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Unread 2nd Jan 2013, 05:26 PM   #301
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Originally Posted by Mark Marzinzik View Post

So Mo... is this Lime's software or some other? How does it track? as I have read that you cannot scan non-2D barcodes from a mobile phone. That would lead me to beleive the next best way is an integration with the POS system, however that is too complex. Can you provide more details on the software. Thanx... -Mark
Yes it is Lime`s software.

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Thanx Mo, Do you find that scanning the bar code from the phone works, or do you use the sms text message only. As I previously mentioned I have read other articles that said regular scanners will not retrieve barecodes off phones properly. What's your take? Thanx.
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If you are serious about getting started with mobile marketing I highly recommend Mobuzz's WSO. Also, pick up the OTO, it is worth it 100%. Take it from someone who has tried, and paid, for lots of SMS platforms.

Visit my website at www.ctbonlinemarketingllc.com to learn more about how to make money online!
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No problem : ) check back with this thread because I will be updating it with a new method working great soon.

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Thank you very much for ur great idea.

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MoBuzz,

Just saying thanks for the great informational share on your mobile marketing!

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MoBuzz,

Just saying thanks for the great informational share on your mobile marketing!

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Awesome thread MoBuzz. Loving it. Very useful information
Thanks guys alot of warriors have contributed to this thread. Some really great ideas floating around in here : )

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Ya definitely.. im trying to work my way through it now!

did I see your coming out with a wso?
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Ya definitely.. im trying to work my way through it now!

did I see your coming out with a wso?
Sent you a pm : )

Guys if you have questions about the WSO please pm me and do not ask about it on the thread.. Thanks

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Hi everyone. Just wanted to come back and update this thread with our latest program. Here is what we are doing. We are sending out flyers thru the local chamber, passing out flyers to local businesses and of coarse sending an invite thru social media to local businesses.

What are we inviting them to? We are inviting them to a live webinar where they can learn how mobile can help them to grow their business.

Currently we have almost 100 businesses registered. Our goal going in was 300 so we may get there.

I will not go into all the details until I have actually held the webinar and closed 50-75 businesses : ) Do not think it can be done? Just watch me ..

Will update the thread after the webinar if anyone is interested.

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I like the mobile directory angle. Do you think .mobi domains are a good fit for these or do you think sticking to a .com would be preferable?
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Hey Mobuzz, I know you've moved on to bigger/better things (congrats on the success, BTW), but I read this thread back in November and was so inspired that I've taken massive action and am implementing this plan to get my business rolling--so THANK YOU!


I am about 2 weeks from starting to build my list and getting businesses on board, (I am starting my biz from scratch) and I have a question you could help me with. Regarding the highlighted part of your message below:


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Ok I am going to give you a quick 3 month plan to set this up and have a strong business after 3 months.

A. By this time you should have a decent amount of people opted in to your list. Go back to those businesses that you agreed to send out a free coupon for in exchange for promoting your program. Create their coupon and be sure the offer is STRONG. Send out to your list an evaluate the response ect. As well at this point remove the flyers they put up for you and replace with flyers, table tents ect to start building up their own list. This is the start of their 30 day free trial of your program.
My question is kinda on the technical side...I am also using Lime, and I've created my deals list as a new "business" on my dashboard. When you start to transition your businesses from the deals list to building their own list, do you set them up as a new account, or just create a new list on your account and then import the list if the business signs on?

I don't really want to do all the work of setting up a new client and then have to delete the account if they decide they don't want to continue.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Again, you have NO idea how much this has thread inspired me--thank you!
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Originally Posted by tim205 View Post

I like the mobile directory angle. Do you think .mobi domains are a good fit for these or do you think sticking to a .com would be preferable?
I use both and point htem at my directory.

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Hey Mobuzz, I know you've moved on to bigger/better things (congrats on the success, BTW), but I read this thread back in November and was so inspired that I've taken massive action and am implementing this plan to get my business rolling--so THANK YOU!


I am about 2 weeks from starting to build my list and getting businesses on board, (I am starting my biz from scratch) and I have a question you could help me with. Regarding the highlighted part of your message below:




My question is kinda on the technical side...I am also using Lime, and I've created my deals list as a new "business" on my dashboard. When you start to transition your businesses from the deals list to building their own list, do you set them up as a new account, or just create a new list on your account and then import the list if the business signs on?

I don't really want to do all the work of setting up a new client and then have to delete the account if they decide they don't want to continue.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Again, you have NO idea how much this has thread inspired me--thank you!
Hi I just seen your question and thanks for the kind words. In a bit of a rush at the moment but will come back and give you an anwser soon : )

P.S. You can email me at support@mobuzz.net as well

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Cool, I know we're all pretty busy.

Sent you an email.
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I did not do enough research in the beginning and signed up with a service that did not address all my needs as things started to progress. I recently changed over to Lime Cellular after tons of research as I found them to be the best fit for me. Currently I am experiencing problems with transferring my list over so I strongly suggest doing your research and choosing the best fit for your business. My second choice would have been avid.
Thanks so much for the awesome post, MoBuzz. Just wondering what specific needs / requirements you looked for in your search for the right provider?
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Mobuzz, I've got to say - this post alone made me glad that I joined this forum. You're awesome dude.
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Originally Posted by edwardca View Post

Thanks so much for the awesome post, MoBuzz. Just wondering what specific needs / requirements you looked for in your search for the right provider?
For me what was important was a combination of the following
1. Stability of provider
2. Price
3. Features
Honestly there are many great providers out there. The MOST IMPORTANT thing is to choose one and get out there talking to business owners.

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Thank you for this post, It`s really a good and valuable information, thank you again.
Thanks, glad you found it useful : )

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Mobuzz, I've got to say - this post alone made me glad that I joined this forum. You're awesome dude.
Wow, that is awsome.. Thanks so much for the kind words : )

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This is such a powerful paragraph. I just had an epiphany. Thank you so much.
Hi Mobuzz,

after reading that paragraph quoted by Kona: Do you have a WSO going into details with the SMS business you mentioned? I would not be interested in all the other aspects, just the SMS part.

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Great post BUT.... FIND ANCHORS!!!! Find a few popular businesses in your area and offer a free service for the placement of table tents or fliers (with your keyword and short code) in exchange for sms alerts.

Build your list by using the anchors. This isn't anything new. Just do it!
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I'm 10 days in and have had really lackluster results so far, no opt ins except for those at the one business who has signed up...one business asked how I build the list and when I mentioned people sign up by texting in he said "NO WAY" and hung up the phone.

Been running CL ads, have a beautiful postcard type flyer (got kicked out of a large parking lot for distributing them), and the same flyer in 8.5 x 11 for cash wraps, but no takers so far, either businesses or opt-ins.

Any advice??
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Hi Mobuzz,

after reading that paragraph quoted by Kona: Do you have a WSO going into details with the SMS business you mentioned? I would not be interested in all the other aspects, just the SMS part.

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I'm 10 days in and have had really lackluster results so far, no opt ins except for those at the one business who has signed up...one business asked how I build the list and when I mentioned people sign up by texting in he said "NO WAY" and hung up the phone.

Been running CL ads, have a beautiful postcard type flyer (got kicked out of a large parking lot for distributing them), and the same flyer in 8.5 x 11 for cash wraps, but no takers so far, either businesses or opt-ins.

Any advice??
I have not heard you mention the non profit that you are working with? This is a key aspect of building the list quickly. Putting flyers on cars is no comparison to having 200 10-11 year olds passing out flyers in their neighborhood to raise money for their team. Same goes for the flyers going up in restaurants ect, it is MUCH more powerful when part of the profits go to the food bank and your program is very community focused, not just focused on your profits ect.

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I have not heard you mention the non profit that you are working with? This is a key aspect of building the list quickly. Putting flyers on cars is no comparison to having 200 10-11 year olds passing out flyers in their neighborhood to raise money for their team. Same goes for the flyers going up in restaurants ect, it is MUCH more powerful when part of the profits go to the food bank and your program is very community focused, not just focused on your profits ect.
Hi Mobuzz,

I just sent you an email:

I absolutely understand about the incentive to join when there is a good cause that benefits from the program.


I didn't want to take over the thread with my issue, but the non-profit component was one Q that I had early on (like how that works if you aren't charging businesses for the coupon). If that's the problem I'm not sure how to deal with it, since I had intended it to be a short term (ie, 2-month) promotion with no one paying for the service (except me). The concept for the short term promotion was to combine a 30 day trial with the promotion.

My thought was that my package pricing for basic services is actually less than what you are charging to extend the service to businesses, so it wouldn't make sense to the biz owner to pay more than that on a daily deals program when they can get more for less on a customized one. So there's no profit for me to donate.

Should I completely re-vamp the offer?
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Excellent thread bro
Thanks man

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Def a great idea. Specially working with the youth sports teams to build your own list. The best part is that the fundraising person basically acts as a sales rep offering the service to local businesses. They are used to calling and asking for donations, now they can really provide some value.

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Any updates?
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Just a few of the posts in this thread I found a great read...thanks Mo for starting the thread and the follow up is superb.

I thought I would wait until I had my own app ready to dive in but now I may dive in sooner thanks.

-Art

Thanks Art, no better time than the present.


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great tips! thanks for sharing this useful information!
Hi Carol, glad you found it to be useful.

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If the offers are attractive then surely you will get more opportunities. Increase the number of offers so that people would have more options and they will choose what suits them best.
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WHAT AN INTERESTING POST.I myself have been interested in mobile marketing too.your post here was quite informative.Thank you for the information.

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Hey guys just wanted to chime in here

I just looked into starting this myself.

I am just going to provide text message marketing services for local restaurants and other businesses.

I found a sms software that i can download and use on my computer and use a GSM phone such as nokia or motorola with a usb to send out the text messages.


I bought a straight talk phone and pay $45 a month for unlimited minutes so the only cost involved is $45 a month plus promotional material.

I charge $197 a month to set up and manage this service with a $150 setup fee being the only first months charge.

I wave this setup fee if the owner tells a another business owner of my services and they sign up or write down 5 business owners names and numbers to get in touch with and let me use there name as a reference.


To start out i went to the local college and handed out a survey that asked the students if they would be interested in receiving text about coupons and specials that local restaurants and businesses they regularly go to offer. And which restaurants in particular restaurants they would like to get coupons from weekly.


So i went to those top 10 restaurants and got there business almost INSTANTLY! 8 out of 10 and eventually got all 10 with some work!


The things i found from the survey were

1. Yes they would but would only signed up if they were offered something free in exchange such as a "free soda" or "estimate"

2. They would only like 1 message a week


So from that i built a package where I come in and set up table tents and post papers by registers that people can text and sign up, show the confirmation and get the free gift, the customer sends a promotional coupon or offer once a week!

My first customers results:

Local Well Known Pizza Place

They were number one on my list, 300 out of 500 college students put this pizza place on their list.

I went in, talk to the owner and he asked me HOW SOON CAN I BE SET UP and cut me a check for $150 setup fee

I got the promotional items set up and he got 431 subscribers but offering a free slice of pizza to sign up !


One the first promotion he offered a large pizza for $6.99 for his loyal text subscribers!

A text went out to all 431 people and 68 people came in and showed the coupon off there phone and redeemed the coupon. He didn't tell me exact numbers but he said his profit margin is 40%

so ..$6.99 X 68= $475.32 $432.32 X .40% = $190.13 PROFIT!

He made his money back in the first text from the set up fee and we have seen similar results all 4 weeks in the month.

So 190.13 X 4 weeks = 760.52 PROFIT - $197 my services = $563.52 in profit that took hardly no work at all and it continues to become more as his list grows larger every day!

Just thought that might help

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Richard, I really like the idea of surveying college students in your target area. Who better to get direct feedback from than the exact target audience of your potential customers. As you did with this information, you can laser in on the hottest business leads to target while also having crucial info about their potential customer base's preferences. You are already showing the business prospect the value you bring by telling them what their customers want / need. I'd be curious to see what type of format you used for your survey. Also, did you set up a table on campus to get the survey responses or simply ask passers-by to fill out a survey regarding sms coupons, etc while on campus?

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Congrats on your success. This is a good guide for people looking to break into the mobile marketing business.
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Hey Jason how ya doing? i just saw your great offer about Local Mobile Donimation 2 that launched today! Men that one is INSANE... How long will this offer keep online?

Thanks a lot
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So True... "THEY DO NOT CARE HOW IT WORKS, JUST SHOW THEM THAT IT WORKS. " The only thing I can add is, it would be greater if your provider can help you or at the maximum, guide you in building your list.

Friendly advice, useful tips...
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So True... "THEY DO NOT CARE HOW IT WORKS, JUST SHOW THEM THAT IT WORKS. " The only thing I can add is, it would be greater if your provider can help you or at the maximum, guide you in building your list.

Def Raymond, marketing has became so "techy" that business owners really do not care to try and understand how it all works.

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MoBuzz, thank you for sharing your strategy!! this is a very informative thread...

Friendly advice, useful tips...
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MoBuzz, thank you for sharing your strategy!! this is a very informative thread...

Glad that you found it to be useful. I will try and update it on some of the new methods we are using when I get some time.

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First I would like to give a huge Thank You to the Warriors Forum. I have been coming here for years and years and have gained so much useful information. So I finally decided to try and give a little back.

Here is the basic idea of how I am making $ with Mobile Marketing.

1. I offer A in house SMS plan, helping my client to build there own opt in list to send coupons to thru the use of table tents, flyers, QR codes and of coarse incorporating this into there current marketing. They receive 2 keywords and 500 texts to start. (nothing new here I know)

2. I offer them a free mobile website when they sign up on a monthly plan.(month to month with no commitments) It is free as long as we are working together, if they decide to opt out then they can purchase it for 199.00. (Again nothing new)

3. I create or optimize there Google Places add. Reviews, keywords in images, videos ect.

For this Package I charge 299.00 a month.

Although I was able to sign up a few decent clients I found that there was one common objection as well there was one mistake I found myself making.

First the mistake I was making was getting to excited about the tech behind what I was offering. Talking way to much about HOW IT WORKS and not enough about HOW IT WILL BRING IN CUSTOMERS. I have read it many times on this forum and it is worth repeating. THEY DO NOT CARE HOW IT WORKS, JUST SHOW THEM THAT IT WORKS.

The most common objection I faced was getting businesses to commit to a monthly fee when it WILL and DOES take time to build up an in house opt in list. In other words getting them paying a monthly fee in hopes of it working down the road is tough. They need to see the results. I had the following two choices as I seen it.

1. Give them a free month to build up there list which I do not like to do, it requires a lot of work and time on my end, and if the client does not follow thru on there end it can all be time wasted.

2. My second choice was to show them IMMEDIATE RESULTS. But how can you do this. Here's what I did. I created what I call Napa Mobile Deals. Napa is just the town I am in. I created flyers, a small website, word of mouth, offered select businesses a free text coupon for letting me put up a flyer in there biz, I put up a banner on a busy street ( i had a friend that owned a biz on the main st. in town so that helped) basically I did what it took to build up my own opt in list. I put text "Napa" to 12345 to get great deals and discounts from your favorite local businesses on everything. I also decided to donate 20% of all profit to the local food bank. Although I did honestly do that to try and help the community, I have to admit it really helped when talking about the program to prospects. So NOW I have my own opt in list, on top of the services I provide I can also show them immediate results by sending there coupon out upon sign up and paying for there first month.

Sorry for such a long post, just thought it may help someone, if not, my bad ; )

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I am now looking to take the program to the next town over

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Another mistake i made was not researching the SMS provider I chose to use. I very recently had to switch to a new provider which is ending up to be quite a pain

Fantastic information! What about the legal end.. to protect yourself. Have you drawn up some legal contracts? Is it necessary at all?
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A great thread, got so many tips on here, thanks

Just wondering MoBuzz, or anyone else. If you use strong offers on your sms coupons, do you have some sort of system to stop the person using the coupon again and again? If it is a strong deal, then would the client (i.e. restaurant owner) be loosing out if this happens? Or are they still making good profit even though the coupons are getting used again and again by the same individuals?
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Fantastic information! What about the legal end.. to protect yourself. Have you drawn up some legal contracts? Is it necessary at all?
I am not quite sure what you mean? We do have agreement forms that we have businesses sign.

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A great thread, got so many tips on here, thanks

Just wondering MoBuzz, or anyone else. If you use strong offers on your sms coupons, do you have some sort of system to stop the person using the coupon again and again? If it is a strong deal, then would the client (i.e. restaurant owner) be loosing out if this happens? Or are they still making good profit even though the coupons are getting used again and again by the same individuals?

Hi, any good sms system will have a built in feature so that when a customer shows the coupon on their phone, you can click redeem under the coupon and it will be removed from the system.

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I am not quite sure what you mean? We do have agreement forms that we have businesses sign.



Hi, any good sms system will have a built in feature so that when a customer shows the coupon on their phone, you can click redeem under the coupon and it will be removed from the system.
Or add an expiration date to the SMS coupon.

The system should have a dynamic expiration feature so no matter when the customer receives the coupon the expiration date will show X amount (whatever you set it at) days away.

I personally don't like the redeemable coupon strategy because then you are relying on the person to have internet capabilities and also have a good connection in the place of business.

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Keep in mind that anytime a business advertises in any media they are giving a discount to someone that may be coming in anyway and they have to realize that. The key thing to be telling a client is that you want to MAKE SURE they come back in ASAP and not just hope or certainly not assume they will. These days there is the rare business that can safely assume that, consumers just have too many choices out there and are all DEAL DRIVEN. So actually it's the deal they give that will assure a repeat visit, not the other way around! Think about it.......it's a fact. Perception may be reality and I understand that, this is where as a good sales rep you overcome that and help them see the light here. Giving a someone that is in your place of business right now an incentive to come back is the only smart choice a business should be making, help them see that.

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Hi MoBuzz,

You've got a great idea going hear but if I've got a key question to ask.

Are your clients sending out the same offer every month to the same subscribers? I'm thinking that unless it's a super deal that your subscribers would look for every month they would get tired of seeing the same offer month after month. Kind of what happens with coupon books and mailers.

Plus I'm also thinking that your clients would rather capture those customers for themselves once they come in the first time. One thing I've found with clients is they don't like to keep giving deals to the customers they've already got. They would rather increase the amount and frequency of purchase by those clients.

I guess what I see happening sooner than later is that your clients would drop out after one or two runs. Then you're constantly looking for new clients to fill one of those 30 spots.

Plus when you look at conversion rates if the list is only 2500 and they are getting texts everyday it's very likely that you would get on average only a .5% conversion rate which is only 12 people and most likely even lower than that unless it's a really super super deal. This is mainly because your list is receiving an offer everyday and will start to ignore it. 3-4 messages per month is the only way to keep them interested and engaged.

Not trying to be a downer but just realistic. With all the info out there about 97% open rates and 10% - 20% conversion rates clients will be disappointed right away and drop right out. You definitely don't want that to happen. Plus if clients start dropping out you'll end up with no funds to pay for your per message fees.

Plus in today's economy most people will subscribe but not be able to afford reacting to every offer. So worrying about breaking up the list because of hundreds of people showing up for the offer just won't happen.

Let us know how it goes for you in the next couple of months. I hope it does work for you though. If I think of anything to help I'll be sure to post it here for you.

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This is a great idea. Are you having to send this in multiple text messages since it has 390 characters + the disclaimers and the actual business names?
This is a fantastic idea, however my solution would be to include a link here that would take them to a mobile landing page where you would then display the 3 or 5 or 10 offers. This eliminates the need of worrying about text limitations and looks more professional, and easy for them to access later. The mobile landing page url would stay the same, but the offers on the page would rotate as often ad needed and the person would just bookmark that page for easy access. On that page you would have your logo, disclaimers, how the program works, links back to the customers websites and any other additional information needed such as location maps etc. This would really jazz up your offers, make them super professional and allow you to greatly expand your market. The other added benefit of the mobile landing page is that if you use a service just at PIJNZ to build your page, you can add a redemption function to each coupon which adds tracking to each coupon use, and once the person used that coupon it cannot be used again, assuring the business owner that no one can keep using that offer over and over to the same person, which they probably do not want to do....that should be a huge selling feature, and encourage them to give you a super great offer since they know if can only be used one time per customer.
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MoBuzz...I revise my opinion about using Front Desk Clerks IF...

One of my clients provides the local motels & hotels with 'slip jackets' in which room key cards are inserted. Of course, my client's ad is printed on those slip jackets. That method makes your idea practical....that is, if your local hotels & motels aren't already locked in that arrangement with somebody else....which is probably the case.
I'll go you one better here....print your information directly on the plastic keycard itself! Then they will pretty much have to use it, and most importantly the guest/tourist/visitor will have it on them at all times! I'm sure one could find pricing out there in bulk that would be affordable. This would also be a much stronger sales pitch to prospective offline customers you are selling the deal to.
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I really like the advice you gave--that we can get carried away with showing HOW it works and that the customer wants to be shown THAT it works. I'm promoting a mobile blogging platform to local businesses and this was great advice to me! Thanks.

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Very interesting and insightful post. Thanks for sharing
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This is totally informative! I love reading success stories of my fellow marketers and how they were able to overcome all of the struggles in mobile marketing.

I can see how dedicated you are in this business and it doesn’t make me wonder how successful you are right now.

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Awesome thread and I am in agreement that generally people that try to "sell" push people away before a person can experience what you have to offer. If we allow a person to experience something first then they can make their own purchasing decision opposed to rejecting something before having a chance to make a decision.

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Originally Posted by TribalStyleMarketing View Post

Great job! This is what I wanted to do, it's basically the Dan Hollings Groupon mini-method. Jason Lee has a nice WSO about it.

Congrats tho!
That's what came to my mind...awesome news anyway keep it up.

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