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I want – I got in 2008

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So what will happen with I want – I got in 2008. Frankly, I haven’t thought about it. I have two goals, update my friend links and write more. That’s about all for now. Last year my goal was to up my presence (whatever that means) and I think I accomplished that. Traffic was increasing steadily month by month. I still have to do some stat digging to see where the increase came from. I’ve never posted my stats before, but it’s not really a secret anyway. Click the image to get a bigger version. The green line is from 2006. It’s flat until about May because that is when I got my Google Analytics account. The blue is 2007. I had a few crazy blips of traffic thanks to my Lululemon warehouse post and Boxing Day. They are pretty visible in the graph. I wish webstats could give me an age range too. I have no idea about the age demographic for I want – I got. After seeing the way things went down …

Whistler

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My friend has been taunting me with tales of massive snowfall every night and skiing Blackcomb glacier on Christmas. It’s complete with photos. Look at that snow, it’s killing me! February is coming soon.

Pitch correctly and you’ll have more luck

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I just got a canned email pitch from a salesman who deals in packaging. Every once in awhile a TFI member decides to email everyone. He’s promising to take I want – I got to the next level. I don’t think this guy realized that I want – I got is a website. I emailed him to let him know that I can’t see how his packaging company is going to help considering it’s not a physical product. Here is a piece of advice for you business folk. If you bother to do a little research before sending out spam emails then you could focus your time on the right potential clients. While I’m posting about things that annoy me. 1. I won’t tell you the trends for 2008/2009. Join TFI and find out yourself. 2. I don’t work for any of the companies that are listed on this site. Don’t ask me to track down some obscure product, I cannot.

Talking to crazies

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I had an interesting conversation with an older crazy lady about slips yesterday. I was in a store in Commerce Court this afternoon and she was looking for somewhere that sells slips in the area. Having tried looking for slips on lunch before I told her to goto The Bay. She then went off about how women these days don’t wear underwear and that we walk around and you can see everything through the clothes. That’s when my crazy bells went off. You have to remember, we are in the most conservative area of Toronto, the financial district and this lady is going off about I tried to explain that most people didn’t think it was necessary for the extra piece of clothing and we are hardly walking around with clothes that you can see through. Slips are necessary for some clothing, but not all. I told her that I even own a slip but I don’t wear it all the time. The dress pictured below is one I use a slip for, otherwise in …