{"id":10901,"date":"2010-01-19T16:12:08","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T23:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=10901"},"modified":"2010-01-19T16:12:08","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T23:12:08","slug":"vendorsluts-foundations-and-articles-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10901\/vendorsluts-foundations-and-articles-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Vendorsluts, Foundations And Articles Of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why are we in business?\u00a0 Why are we doing anything.\u00a0 A company that is just in business to make a buck is as compelling as a man that’s just alive to eat his next meal.\u00a0 I heard horror stories–from the guy that paid $20,000 for a web design only to find that the designer retained copyright–to a guy that was unable to cancel a monthly fee after months of trying.\u00a0\u00a0 When I started getting beyond “helping people sell stuff,” and getting to the big damn “why” question, I found myself carving a different spot from other folks.\u00a0 I want to be better (not just different).<\/p>\n

BloodHound s have a meme.\u00a0 There are lots of parts to it, and I don’t know ’em all (and probably don’t agree with everything, either).<\/p>\n

So, together with Ian<\/a>, we came up with a meme.\u00a0 My company is called Flat Rate Web Jobs, and we are Flatties.<\/p>\n

What flatties believe:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We believe in accountability.\u00a0 Everything we provide has a 100% money back, \u201cno dirty looks\u201d guarantee.<\/p>\n

We believe you are in charge of everything.\u00a0 You own the copyright on all of the work we do for you, and you can use our work however you see fit.<\/p>\n

We believe you must measure ROI in social media.\u00a0 Everything we offer helps you increase your return.<\/p>\n

We believe in adding to everything we touch.\u2028We believe you should understand exactly what you\u2019re buying, what your benefits are, and when to next steps will take place.<\/p>\n

We believe in small businesses, salespeople and professionals.\u00a0 It is our honor to serve you.<\/p>\n

We believe it\u2019s our duty to put our customer\u2019s interests first.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t believe in fads.\u00a0 We don\u2019t try to make a quick buck on buzz.<\/p>\n

We believe in including more than you thought you paid for, every time.<\/p>\n

We believe independent thinkers create the best work.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

So, that’s my company.\u00a0 We currently have a decent array of products<\/a> we sell.\u00a0 The point is the “we’ve got your back,” ethos that I love.<\/p>\n

The point is that we’re different.\u00a0 All people are invited to come figure out why–I’m doing a free “hands on” webinar on how you can make boss google around and Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why are we in business?\u00a0 Why are we doing anything.\u00a0 A company that is just in business to make a buck is as compelling as a man that’s just alive to eat his next meal.\u00a0 I heard horror stories–from the guy that paid $20,000 for a web design only to find that the designer retained […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,212,6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-egoism-in-action","7":"category-flourishing","8":"category-marketing","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3197,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3197\/bloodhoundblog-in-the-terrible-twos-and-the-me-me-me-meme\/","url_meta":{"origin":10901,"position":0},"title":"BloodhoundBlog in the terrible two’s and the me-me-me meme","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I had mail last night from a sweet kid who wanted to tag me in what she called a MeMe game. 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