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Why You Should Start Charging Retainers for Every Job

Ask for a check before you begin work and protect that money until you've earned it. You'll be glad you did—and ultimately, so will your clients.

Op-Ed: Is An 88% Success Rate Really a Success?

Ulises Perez

If PIs are going to take credit for all the successful cases, then we need to take credit for the failures.

PI Survey Results

Kim Green

We're overwhelmed and amazed by the thoughtful, candid, illuminating, and profound responses to this questionnaire. Thanks to all who replied!

The Business of Running a Business

Hal Humphreys

Sometimes, "business as usual" needs an overhaul — especially when you're falling behind on the administrative tasks everybody hates. Read More

Marketing Is a Waste of Money … If You Make These 5 Mistakes

Ruben Roel

Five Time-Wasting Mistakes Private Investigators Make When Trying to Grow Their Businesses Read More

Google and Microsoft Advertising for Private Investigators

Scott Fulmer

For business owners overwhelmed by the prospect of learning to use targeted Internet advertising, Utah private investigator Scott Fulmer offers a primer. Read More

Business Development for Private Investigators: What Works & What Doesn’t

Tim Santoni

According to California investigator Tim Santoni, successful marketing is a subtle alchemy of making connections, sharing information, and finding your public voice. Read More

The “2.0” PI Business: Exiting Your Comfort Zone

Marc Garza

Staying in your comfort zone may stop you from finding out how high your business can soar. Read More

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The Business

The Life

I Wrote About His Wrongful Conviction. He Got Only 13 Years of Freedom Before Cancer Took His Life.

The Camcorder

Massachusetts Set to Extend Statute of Limitations for Rape Cases With DNA Evidence

The Pitch

Cash Flow: The Lifeblood of an Investigative Business

Second Time Around: 7 Lessons I Learned from Losing My First PI Firm

Running to Catch Up with AI

The Literature

Review: “Kingdom of Devils,” by Katherine Grandjean

Review: “The Midnight Special,” by Colin Asher

Review: “When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women”

Q&A: Lindsay Moran—A Former CIA Agent Talks Spycraft

Cash Flow: The Lifeblood of an Investigative Business

Second Time Around: 7 Lessons I Learned from Losing My First PI Firm

Running to Catch Up with AI

Building a Successful Private Investigations Business

Two Powerful Business Lessons from One Painful CrossFit Workout

The Pitch

Why You Should Start Charging Retainers for Every Job

Op-Ed: Is An 88% Success Rate Really a Success?

PI Survey Results

The Business of Running a Business

Marketing Is a Waste of Money … If You Make These 5 Mistakes

Google and Microsoft Advertising for Private Investigators

Business Development for Private Investigators: What Works & What Doesn’t

The “2.0” PI Business: Exiting Your Comfort Zone

Writing About Reading

Avi Klein’s Swiss Army Knife of Tools for Locates

Jerry Buting and Reagan Wynn: Interviews & the Reid Technique

Erika Krouse, author of “Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation”

Mark & Wendy Murnan: The Mindset of a Business Owner

The Camcorder

Op-Ed: No Scooby Doo Endings