$50K challenge: Calling on offline pros

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Before I tell you the challenge/help, I will give you a blurb about my background, to help dispel any "assumptions" up front... This is NOT intended as any self-promotion at all, this is an honest request for your thoughts.

Okay - first I need to say up front that I DO offline consulting, I earn money every month from it, (a few exclusive customers)... these clients though mainly came from either a presentation I did (for their company) or from referrals or they're friends.

My experience is online marketing for 14 years - so I'm not a newbie here - and yes, I've earned a six figure income several years. (Last several its been mid-high five figures, mainly because I went through a burn out time about 5 yrs ago and haven't had the desire to burn out again lol).

I typically make 2/3 of my income selling advertising (NOT adsense) or the occasional membership site, the other consulting.

Okay - now that you know a teeny bit about my background, here's a thought/question for you guys:

The internet has changed, years ago I could literally push a button (email send) and make $40K in a weekend. (Did it many times lol). It just doesn't work like that much anymore unless you spend weeks of hyping people (which I don't want to do, nor do I have time for).

Now with that said...... I've kind of got a challenge for myself, and I need some solid opinions.

A little on the personal side.... You see, we've moved a few times (21 yrs of marriage... about 14 moves lol) - and my hubby is in a job that isn't far - and so we're ready to buy a house. (We didn't in the past because we kept moving for his work, or family/illness). We promised our daughter that she could start AND Finish high school here, and we really like where we are (city). We've been here for 4 years as of next weekend, and we do really like it here.

NOW... we have an opportunity for a house that is like the "perfect" one that has space for me to have my office mostly at home as I prefer.

BUT - Canada housing is NOT cheap, and being self employed (My hubby does contracts too) - the bank wants 10% rather than 5% down (which we're okay with, we prefer that anyway. We've been renting all this time and frankly I'm tired of it, I just want to be settled. (But thank goodness for the internet giving me the freedom to move when we needed to!)

My hubby and I made an agreement:

1 - we'll buy a house right here, where we like it - so that we can stay put, and he'll drive to work (40 min to another city)
2 - I'll help get the down payment

SO I made a challenge for myself: Come up with the 10% down payment in roughly 30 days. (Something I haven't done in several years that quickly lol).

I do have a promo going out in mid Sept, and we're launching a major site around then too... but I was thinking that I could just beef up my offline clients again to earn it.

SO FOR YOUR HELP: to help me with my challenge (Oh, the # is $35,000 minimum) - could you guys tell me the best things to offer, that require the least amount of time, to make the most amount of profits?

i.e., here's what I have done:

- mobile websites
- QR codes
- text messaging
- SEO
- PPC campaigns/monitoring/optimizing
- some social media (mostly for my own business)
- lead generation sites
- amazon books

yes, I can create websites, but I REALLY want to minimize that part on anything that will require much programming - while I can do html, I'm not a true programmer (I don't do javascript, php etc).

I do have the info / resources already here for facebook fan pages, etc. too, and can add that to the mix.

While I'd obviously like to get "fast up front", I wouldn't mind getting some that are obviously recurring too.

Note that I have done a few lead generation sites (real estate) and haven't had any profitable, so I haven't pushed them, probably just going to sell them off.

My deadline (personally) is by Sept 26th.

Yes, I do have a lot of resources on "how" to do all these things... just need to know what YOU make the most money with, quickest - i.e., easiest sell - with minimal time involved?

So - What do you guys think would be the best things to offer on a "quick" method, to earn the $35-50K as quickly as possible with offline clients?

(up front - please do NOT say clickbank stuff lol - I'm not looking for "online" niche marketing at the moment, just doing stuff for offline people, something I can get paid either on delivery or up front).

Amber
#$50k #calling #challenge #offline #pros
  • Profile picture of the author Rus Sells
    I think the one talent you've left out is the ability to drive traffic and convert it.

    Many, not many TONS of local businesses are not converting their existing traffic
    at all!

    Convert what they already have coming into paying customers and you'll be set
    to offer whatever services you want in the future, it will be a done deal!

    When they see new customers and tell you they want moar TRAFFIC! You say, hold
    your horses! Before we crank up your traffic we need to address some serious issues
    with your site, etc etc. = )

    A little on the personal side.... You see, we've moved a few times (21 yrs of marriage... about 14 moves lol) - and my hubby is in a job that isn't far - and so we're ready to buy a house. (We didn't in the past because we kept moving for his work, or family/illness). We promised our daughter that she could start AND Finish high school here, and we really like where we are (city). We've been here for 4 years as of next weekend, and we do really like it here
    Question about your personal side. If you buy the house it means breaking a promise to your daughter? If so, I'd keep my word and forgo the house for 4 years and then kick her butt out and buy a KILLER house when she graduates! LOL j/k!
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    • Profile picture of the author Amber Jalink
      Originally Posted by Rus Sells View Post

      I think the one talent you've left out is the ability to drive traffic and convert it.

      Many, not many TONS of local businesses are not converting their existing traffic
      at all!

      Convert what they already have coming into paying customers and you'll be set
      to offer whatever services you want in the future, it will be a done deal!

      When they see new customers and tell you they want moar TRAFFIC! You say, hold
      your horses! Before we crank up your traffic we need to address some serious issues
      with your site, etc etc. = )



      Question about your personal side. If you buy the house it means breaking a promise to your daughter? If so, I'd keep my word and forgo the house for 4 years and then kick her butt out and buy a KILLER house when she graduates! LOL j/k!

      Thanks Russ - I didn't think about that traffic, to me that's just a given, but you're completely right!

      Oh - and as for the house....

      No, buying doesn't mean breaking the promise - buying (or renting) OUT of the area (in between where we live now and the city my hubby works in) would be breaking the promise to her.

      Buying the house here, keeps the promise to her - and she LOVES the house we picked because it gives her a nice big room she can decorate to her liking LOL.

      Amber
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  • Profile picture of the author patadeperro
    dimeco, I think that if you need the money that fast so what you need to do is to leverage your assets, what I can see is that you have 2 big assets that can be leverage right now:

    a) your list.

    b) your lead generation websites.


    Even if you don't want to overwhelm your subscribers, that is an asset that can be used, create a couple of specific offers like: social media week and start promoting from monday, close on friday and the next week ppc week, and you offer special prices to set up those strategies to your clients on your list.

    And the other asset, your lead generation websites, you can use them as a "support sites" to rank one local business for a highly competitive term, as I could read this are real estate sites, so why don't you use it as support sites for something like "Real Estate + City" or you send back links from your websites to the biggest real estate company on your city and you tell them that you are the one that is taking them to the 1 page.

    Hope it helps.
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    • Profile picture of the author Amber Jalink
      Originally Posted by patadeperro View Post

      dimeco, I think that if you need the money that fast so what you need to do is to leverage your assets, what I can see is that you have 2 big assets that can be leverage right now:

      a) your list.

      b) your lead generation websites.


      Even if you don't want to overwhelm your subscribers, that is an asset that can be used, create a couple of specific offers like: social media week and start promoting from monday, close on friday and the next week ppc week, and you offer special prices to set up those strategies to your clients on your list.

      And the other asset, your lead generation websites, you can use them as a "support sites" to rank one local business for a highly competitive term, as I could read this are real estate sites, so why don't you use it as support sites for something like "Real Estate + City" or you send back links from your websites to the biggest real estate company on your city and you tell them that you are the one that is taking them to the 1 page.

      Hope it helps.
      I did mention the lead generation sites aren't making $ - THEY ARE ranking, they ARE in the top (first page for local keywords). They have had a few leads, but frankly 90% of the leads are people filling out the form to attempt to sell ME SEO! Annoying. And I do not have time for that right now, and honestly they wouldn't pay me enough lol

      (But thanks for the suggestion, I did ask for them!)

      Actually I came up with a plan, it hit me REALLY late last night (1:30 a.m.ish... I was up till 2:30 hashing it out).

      Kinda cool strategy, no one is doing it that I can see, so I'm going to implement it next week and see how it goes.

      It will utilize about 3 variations of offline to online marketing, but its probably going to take me a week or so to pull it fully together.

      Gotta talk to my programmer tomorrow and see if he can make it faster for me to automate some.

      Amber
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      • Profile picture of the author tocktik
        Ya the mentioned figures can be earned easily if you have lot of projects and clients. That is good way of earning. Good idea
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  • Profile picture of the author mcconnon12
    So what was your idea?
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    • Profile picture of the author Gaurav Duggal
      Step 1: Corporate website design / redesign. Its amazing how many large corporates have terrible sites, and convincing them to get a new site done is extremely easy if you know how to sell them on the advantages of having an online reach. Show them hard numbers and explain how they could outdo their competition, and the rest sells itself. With a few days work, landing a couple of design contracts is simple.

      Step 2: Outsource said web design to an established overseas firm. PM me if you need help finding one

      Thats it. Typical profits for a corporate design are in the $10,000 - $25,000 range, after outsourcing costs. 2 - 3 clients like this (and it should really only take a week or two to nail 3 clients) and you're done.
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      • Profile picture of the author midasman09
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        All the above...."HOGWASH" (excuse my "french")

        The HOT thing now is..."Mobile Sites".

        And...ALL of the people promoting "Mobile" anything miss ONE "Key Factor";

        This ONE Key Factor can make YOU (up there in CanAda) a Big Bunch of moolah.

        So....businesses in your town have spent money & time on their WEBSITE!

        WHOPPEE FIZZ! So What? So have ALL their Competitors!

        What if you...could walk into ANY business and....ask to see the Owner (Top Dog)....whip out your SmartPhone and ...within a few seconds... SHOW him/her how YOU....can get his/her WEBSITE.... ON....thousands of Mobile Phones....every day!....EXCLUSIVELY!

        What I've discovered will be worth FAR MORE than 50k (more like 50 mill)....and...I'm sorry....I won't reveal it here.

        So....do your "due diligence"....check on me...."Don Alm" and what I'm doing in the coming months. MAYBE you can gain an insight as to WHAT ....I'm up to.

        So....excuse me for "barging into your Contest"! My purpose was to say that....YES! there are STILL ways to make HUGE Bux....in this "elecronic age" (PRe-Marxist-Socialism)...and....one way of finding them is to "run a Contest".

        Don Alm....Onto Something BIG
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        • Profile picture of the author sprks79
          dimeco,

          It seems that most of your options would require a lengthy process.
          SEO is a process.
          Lead generation could be good, but unless you have a few hundred sites it will be tough to meet your goal.
          QR codes could work well, but again, quantity is gonna be key here.
          Same with SMS and some Social media.

          I know you said you dont really like web design, however, with the time frame you are talking about, it seems the logical option. I was in a similar predicament a while back, needed to raise a specific amount in a set number of days. The only way I was able to do so was with web design. Corporate web design, like mentioned earlier, is a huge market. Just check around your city/town and see what you can do. I got so swamped at one point I had to start outsourcing the extra clients. Anything is possible if you try. Also, not saying the other options wont work, just saying web design is more likely going to be more $/time worked.

          Scott
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          • Profile picture of the author RockstarBen
            Here is the process I would take. And I don't know your geo market very well, but here is how I'd tackle it...

            1) I would chunk your goal down... So, you want $35K in a month: I happen to know that many mid-sized biz owners can write a check for about $2,500 without too much trouble for the right offer...

            2) Knowing what I know above, if I need $35K, I need to get 14 deals done in the next month...

            3) What kind of deals can you put together for $2,500 that don't require a crap load of work? Here is what I would sell:

            • Mobile marketing campaign for local businesses that I would charge normally $500 per month, but give it to them for $2,500 for pre-paying 6 months.
            • You can do the same for SEO services
            The way I would sell it is like this. Spend the first 2-3 weeks of this thing recruiting the hell out of local businesses through the chamber, business groups, lion's club, etc. to put on a seminar about the topic. Promote the hell out of it, like your new house depended on it. If you get 100 business owners there, that would be great! Now, teach them about the topic, about how much money they are missing out on, and at the end pitch them your service, and boom! If you have 100 business owners there, all you need is a 14% conversion rate :-)


            I know these are very broad strokes, but it is do-able...

            Keep Rockin!
            --Ben
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            • Profile picture of the author Amber Jalink
              Originally Posted by RockstarBen View Post

              Here is the process I would take. And I don't know your geo market very well, but here is how I'd tackle it...

              1) I would chunk your goal down... So, you want $35K in a month: I happen to know that many mid-sized biz owners can write a check for about $2,500 without too much trouble for the right offer...

              2) Knowing what I know above, if I need $35K, I need to get 14 deals done in the next month...

              3) What kind of deals can you put together for $2,500 that don't require a crap load of work? Here is what I would sell:

              • Mobile marketing campaign for local businesses that I would charge normally $500 per month, but give it to them for $2,500 for pre-paying 6 months.
              • You can do the same for SEO services
              The way I would sell it is like this. Spend the first 2-3 weeks of this thing recruiting the hell out of local businesses through the chamber, business groups, lion's club, etc. to put on a seminar about the topic. Promote the hell out of it, like your new house depended on it. If you get 100 business owners there, that would be great! Now, teach them about the topic, about how much money they are missing out on, and at the end pitch them your service, and boom! If you have 100 business owners there, all you need is a 14% conversion rate :-)


              I know these are very broad strokes, but it is do-able...

              Keep Rockin!
              --Ben
              Hi Ben - thanks - actually I did break it down as you suggested (just about a day before you posted it lol).



              Amber
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            • Profile picture of the author Kelly S Brown
              Originally Posted by RockstarBen View Post

              Here is the process I would take. And I don't know your geo market very well, but here is how I'd tackle it...

              1) I would chunk your goal down... So, you want $35K in a month: I happen to know that many mid-sized biz owners can write a check for about $2,500 without too much trouble for the right offer...

              2) Knowing what I know above, if I need $35K, I need to get 14 deals done in the next month...

              3) What kind of deals can you put together for $2,500 that don't require a crap load of work? Here is what I would sell:

              • Mobile marketing campaign for local businesses that I would charge normally $500 per month, but give it to them for $2,500 for pre-paying 6 months.
              • You can do the same for SEO services
              The way I would sell it is like this. Spend the first 2-3 weeks of this thing recruiting the hell out of local businesses through the chamber, business groups, lion's club, etc. to put on a seminar about the topic. Promote the hell out of it, like your new house depended on it. If you get 100 business owners there, that would be great! Now, teach them about the topic, about how much money they are missing out on, and at the end pitch them your service, and boom! If you have 100 business owners there, all you need is a 14% conversion rate :-)


              I know these are very broad strokes, but it is do-able...

              Keep Rockin!
              --Ben
              Hello RockStarBen,
              Hey, I wanted that name. !!!! Loved your post on Offline recommendation's. Very helpful. !! Do you do any consulting for Offline companies just starting out?.
              That was great. If you have time I would love to chat with you and get some great ideas. I like your method and I am hiring 25 Marketing reps. just to go out and meet people in LOCAL City community service's and offer our services on things they need help with. Anything EXCEPT online business unless it has to do with a good cause for Charity or Children in need. Since we are new here doing Offline I think following your directions will be the best for us. Getting our name and reputation is very important in the beginning. I need to get Business owners to think of us as a household name . Sublime thinking "Advertising, hummmm.." Kelly Consulting Firm" , the name Kelly is all over...... Thanks for giving me all these lightbulb's, it's kind of bright in my brain after reading your post. I will never get any sleep tonight. Thank you for your words of wisdom. lol Your Friend, Kelly iheartcases@yahoo.com
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              • Profile picture of the author midasman09
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                Hey Amber....only 2 Hotels in the first town I showed a guy how to do this. AND....the town had 18 Restaurants and pop of 60,000 (there's 8 Hotels across the freeway.

                So....it just depends on "where your mind is" If you believe you can't do the above in a town with 2 hotels...I guess you can't.

                Don Alm...."Can-Do" guy
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                • Profile picture of the author Amber Jalink
                  Originally Posted by midasman09 View Post

                  Hey Amber....only 2 Hotels in the first town I showed a guy how to do this. AND....the town had 18 Restaurants and pop of 60,000 (there's 8 Hotels across the freeway.

                  So....it just depends on "where your mind is" If you believe you can't do the above in a town with 2 hotels...I guess you can't.

                  Don Alm...."Can-Do" guy

                  Actually I did say "it could be done" We have 3 hotels, in a pop of about 120,000 people. I can always check it out! At this time I'm trying to do as much as I can that doesn't require me to go "out" because I don't have a vehicle (and don't live close to walk). Just the way they lay out the city areas, particularly the area of the city I live.

                  Didn't say "can't"! But maybe soon.

                  Funny, I grew up in a tourist town, and your idea was nagging at me tonight for a while when I was out, that the next time I visit family, I just might do it there cuz I think it would be PERFECT there.

                  Amber
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          • Profile picture of the author Amber Jalink
            Originally Posted by sprks79 View Post

            dimeco,

            It seems that most of your options would require a lengthy process.
            SEO is a process.
            Lead generation could be good, but unless you have a few hundred sites it will be tough to meet your goal.
            QR codes could work well, but again, quantity is gonna be key here.
            Same with SMS and some Social media.

            I know you said you dont really like web design, however, with the time frame you are talking about, it seems the logical option. I was in a similar predicament a while back, needed to raise a specific amount in a set number of days. The only way I was able to do so was with web design. Corporate web design, like mentioned earlier, is a huge market. Just check around your city/town and see what you can do. I got so swamped at one point I had to start outsourcing the extra clients. Anything is possible if you try. Also, not saying the other options wont work, just saying web design is more likely going to be more $/time worked.

            Scott
            I don't mind web design, but I'm very basic with it - I'm not a "pro", only know standard html (and a little xhtml). Definitely not what a true web designer could do... and honestly I don't want to trade that much time for it. Where I live, they call it the "Tri City tech" area - tons of U students and people who will do websites cheap, so its not an easy thing to do here. I outsource anything in depth to my programmer, so I'd be paying out a good portion of the profits, and for the amount I want, he'd be swamped. Since he has other projects on the go, I can't overwhelm him like that LOL. (And no, I really don't trust too many others for that, over the years he's been the only consistent/valuable one who does the work).

            I have a different solution though

            Amber
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        • Profile picture of the author Gaurav Duggal
          Originally Posted by midasman09 View Post

          All the above...."HOGWASH" (excuse my "french")

          The HOT thing now is..."Mobile Sites".

          And...ALL of the people promoting "Mobile" anything miss ONE "Key Factor";

          This ONE Key Factor can make YOU (up there in CanAda) a Big Bunch of moolah.

          So....businesses in your town have spent money & time on their WEBSITE!

          WHOPPEE FIZZ! So What? So have ALL their Competitors!

          What if you...could walk into ANY business and....ask to see the Owner (Top Dog)....whip out your SmartPhone and ...within a few seconds... SHOW him/her how YOU....can get his/her WEBSITE.... ON....thousands of Mobile Phones....every day!....EXCLUSIVELY!

          What I've discovered will be worth FAR MORE than 50k (more like 50 mill)....and...I'm sorry....I won't reveal it here.

          So....do your "due diligence"....check on me...."Don Alm" and what I'm doing in the coming months. MAYBE you can gain an insight as to WHAT ....I'm up to.

          So....excuse me for "barging into your Contest"! My purpose was to say that....YES! there are STILL ways to make HUGE Bux....in this "elecronic age" (PRe-Marxist-Socialism)...and....one way of finding them is to "run a Contest".

          Don Alm....Onto Something BIG
          One thing I can say is, listen to anything this gentleman has to say. There is gold in practically everything he posts . Thanks for your insights Don
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    • Profile picture of the author Amber Jalink
      Originally Posted by mcconnon12 View Post

      So what was your idea?
      I'm finalizing some research and putting it together.

      I'll report back in a few weeks to see how it went.

      Amber
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      • Profile picture of the author midasman09
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        OK....here's How To Make $50 K in the next 30 days; (MY experience)

        1) Create a Mobile Website Directory for.....RESTAURANTS!
        a) Get a Domain like "TacomaMobileRestaurants.com"
        b) Using Kompozer or Front Page (and Quentin's Script)...create a "Restaurant Mobile Site DIRECTORY! with the 1st page simply being a Listing of Restaurants in Alpahabetical Order with an active Link to their 1-Page Mobile Site (which YOU will create) (Each restaurant gets a "Sub-Domain....Charleys.TacomaMobileRestaurants.com.... IzzysItalian...etc)
        2) Create a QR Code for this site and....here's the MILLYUN DOLLAH idea, Place the Code on a Display and place the Display on the front desk of 6 local hotels.....so that.....now watch this....
        A) Tourists WITH Mobile Phones
        and
        B) who Arrive at the Hotel to check in for the night WITHOUT FOOD.... wanting to FIND....WHERE TO EAT! Can SCAN in the Code and SEE the Listing of Restaurants ON...their Phone and can "Click to Call" for reservations of...have food Delivered to their room!

        Thus....Hotel Guests...with Mobile Phones and Looking for Food...see my Display on the Front Desk...telling them to "Scan this Code to find WHERE TO EAT!

        Now....I put this together and upload to MY server and...WHALA...I have something to SHOW...restaurant owners and....collect $180 set up and $180/mo for 3 mos in advance ($180 x 4 = $720)....from 20 restaurants to be in SIX hotels (20 x $720= $14,400....plus....$180 x 20 = $3,600/mo for the next 9 mos = $32,400

        And....after spending 2 to 3 wks setting this up for 1 town....you go to the next town and do the same thing....$14,400 + $32,400 = $46,800 for a year....and...the next mo you go to Town #3....for another $46,800...

        ...so...after 3 mos you have 60 restaurants paying little ol' you $180/mo = $10,800/mo x 12 = $129,600 a Year....with NOTHING for you to do but see that the Displays are IN Place.

        Now...if the above doesn't git yer Greed Glands Flowin'....I guess nuttin will.

        Don Alm....Spillin' da Beans
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        • Profile picture of the author midasman09
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          Ohhh....you don't have to go along with MY pricing example. In bigger cities....restaurants WILL Pay....far more to be IN 6 local Hotels. So, let's say you would like $50k...now!

          Well....if I were in Portland, Denver, Seattle etc....I....would charge $600 set up + $100/mo per hotel ....with 3 mos advance = $2,400 per restaurant for first 3 mos....then $600/mo x 20 = $12,000/mo thereafter.

          Don Alm....in "small town" America
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          • Profile picture of the author professor x
            Originally Posted by midasman09 View Post

            Ohhh....you don't have to go along with MY pricing example. In bigger cities....restaurants WILL Pay....far more to be IN 6 local Hotels. So, let's say you would like $50k...now!

            Well....if I were in Portland, Denver, Seattle etc....I....would charge $600 set up + $100/mo per hotel ....with 3 mos advance = $2,400 per restaurant for first 3 mos....then $600/mo x 20 = $12,000/mo thereafter.

            Don Alm....in "small town" America
            WOW... very interestg idea! thx for sharing!
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        • Profile picture of the author Amber Jalink
          Originally Posted by midasman09 View Post

          OK....here's How To Make $50 K in the next 30 days; (MY experience)

          1) Create a Mobile Website Directory for.....RESTAURANTS!
          a) Get a Domain like "TacomaMobileRestaurants.com"
          b) Using Kompozer or Front Page (and Quentin's Script)...create a "Restaurant Mobile Site DIRECTORY! with the 1st page simply being a Listing of Restaurants in Alpahabetical Order with an active Link to their 1-Page Mobile Site (which YOU will create) (Each restaurant gets a "Sub-Domain....Charleys.TacomaMobileRestaurants.com.... IzzysItalian...etc)
          2) Create a QR Code for this site and....here's the MILLYUN DOLLAH idea, Place the Code on a Display and place the Display on the front desk of 6 local hotels.....so that.....now watch this....
          A) Tourists WITH Mobile Phones
          and
          B) who Arrive at the Hotel to check in for the night WITHOUT FOOD.... wanting to FIND....WHERE TO EAT! Can SCAN in the Code and SEE the Listing of Restaurants ON...their Phone and can "Click to Call" for reservations of...have food Delivered to their room!

          Thus....Hotel Guests...with Mobile Phones and Looking for Food...see my Display on the Front Desk...telling them to "Scan this Code to find WHERE TO EAT!

          Now....I put this together and upload to MY server and...WHALA...I have something to SHOW...restaurant owners and....collect $180 set up and $180/mo for 3 mos in advance ($180 x 4 = $720)....from 20 restaurants to be in SIX hotels (20 x $720= $14,400....plus....$180 x 20 = $3,600/mo for the next 9 mos = $32,400

          And....after spending 2 to 3 wks setting this up for 1 town....you go to the next town and do the same thing....$14,400 + $32,400 = $46,800 for a year....and...the next mo you go to Town #3....for another $46,800...

          ...so...after 3 mos you have 60 restaurants paying little ol' you $180/mo = $10,800/mo x 12 = $129,600 a Year....with NOTHING for you to do but see that the Displays are IN Place.

          Now...if the above doesn't git yer Greed Glands Flowin'....I guess nuttin will.

          Don Alm....Spillin' da Beans
          You've always got good ideas Don

          Unfortunately for the size my city is, there's actually only a few hotels. (Like 3)... but it doesn't mean that it couldn't be done.

          Amber
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          • Profile picture of the author Amber Jalink
            btw - the stuff I came up with....

            is a combination of stuff I have done in the past, (new twist) but it spurred from some past things I read from Don too.

            Nothing the same - as either actually, but just made my mind "grow" to it.

            I'll keep you posted, because I'm positive anyone could do what I'm putting together with just a little effort.

            Now its kinda feeling exciting

            And I do appreciate ideas flowing, because it does help others who may need to earn money faster too!

            Amber
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        • Profile picture of the author maricelu
          Originally Posted by midasman09 View Post

          OK....here's How To Make $50 K in the next 30 days; (MY experience)

          1) Create a Mobile Website Directory for.....RESTAURANTS!
          a) Get a Domain like "TacomaMobileRestaurants.com"
          b) Using Kompozer or Front Page (and Quentin's Script)...create a "Restaurant Mobile Site DIRECTORY! with the 1st page simply being a Listing of Restaurants in Alpahabetical Order with an active Link to their 1-Page Mobile Site (which YOU will create) (Each restaurant gets a "Sub-Domain....Charleys.TacomaMobileRestaurants.com.... IzzysItalian...etc)
          2) Create a QR Code for this site and....here's the MILLYUN DOLLAH idea, Place the Code on a Display and place the Display on the front desk of 6 local hotels.....so that.....now watch this....
          A) Tourists WITH Mobile Phones
          and
          B) who Arrive at the Hotel to check in for the night WITHOUT FOOD.... wanting to FIND....WHERE TO EAT! Can SCAN in the Code and SEE the Listing of Restaurants ON...their Phone and can "Click to Call" for reservations of...have food Delivered to their room!

          Thus....Hotel Guests...with Mobile Phones and Looking for Food...see my Display on the Front Desk...telling them to "Scan this Code to find WHERE TO EAT!

          Now....I put this together and upload to MY server and...WHALA...I have something to SHOW...restaurant owners and....collect $180 set up and $180/mo for 3 mos in advance ($180 x 4 = $720)....from 20 restaurants to be in SIX hotels (20 x $720= $14,400....plus....$180 x 20 = $3,600/mo for the next 9 mos = $32,400

          And....after spending 2 to 3 wks setting this up for 1 town....you go to the next town and do the same thing....$14,400 + $32,400 = $46,800 for a year....and...the next mo you go to Town #3....for another $46,800...

          ...so...after 3 mos you have 60 restaurants paying little ol' you $180/mo = $10,800/mo x 12 = $129,600 a Year....with NOTHING for you to do but see that the Displays are IN Place.

          Now...if the above doesn't git yer Greed Glands Flowin'....I guess nuttin will.

          Don Alm....Spillin' da Beans
          Sounds good but too stressing for my grandma to download an app, install, scan, etc, etc. TOO LONG!
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        • Profile picture of the author wrench
          Originally Posted by midasman09 View Post

          OK....here's How To Make $50 K in the next 30 days; (MY experience)
          Place the Code on a Display and place the Display on the front desk of 6 local hotels.....so that.....now watch this....
          highly doubt you will get 100% of the hotels to be okay with this.

          please explain more about this specific task
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          • Profile picture of the author professor x
            Originally Posted by wrench View Post

            highly doubt you will get 100% of the hotels to be okay with this.

            please explain more about this specific task
            hahaha... while I agree he may not get an ok from all 6 hotels, this is a very interestg idea to explore!

            don provided a nice seed for us to go figure out the details. I'd b surprised if he bothered to spell out what he did the footwork on!
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  • Profile picture of the author PatrickP
    Am I understanding the challenge correctly 35K - 50K in the next 26 days?
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    • Profile picture of the author Amber Jalink
      Originally Posted by PatrickP View Post

      Am I understanding the challenge correctly 35K - 50K in the next 26 days?
      That's correct!

      If you exclude the holiday weekend (almost upon us) and only count from Tuesday on, it's either 14 business days, or 20 "full" days (if you include weekends).

      Amber
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  • Profile picture of the author PatrickP
    I would LOVE to see this happen.

    Now I believe we are at 25 days. So that would be going from zero to 2K per day for 25 days straight.

    If she does it she will easily be a millionaire selling the story of how she did it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Amber Jalink
      Originally Posted by PatrickP View Post

      I would LOVE to see this happen.

      Now I believe we are at 25 days. So that would be going from zero to 2K per day for 25 days straight.

      If she does it she will easily be a millionaire selling the story of how she did it.

      Hehehe - yeah, no pressure

      It's okay - I've got it all broken down into how I'm going to do it, but its less than 25 days (I'm not counting "officially starting" to attempt to get sales until Tuesday, the day after Labor Day holiday here). So it'll be 14 business days or 20 full.

      I technically have more time (Oct) but I don't want to count on that, I set the firm date in my head of Sept 26th and I'm sticking to it.

      So its laid out, I'm working on the sales pages now, and have already got my research ready to go, my emails, etc.

      Oh - btw - I don't have a car at my disposal at the moment so I have to do all of this from home. Adds to the challenge (or hassle, whichever way you want to look at it!) My hubby works out of town and has now taken my car.... which I will rectify soon! I told him, I picked the last car, he picks the next one because I want mine back.

      I'll try to come back and post after "week 1" how it goes. Hopefully I'll have sales by that time, and not just still talking with leads!

      Amber
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  • Profile picture of the author PatrickP
    May I ask Midasman why you are not doing this?
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    • Profile picture of the author midasman09
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      Hey Patrick....I've DONE my "testing"....now putting together a program for my "Fellow Direct Sales Buddies"....almost ready to "launch" but....only for a few "ol' time friends....sorry.

      Don Alm....Marketing Guy
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  • Profile picture of the author PatrickP
    SWEET! No apology necessary. Best of luck to you and your friends I am sure you will do great!
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  • Profile picture of the author PatrickP
    That feeling when you are just about to really get going and a little nervous little anxious, a little satisfied all at once. Feeling you have a home run or at least a triple but still not sure if or if not it will work.

    If we could bottle that feeling we would all be billionaires
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  • Profile picture of the author sdingram
    Amber, can't wait to hear your updates!

    I am rooting for you girl!

    Cheers,
    sdingram
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  • Profile picture of the author Rus Sells
    Checking in to see if you took the conversions route, or implemented it into something?
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    • Profile picture of the author Amber Jalink
      Originally Posted by Rus Sells View Post

      Checking in to see if you took the conversions route, or implemented it into something?
      Sort of... implementing it into a variation that achieves that result.

      I know, cryptic But that is the point of what I'm working on.

      Amber
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      • Profile picture of the author Rus Sells
        OK! I'll be interested to see how your progress goes!

        Originally Posted by dimeco View Post

        Sort of... implementing it into a variation that achieves that result.

        I know, cryptic But that is the point of what I'm working on.

        Amber
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        • Profile picture of the author Amber Jalink
          Just a quick update:

          I know tomorrow is the "deadline" (Set by me only), but I will admit I did not make it... yet - and have to adjust my deadline.

          Reason: I ended up sick, then my daughter ended up sick, then I got sick again (bronchitis). Eesh! Needless to say, it was very difficult to concentrate/focus.

          However, it wasn't for nothing - here's where I'm at:

          1) I turned down $10K.
          2) I turned down $25K.

          (I did have a site up for sale, but it didn't reach the $ I wanted so I turned the offers down).

          Yes - I could have been half way to my goal, but honestly I wasn't willing to give the site up for that amount when I've proven it to earn double that per year for many years. Better to just work on it again and earn it myself.

          NOW....

          Because of being sick, (still getting over bronchitis... but hopefully over the worst) - as I said focus was a little rough (there was a week I seriously got barely anything done, even though I sat at my laptop most of the time... just brain dead it seemed lol).

          I did get a lot lined up from a 'planning/integration' side of things, and I have two strategies I'm going to focus on first. They're very different, but one is because I made an agreement with my programmer to partner up on a project. (He does the programming, I do the marketing).

          The other projec is completely my own, and I actually expect it should make the higher numbers faster... the other (with my programmer) will do the "long term" numbers.

          "IF" it all goes well, I should be seeing the start of results within the next 10 days or so. (Contacting for sales this coming week, Wed/Thur-ish as long as nothing unexpected comes up!)

          So I will keep you posted, and no, I doubt I'll be doing any WSOs lol unless someone REALLY wants it, but that's not my intention with this project at all. (Considered it, momentarily, then realized, there's so much stuff out there, not sure if its worth doing).

          Maybe this wasn't a 30 day project but a 60 or 90 one

          Amber
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