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Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Buy Cheap Green Laser Pointers Online, Laser Company Research and Disasters To Avoid


So you want to buy cheap green laser pointers online? Well you are not alone. There are thousands and thousands of people searching the web for brighter, more powerful, and cheaper lasers of all colors every single day. Over the past decade, the market (in particular the pointer industry) has seen a tremendous increase in the amount of both red and green hand held portable lasers being utilized across the globe. The internet can pretty much take all of the credit for allowing this global industry to grow so rapidly. When you can connect manufacturers from China and Japan to distributors in the United States, the UK, Canada, and Australia; you can expect loads of people to get their hands on powerful pointers.

Despite all of the buzz surrounding high power pointers, the quickly growing market has also lead to a bit of over saturation and a lot of cheap laser pointers have flooded the market. If you are looking to buy a green laser pointer, or any type for that matter, you should consider doing a bit of research into the model and retailer before deciding to place any order. The thing about laser pointers is that they are a lot like motor vehicles, you really do get what you paid for. A cheap unit less than $40 can not be expected to last a life time, in fact most of the cheapest laser pointer pens out there burn out in less than 2-3 weeks. This is usually your 5mW green laser from eBay or the less than $39 club, where there have been reports of broken products arriving or no package shipped at all. If you are looking for a high power pointer, expect to pay a bit more, and expect to enjoy your purchase for a lot longer.

But, do not despair! Quality lasers don not have to be all that expensive either, a reputable laser retailer will provide multiple output powers (5mw, 15mw, 50mw, 75mw, 95mw, 125mw, 200mw, 300mw, etc.) in a variety of laser pointer color frequencies (532nm green, 473nm blue, 650nm red, 543nm yellow) at reasonable costs. When you consider the fact that some of these lasers are capable of burning electrical tape, lighting matches, popping balloons, being visible for over 60 miles, and more, its really a wonder they do not all cost thousands and are restricted for military use. If you have ever seen a powerful green laser over 200mW, you know the brilliance and magnificent power of the green laser crystal. A top quality 15mw laser pointer can be picked up pretty cheap online for about $99, but lasers will only be able to burn like to many youtube videos have shown the world at over 50mW typically.

One great way to judge if you can trust a laser distributor or not is through their customer service, price ranges, as well as safety measures. A great laser company will provide free laser safety goggles with any high power laser pointer. This is often times overlooked by your average laser hobbyist who's attitude is generally that of "who cares?". Well, you should care because laser eye retinal damage is a reality and is so easily avoidable with a pair of proper laser protection goggles (which are often times quite stylish as well). You only have a single pair of eyes, and vision is something most of us take for granted far too often, so if you are using powerful lasers or looking to buy green laser pointers, be sure that you take proper precautions to protect yourself and all of your amazed observers.




James has witnessed global laser pointer changes over the past several years. He has written and spoken about cheap laser pointers and buying lasers online. His preferred certified laser retailer to buy cheap green laser pointers is laser retailer BigLasers.com





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Monday, 11 July 2011

SEO Ripoff and How to Avoid Getting Ripped Off


You want SEO services but who can you trust to provide quality services?

How do you avoid getting ripped off?

We have seen it all with SEO and the truth is scary. There are big SEO companies all over like a plague and many are fly by night operations with little or no real world SEO experience. There is also an abundance of inexperienced individual scammers out there that have no real world SEO experience or knowledge in SEO but they have fooled many people and businesses that don't know any better.

We have had businesses come to us, after being ripped off by so called SEO experts, seeking help.

One example is a new client that hired us and contacted us on a 3 way phone call so we could listen to what the BIG SEO company was offering to do. The SEO firm promised to make my client #1 on organic Google searches and stated they have special and secret relationship with Google. Ok this sounds amazing but the fact of the matter is THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE and this SEO firm tried to rip another company off.

To make things more interesting I called the SEO firm on my own and spoke to the same salesman I spoke to earlier via a 3 way phone call and picked his brain to see where the conversation would go. This so called Web Master told me each SEO expert they employ is responsible for managing the SEO for over 100 client websites because they are so awesome!

I also asked them about Google AdWords which is something I also have extensive knowledge and experience with. I wanted to know how much do they charge to manage a small & simple Google AdWords accountant and they told me they charge per click instead of a flat rate to just manage the online marketing campaign. Not that I would ever consider outsourcing anything to them or anybody else, I was curious. I know and believe in the old saying if you want something done right do it yourself but that's not so easy in these types of situations for people with no background or understanding of how SEO and the internet work.

Ok that's just another way they choose to bill for a specific service and there is nothing wrong with that but when I asked how much do they charge for every click and they said $50. I researched the specific key words involved and Google wasn't charging more than $5, yes five bucks, for the specific keywords we talked about.

Talk about serious price gouging! And what is really sad, is many businesses fall for these types of scams because they don't know any better or don't know who to turn to for quality and sound advice.

Not only did this SEO firm promise things that are impossible to guarantee, they demonstrated they are not capable of delivering the one on one attention to detail that is necessary to deliver quality SEO services, and their prices for shoddy work is way over priced. Now I am not saying good SEO comes cheap, because good SEO is very time consuming and requireds a lot of hard work, dedication, knowledge and, most importantly, real world SEO experience.

So how do you find a good SEO consultant anyways?

That's a tough question to answer because good SEO consultants are usually very busy catering to their clients and know firsthand that good SEO requires paying serious attention to detail, and managing the SEO for 100 websites is a bad idea for just one SEO consultant.

PICK UP THE PHONE and call him or her.

The first thing you should be asking for is to meet the SEO consultant in person - face to face for a consultation. If they are not willing to meet you in person then STOP and keep looking.

What if the SEO consultant is not near you, IE another state?

Now things are different and meeting them in person is not so reasonable, but that's ok.

You can have a phone consultation and ask important questions.

Not every SEO consultant will meet you in person for free, and there may be good reason for this. They are very talented individuals and their time is very valuable and most don't want to deal with tire kickers - you know, the potential clients that ask endless questions seeking free advice, then never spend a dime.

After you get that out of the way, ask to see some websites that the SEO consultant is responsible for. Ask to see natural - organic searches that bring up the websites. If the SEO guru can show you this and demonstrate their talent then you are on the right track to SEO success.

Other questions to ask are how much do they charge? And what will they do for X amount of dollars? If the SEO consultant tells you they have special connections with Google or they own thousands of websites that can drive traffic to your website then WALK AWAY NOW!

Other things to verify which you can do yourself are.

Is the SEO consultant a real business?

How long have they been in business?

Do they have any professional references?

Do they have their phone number on their own website? Or do they only communicate via email?

MOST IMPORTANTLY, are they located within the United States?

NEVER EVER under any circumstances hire a SEO consultant that does not reside in the United States for obvious reasons. Lack of communication skills, lack of legal - laws to protect you as a consumer, lack of quality support. Nothing is worse than being transferred to India when you need help fast.

At the lease try to use common sense when in doubt and understand good SEO isn't cheap.

The old catch phrase I live by is cheap is not good and good is not cheap.

This doesn't mean just because the SEO consultant isn't cheap that he or she is good.

Now before you sign any contract or agree to a deal, find and pay a good business lawyer to review the contract to make sure you completely understand what the contract states and ask the business lawyer to clarify anything you may not understand. Spending a few hundred dollars to have a business lawyer review and edit the contract if necessary may save you thousands of dollars and prevent you from signing a bad contract.

In conclusion you now know what to look for, what to ask and how to weed out the SEO scammers that are out there.

GOOD LUCK with your quest for high quality SEO services!




Chris Ondo - Central Florida Computer Engineering
http://CFCEcorp.com
http://CentralFloridaComputerEngineering.com



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