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Forum: Offline Marketing 12th January 2021, 11:42 AM
Replies: 213
Views: 6,037
Posted By misterme
Re: Undercover Billionaire

The new season is on the air. Three entrepreneurs take the challenge. Grant Cardone and two ladies. I haven't committed their names to memory, sorry.

Cardone is doing just about what I'd expect...
Forum: Offline Marketing 9th October 2020, 09:25 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 192
Posted By misterme
Re: test 444444

I didn't know there was gonna be a test.
I would've taken notes.
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th October 2020, 08:27 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 338
Posted By misterme
Re: How will COVID impact consumer holiday shopping this year?

They're delivering on their "Forever" Unique Sales Proposition.
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th October 2020, 11:16 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 380
Posted By misterme
Re: Creating Highly Likely Buyers. Exploding The Chances That They Will Buy From You

Yikes.

Well, polite or not, I think that reflects their inner money setting temperature. Salespeople like that need to be exposed to Rodeo Drive to where such purchases become normalized.
...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th October 2020, 07:53 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 380
Posted By misterme
Re: Creating Highly Likely Buyers. Exploding The Chances That They Will Buy From You

Always have the mind set that buying is the normal outcome. In fact when they're not buying, it permits me to continue trying to find how to make it work for them... or keep dialing the tumbler as...
Forum: Offline Marketing 5th October 2020, 12:00 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 516
Posted By misterme
Re: Book Review and The Only Objection That Really Exists

I sure do!


Thank you humbly.

Oh, to add to my first reply above, I read two of Bosworth's books, they're on what he calls "solution selling." One book appeared to be a rehash of the other...
Forum: Offline Marketing 3rd October 2020, 11:26 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 514
Posted By misterme
Re: In-home sales and one-leggers

I usually said something about how I wanted to "honor" the other spouse by including him, in case something comes up he'd like to know about.
Forum: Offline Marketing 3rd October 2020, 11:20 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 516
Posted By misterme
Re: Book Review and The Only Objection That Really Exists

Gawrsh, does that bring back memories!

If memory serves, I think it was Michael Bosworth, in one of his sales books, who suggested you rehearse the prospect to speak with her spouse in a way that...
Forum: Offline Marketing 18th September 2020, 02:58 PM
Replies: 213
Views: 6,037
Posted By misterme
Re: Undercover Billionaire

Masks, maybe? Or seek out other business opportunities either COVID related or not? It seems to me it'd be that much more meaningful to see someone showing how to make it DESPITE the COVID crisis.
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd August 2020, 11:53 AM
Replies: 213
Views: 6,037
Posted By misterme
Re: Undercover Billionaire

A new episode just aired - Glenn returns to Erie to see how Underdog BBQ is doing but also to make an announcement about its future. There are interviews and previously unseen footage and some...
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd August 2020, 03:17 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 227
Posted By misterme
Re: Do you list prices on your website? Why or why not?

I'm obviously a bit late to this conversation but do have something to add. I've had a website since the mid-90's and have tried it all sorts of ways when it comes to prices posted and not posted....
Forum: Offline Marketing 12th July 2020, 03:09 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 523
Posted By misterme
Re: What makes an art piece valuable?

I read about it when it came out. There are similar such stories over the years. These stories always appear outrageous because there's nothing expensive about a banana. Or duct tape.

But then,...
Forum: Offline Marketing 20th June 2020, 01:25 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 523
Posted By misterme
Re: What makes an art piece valuable?

There's a documentary out there somewhere on how art prices are manipulated by mostly art galleries and appraisers. There's nothing policing them or price guidelines. It's all perception. I like the...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th March 2020, 07:34 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 152
Posted By misterme
Re: WHEN THE MARKET IS SOFT, YOU MUST MAKE A SOFT OFFER

To be clear, a two step offer is, unlike an ad which attempts to sell a product directly, there's a small ad which calls for the prospect to get a report or booklet sent to them and it's in that...
Forum: Offline Marketing 4th March 2020, 02:48 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 152
Posted By misterme
Re: WHEN THE MARKET IS SOFT, YOU MUST MAKE A SOFT OFFER

Doesn't the two step offer usually do better than a direct purchase ad?

Back in the 80's I had the crazy idea of selling an info product on how to incorporate yourself and bought ads in...
Forum: Offline Marketing 4th March 2020, 02:43 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 566
Posted By misterme
Re: I Sell A Commodity

Walmart's USP is low price. So, they won't get the person who wants to spend $$$ on whatever item it is they want to spend money on. Like the guy who just has to have the luxury car. The louboutin...
Forum: Offline Marketing 4th March 2020, 02:35 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 990
Posted By misterme
Re: The Ben Franklin Sales Close.

I make a presentation. The presentation is designed to create a desire to purchase my product in a large way. I know not everyone will buy or buy large though who I bring in as potential clients have...
Forum: Offline Marketing 4th March 2020, 02:01 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 363
Posted By misterme
Re: Me starting a monthly newsletter

I didn't do anything except post/email one thing a day for all of February (except for weekends when I rested from my labors). I got 6 subscribers. Numerous others are reading my emails daily I see...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th February 2020, 10:33 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 363
Posted By misterme
Re: Me starting a monthly newsletter

Limiting the subscribers to 100 or granting exclusive territory or anything that puts a limit on the list would correspondingly mean I need to increase the subscription rate 600 percent, or work for...
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th February 2020, 09:59 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 363
Posted By misterme
Re: Me starting a monthly newsletter

I have an email list of sign ups who were interested in learning business stuff from me. I also have an email list of people who bought education products from me. I also have a nice size Facebook...
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th February 2020, 08:12 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 363
Posted By misterme
Re: Me starting a monthly newsletter

An offline industry I was in. I prefer keeping identifying details private only because it allows me then to speak freely here.
Forum: Offline Marketing 5th February 2020, 11:25 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 363
Posted By misterme
Re: Me starting a monthly newsletter

Yeah well, here I am about three months retired and taking on a new project.
The Girlfriend is like, "As soon as you retired, I knew you wouldn't."


Thanks for the info! Right now it's online,...
Forum: Offline Marketing 4th February 2020, 03:33 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 363
Posted By misterme
Me starting a monthly newsletter

I retired in November and while I can still remember my business and don't forget stuff before I'm too old to remember what I had for lunch (or if I ate lunch) I figured I'd sell my industry...
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th January 2020, 01:03 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 838
Posted By misterme
Re: The way we sell = the way we like to be sold?

In the financial services arena, yes, they're trained to sincerely believe in their products. They think they're helping people.

Those companies HATE index funds because there's no money in it for...
Forum: Offline Marketing 15th December 2019, 10:03 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 706
Posted By misterme
Re: Planning to start creating wooden furniture and selling online

The thing about that is what you need to research if you can, is how he drives traffic to his etsy site to make all those sales. If you rely solely on etsy's search engine you may find it doesn't...
Forum: Offline Marketing 12th November 2019, 11:28 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 569
Posted By misterme
Re: 80/20 Customers

So I used to sell various items in different sizes but them I reduced that to one item, though in different sizes and with one upsell item. And what I changed about that then was I went from 14...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th November 2019, 08:20 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 569
Posted By misterme
Re: 80/20 Customers

I don't use lists but I do fish for the 20% and my pricing and everything I say and do is aimed at the 20%. The result? For the past three years I've worked only a handful of weekends a year yet have...
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th November 2019, 03:09 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 338
Posted By misterme
Re: Increasing Conversion Thoughts

I'd wish them good luck and walk away. When patients with dire circumstances don't follow their doctors' instructions, the doctors can't help them and fire their patients. If a doctor can do that...
Forum: Offline Marketing 5th November 2019, 03:43 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 1,706
Posted By misterme
Re: What Should I Call My New Selling Program?

Ewen,

How dare you come on here and post something so brilliantly clever.
Forum: Offline Marketing 5th November 2019, 02:10 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 338
Posted By misterme
Re: Increasing Conversion Thoughts

Being seen as busy and in-demand, is a good thing.



The last place's earnings unfortunately have set a ceiling in her mind. Her "sales thermostat" needs resetting. Take them to visit a more...
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd October 2019, 09:37 AM
Replies: 120
Views: 1,706
Posted By misterme
Re: What Should I Call My New Selling Program?

Then perhaps the title should be something such as, "The Break-Through Sales System - What Your Sales Training Never Knew to Teach You That Can Make You Unstoppable in Getting Every Sale You Want" or...
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd October 2019, 12:41 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 1,706
Posted By misterme
Re: What Should I Call My New Selling Program?

How To Get All The Sales You Ever Want - - the best of everything I know from a lifetime in marketing and sales reduced to just what works wonders.
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd October 2019, 11:22 AM
Replies: 120
Views: 1,706
Posted By misterme
Re: What Should I Call My New Selling Program?

Okay, so, close your eyes, relax and think back to when you were writing it, immersed in it, your mind was dwelling on it - at some point during that activity a headline for it came to you. What was...
Forum: Offline Marketing 20th October 2019, 12:43 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 1,706
Posted By misterme
Re: What Should I Call My New Selling Program?

The first sounds like a book about illegal stock market activity and the second sounds like hacks to do if you own company stock, frankly.
Forum: Offline Marketing 18th October 2019, 01:59 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 716
Posted By misterme
Re: Hot Prospects - Bill Good

Market to dementia patients.
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 16th October 2019, 07:10 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 524
Posted By misterme
Re: How to sell if competitors ruling the market

You can also read their reviews or discussions about their products, especially any negative ones, and see if you find some clues showing where they may be under-serving or overlooking a market...
Forum: Offline Marketing 16th October 2019, 06:52 AM
Replies: 120
Views: 1,706
Posted By misterme
Re: What Should I Call My New Selling Program?

How about "The Everything I Know About Selling Book of Sales"?

Here are some other ideas:

(all the other sales books are nice but) This is Absolutely the Best Book Ever on How to Sell

I've...
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd October 2019, 12:15 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 827
Posted By misterme
Re: How Dead Are CDs?

Look up Ben Settle.



"I was going to drive the vacuum cleaner salesman over to your house but I couldn't fit the dirtbag into the car."
Forum: Offline Marketing 26th September 2019, 12:27 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 827
Posted By misterme
Re: How Dead Are CDs?

Is this the part when you go into a new town under an alias and recruit local people to help you build your new business?
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th September 2019, 12:13 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 827
Posted By misterme
Re: How Dead Are CDs?

What all the cool kids on the block are doing these days, nice and simple, is sell it as a download of audio files (mp3 format). You have your tech guy zip the files into one download file. You can...
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd September 2019, 08:41 AM
Replies: 213
Views: 6,037
Posted By misterme
Re: Undercover Billionaire

I was making a smart ass remark.
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd September 2019, 08:38 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 494
Posted By misterme
Re: Changing culture

You ever hear someone say about another person's behavior, "they're crazy! What they're doing doesn't make any sense!"? They draw that conclusion because the behavior they're observing doesn't make...
Forum: Offline Marketing 20th September 2019, 10:20 AM
Replies: 213
Views: 6,037
Posted By misterme
Re: Undercover Billionaire

Honestly, if it were me, by Day Three of the Rib Fest I would've realized this undertaking is a lot more effort than I wanna give. I'd be looking for another million dollar idea. And I know what it...
Forum: Offline Marketing 20th September 2019, 10:13 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 494
Posted By misterme
Re: Changing culture

Because you're looking at this with the view that their passion has to be based on facts, knowledge, logic and reason whereas it's actually based on emotion, which doesn't have fact, knowledge, logic...
Forum: Offline Marketing 12th September 2019, 12:12 PM
Replies: 213
Views: 6,037
Posted By misterme
Re: Undercover Billionaire

Another show I'm watching and recommend is fictitious but somewhat based on Rupert Murdoch, his family and media empire, HBO's "Succession." It's a dark comedy. It's great. Love the lines and tactics...
Forum: Offline Marketing 12th September 2019, 10:34 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 487
Posted By misterme
Re: Ideas to Get Buyers Lists

Sometimes the haircut comes after the engagement ring.
Forum: Offline Marketing 12th September 2019, 10:32 AM
Replies: 213
Views: 6,037
Posted By misterme
Re: Undercover Billionaire

As of 9/10/19's episode, Stearn said this one thing... about the upcoming rib fest, that their showing in that festival is important when it comes to evaluate the business. So I guess that means the...
Forum: Offline Marketing 10th September 2019, 08:42 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 717
Posted By misterme
Re: Cold Calling Tips

Maybe I missed a nuance about when cold calling the first time, before asking the first first question, maybe the first question being, "can I ask you some questions?" as that sounds a little...
Forum: Offline Marketing 9th September 2019, 12:04 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 717
Posted By misterme
Re: Cold Calling Tips

I came across this a few days ago. It's staged but it's an example of Belfort using the Straight Line technique at a sales meeting. You'll see him setting himself as the expert, asking investigative...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th September 2019, 11:07 AM
Replies: 213
Views: 6,037
Posted By misterme
Re: Undercover Billionaire

To evaluate the business (in terms of the show's bet) how much more can they calculate right away other than to project sales? Leaving aside online sales and product line sold in grocery stores, if...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th September 2019, 10:59 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 191
Posted By misterme
Re: Looking for Advice for New Client

I know an owner of a video company, had done weddings and went after corporate work. The consumer market as you know is low pay, intense competition, and the lower they pay the more grief and...
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd September 2019, 09:34 AM
Replies: 213
Views: 6,037
Posted By misterme
Re: Undercover Billionaire

So, basically, it's about a guy from another, better, place where he's enjoyed an exalted life, who's plopped down into a sort of a downtrodden spot, living in poverty. He appears the same as the...
Forum: Offline Marketing 29th August 2019, 01:28 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 912
Posted By misterme
Re: My Last Project Because Of The Undercover Billionaire

I started working a semi retired lifestyle a couple of years ago, so I'm already fidgety and antsy with all the freed up time that created. Now the transition to going full time retired is so...
Forum: Offline Marketing 24th August 2019, 12:49 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,185
Posted By misterme
Re: Dan Kennedy about to exit if not already has

I just heard he passed away a few days ago.

Oops but then, read the news was premature. As of 8/23/19 he's still alive, not expected to recover. Source: http://kenmccarthy.com/blog/dan-kennedy
Forum: Offline Marketing 24th August 2019, 12:14 PM
Replies: 213
Views: 6,037
Posted By misterme
Re: Undercover Billionaire

I also used to ask, "what made you get into that business?" People love answering that question. Then you never have to say another word for the rest of the night but you do have to avoid being...
Forum: Offline Marketing 24th August 2019, 11:51 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 292
Posted By misterme
Re: You work for the customer

Fear of selling I think comes from fear of rejection, discomfort from trying to get someone to give you money, wanting to be liked by everyone, imposter syndrome, beliefs about money, the person's...
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