Forum: Offline Marketing
12th January 2021, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 213
Views: 6,037 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
9th October 2020, 09:25 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 192 Re: test 444444
I didn't know there was gonna be a test.
I would've taken notes.
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8th October 2020, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 338 |
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7th October 2020, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 380 |
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7th October 2020, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 380 |
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5th October 2020, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 516 |
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3rd October 2020, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 514 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.
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3rd October 2020, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 516 |
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18th September 2020, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 213
Views: 6,037 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.
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Forum: Offline Marketing
22nd August 2020, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 213
Views: 6,037 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...
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2nd August 2020, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 227 |
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12th July 2020, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 523 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,...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
20th June 2020, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 523 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...
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7th March 2020, 07:34 AM
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Views: 152 |
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4th March 2020, 02:48 PM
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Views: 152 |
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4th March 2020, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 566 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
4th March 2020, 02:35 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 990 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
4th March 2020, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 363 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...
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7th February 2020, 10:33 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 363 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
6th February 2020, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 363 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...
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6th February 2020, 08:12 AM
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Views: 363 |
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5th February 2020, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 363 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,...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
4th February 2020, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 363 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
6th January 2020, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 838 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...
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15th December 2019, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 706 |
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12th November 2019, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 569 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
7th November 2019, 08:20 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 569 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
6th November 2019, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 338 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
5th November 2019, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 120
Views: 1,706 |
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5th November 2019, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 338 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
23rd October 2019, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 120
Views: 1,706 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...
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22nd October 2019, 12:41 PM
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22nd October 2019, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 120
Views: 1,706 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...
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20th October 2019, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 120
Views: 1,706 |
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18th October 2019, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 716 |
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping
16th October 2019, 07:10 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 524 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
16th October 2019, 06:52 AM
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Replies: 120
Views: 1,706 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
2nd October 2019, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 827 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."
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Forum: Offline Marketing
26th September 2019, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 827 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?
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Forum: Offline Marketing
25th September 2019, 12:13 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 827 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...
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23rd September 2019, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 213
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23rd September 2019, 08:38 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 494 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
20th September 2019, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 213
Views: 6,037 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
20th September 2019, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 494 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
12th September 2019, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 213
Views: 6,037 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...
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12th September 2019, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 487 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
12th September 2019, 10:32 AM
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Replies: 213
Views: 6,037 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
10th September 2019, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 717 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
9th September 2019, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 717 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
7th September 2019, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 213
Views: 6,037 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
7th September 2019, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 191 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
2nd September 2019, 09:34 AM
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Replies: 213
Views: 6,037 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...
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29th August 2019, 01:28 PM
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24th August 2019, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,185 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
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Forum: Offline Marketing
24th August 2019, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 213
Views: 6,037 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...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
24th August 2019, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 292 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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