Do people really make any money with Offline marketing?

Wanna make money?
You see what they are doing?
How can you be different?

Trust me businesses need these services but a normal cold call wont work on a lot of them because they get loads.

I have been providing offline marketing services to local business for a few years now. Yes, there are more competition now than before but there is a ton of opportunity in this market. In my opinion, no way near over saturation. It's just a matter of time till the fly by nighters, opportunity seekers and scammers fade away and those that have built a real business will thrive.

I provide google places packages, video packages, email marketing, sms marketing, website development, social media management, etc. Oh and by the way, I don't do any cold calling!

Yah people do. It just takes a lot of time and patience. You have to know what you're doing and just get your name out there.

Whats your wife's number? Let us try, LOL.

On another note, two links in your sig don't work.

Back to the point of the thread, yes, offline marketing works. Ask yellow pages and other giants. How about findlaw, they make a fortune in recurring income. There are many on this forum that make a healthy living doing this. I do this full time and do well. Of course people can make money with this. If you haven't, it is because you're just doing it wrong. People calling your wife all the time, probably are making money.. a 30 second phone call to possibly generate a lead is very efficient.

Absolutely!!!

I have started several offline businesses in highly competitive markets not just marketing.

My approach was always bigger and better not less expensive. As a matter of fact, I was usually the most expensive of my competition.

When I sold my businesses and "semi retired", I set my hourly fee so high so that I wouldn't get business (believe it or not).

So take the other advice in this thread. Be better, do more.

Thanks for all you in put!! One thing that I hate in today's world is how NON customer service we have become. It's true what everybody said "you just have to take action".

Thanks I have started talking to local business and hope to land my first soon.

Thanks again.

Not only can you make money, but really good money offline. Find yourself a nice lil' niche to carve out and attack the heck out of it. Like somebody else said, if there are many competitors, just be better somehow. There are endless opportunities to making money offline!

Rob,

Yes I do.

My thought is that if this many people are calling here that the market must be saturated with these services and no one is making money.

Internet Marketing has become more competitive the last few years, but it isn't saturated enough to prevent you from making a good living. I've been super busy building my offline business and it's going pretty darn good.

I have a few tips for anyone looking to grow their offline business. Remember to approach your client as a marketing consultant instead of a vendor. If you're just a service to them and aren't building a relationship you bound for frustration. A vendor will finish one job and be looking for another one the very next day.

Build a relationship with your clients and over deliver. When a market gets more competitive you want to stand out and business owners like to brag about "their guy" when IM gets brought up.

Nice to be back!
-Nate

Offline marketing still works. And can work fast if you know what you're doing. Consider offering something for free. This is the fastest way to get leads in the door and to win some new customers over.

In any niche you have to do your homework first. When we had a storefront business, nothing bothered me more than a sales rep who was lazy and did not know anything about our business. They were selling us something, period. They never focused on what they could do that would help us attract more people, convert to sales, and get repeat and referral business. Do your homework, know what they need that makes them money and positions you as the expert you are. When you genuinely know something about the business (and hopefully one of their competitors,) you impress and are more confident in talking about what they need. You can make money offline, if you know your abilities, know your prospects' business a bit and know what you can really do to help them get more business. As for pricing, I googled local consultants in my area, was floored at what some charge, and created pricing that takes care of me and gives clients a way to grow. Build testimonials and raise your rates for new clients. By all means, be realistic about what you truly can and want to do and how much time it takes (or money outsourcing) before you set your prices on anything. The most successful proposals I've done had Value of each component so the total value of the package was much less than the price they were paying. If you can show a Google analytics report of what one client (even if it's your own site) got in traffic and that some of that traffic came from keywords, Google Places or whatever services you are selling, that is golden proof of performance. I use screen capture and print research on they are doing related to what could be. Works like a charm when their business is NO WHERE on listings or page 1 google for keywords in what they do and mobile site is zero. For example, gift store did not rank at all in wedding gifts, housewarming gifts, birthday gifts, for this local area. They had no idea. Their website was a dinosaur. I went in, shopped, and told them I'd googled for them and could not find them for several tries. It opened a conversation and suggested what I could do to help them even b4 the holidays. left with $450. Not a lot, it's a start and makes a huge difference for my confidence and our family. I am a 25 year marketing communications vet with 10 years of IM and hate cold calling in person and on phone. Practice before you go in so you are confident and at ease in your conversation. Not an affiliate of this WSO, so no $ for me, just suggestion. $9.95 Rachel Rofe and Wes Harrison http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...t-pay-you.html

Hi Rob,

Offline business can really make you money. I provide local businesses a variety of solutions and they need not be complicated type. If you are in this forum, then chances are that you are better informed on the business offerings as compared to the other people running a brick and mortar business locally that are trying to compete with you.

One thing I can share is that the knowledge I picked up in this forum over the pass years have allowed me to out-compete most of the local competition.

Go for it. Start small.