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[ChemBright]

I'm still here.....

In all honesty. I still check in here but havn't posted much. Last time I posted my "opinion" about my new 175. It turned into an "i dont knwo what I am talking about thread" (thanks John G). Personally, I am tired of that mumbo jumbo crap. I have also lost interest in this line of work......for the meantime. It happens to me every once in a while. I always get over it.
With jobs and having two motorcycle builds going on in my garage. It has been very consuming. It's a "busy" that i have been wanting. And in all honesty. I am tired of the internet for social marketing crap, tired of forums, facebook and even tired of getting emails. I have only been checking in here because you guys are my family and I just can't break that tie.

If the future of our industry involves being active in networking groups, online social media sites. Then I am trouble. I hate it, it takes up to much of my time, I feel like it is nothing more that smoozing/brown noseing eveyone and anyone that will listen or pay attention to me and my product. If that is just part of "sales 101" then count me out. I miss the days of pasting your name somewhere in a book and let the fingers do the walking. 

I am just not into where this whole marketing scheme of things is heading. I am wondering "why" I post so much about who I am and what I am doing all over the internet. I have noone to blame but myself for that. Facebook absolutley cracks me up how there are some people who I think probably spend ALL DAMN DAY posting every little tid bit of information about what they are doing (noone that I know one here). I guess it's nice to know when Tom had his last bowl movement?

Anyways, just some thoughts. Hope all are busy here and making money but yet having family time as well.

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[PlumKleen]

Hear Hear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   

We have been so busy I have barely had time to check in here, let alone man a facebook page. I have a small web presence that pretty much takes care of itself. I'm 51 and I too miss the days of just having a beeper and hunting a pay phone. I have bought a smartphone recently so I can accept credit cards with the Square App. OK, so some new stuff is pretty handy. Never mind.

[Cleantech]

I hear ya Jon

Your bike is looking good by the way :13ive been thinking that my self lately. I would rather just pay yellow pages a resonable fee.....and have a large portion of business come that way over what I do now...

I've been been avoiding "method " discussions for a while now. If you achieve results -awesome!
heck even I...yes me have warmed up to hwe again.... sorta lol (durrmaid...soon...)

[jeffvanburen]

I feel ya Jon, I am on here less also, still a great forum just not on here as much. I also agree about the social media, I deleted my facebook yesterday, yet it stays open for another 2weeks, seems funny you can open a facebook page and be online within 24 hours yet takes 2 weeks to remove, LOL.

[Mike M]

I agree with what you say John.

Am also going through a bit of a disenchantment with cleaning at the moment. Like you it comes in cycles for me.

The only thing I do on the internet is this site and our store. No social media period. I don't mind having a website but I'm not going to post stuff about myself everywhere. I have other interests outside cleaning and sometimes it seems like the internet does take too much time.

Have posted less myself in the last few months. I've noticed that whenever I back off this site slows down. I'm fine with that. We should all have a life outside of the internet.  A lot of like minded people here.

[Juan Rodriguez]

Jon,

As you can see, you are not alone. I don't do social media either. Sometimes I feel burned about the job, marketing, bookkeeping, etc.  Then I realize it is time to go and drown some worms and try to fool a fish or pick some piece of wood at the shop and make something out it. Then, I feel better. The hobbies are my recharge...

I appreciate this forum. I have made some friends and have talk to some of you on the phone. Some day I hope to meet some of you and have a cup of coffee and a donut, or a beer and tell stories (I got some good ones) around the table.

[micky navarro]

forums, surfing the net, does kinda get on my nerves after a while, so most times, i limit myself as to how much time i'll spend.
social media like facebook, grew quite old for me and have noticed even my kids have slowed down dramatically with it.

seems the social thing is more a fad?

i dont post near as much as i used to on here but i still remain an active member, and also feel i have "net family" here, so this is a good thing   

[jtmellon]

What's funny is this facebook thing can get old fast.  I see a few of my friends who like Jon said post when they have a BM.  Friend of mine went to the islands last week and posted her every move from boarding the plane to swimming to landing back home, I really felt like saying your on vacation for God sake turn off the phone or at least put it down.  Remember my space?  Face Book will follow, maybe not now but in a few years it will go the way of the pet rock.

[CACBServices]

For the very reasons posted here, I will not post to this thread.