AsktheBuilder.com News - January 15, 2016
Dear ,
Another week in the books. I'm astounded how fast time is flying.
FIRST, are you an
attorney that practices libel law? If so contact me. I'm NOT in trouble. I'm trying to avoid trouble. That will make sense in just a moment.
This is a VERY UNUSUAL issue of my newsletter. I've got a bunch of money-saving tips for you, but you may think I'm just trying to soak you. Stay with me here because you're going to discover some new
things.
I've got quite a bit to share today and you'll not want to miss the stunning before - during - after photos I shot this week below. Wait until you see them.
Overnight I received a fascinating comment below one of my columns at the website. It was from a woman in Australia that wants me to consult with her via Skype about a horrible yard drainage issue she
has.
She wondered if I would talk to her on Skype. Of course I answered, "Well, yes! I've been doing email, phone, video and in-person consulting for over twenty years."
Allow me to share with you a true story.
"You're in the Life Preserver Biz"
Ten years ago my future son-in-law was sitting with me in my office. He was fresh out of college and had been working with me on some tech issues on my website for about a year.
We were talking about new products and the general direction of Ask the Builder.
"Brent, what's your impression of Ask the Builder and if you were in
charge, what's the first thing you would do to improve it?"
"Well, from all the emails you get from your readers and website visitors I'd say you're heading in the wrong direction."
"Really? Why do you say that?"
"It's pretty clear to me that most of
your readers are NOT reading what you say to do BEFORE the job starts.
A large percentage of your incoming emails to your Ask Tim page are people who have started a job without research and then screwed up or their contractor has screwed up and your website visitor is drowning. They want you to throw them a life
preserver and save them. Like it or not, you're in the life preserver biz."
What's that old saying, "Out of the mouths of babes."? Brent had virtually no business experience, yet he had the clarity to see what was really going on in and around Ask the Builder.
Insert Fifty Cents and Get
$5
Imagine walking down a boardwalk near the ocean and a vending machine sign says:
Insert 50 Cents and Get Back $5
You'd probably think it was a scam. But what the heck, you've got two quarters jingling around in
your pocket and you put them in the slot.
Immediately you hear the coins drop into the box and in three seconds a crisp $5 spits out of the machine.
A real $5 bill - not a fake one.
What would you do
next?
I can tell you I'd go to the nearest vendor and trade the bill for more quarters.
So I ask you this question:
Are you willing to invest $50 to save $500 or
$5,000?
You probably bought a Powerball ticket hoping for miracles and lost like hundreds of millions of others.
When you invest with ME, you never lose.
NEVER.
When the Australian woman clicks the Skype call OFF, she'll not be a loser. I'll have given her the exact answer she needs to dry her lot saving her hundreds, possibly thousands, of dollars at the same time.
I don't want to throw you a life preserver. I want to STOP your project boat from SINKING in the first place.
That means you either have to take the time at my website to read past columns or watch videos OR you take the Easy Button approach and I call you on the phone.
Just this past week I've talked with two people and today Stacey from California will be on the phone with me.
Earlier this week I told Mike over the phone how to install two new drain lines and vent them properly. I even made the following drawing for him.
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