Posted on 27 March 2008 by Rosalind Gardner
Just got the following email:
Your email address has won $4.6M from the UK Lottery online draws of 1st/02/08. Lucky #: GHDJ487304JDGD9W. For claims reply back to Mr. Donald Owens on don.wens1@hotmail.com with your official names, Nationality/resident country, address, sex, age, tel/mobile #, occupation, date of draw.
- uk Lottery Organization
Ya right… PLEASE don’t be fooled by these spammers. Don’t even reply to tell them how much you hate their spam!
Posted on 22 March 2008 by Rosalind Gardner
On the NPT Forum this morning I found:
Hello Rosalind,
I’ve been reading your newsletters for a few years and your last newsletter amazed me, so I had to drop by to learn more about how you do it.
I just love how you manage to turn any form of communication into an affiliate opportunity without sounding salesy. I want some of that to rub off on me.
I look forward to reading your book and learning more about your preferred methods.
Cheers,
Glenn Coleman
Visit the link to the Forum above to read my response to Glenn.
Posted on 19 March 2008 by Rosalind Gardner
Last Friday, I asked Ed to let you all know that my surgery went well and that I was on the mend and well, I had to chuckle when I saw his, “Surgery Update” post yesterday, because that’s exactly what he said. (He’s unlikely to become a hardcore blogger anytime soon.) 
Anyway, after a successful surgery, a prolonged stay in recovery, a forced rise in blood pressure, a threatened blood transfusion, zero sleep and contracting a cold; I was finally released from the hospital yesterday. Even better news, it turns out that the mass was benign.
Yeah!
To ensure a full recovery, I will be spending the next week relaxing, recuperating and getting some much-needed shut eye. As I am able, I’ll check for blog comments and post more here and at NPT.
Thanks again for all your good wishes and prayers — I’m certain that played a huge role in getting me sprung so quickly.
Posted on 14 March 2008 by Rosalind Gardner
Hello Rosalind:
I am a great fan of yours and your products. I have personally read your handbook several times and it has guided me on numerous occasions.
Thanks.
Pranaya
Posted on 10 March 2008 by Rosalind Gardner
Here’s a new one when it comes to spam. Apparently, if I don’t give AL-QUAEDA (btw, there’s no ‘u’ in al Qaeda, boys.) NETWORKS $10,000.00, they’re gonna kill me. Ooooo, I’m scared. And WHAT? That’s all I’m worth… a lousy 10 grand? Anyway, here’s their original pitch… spelling and grammar horrors included.
Attn,
I am very sorry for you, is a pity that this is how your life is going to
end as soon as you don’t comply. As you can see we are the members of
the deadly networks in the world, which is the responsible for the bombing
of twin tower’s in America on Sept. 11th and the bombing of London
transport services on the July 7th (AL-QUAEDA NETWORKS), I don’t have any
business with you, my duty as I am mailing you now is just to KILL you
and I have to do it as I have already been paid for that.
Someone whom you called your friend told us all about you and how you
supporting President George Bush, during the war against our Muslim
brothers
in Iraq and this person have spent a lot of money in this venture, This
person came to us and told me that he wanted you dead and he provided us
with your name, picture and other necessary information’s we needed about
you. So I sent my boys to track you down this including bugging of your
phones with satellite tracking devices and they have carried out the
necessary investigation we needed for the operation on you, and if you
doubt this information am going to give you all the necessary information
about you back to you in your next reply so that you can believe me, and
my boys are really on you but I told them not to kill you that I will
like to contact you and see if your life is important to you and the one
of your family. I called my client back and ask him of your email address
which I didn’t tell him what I wanted to do with it and he gave it to me
and I am using it to contact you now. As I am writing you this mail my
men are monitoring you and they are telling me everything about you.
Now do you want to LIVE OR DIE? Since all program has be made and draw to
kill you. Get back to me now if you are ready to pay some fees to spare
your Life, $10,000 is all you need to spend in this process you will
first of all Pay $7,000 and then I will send a tape to you which I
recorded in every discussion I had with the person, who wanted you dead
and as soon as you get the Tape, You will pay the remaining balance of
$3,000. If you are not ready for my help, then I will carry on with my
job straight-up, while we are doing this, we want to make America,
London, Spain, Germany a hell for those that support the President George
Bush war against Iraq, our Muslim
Country.
WARNING: DO NOT THINK OF CONTACTING THE POLICE OR EVEN TELLING ANYONE
BECAUSE I WILL NOW ,REMEMBER, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU VERY WELL WANT YOU
DEAD!
I WILL EXTEND IT TO YOUR FAMILY, INCASE I NOTICE SOMETHING FUNNY ABOUT
YOUR TELLING THE SECURITY ABOUT IT BECAUSE A GOOD LOOK IS OUT YOU AT
MOMENT.
DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7PM UNTIL I MAKE OUT TIME TO SEE YOU AND GIVE
YOU THE TAPE OF ALL DISCUSSION WITH THE PERSON WHO WANT YOU DEAD THEN YOU
CAN USE IT TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION. GOOD LUCK AS I AWAIT YOUR REPLY……
THANKS,
AL-QUAEDA NETWORKS
Posted on 07 March 2008 by Rosalind Gardner
Here’s a reminder for U.S. online companies that do business with international clients.
British Columbia is a P-r-o-v-i-n-c-e.
Does that seem like a minor point? Well, those Americentric errors are killing your sales with people from the ‘outside’ world.
When they see those mistakes, your potential customers and affiliates always stop and wonder…
“Could these people really NOT know that Canada is comprised of provinces, or were they sloppy in designing their form? And if they screwed up the form because they’re sloppy, do I really want to do business with those too careless to get a basic form correct?”
As an affiliate, if I have to enter ‘B.C.’ or ‘British Columbia’ in the city form blank because the list of provinces is missing from the dropdown, I wonder if my commission check will be addressed to Penticton, Canada. While Canada Post may be able to figure that one out, I’m not keen to tempt fate or wait that much longer for a check.
If on the other hand, I’m ordering a product, I don’t bother with questions. I make the safe assumption that the shipping will get screwed up and abandon the cart immediately.
So, are you losing sales over completely avoidable errors?
Check your forms, or make sure that the person you hire to create those forms has passed Grade 4 geography. Better yet, ask them whether they have a passport that they’ve actually used.
And, if you want to make an even better first impression on your international customers, have your newly hired geography major change the box to read “Zip / Postal Code“. (Hint: it’s only called a zip code in the States.)
Posted on 06 March 2008 by Rosalind Gardner
If you read the “When was your last medical post” you already know that I’ve had to cancel my March and April bookings, including attending Yanik Silver’s Underground Seminar and my speaking engagement at Derek Gehl’s IMC event, both of which are being held in Los Angeles.
I am disappointed to say the least, as I was looking forward to meeting many of you again as well as meeting some of you for the first time. However, sometimes these things happen and there’s not much to be done about it but go with the flow, hope for the best and plan for next year.
Posted on 05 March 2008 by Rosalind Gardner
This is definitely not my favorite look. I prefer Valentino, but next week I won’t have a choice — I’ll be sporting ‘haute Hospital couture’.
This fashion demise began last Friday during my annual medical. Apparently, it attracts attention when after extensive teeth-gritting you half-yell “OWWWWW!!!!” in response to a doctor’s probing.
So, on Sunday, I had a CT Scan and yesterday I got the word that next week I am scheduled to have a rather impressive abdominal mass surgically removed.
I’m slightly upset, but not for the reasons you might think.
I’m cheesed because I’m gonna be holed up in recovery for weeks and weeks and won’t be able to do yoga or go for a run just as the weather is getting really nice. I’m also upset because I’m going to miss 2 conferences that I was really looking forward to attending.
I’m especially upset however, about the fact that I didn’t pay enough attention to the clues my body has been giving me for months and months, eg. slightly elevated temperature, a little unusual discomfort, etc. — you know, all those things that you just ‘tough out’.
Duh. Me.
Anyway, although I trust that all will be well, I’ll be very grateful if you would be so kind as to call upon higher powers, cross your fingers, imagine golden light or simply think good thoughts for me on Thursday March 13th. THANKS in advance!!!
And… when was YOUR last medical?
