it. My mother, her mother, her mother and way on down the line were all psychics. And all of my sisters are too. And my daughter – and her daughter.
I can give you just about any type of reading you care to mention or choose. It all came to me ‘naturally’, I was born ‘with the gift’ – I never had to study or learn anything.
For a couple of decades I was a very busy psychic doing readings mostly from my own home or from a central site when I visited other towns.
However I one day found myself needing a change and went back to being a schoolteacher and started doing very few readings. I took about a 5 year demolish.
When I decided to get back into it I found that things had changed; quite drastically in fact. For many decades psychics the likes of me, my sisters, my mother and only a very minute number of other psychic families basically had the ‘run of the city’. And we all managed to make a reasonable living using our inherited gifts.
What had happened during my ‘break’ was that all of a sudden thousands of ‘everyday’ people had started studying tarot cards and a whole other gamut of psychic and spiritual paraphernalia. And many of them had started doing readings. They often made claims about their lineage too – though from knowing the whereabouts of any psychic families none of us had ever before heard of these people. And because most of them were honing and developing their skill they charged very cheap rates. In enact the explosion of all these ‘weekend psychics’ ‘cheapened’ the whole profession and an atmosphere of experimentation filled the psychic airways.
I had meanwhile lost touch with many of my clientele.
I found it remarkably difficult in this unusual environment to make a decent living so I remained, primarily ensconced in my new occupation. Through being a single mother I only took on short contracts and there were often those in-between times where a supplemental income can be useful.
So I decided to try the psychic phone lines and soon after that I discovered the life of being an internet psychic.
So – do really good psychics work on the phone lines and on the internet psychic sites?
Well – my answer re the phone lines is, “yes – superior psychics do work the phone lines – but not for long”.
And also many psychics who I would once have not considered to be good work on them too. I reckon if you ring the average psychic phone line you might fluke it and score a really good one but the chances are high that the next time you want a reading they’ve gone.
You might ask why this is so.
The first reason is that the pay is usually pretty damn lousy.
Why, you might ask, is this so being that these phone services do tend to charge their clients an arm and a leg? And then maybe they might also charge you your solar plexus as well.
Capitalism has taken over. I reflect it’s also called business enterprise.
Being a psychic has become too difficult and expensive for those really good psychics of yesteryear. Now psychics find it hard to make a decent living and instead who now makes a lot of money from innocent clients seeking genuine and safe psychics is a large variety of ‘middlemen’ and ’scam psychics’.
The psychics on the phone lines may be lucky to get around 60 cents a minute when the client is paying $5.95 a min.
The phone service provider usually takes 33%, then the service provider who programs and maintains machinery takes another 33%, then there’s the actual psychic business itself along with its admin, advertising and staff costs etc – leaving around 9% left to pay the actual psychics with. And 9% of the fee is not much for the actual psychic who’s doing the real work.
And these companies tend to like a good and substantial range and choice of readers to offer clients so this greatly diminishes your minutes per hour averages. An average might be only 8 minutes an hour. You do the math. And you sit around playing solitaire or FreeCell for most the time.
Many of these phone psychic companies can have high advertising budgets (cos advertising does cost an arm and a leg) and they often tend to have the worst psychics. Good psychics rarely stay. Some unethical companies even provide scripts that non psychics can exercise.
And the internet sites are not grand better where many of the same principles seem to apply. Though internet sites can treat the psychic even worse – as they are more distant in the sense they don’t have to actually talk to you regularly except thru the distancing that emails can provide.
I dislike being an internet psychic more than I disapprove being a phone psychic. Between my sessional jobs my poverty drives me to the internet as an earning medium sometimes. No pun intended but I do try to avoid the internet psychic sites. And they tend to carve away around half of your earned fees.
People may balk when they see the fees charged by internet psychics. But – many free minutes are spent chatting to regular or potential clients and you are lucky if you can score a couple of decent readings per day.
Why do you think that it is that the same internet psychics pop up at different sites all over the internet? It is because it is actually very difficult to execute a decent living being an internet psychic. Only a handful or two succeed.
Several sites say they test their psychics – but it is well known to be bullshit amongst us in the know. And if you punch the word ‘psychic’ into a search engine it is highly unlikely that you will find one who has been working in the trade for more than 2 decades.
Something else has occurred as a consequence of the proliferation of phone and internet psychics. As these places charge by the minute people no longer tend to book in for what I would judge to be a ‘regular reading’.
A regular reading is the type where you sit down with the psychic sharing a cuppa and a biscuit for a decent length of time and discuss many aspects of your life and the inter-relationship between different events occurring in your life is delved into in some depth.
These days clients want to talk to their psychic for only a couple of minutes or so and are often anxious that the psychic fit as much info as possible into the shortest amount of time. This pressured atmosphere is not conducive to good psychic conduct nor for having a decent reading. I’m sure there are many people who these days do not know what a good reading is anymore.
Most clients who visit phone and internet psychics generally don’t want to know much at all. Most usually they want to know if their lover loves them, how that lover really feesl about them and when is their lover going to call them next.
Most of the work of an internet psychic tends to revolve around this central theme.
And mostly the truth is that if you are concerned and insecure about such things there is most likely something seriously amiss in your relationship.
Hence much of the work of a phone or internet psychic is centered on providing answers to these alarming and desperate questions. Not really the way I like to make an honest living. Such clients rarely want to hear the truth and helping them to face such truth involves the delicate skills that are most often not of a psychic nature.
If you punch the word ‘psychic’ into a search engine it is highly unlikely you will find the type of psychic who does non-timed, holistic readings that can provide deep insight into your life and it’s direction.
The sites that will come up are ones working on those sites that have and need a high-advertising- budget where scam artists may well exist.
A lot of good psychics have WebPages but it is hard, if not impossible to find them. That is unless you want to wade through the results down to about page 100. This is an unfortunate symptom of the way the internet works. The internet is primarily governed by the principles of huge business.
So back to the original expect, “Do really good psychics work on the phone lines or on internet sites”?
I reckon the answer is, “Yes, occasionally they do”.
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Filed under Small Business Phone Lines by on Feb 3rd, 2012. 
So you’ve decided it’s time to get a website for your little business but you’re not sure what’s involved? Here are five things you need think about before you take the plunge:
What is your business goal for this website? In other words, how is having a website going to contribute to your bottom line? Are you introducing a original product, hoping to expand into a unusual market, or maybe you objective want to be positive potential clients can glean you on the Internet. Knowing before hand what your goals and expectations are will go a long plan toward building an effective website.
Content is king. Do you have some? Photos, lists of services, pricing–you have all the basics, but what makes your business original? Fast turnaround, exceptional customer service, your many years of experience in the field? Or perhaps it’s your innovative use of technology, or your luxurious facilities. These are the things that convert a website visit into an email or a phone call. No matter how delicate your website is, it can’t turn your visitors into clients unless you show people what makes your business special.
What is your budget? Know this going in and stick with it, but do your homework first and make distinct your budget is realistic. Web designers charge anywhere from $200 to over $1000 for a little custom designed spot. Like anything else, you get what you pay for.
Time. How much time can you devote to keeping your website up to date? We’ve all visited websites that suffer from Vacant Lot Syndrome. Their copyright date smooth says 2002, and it seems like nobody’s home. Doesn’t inspire you to want to do business with them, does it? Keeping your site unusual and up to date is the best way to ensure a return on your investment. Whether you purchase some maintenance hours from your web designer or update the site yourself; if something is happening in your business, it should be happening on your website too.
Choose a designer with care. Review their portfolio–have they built other sites you admire, and do they offer the services you need? Talk to them on the phone to get a sense of their business style. Make sure they understand your business and your expectations for your website. Get a quote and contract in hand before writing a check.With a little preparation before you start, you’re bound to have a website that’s an asset to your business!
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For the past several years, business refrigerator magnets have become wildly popular advertising gimmicks. These flexible magnets turn up on phone books, on the counter at your vet or drugstore, and even as giveaways at community service events. Refrigerator magnets come in an assortment of sizes and can be a low cost DIY plan of promoting a start-up business or identity.
If you are a new business owner looking for a cheap plan to promote yourself to friends and acquaintances, making DIY refrigerator magnets is an affordable advertising option.
Materials needed for this project. Making a business refrigerator magnet is amazingly easy. For materials, all that’s needed is a package of “Make-a-Magnet” magnets in a business card size and a handful of business cards. Make-a-Magnet refrigerator magnets for business use are available at all office supply stores and cost $7.50 for a package of 25.
If you’re promoting something other than a business such as a charity or neighborhood, you’ll probably want a custom graphic just for your event. For the DIY graphic designer, the image must be 2″ x 3.75″ in size, and printed on to card stock using a laser printer. 20 images will easily fit on a 11″x14″ card stock which runs $2.50 per printed page at your local Kinkos. The cards can be trimmed using a straight edge and an X-acto knife.
Making the refrigerator magnets. Once the materials have been assembled and the cards trimmed to the proper size, the fun begins.
1. Pull a magnet out of the box.
2. Peel away the thin paper on the front of the magnet.
3. Slap the business card to the front of the magnet, taking care to stick it on as straight as possible.
4. That’s it.
Assembling your own DIY magnets runs about 30-40 cents per magnet, but has the advantage of allowing a unique business owner the option of small batch production. By comparison, custom made magnets cost between 17-23 cents each, but must be purchased in large lots with a minimum order of 2000 or more.
For a new slight business owner with limited funds, DIY magnets are an affordable advertising option that requires little initial cash outlay. This a definitely an cost advantage for the entrepreneur on a “pay as you go” plan.
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Filed under Small Business Phone Lines by on Dec 13th, 2011.
Ask any small business owner for a list of their biggest troubles or most aggressive goals, and there are undoubtedly a few things that will be on every entrepreneurs list. Almost all small business owners suffer the same basic hurdles as they work to gain their portion of the market. These hurdles are most commonly: Staying in touch with what competitors are doing, staying in touch with customers, effectively marketing goods and services, and finally, staying organized and communicating their ideas and needs to vendors, investors and customers.
Luckily, small businesses are returning to the landscape in full force as big corporations continue to struggle in a lagging economy. This shift from mass-employment to entrepreneurship has spurred on many low-cost and easy to use advances in technology that make today’s small business just a little bit easier to manage and grow. Here’s a list of my approved geek-chic tech gadgets you cannot live without to abet your miniature business get a leg up on the competition (and maybe even make some of those ample box stores a little jealous).
Getting Smart With SmartPhones
Smartphones have taken the pocket-toting media world by storm with their ability to store music, take photos, observe YouTube on the bus and play games on airplanes. But have you considered putting your smartphone to work for you?
I fell in love with the Motorola Droid and HTC Droid earlier this year, and just as other small business owners can attest, when you learn to use the apps effectively they can make business a whole lot easier. Jam packed with thousands of application options, I’ve got a short list of my personal favorites where it comes to managing a petite business.
First, the instant access to the internet on Verizon’s 3G network makes comparison shopping a breeze. It doesn’t matter whether you find your supplies at a warehouse in the industrial district, or pick up your fare at garage sales, using Google – or better yet scanning product bar-codes – to see what prices are being charged elsewhere will give you a leg-up when it comes to negotiating the best prices. Another great feature is the ability to check your business mail while on the go. No need to hunt for WiFi or lug around a laptop when you can read and compose e-mail with a device small enough to fit in your pocket.
My next accepted feature, particularly with the Motorola Droid, is the easy to use GPS and navigation system. All it takes is a car-dock and a few taps of the cloak to bag you going in the right direction without having to purchase a separate GPS unit. Great for small business owners who are always working in new territory, the ability to map and navigate on the go saves a ton of time and aggravation.
Facebook and Twitter Marketing Tools
One of the biggest leaps in runt business technology is the ability to connect with customers, vendors, clients and investors without having to leave your desk. Social Networking is a original marketing concept that is taking businesses by storm because of its ease of use, low cost and tangible results.
Not only is setting up an account for your small business easy, it’s most often also free. Unlike traditional marketing campaigns that advertise on a broad scale hoping that consumers are listening, social networking gives small businesses a platform to announce new products, news and announcements directly to customers where they are paying the most attention.
Don’t have a big marketing budget? No problem. I have spent the last several months playing with marketing on Facebook and have discovered that there are multiple strategies that work for small business owners trying to attract the attention of consumers. First, if you’re willing to learn the ins and outs of Facebook and Twitter, you can attract customers to your page simply by interacting with them yourself and being available to answer questions and comments in real-time. If instead you want to integrate a true marketing campaign, Facebook Ads allows you to tailor fit a marketing campaign to you that can be as broad or dialed-in as you want. I was able to create marketing campaigns that only reached people within 50 miles of my business, within an age range that I determined, that had a set of keywords that I chose, and the end result was a campaign that resulted in over 30,000 impressions for a little over $11.
Skype Connectivity
Skype is a concept that has been slow to bleed into the business world, viewed by many as simply another method to chat online with friends similarly to how Yahoo and MSN chat have been used in the past. Skype is now starting to turn the heads of microscopic business owners as they continue to add recent features and capabilities that can be integrated into businesses for free that were once only available to sizable businesses with expensive infrastructures.
Not just for internet phone service any more, Skype now also allows small businesses the opportunity to exercise V-Calls for free. Reducing the need for rented meeting spaces, travel and time away from customers, V-Calls allow small businesses to video conference over a high quality video system that is detached and detailed enough for displaying charts and graphs as well as talking “face to face”.
Skype has also introduced Conference Calling services, a product that has previously been too costly for many runt businesses. Using conference calling allows business owners to connect simultaneously with customers and business partners when working on large projects and conduct phone meetings with multiple employees or vendors at once. For a negligible fee, conference calling can even be used with landlines and mobile phones so you don’t have to manage getting everyone set up with Skype before the meeting.
Traditional chat is also available, as well as file sharing, screen-to-screen sharing for presentations or providing customer aid, and a laundry list of other products. The wide variety of useful tools available for free or very inexpensive rates makes Skype a perfect communication tool for small business.
Going Paperless
Keeping organized between meetings, sales presentations, accounts payable and receivable and all the other day to day activities of a small business can be a daunting task, and the technology sector has responded with inexpensive ways to stay organized and keep small businesses Green.
One of the many great Green-Tech products that come in handy when working in the field are Digital Notepads. Although they look just like any other clipboard, digital notepads like the ADESSO CyberPad automatically saves everything that you write on the surface. Great for keeping track of meeting notes, digitizing sketched designs and inspired doodles, the ADESSO CyberPad dramatically reduces the amount of paper that you have to keep track of. Instead of having stacks of paper on your desk with notes and sales records that have to be manually entered into the system, digital pads save every pen stroke as an e-file that you can later download to your computer.
As exiguous businesses continue to pop up everywhere, these great tech gadgets are certainly some you cannot live without and will benefit to propel you ahead of the pack. The best tool that any business owner can have is the ability to change and adapt to match customer needs. More than ever customers are looking for businesses that are easily accessible, have a firm hold on what is going on in the industry they represent, treat them like people and not customer numbers, and marketing in a way that is friendly and non-intrusive. Applying the technology mentioned here, as well as other tools and services designed for small business will relieve your business to not only stay afloat, but to prosper.
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Filed under Small Business Phone Lines by on Nov 25th, 2011.
Finding a small business lawyer isn’t the same as finding a personal lawyer; you need an attorney who specializes in small businesses and has sufficient experience to represent you. It is also a suited idea to further specify that you’d like a small business lawyer who has worked with small businesses in your industry to maximize your success. Above all, you need an attorney who can devote adequate time to your miniature business and who can satisfy all claims that might be filed against you.
One of the best ways to find the suitable small business lawyer is through referrals. When an attorney comes highly recommended by a client, you can usually trust that he or she will be right for your business. You can also get referrals from other professionals you consume, such as your accountant, your banker or your marketing consultant. Often, small business owners rely on attorney referral services, but you have to realize that those businesses are paid to effect referrals — they aren’t necessarily based on objective experience.
If you can’t pick up a referral through a friend or trusted professional, your next best bet in finding a dinky business lawyer is to use the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, which can be accessed through Lawyers.com. This directory contains not only listings for attorneys all over the U.S., but also a rating system that is based on the reviews of other legal professionals.
Once you have garnered a list of acceptable prospects, you’ll need to interview each runt business lawyer and find out exactly where their differences lie. Some attorneys will have higher fees than others and some will be more available with their time. Depending on the nature of your small business, you’ll need to make an educated decision based on your need and your available monetary resources.
The most important characteristic of the right small business lawyer is a willingness to respond your questions at length. If the attorney is rushed or doesn’t seem to have time to answer your questions, you’re better off taking your business elsewhere. Many attorney-client contracts are filled with legal jargon that can be difficult to understand, so your small business lawyer should be willing to explain everything to you.
He or she should also be open about fees, including retainer fees and other deposits or monthly payments. Talk about any expenses you’ll need to cover, such as phone calls or photocopies or traveling. The right small business lawyer will be open and unprejudiced with you from the get-go, so look for signs that the attorney is avoiding your questions or trying to evade full disclosure.
Once you’ve narrowed the candidates down to two or three, your final decision should be based on personality. The right small business lawyer will “mesh” with your company culture and will manufacture you feel at ease during conversations. Choose an attorney with whom you have a strong rapport and to whom you wouldn’t mind seeking advice. After all, he or she will be your legal counsel.
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