‘theInvestigators‘ on YahooGroups is a new email newsgroup, or ‘listserv,’ offering private investigators an unparalleled opportunity to network with other like minded professionals.
This group is to network, build professional relationships, share stories and advice – all the things that listserves did many years ago, but has lost for various reasons. Almost any professional investigator is welcome – you must provide complete business and professional information (do I really need to explain this?). Email me privately if you have any questions or concerns. My only intent is for this to be a fair and supportive group.
Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theInvestigators
Feel free to post:
– Your introduction (feel free to repeat in moderation)
– Services you offer and where
– Experience and other associations
– Goals, accomplishments and other bragging points
– Products and services (i.e. books – see item 1)
– Requests for assistance, guidance, looking for work, etc.
– Offers of assistance, guidance, etc.
What I would really rather not see – because they are prolific on other lists – ‘asset checks’ or ‘site inspections’ that don’t offer enough to pull out of the driveway. We are all worth something, don’t insult us. Also, if you have a concern about the legitimacy of a poster – make an inquiry before blasting something insulting. Finally, if it should be private – make it private (or warned and removed).
This is designed to be a self-moderated group of professional investigators in the private sector. Those that cannot reach to that professional level will be warned and then removed, or suspended for a period of time.
There is lots of room for jokes and banter – feel free to use moderation in sending messages, and also remember there is a delete key. If you feel concerned, email me privately.
Bottom line – have fun, make friends, form a network, and act like this group is a combination of an association meeting, coffee meeting, happy hour, or other place you might chat with friends. If you would share at the table, share here – if you would not, don’t. I do ask that you include a signature line – just like handing a business card. Thanks, Dean A. Beers, CLI
I think you get the idea. I hope you join me, tell others, and we all grow personally and professionally from this new experience!
To subscribe, send an email to: theInvestigators-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Regards, Dean
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Dean A. Beers, CLI
Board Certified Legal Investigator
beersda@Forensic-Investigators.com
Forensic Investigators of Colorado, LLC
www.Forensic-Investigators.com
Larimer County, Colorado
(970) 691-0813 Office
(970) 372-4717 Fax
Recent Comments
How do we submit a story?
How do we submit a story?
Hi Doug,
In the drop-down menu under the “About Pursuit Magazine” link in the top left part of any page on PursuitMag.com is a tab “Submit Articles” with directions to submit articles, stories and news to us for consideration.
The page leads here: https://pursuitmag.com/about-2/submit-articles/
Thanks for your interest!
-Scott Harrell
Hi Doug,
In the drop-down menu under the “About Pursuit Magazine” link in the top left part of any page on PursuitMag.com is a tab “Submit Articles” with directions to submit articles, stories and news to us for consideration.
The page leads here: https://pursuitmag.com/about-2/submit-articles/
Thanks for your interest!
-Scott Harrell
i would love nothing more than to see thepigroup take a backseat to another listserve for several reasons and most of those reasons have to do with transparency and the load of sh*t being orchestrated by the moderator(s).
i cannot tell if the moderators still include john grogan and / or robert scott these days.
i am aware of, or have been involved in, several very specific instances where thepigroup moderators will allow something negative to go out about a competitor but not something positive- even if it is a retraction of an original comment. that is nothing short of the abuse of the trust their members place in them as moderators of the listserve.
how they can continue to tout a “membership of over 4000 members” when the published yahoo figures are more like 3400 is totally beyond me and just dishonest.
who could have possibly believed the super secret squirrel poll someone at thepigroup conducted where the participants allegedly emailed in their choice of database providers to the moderator and lo and behold the database the moderator advertises (or owns) “won” with some unbelievable margin of votes when, in every other public poll I’ve ever seen, it doesn’t even make the top 4.
btw- is it merely a coincidence that in this super secret squirrel poll the company where the winning database is obtaining much of their data came in second (when it usually comes in 3rd in public polling)?
my guess is probably not.
absolute power corrupts absolutely.
don’t get me wrong, the owner of the listserve can do whatever they want to but at least be fair and honest with the members. yes, i remain a member and have avoided banishment thus far but really only for my own amusement.
good luck to mr. beers and this newsgroup – i hope it becomes wildly successful.
i would love nothing more than to see thepigroup take a backseat to another listserve for several reasons and most of those reasons have to do with transparency and the load of sh*t being orchestrated by the moderator(s).
i cannot tell if the moderators still include john grogan and / or robert scott these days.
i am aware of, or have been involved in, several very specific instances where thepigroup moderators will allow something negative to go out about a competitor but not something positive- even if it is a retraction of an original comment. that is nothing short of the abuse of the trust their members place in them as moderators of the listserve.
how they can continue to tout a “membership of over 4000 members” when the published yahoo figures are more like 3400 is totally beyond me and just dishonest.
who could have possibly believed the super secret squirrel poll someone at thepigroup conducted where the participants allegedly emailed in their choice of database providers to the moderator and lo and behold the database the moderator advertises (or owns) “won” with some unbelievable margin of votes when, in every other public poll I’ve ever seen, it doesn’t even make the top 4.
btw- is it merely a coincidence that in this super secret squirrel poll the company where the winning database is obtaining much of their data came in second (when it usually comes in 3rd in public polling)?
my guess is probably not.
absolute power corrupts absolutely.
don’t get me wrong, the owner of the listserve can do whatever they want to but at least be fair and honest with the members. yes, i remain a member and have avoided banishment thus far but really only for my own amusement.
good luck to mr. beers and this newsgroup – i hope it becomes wildly successful.