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HORRIBLE FLOODING
TESTIFYING
IN FRONT OF A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
HONEST-AND-TRUE
STAIN SOLVER STORY
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Horrible
Flooding
If you watch the national news, you surely
are aware of the horrible
historic flooding that is happening now in the heart of the Midwest.
There are all sorts of heartbreaking stories about this, and you
yourself
may be a victim. If that is the case, I am truly sorry for your
misfortune.
But here are some things you can take away from this event. If you have
homeowner's insurance as I do, be aware that you have a better chance
of
flying to Mars flapping your ears than you will have of getting a check
from your insurance company for flooding losses. Virtually every
insurance company does
NOT
cover flood damage. If you want insurance for
flood damage, get a policy from the Federal Government. Go here for
more
information:
Federal Flood Insurance Information
On a much smaller scale, if you have minor flooding on your own lot, a
flooded crawl space or a chronic wet basement each time it rains, I can
help you. You must read the testimonial and see the photographs that
Jim
Sanders sent to me yesterday. He had all but given up hope, and his
quality of life was suffering because of Mother Nature's whims. No more
my friend. Jim has become another AsktheBuilder.com evangelist.
Go read this column, then look below it for Jim's comments and awesome
photos he sent to me. If you suffer from flooding in your home, I
believe
I can take your pain away
Jim Sander's Comments and Photos
Even
though this column is about crawl spaces, the same Trench Drain
device works for wet basements. I urge you to read ALL of the columns
in
my Drainage category to discover exactly how to install one of my
Linear
French Drains, and more importantly, why they work. When you do this
you
will get some insight into my college education. I believe you are in
for
one of those "I would have never guessed Tim has a degree
in......"
Here is my
Drainage category.
Testifying
in Front of a Congressional Committee -
Gulp!!!!!
Yesterday
I received a letter from the US Congress that started
off:
"Dear Mr. Carter:
I am writing to invite you to testify at a hearing of the U.S. House of
Representatives Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on
Regulation,
Health Care and Trade, entitled "The Impact of Online Advertising on
Small Firms". The hearing is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Wednesday,
June 25, 2008, and will take place in Room 1539 of the Longworth House
Office Building."
It's the real deal. I am going to Washington DC to do this. Personally
I
feel it is an enormous honor, but I have to admit I am filled with
apprehension. For years I have done expert testimony and been in
countless depositions as well as testified under oath at trial. But
golly, the US Congress!!!!
I desperately need your help, and I need it now - today or tonight. The
rules of the Committee require that I submit my written testimony no
later than next Monday. What written testimony you ask? Well, I have to
write out my feelings about the
impact of online
advertising.
How can you help? There are forces at work that are trying to convince
lawmakers that online ads are not all that great. I have the opposite
opinion, and I have tons of proof - but would like more from
you.
So tell me, are you a small business, or even a consumer who has been
impacted by online advertising? If so, what has been the impact?
Have you benefitted from seeing an ad online that helped you in a time
of
need?
If you are a small business like me, how has online advertising helped
your business? Has it allowed you to reach more customers than ever
before? Would your business be as successful if online
advertising
didn't exist in its present form?
Here is what you might not know about online advertising. In many
respects, it is contextual. What that means is the ads you see are
often
targeted
to or match the content that is on the web page you are
viewing. A simple example is one of my roofing columns. Let's say you
are
trying to figure out how to stop a leak in your roof. Please go to
AsktheBuilder.com and
see this column.
If you look at the Google ads in that column, you should notice that
the
ads deal only with roofing. Look closer and you may see names of
*local*
companies that you recognize. These are contextual ads become an aid
not
a nuisance because they directly relate to the problem you are trying
to
solve - your leaking roof. You don't want nor need to see car ads,
tennis
racket ads or ads for pumpkin pie. You need a roofer!
My contention is that this type of advertising is good because it helps
you and I solve problems. You do realize there are only two primary
reasons you and I get online, don't you? They both begin with the
letter
P - Pleasure and Problems.
The bottom line is I would love to include your story of how you have
been helped by online advertising. Allow me to take your story to our
lawmakers. Please hurry. I especially need to hear from you if you are
a
small business person or work in a small business. Tell me how online
ads
have changed your life and that of your family.
Time is of the essence.
Honest-and-True
Stain Solver
Story
Yesterday I was in my office late and the order phone rang. Something
told me to pick it up even though it was after hours. On the phone was
Marcella from Lancaster, Kentucky. She wanted to order my Stain Solver
-
the miracle oxygen bleach.
Marcella was a first-time buyer. Just days before some sheets of hers
that were outdoors drying under a deck got stained from rainwater that
dripped down through the boards. She tried everything to get out the
wood
stains, but nothing worked. A neighbor - who was one of my customers -
gave her a small amount of Stain Solver in a plastic bag. Long story
short, my Stain Solver made the sheets look like new.
You may think big deal, but what blew me away was the size of
Marcella's
order. I was thinking she would buy four pounds, maybe eight. Some
might
think she would get the twelve-pound size. Nope. Marcella bought the
50-pound size. Yowzaa! That's how impressed she was with what it did. I
asked her what she planned to do with that much Stain Solver, and her
reply was, "Tim, I plan to clean everything around my place
now!"
I never cease to be amazed at the phone conversations I have with
customers. Call late in the day and there is a darned good chance you
will get me on the horn.
If you want to try any size of Stain Solver to get the same results as
Marcella, then use this Promo Code now to get a 20 percent discount.
You
need to act fast as the code is only good for a few more days in
June. (
Expired on June
30, 2008.)
The promo code is:
june30 (
expired on June
30)
Be sure you use lower case and no spaces when you enter it.
Please go here.
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