The Affairs Organizer Blog

According to The Wall Street Journal, despite most of the state’s population living in the desert, “Nevada Has Highest Percentage of ‘Under Water’ Households” Nevada leads the U.S. in the proportion of households whose mortgage debt exceeds the current estimated value of their homes, a condition known as being “under water.” Many Americans are under [...]

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Dreaming about making an expensive purchase? Consider the following excerpt on ‘Adaptation’ from page 256 of Rob Walker’s book “Buying In – the Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are”: “…Human beings have a remarkable capacity to get used to things. This means a capacity to get used to miserable situations. And [...]

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(1) saving a small amount of annual premium dollars may be costly if you have a claim, since some insurers are more customer-friendly than others when paying claims. Also, insurance companies weigh a customer’s history with the company pretty heavily when making decisions about whether or not to renew a homeowners policy after a claim [...]

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Unless you “opt-out” (actively remove yourself), national consumer credit reporting companies will include you in lists for unsolicited pre-approved credit and insurance offers. To exclude your name (people, not businesses) from these lists, call 1–888–5OPTOUT (1–888–567–8688). Personally, I think the default status that we are all initially “opted-in” to things like this is ludicrous. Bookmark [...]

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Months ago, I read an interesting article by John Jantsch and ended-up sending him a review copy of my book. Several weeks later, he posted a brief-but-positive review of the book on his well-regarded Duct Tape Marketing blog.  Here’s a link: http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/06/06/are-your-affairs-in-order/ I’m grateful for his kind words, but I may have to sue him [...]

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Welcome to the very first post for The Affairs Organizer Blog. While this blog certainly has a marketing purpose, and I’m certainly not beyond a bit of shameless promotion from time to time, The Affairs Organizer Blog will never be a running infomercial. Look for lots of useful information and links to many fantastic articles [...]

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