Well, here I am in Georgetown, TX about 20 miles north of Austin. I selected this area for a lot of reasons, great weather, beautiful city nearby, on the outskirts and near the hill country. The biggest reason was that it is in the middle of the triangle of big cities like Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio. Not much more area than I covered in Wisconsin. I have been here since 7/08. Before I moved I sent out more than 10,000 introductory brochures to attorneys that were in Bar Sections likely to need my services. No response…

As I write this today, I am definitely happy we made the move, however still, all of my work is still coming from Wisconsin where I maintain my original computer forensics business. So off I go, at least once a month, to Wisconsin to work on a cluster of cases needing my attention.

I have started up several businesses in my life and I know how it works. 2 to 3 years to really get established, networking, direct mail, speaking engagements, etc. However here in South Central Texas I am not getting the response I usually expect to get by this time. All of my attempts to get speaking engagements have been thwarted or ignored. Calls and emails go unanswered. My accounts for Texas are empty.

I know that there are more Forensic Experts here, however, my niche practice is so narrow, mostly criminal defense of possession of child pornography and associated matters having to do with computers, that it boggles me. I know from experience and research that most Forensic Experts don’t want to do these types of cases, or can’t because of other affilitations, and also even though there are more Private Investigators here that do Computer Forensics it’s more of an additional service to 5 or 6 other services that have nothing to do with Forensics.

Computer Forensics is all I have done for the past 12 years, and although business is still good for me in other states, I really would like to get on the train ride here! Hmmmm…. I think I need to go national.