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  1. ricktx

    Lost Computer Science Student

    INTRO 
    I was a lost computer science student in 1983 while learning Fortran, Pascal, and C on a IBM PC/XT in the lab. I have seen everything from the beginning of the PC revolution to today. What you are experiencing is normal for a 20 year old. I have run my own consulting business (9 years) and...
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    Enjoying the ride

    Enjoying the ride
  3. ricktx

    Looking for a on-ramp!

    Looking for a on-ramp!
  4. ricktx

    Dallas....are you in here?!

    MEETUPS 
    I live in Fort Worth. Are we still doing meet-up in the Dallas area?
  5. ricktx

    Fastlane Ideas for a IT Professional

    IDEA 
    I love this line. However, I would also like to make some changes. Figure out what people need, actually know it, and are willing to pay for it. Then give it too them. I am beginning to realize. People want and need a lot of stuff. But are unwilling to pay for most everything online. They think...
  6. ricktx

    Frustration

    My slow live job involves Level 3 Tech for a data center operations, and google is my best friend also. 90% plus problem can be solve by a simple search. I was a programmer (coder) back in the 1980's to the mid 1990's, before Google. Now that was a bit%*. Laugh Coding (programming) gets...
  7. ricktx

    AMA - Affiliate Marketing + Guide "How I Made $5K w/ 1 Campaign"

    MARKETING AMA 
    My 2 cents on question 1. Banner Maker Pro is a great product. It is cheep and make banners simple and very quick. You can find it by google ing "Banner Maker Pro"
  8. ricktx

    Dane Maxwell AMA-- SaaS, Membership Sites, The Foundation

    NOTABLE! EXECUTION SAAS / APPS 
    Agreed. I have been a Information Technology consultant for 25 or so years of my life, and the process Dane has explained sounds a lot like IT consulting. Matter fact it sounds exactly the same to me. The only real differences are, instead of creating a custom solutions for his clients and...
  9. ricktx

    Tell me why my website sucks...

    HOT! 
    Yea... No kidding. The adult product market is hard to get into. I have tried it twice, no with male enhancement products but adult products, and failed bad both times. Here is how I would attempt to do it, for what that may be worth. Have you considered a blog with some good...
  10. ricktx

    I've Read The Millionaire Fastlane!

    GOLD! HOT! 
    I have ready the book twice now and have started a business using ideas from this book. I have owned several businesses and hope this idea will push this one into the fast lane. Great book I recommend to all my friends and business acquaintances. I have even bough a extra copy and given it to...
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    Is this a red flag?

    Agreed! It is not a golden rule, but it should be... it goes along with "bad deals only get worse".
  12. ricktx

    20 Things the Rich Do Every Day

    MINDSET 
    >>14. 6% of wealthy watch reality TV vs. 78% for poor. OK. OK .. I admit it. My wife makes me watch "Swamp People" with her. :) Seriously though, that is good list, and sounds pretty close.
  13. ricktx

    Need advice on how to get customers for a service based business

    Something like this? You never told us what the business is. Hard to offer advice when you not sure what the subject is.. Consulting could be anything from landscaping to IT services. Flyers for landscaping would be an ok idea, maybe, but would suck it high tech like IT consulting. Like real...
  14. ricktx

    Looking To Start A Service Business, Any Adivice ?

    EXECUTION 
    I started a computer consulting business in the 1980s and owned it for almost 10 years. I recommend learning the basic skills while working for someone, for a short period of time (meaning 1 to 2 years max). Getting paid to learn is a lot better than learning while not getting paid. Once you...
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    Cheap Method of Driving Traffic

    MARKETING 
    Be careful sending any PPC traffic to site with adsense on it. This is called a traffic arbitrage and Google, for some reason hates it, and will ban you if your not careful. Funny, I could never make any money with adsense. Then I discovered cheaper traffic and created a very profitable adsense...
  16. ricktx

    1 year later - now what ...?

    EXECUTION HOT! 
    Use word press and build on to the web site basics that provides. Themes for just about any type of site exist. Even if you have pay a few dollars it will be nothing compared to a programmer.
  17. ricktx

    The Power of Comparison

    EXECUTION 
    Thank you. Very interesting information.
  18. ricktx

    What clicked in your head to start your Fastlane process?

    MINDSET 
    Hum. Join the club. Spent 22 to 31 running my own consulting business. Did not have much to show for that either..... until I realized how much valuable experience I got in the process, a few short years later. That experience did not equate into money at first. However, It enabled me to do...
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    What are some certificates/degrees in the business area that will help

    Agreed. Study what works and forget the certs and deplomas. There a useless waste of money.
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    looking for any and all resources on "Positioning yourself as an expert"

    EXECUTION 
    Right or wrong almost 30 years ago with 3 whole years of mainframe computer expense under my belt. I started my own consulting business, not in mainframes mind you. On Xenix (A small subset of Unix) POS machines. I had very little experience with these type of systems, and no one ever told me...
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