Brian Willingham

@VerifyPI Preach!

@VerifyPI Been using Google Voice for business for several years and it's perfectly fine. workspace.google.com/products/voice/

What's the best way to market yourself as a professional investigator? A well-executed website is a great place to start. Join hosts @FINDPI @ @authorpi and their guest, @b_willingham, to hear how they've each built strong brands online. youtu.be/dj05PSeloDU

@VerifyPI Appreciate it @VerifyPI. Great working with you too!

@anonymouspi I stopped taking individual clients last year. I dug into our data and found that out of 106 online inquiries, we had 62 calls with potential clients that turned into 6 clients and less than $10,000 of revenue. It just wasn't worth the time and effort.

Investigators, roughly what is your ratio of enquiries leading to work versus time-wasting tyre-kickers? Mine has to be at least 1:5 but probably higher on the timewaster front. And it depends on where the enquiry came from. Bark.com is more like 1:15

@omackson tell my kids I am indispensable...I dare you!

Talked to some interns yesterday about the role of investigators in my PD office. It was a pleasure to share the wisdom of the indispensable @b_willingham. #investigatorlife diligentiagroup.com/background-inv…

@FINDPI Facts. My Google history will raise some alarm bells.

@b_willingham The things we sometimes have to Google. #lookingupwierdshit

Note to self: If you are going to pull off a heinous crime, be careful what you Google. dilgnt.gr/3HfXqC0

It's 2023. When an iPhone user sends an Android user a video via text message, this is what we see. A pixelated garbled mess. Hey @Apple and @Google, can you figure this sh!t out?

When it comes to business, small is not less than. Small business has a huge advantage over big business: It can do small things. And most of the things that need doing are small things. Big companies trip over their size all the time, making things larger than they need to be.

@DarrylDaugherty I don't think that the kind of staying home he was referring to....🤪

I love staying home.

"You’ve got to love what you do!" You've probably heard it a thousand times. "If you don’t love what you do, you might as well stay home." But you don't need to love what you do. Personally, my "love" grew, but I didn't have it to start. dilgnt.gr/3NfqFGg

A cybersecurity expert explains why you should NEVER pay the ransom. dilgnt.gr/3WcxHjo

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Authorities dug up a $90,000 Mercedes out of the backyard of a Silicon Valley home, buried 5 feet under the ground and filled with unused bags of concrete (and no bodies). So. Many. Questions. dilgnt.gr/3sxFvys

Dear Apple, Please make a new 27-inch iMac. Sincerely, Everyone

@henkvaness ...but we are still here....

Around 10,000 employee computers have software updates disabled. More than half of Twitter employees have access to Twitter's production environment (...) where nearly all employees have access to systems or data they should not. (5/5) #twitter

"Although @twitter is a global company with a global mission it is not currently set up to deliver globally on trust and safety", says whistleblower @dotMudge, former head of security. Twitter asked him to spell out his concerns with the company's security washingtonpost.com/technology/int…

Wondering how many words have a silent "c" like Tucson? Seriously, how do you get Too-Sohn out of that spelling?

PACER may not be the best website, but county court websites are often worse. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

@SpencerPI Those are some fighting words...

Paella is a scam. It’s bougie fried rice.