Archive for May, 2008
Representing Mentally Ill Clients
A renowned private investigator in a local community will stand trial on May 15, 2008. He has been charged with theft and fraud in Louisiana. In April 2007, a grand jury indicted William Howard Malpass after accusations that he defrauded his client, Shreveporter J.D. Youngblood, of more than $50,000.
Marketing with Social Networking
In February, CompassPoint Investigations joined the robust world of social networking. Today, we are linked with hundreds of investigators, bail enforcement agents, attorneys, customers and friends. Establishing these important online connections has become an extremely rewarding experience with valuable gains for our business.
Diversification and Marketing
Many people have left posts on listserves that they are having slow periods and every year the slow periods appear to be between June/July/August. We have not had many slow periods and can have stayed busy. I’ve written other posts on marketing and this is about my third post on the topic. We’ve test marketed [...]
Crushing Competitors With Competitive Intelligence
Starting and growing a business doesn’t happen without information. As an investigator who wants to dominate his or her chosen field, you need to know who your competitors are what the market is like and where the opportunities lie; you must have the answers to questions like: Who are your primary competitors? What customer needs [...]
SEO Basics
When someone inevitably comes to me about having a difficult time finding clients, I ask them for the URL of their website; nearly all of them tell me they do not have one. This is a REAL PROBLEM in this day and age. A huge percentage of people no longer consult the Yellow Pages when [...]
Professional Email Etiquette
First impressions really stick. What if an email is your first impression? Who you are writing to? Often the email is your first contact. Is the email going to a company offering services to you, perhaps it is a mentor, or even a possible employer. In these cases, you will not have the opportunity to [...]
Being Your Own Worst Enemy
Scenario: You have just arrested a 19 year old male on a Failure to Appear (FTA) warrant. He is at his parent’s house and no weapons are visible. You have good scene control but he is “running off at the mouth” with fowl language and calling you every name in the book. Key Question: What [...]
Insurance for bail professionals like us
Are you a serious industry professional, or at least want to be taken seriously while you are breaking into the business? Then you need insurance. NOTHING will set you apart from your competition as forcefully as having a professional liability insurance policy. It can seem right now that everyone else wants to be like Duane [...]
