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.
1May2008 | Stephanie Mitchell | 0 comments | ContinuedMarketing 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.
1May2008 | Stephanie Mitchell | 0 comments | ContinuedDiversification 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 [...]
1May2008 | Kirk Menard | 0 comments | ContinuedCrushing 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:
1May2008 | Scott Harrell | 0 comments | ContinuedSEO 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 [...]
1May2008 | Scott Harrell | 0 comments | ContinuedProfessional 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 [...]
1May2008 | Stephanie Mitchell | 0 comments | ContinuedBeing 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: [...]
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 [...]
1May2008 | Scott Harrell | 0 comments | ContinuedMay Litigation Spotlight
The majority of bail enforcement agents are hard-working individuals, who are professional and work by a strict code of ethics. However, unfortunate, stupid, negligent behavior, coupled with alleged criminal behavior leads to the continuum of the flawed stereotype that will just not leave the bail industry.
1May2008 | Stephanie Mitchell | 0 comments | Continued
An Introduction to the May 2008 Issue of Pursuit Magazine
If you read the paper, watch TV or listen to talk radio you have been told a thousand times that we are in, or close to, an economic recession, but what does this mean really? Well, in very simple terms it means that the costs of goods and services are up, people have less [...]
1May2008 | Scott Harrell | 0 comments | Continued
