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Business BS

The Dirtbags Amongst Us

December 4, 2009

I hope everyone is having a great Friday, the weather here is a train wreck which always puts a nice big smile on my face, I love the rainy cold days and it’s nice to finally see them here in Florida for more than a single day. As many of you might have noticed I [...]

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10 Reasons You Suck as an Employee

October 7, 2009

When it comes to doing business and working in the professional world one would only hope that they would be hoping to work with professional business people that aid in the success of the company you work for, however finding that kind of help in today’s day and age is no easy task. I wanted [...]

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Dumbest Twitter Sales Pitch Yet

August 31, 2009

Every once and a while I have the rare chance to grab onto the moment and write an extra post that wasn’t on the planned post schedule, those posts usually turn out to be pretty decent in regards to information and traffic.
One of my recent posts titled “10 Reasons You Suck at Twitter” is one [...]

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The Copycat Company

August 28, 2009

I hope everyone is having an excellent Thursday and I appreciate you stopping through today to see what I have going on, now that I am no longer missing. Also quick thanks to everyone that commented on “Extreme John is Missing” the support was good stuff and I still find it fascinating that you enjoy [...]

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Yellow Book Customer Service FAIL

July 31, 2009

For those of you that might not be aware of my previous article in regards to Yellow Book titled “Out with Yellow Book.com” I suggest reading through that article somewhat quickly, I would also suggest spending more time reading the comments than the actual article.
I initially wrote that post as a keepsake reminder to myself [...]

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Business Competition Fight or Flight

July 30, 2009

Those of you that cruise through Extreme John.com on a regular basis have seen me write articles in regards to some of my competitors, you will also notice I pretty much never mention their name. There are some out there who would probably assume that I don’t mention the competition’s name because I fear legal [...]

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Diversification in Business is Key

June 7, 2009

It’s been a while since I posted a rant of my own or took the time to rant about something in regards to business or one of our competitors. I recently posted my first “Guest Rant” which was written by Lace in regards to his poor customer service experience with Comcast Cable.
It turns out that [...]

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Keep Talkin

May 19, 2009

Every once in a while I take have been known to take a break from the normal crap I post here on Extreme John and address an individual, business or whatever else I feel might need some addressing. I honestly do it more for fun than anything else, I know that most of the people [...]

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Cry for Me

May 13, 2009

It’s no secret that I have no problem addressing competitors when it comes to my indoor tanning salon business, Extreme Tan and Smoothies. Over the past five years I have come across all kinds of competition and always respond accordingly. However on the flip side of things we very rarely go after any competitor first, [...]

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Coconuts Don’t Be Nuts

May 5, 2009

This would almost be the story of David vs Goliath if we were writing novels or producing some big time movie, instead we have a situation that seems more like a page out of my book. This particular book of mine constantly has pages being ripped out of it by competitors looking to do the [...]

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