Nick, Trev, and Newton have gone....

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Originally Posted by RyanLanane

Don't you watch X-Files Serge ? Not that I pegged you for the Sci-Fi type...

"Smoking Man" did it... Maybe one person will know WTF I am talking about, lol

As far as the crew...

1) Peaches is a good person, her personal business and decisions are just that. People have reasons for makign the choices in life they do, and I am sure Peaches has her reasons if she is indeed getting back into this business

2) Nick has helped me personally in quite a few situations ... and a couple very tough nights in my life. He has always been straight forward with me calling me out (rightfully so) when he saw I was making excuses and commending me when I did right.. As far as his spamming, I am looking back to when it was big and when I didn't do it because of the morality issues I had.. Now, I consider spamming in that era the equivalent of making fake Yahoo profiles nowadays. I wish I had done it when I could have and made the quick money ...

3) Trevor is cool as hell.. I see no reason for picking on him .. We don't know eachother personallr or extraordinarily well but he has always come across as a fine "chap" to me

4) Newton helped me with some Vbulletin issues many months back, and didn't ever ask for anything in return.. Spent his own time answering questions he had no reason to .. I consider that helping out, don't know about you.

BTW When I was making big bucks I lived in a house I bought for 300K. I put $10,000 into it and had a 5,500 square foot, 4 bedroom, full finished basement, office, rec room, 3 car attached garage, on a private lake that was a very nice size.. I live in pretty much middle of nowhere - Peoria, IL area. Do you have any idea at all how much money that house would of cost in say Chicago... About $1.2 million minimum, even more in areas of Florida, and in California I am guessing $2 million.

Being Frugal in your spending (or smart depending on people's point of view) is not a sign of weakness in business, rather strength... To me at least. Would you rather be in business with someone who makes $1M a month and buys a new ferrari every month or makes $1M a month and drives a $40K car and has a $300K house ?

Personally, I would love to be in business with someone that makes five million a month and buys a new Ferarri every month. Frugal is good. Priorities make you successful. Your new site sounds like you are starting off with that in mind and having a toe in that market leads me to believe you will do well. BTW, why don't you write your own stories. It will give you content and help you understand your customers better which always equals more money.

Edit: I hate to do it, but for my sins I am a pretty good writer and I find that good copy brings in good business. Your customers believe you understand them. Which, in fact you do if you can write about the niche. Its a win win strategy.