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What’s Up with the Google Ads?

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

I’ve been trying to find a reliable metric to track traffic ever since the site was launched, but many methods are inconsistent or rely on not-for-profit systems with frequent outages. There are a number of complicated solutions available, as well as one that is very, very easy; Google Adsense.

If I placed paying ads on this site, it would be very easy for a court to misconstrue my efforts to educate the public for a crusade for personal gain. I haven’t put any ads on the site to avoid exactly that discussion, but that doesn’t mean I can’t take advantage of Google’s ads for the sake of tracking my traffic, even if I’ve made it impossible to actually get paid for doing so.
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Mailers Going Out in a Few Days

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

As a publicist by trade, I know a good deal about marketing. If you’ve got a project and you want to get eyes on your project, I know how to do it, and I can make it happen for the best rates in the world… Luckily with this project I know exactly who my audience is, and exactly how to reach you.

I’ve driven the 33-miles back up to Heatherwood and spent about 15-minutes in front of the mail boxes, so now I have the legal mailing addresses of every resident in the entire complex.
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The Longer This Bad Boy Goes…

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

It’s funny, to me. I’ve put out a solid 10-emails to Heatherwood front office staff, all of it to Charito and Jill, but it’s gone a bit further than that, and it’s not for a lack of me trying to make things go more smoothly from my end. But it gets worse and crazier still.

I asked, and begged, and pleaded to get a phone number or any sort of contact information for corporate headquarters, and it wasn’t easy, but I finally got it. It’s a company called DevCo, and Phil from corporate was a really nice guy. You can reach him at (425) 453-9556 if you don’t believe me… and by the way, he might just be the owner of the whole place, in case that matters to you.
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Stormy Cloud Imagines Silver Lining

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

When I first launched this project, I wondered what would happen if Heatherwood senior management (not Charito or any of the golf-cart queens, but the real powers-that-be) saw my efforts, stepped up and offered me a quiet bucket of hushy-hush cash. It’s always a very real possibility, but one I didn’t want to think about, because this effort is so much bigger than me.

Let’s face it, I already got back an amount of rental deposit I was willing to accept. Sure, it’s still heavily discounted by an assortment of frauds rife in the entrenchment of Heatherwood management, but every man has his price, and I’d be lying to say I’m no different.
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Forums/Bulletin Board Coming Real Soon

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

My experiences and grievances, though very real, are legit and important, but that’s never been the point of this site, and the goal of this site has always been to create an open forum (with a thin veil of anonymity) by which tenants and those with knowledge of the apartments may have a place for the open airing of compliments, grievances and general questions.

Without offering a Forum or Bulletin Board it would be painfully difficult to expect any sort of open discussion. It’s a database editing and management nightmare, but I have all the files needed and am now configuring them so readers will be able to start and continue their own discussions as they wish.
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