In the video above, Timothy Sykes does an excellent job describing how to distinguish a stock scam from a legitimate investment opportunity. As Timothy explains, there are approximately 8500 “scam stocks” trading on the OTCBB that exercise “pump and dump” strategies to drive share prices up. The marketing tactics of these companies may be overly [...]
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Cold Calls
Posted in Get Rich, Observations on July 23rd, 2010
Who would have thought dialing for dollars could be so much fun? For a few bucks you could buy thousands of leads in select states with the parameters of your choosing. To make money “chop shop” style you will need the following: 1. A telephone blocking the number on outbound calls. 2. Thick Skin 3. [...]
Mixing Business With Pleasure
Posted in Get Rich, True Life on July 4th, 2010
In the Information Technology business you need to keep up with the latest trends. Everyday my inbox is flooded with vendors sending invites to “webinars” or “lunch and learns”. How about a good old fashioned night on the town to mix some business and pleasure? It was my lucky day when I responded to an [...]
Chop Shops
Posted in Get Rich, True Life on July 4th, 2010
It’s hard to pinpoint the catalyst that caused markets to plummet, the exposure of unethical practices in the financial world, and the credit crisis that we are in today. Is it because working in financial services (in many instances) had become too lucrative or is it because Americans as consumers are weak and gravitate toward [...]