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Stayin’Alive<\/h1>\n

Every time I hear the words “Stayin’ Alive” I think of the movie “Airplane” and the dance scene where a couple is dancing to the BeeGee’s Stayin’ Alive. \u00a0It makes me smile – “Airplane” is a funny movie, at least I think so.<\/p>\n

Sometimes though, Stayin’Alive isn’t so funny – it’s really not funny if it’s you who’s trying to stay alive. It seems every year Darcy and I struggle to make it from one week to the next and when we ask for help it’s always the same people who come to help us. We try not to ask for help because it seems it’s always the same people who help us. We hope this time those of you who haven’t helped us in the past and who are able to will help us this time.<\/p>\n

The year 2015 won’t be any easier than 2014 and the way it looks right now it may be a great deal rougher.<\/p>\n

When some companies fall on hard times they resort to cheating or trickery to dupe loyal users into downloading malware or installing things on their computers via software bundles – trying to make that extra buck so they can stay alive. \u00a0Companies like that never win in the end – or maybe they do – the survive by constantly changing their name so they can spend all the money they made via trickery on advertising their great new company – which is just exactly like their old company – same tricks, different name. There are a lot of rich people and rich companies out there who made their money by trickery, deceit and taking advantages of peoples’ trust.<\/p>\n

We simply can’t do that and perhaps that’s why we often struggle. For example, even after all these years, Darcy still spends hours every day making sure everyone who has written to us gets a personal reply even if the email has nothing to do with a product or service or any kind of profit. She’s been doing that since we started in back in the 1990’s and she’s still doing it today. Why? Because she thinks, as do I, that everyone who writes us deserves a personal reply. Now I’m not saying we are perfect – I’m sure we’ve missed some mail along they way, but I can say, for a fact, that almost everyone who writes to us receives a personal reply.<\/p>\n

Our time is limited – there are only two of us -so why in the world does Darcy spend hoursevery day answering email? She does it because she treats everyone the way she would want to be treated. Darcy always keeps her cool and respects every single person who contacts or whom we work with or purchases anything from us. So whether someone supports us by being a customer or whether they just write us with a question or comment they get a polite and personal answer.<\/p>\n

When I write a newsletter, an essay, or do a Cloudeight Direct Computer Care session – I give it my all. Darcy often thinks our Premium newsletter is too big, but as I tell her, I feel that since our subscribers are paying for it, I’m going to give them more<\/strong> than their money’s worth. So i throw myself into it 100% and when I’ve done my best with it and I am satisfied then for a brief time I can relax a little knowing I have given every subscriber my very best.<\/p>\n

We try to treat people the way we would like to be treated.<\/p>\n

Darcy and I are two very different people, perhaps that is why we have made such good business partners and friends. We both care about our subscribers and our boosters and those who visit our site. And we are both very thankful for those of you who have helped us financially – I can assure you that without your help we would not have been able to keep going – at least not in the way we have in the past.<\/p>\n

The new year has started and each day we struggle to make ends meet, and now sadly we\u00a0find ourselves asking you for your help again.<\/p>\n

This morning, we added some new gifts to our Boosters pages, including a free copy of our newest 2014 InfoAve Premium E-book Volume 11 and a free registered version of Smileycons. We want to give all of you who help us something of value in return.<\/p>\n

Our Boosters now have access to the following:<\/p>\n