Flippy - I Rant, You Read
Thursday, October 19, 2006
terribly early in the morning
Today, I Got A J-O-B - No Wait, I Got Two J-O-B-S
It’s been a crazy week. Yesterday. Wait, was it only yesterday? Yesterday, I got a call from a job I applied for on August 30th. It was a job I wanted so much that I spent all of the 29th, when TwoNz sent me the ad, redoing my resume. I’ve been self-employed since 2000, doing internet affiliate marketing and search engine optimization with Leigh-Ann, so I didn’t need a resume. However, months ago, Leigh-Ann and I decided to dip our toes into the water and see what it was like working with other people. Yeah, actual real live people. So, I applied for a job that, in short, is reading blogs. I’ll be reading blogs in specific categories (alas, not blogs about tv shows or fantasy football) and asking bloggers with good content if they would like to sign contracts and be paid royalties to share their content with others. Kind of like syndicating newspaper columns. It’s a commission only job, so I need to be prepared to work for my money, instead of us getting good search engine rankings and watching the sales happen all by themselves. Leigh-Ann is applying for the job too - we’re similarly, yet differently qualified. We have really varied interests and between the two of us, we either know a little (or a lot) about a topic, or we’re able to find out about it online. We work really well together. Not a single work fight (not other ones either, but the work ones are important to those who want to do business with us) in our years together, which will be nine years next month. And, we have lots of good ideas together. We need a venture capital person who wants constant ideas, but without hassling us about the nitpicky details of a business plan. We want other people to implement our ideas. We have this fantastic idea for a website for career ideas for teenagers. I digress, I signed a employment contract and a non-disclosure agreement today. For a j-o-b.
While I was working out the details of the new job yesterday, Leigh-Ann was talking to a mortgage broker about a job for her. Well, for both of us. Two mortgage brokers need internet marketing help, we need the help of experienced loan people. We’re a lovely blend of experience, the four of us. So, we’ll soon be ready to do loans in all 50 states, online. Yes, that’s right, we can get you a loan for a new home, refinance your current home, or get you a home equity loan, and you don’t even have to leave your computer. You don’t have to make appointments to see us (unless you’re interested in coming to Vegas to meet us for lunch), you don’t have to drive anywhere, all you need to do is fill out the application online, fax or mail tax/financial info, talk to us by email (by phone if absolutely necessary, but it probably isn’t), and you don’t have to even leave your house to get the loan done until you sign the final documents at the title company. We’ll be just that convenient. And our partners, they have access to all kinds of loans - for good credit, for bad credit (we learned in mortgage agent class that you can get a home loan one day out of bankruptcy), for medium credit. Whatever you’ve got, you’re almost sure to qualify for something. Also, for those of you who don’t want people you kind of know in a personal or bloggy sense to see your credit report , we can work the customer service part of the loan, and the guys can do all the poking into your credit report. You get a loan, we get a commission, no one leaves their home, no one has to look at anyone else’s credit report, and we’re all happy. You get a new house or you remodel your old one or you pay off some bills, and we get to keep our addiction to buying books from Amazon. Everybody’s happy. Plus, we try to make sure it isn’t a tedious process. Like my first home loan was with our home builder. Ugh, the woman tried to give me a crappy deal and she was kind of mean too. We promise to never be mean, even if you’re mean to us. Perhaps that can be our slogan. Mean Loan Officers Suck.
