How do I search inside PDF's?

Is the info you get

sometimes attached to an email

as a PDF file?

The PDF document could be:

that last catalogue your supplier sent you;

an invoice you received for your online membership; or

maybe they are separate jobs that have progress notes you are making before you finally send the customer an invoice.

It may be a statement from your bank,

a form from your accountant or

an invoice from a supplier.

It could be a document with technical specifications for a piece of equipment you used in a job some time ago.

"I know I received that info; I need to refer to it again; I just can't find it"

I hear your frustration.

You remember it contained the word 'subclause' in it.

So you go to your search box in your email (like Outlook) and type 'subclause'.

Your search result says "No matches found for 'subclause'"

You huff and puff because you know the document with that exact word in an attachment, is definitely in an email you received.

Why can't you find it?

Why can't you search the contents of PDF's?

True story. It happened to me, this week.

Lying to an insurer.

Me - "Honey I've had a car accident. This lady didn't see me and hit me 'head-on'."

My wife - "are you OK?"

"I've got a sore neck and back - whiplash - yeah I'm ok, but the car's not. It's probably been written off.

If I can just prise the bent metal from pressing on the tyre, I might be able to drive home [I'm 40 minutes away].

The owners of the [at fault] car argued about who was supposed to have paid their insurance premium."

Malaysian Airlines MH370, the search continues.

Over 270 people were on board.
Satellite pictures have shown large objects in the southern Indian Ocean:

Why did the plane end up here (if it did)?

Could there be any survivors?
Are the fragments in the ocean, pieces of the wreckage? The search area is huge. It truly is like searching for 'a needle in a haystack'.

I hope buy the time you read this the mystery will be solved.

Malaysian Airlines MH370 - Where is it?

The feeling of helplessness is on so many people's faces.

I often feel that, when I talk to business people. Not a 'life-or-death' hopelessness, but a real discouragement about working so hard and having nothing to show for it.

"Show me the money!" they cry.

"I'm in business, because I thought I could make more money than being on wages, but it's all a smoke screen.

There are times I have plenty of money in the bank and other times I'm scratching to pay my bills."

Good business ideas are usually simple.

Over the last 5 years . . .

Have your fuel costs or electricity charges remained constant?

The 'red tape' compliance paperwork got any less time consuming?

Your wage bill got any lower?

When was the last time you had a pay rise?

Good business ideas come from the free small business assessments I do.

(Yes, it's free, if you haven't done one with me, click here to request one)

Most small business I do my assessment with, tell me they haven't increased their rates for 5 years!!

What else has stayed as cheap as it was 5 years ago?

I know you think that if you increase your prices you will lose clients or quotes. 

Here's a surprise for you - you won't.

Problem solving techniques for business.

Are you having trouble getting paid?

You are busy but you have nothing to show for it. You work long hours; you are up late preparing quotes; you
give excellent service and you are booked months in advance. Your wife is complaining about never having any time with her.

"SHOW ME THE MONEY!" you exclaim. Just like Tom Cruise in the movie Jerry Maguire.

Problem solving techniques, can be as simple as taking a long hard look at how you do business.

Are you so busy, that your invoicing is weeks behind?

If you don't ask to be paid - you ain't gonna be!

Why is your invoicing behind?

Coaching definition.

Business coaching is having someone who walks with you as another set of eyes to make sure you reach the goals you set for yourself in business. Someone who applies their specialities to enhance what you don't have.

None of us finds it easy to see ourselves as others see us. That is why we need a business coach.

Let's face it. None of us are good at everything. We need to swallow our pride and LISTEN to someone who has our best interests at heart. Then act accordingly - even if it is against our natural inclinations (and that's hard).

Wow, 

Coaching definition not needed by CEO of Google. Untrue.

Even the CEO of Google needs a coach:

Making Business Decisions

What makes business people different ?

Choices.

Life is so full of them these days - especially in business.

If you've been in business for any length of time, you'll know how many

decisions you have to make!

Every day.

You're working for yourself because you can make decisions - and lots of them.

Most ordinary people freeze, making business decisions.

You know you don't make right decisions all the time, but you do make up your mind - congratulations!

Simple business ideas that work.

Do you want to get paid lots MORE, for what you do?

Here's a couple of stories to inspire you:

Paddy's a brickie.

Most of the time he gets his work from builders who set the dollars he gets paid.

Paddy knows he's worth more, so he ensures consistent higher business profit by always having domestic and 'builder' jobs on the go.

Why does that give Paddy more money?

3X3 System

How to promote your business.

How do you get more consistent work?

Are you feeling thirsty for more business?

It's often a long time between customer drinks, for most businesses.

Your clients don't need you very often, do they.

Why can't that be fixed?

It can.

“Would you like fries with that?”

That annoying little phrase, is worth tens of millions of dollars to McDonalds.

1 in 10 people change their order to include fries!

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Emails You Can Trust

How to advertise your business for free.

Have you ever seen a car crawling along the highway at a pathetically slow speed?

Now imagine that car is a shiny, brand new red Ferrari. You know this car has the capability to ‘rip up’ the road ahead, leaving everything else in it’s dust.

It can do 120 mph in second gear! Then step up to 250 mph with little effort. Yet, there before your very eyes, this supercar is being driven at 45 mph – well below it’s potential.

  Are you driving your ‘Ferrari’ well below it’s real potential?

Don’t mistake pace with potential.