Spam Anyone?

I'm probably one of the rare persons who will admit to liking Spam.

Not the email kind that gets my systolic blood pressure all out of whack, but the pseudo-lunchmeat product.

Grilled in a skillet with eggs? Tasty. (My apologies to all vegetarians.)

However, it is the other sort of spam upon which I'd like to comment. Spamming blogs, like this one, has become just as annoying as email spam. I have two Bbogs here on Blogspot and both receive their share of spam-comments.

Attention Spammers: If you're a potential or current spamwad, though I doubt you'd take the time to actually read anything other than your ebook, "Spam-Recipes-That-Really-Annoy" or your new "Guide-To-Your-First-Time-With-A-Girl" paperback, you might be interested in the latest joint PBS-CNET television series being produced for the Fall.

Here's a sneak-peek at a portion of the first episode:

Hi Neighbors!

It's time for Mister Barry's Virtual Neighborhood!

Hey Little Spammer,

Come on in and sit down. Let's have a chat, shall we?

I know what you've been doing. Am I'm not sure that I like it.

I want to you know that what you're doing is very, very bad.
Mister Barry has a special name for really-special people like you.

Would you like to know what it is? I think you would.

It's "low-life."

Can you say 'low-life?' I think you can.

That's right. Say it slowly. L-O-W-L-I-F-E.

What is a low-life, you ask?

I know this is probably beyond your intellectual capability to
understand...oops, there Mister Barry goes again, forgetting that you probably didn't graduate from high school.

I'm sorry. Let me start over.

A "lowlife" is a grunt.

Can you say "grunt?" I know you can.

A "lowlife"is also the cyber-equivalent of a vandal. You see, vandals
are just too stupid to see that their actions are a complete waste of time.

A "lowlife" is the sloth of the virtual world.

Oh my! Mister Barry needs to apologize for that last comment. (I
really have nothing against sloths.)

Mister Barry realizes that you're most likely an individual with a very small cyber-extension. That's too bad.

Mister Barry invites you to get what the rest of us have.

It's called a "life." Can you say "L-I-F-E?" I think you
can.

Where do you find one of these. Why, there's one waiting for just
outside that hole you crawl out of each evening.

Well, that's all the time we have for today, neighbor.

See you next time, and remember what Mister Barry aways says:

"Spammers are complete digestive-end-point orifices."

Have a nice day!

Info Guru Success Story

I am lucky to be part of an extremely generous and giving group of professionals as part of my Info Guru Membership.

So many times, when I've had a perplexing problem or I've encountered a barrier along my business journey, all I've had to do was ask for assistance and WHAMMO, like a bolts of lightening, these Info Gurus thrust real, workable solutions in my direction.

The solutions come from folks who must have a collective millennia of business experience.

Today, another solution presented itself in this same manner.

I was tinkering with my website..well. tinker isn't really the right word. I guess "complete overhaul" is the phrase that comes closer to expressing my actual desires.

I tested a new design and, out-of-the-blue another Info Guru, this time it was Eileen Parzek or www.SOHOitgoes.com, was there to assist me in my HTML pity party.

Eileen is a web designer in New York with a gift for cutting straight to the point and in about fifteen minutes, she fed me the needed information like a mother bird nurturing her young.

OK, that's bit heavy on metaphor, but you get the point.

I asked and I received..in spades.

Another source if help came from half-way across the globe; Down-Unda in Australia.

Trisha Cupra of http://www.coachbusinesstools.info/ and http://www.genesislifecoaching.com also rode to the rescue even in the face of personal illness. Now that's going the extra mile.

Carolyn Potts of http://www.virtualphotorep.comwas also very helpful in a couple of areas. She offered phone consultation on a Sunday!

And this isn't the first time I've been so lucky. Other members, Ike Krieger of www.KriegerTraining.com and www.businesssuccessbuilder.com was gracious online as well as on the phone. Sean DeSouza of www.5000bc.com and www.psychotactics.com has also been helpful in certain areas.

I hope all who read this entry find a group like the Info Guru bunch.

If you'd like to be a part of this dynamic, growing, success-oriented group, shoot me a comment or an email. We'd love to have you with us!

Peace,

Barry