The Curbside Investigator

In this episode, Scott talks about a recent camera upgrade and how it affects workflow.  If you are looking to upgrade your old digital video cameras to the newer hard drive based camcorders, take a look at Oleg Flaksman's (http://www.oinvestigations.com/Private-Investigator-Blog/2011/07/datetime-...

Still more marketing as Scott talks about direct mailing and postcard marketing.  There's clients to be found, mined and farmed by sending letters and postcards to potential clients.  Scott touches on what works and what's important in this time tested advertising field...

I've spent that last couple of months talking about marketing for PI's and we've covered a variety of topics.  The Elevator Speech is the topic of this episode of  The Curbside Investigator and I've found lots of resources that Private Investigators can use to craft the perfect Elevator Speech...

Marketing is a touchy subject.  There's no doubt that everyone has there own ideas and theories and very often, those ideas are at odds with each other.  It's part skill, part innate ability and part voodoo.  No matter where it comes from, marketing is a vital piece of the business puzzle and PI'...

In this episode, Scott discusses billing and rates.  It sounds rather dull but it's an important aspect to any business.  PI's can easily get stuck if they don't understand their costs and how to price their services...

In this episode, Scott discusses the current state of the business here in Southern California and what it means to PI's around the country.  He also discusses a recent email he received from a listener.  Finally, there's some information on a super secret project...

This episode is sponsored by USAPI (http://www.usapi.org/) and GoToMeeting.com (http://www.gotomeeting.com/podcast)

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This episode is sponsored by USAPI (http://www.usapi.org) and GoToMeeting.com (http://www.gotomeeting.com/podcast)

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There's been quite a bit of discussion on minimum charges and surveillance billing.  Here's my opinion.

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**UPDATE**  08/11/09  It looks the the Youtube video reference in this episode has been removed along with the entire account.  Good work everyone but I would have loved to have read the comments before it disappeared.  Keep me posted if you see anything like this again.

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