***FLYERING METHOD TO MAKE MONEY***

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First off i will make flyers that say FREE PARTY with my site on the back, and distribute them across the schools in my city. I would then get a ton of traffic from high school kids who want to go to this "free party". and as soon as they enter the site it will ask for their email so that way i will have a huge email marketing base where i can send a message and it will get across to 1000s and 1000s of people. Then through the automated email service i tell the people go to the free party section on the website and write their name's so we can register them for our guest list. I am going to pretend like this free party is gonna be huge! People will get excited but the only reason i am doing this is to get a ton of traffic


Basically i am making a website based on my city's nightlife, telling people whats hot on the weekends house parties clubs etc, i will be reviewing clubs on my page and giving away weekly tickets to various venues. After a good steady traffic source i am going to call up the clubs that i put weekly into my site and i will be like, "look we have this site and we feature you weekly on it. We have X number of traffic per month and this is a great way to advertise! If you want to stay on our site and continue us posting your events you have to pay a monthly fee of $80. This is targeted traffic so you will have a lot of people know when your events are going to take place". Ill do that with about 8-10 clubs in the Toronto district, and will try to get them to pay the monthly fee to advertise on our site
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Can the Warrior community please give me any suggestions, tips, or valuable information regarding my business venture i mean is this a good idea..? Thanks i really appreciate it!
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  • Profile picture of the author misharuski
    Can you guys leave me some feedback please
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    • Profile picture of the author Tina Golden
      First off i will make flyers that say FREE PARTY with my site on the back, and distribute them across the schools in my city. I would then get a ton of traffic from high school kids who want to go to this "free party". and as soon as they enter the site it will ask for their email so that way i will have a huge email marketing base where i can send a message and it will get across to 1000s and 1000s of people. Then through the automated email service i tell the people go to the free party section on the website and write their name's so we can register them for our guest list. I am going to pretend like this free party is gonna be huge! People will get excited but the only reason i am doing this is to get a ton of traffic


      Basically i am making a website based on my city's nightlife, telling people whats hot on the weekends house parties clubs etc, i will be reviewing clubs on my page and giving away weekly tickets to various venues. After a good steady traffic source i am going to call up the clubs that i put weekly into my site and i will be like, "look we have this site and we feature you weekly on it. We have X number of traffic per month and this is a great way to advertise! If you want to stay on our site and continue us posting your events you have to pay a monthly fee of $80. This is targeted traffic so you will have a lot of people know when your events are going to take place". Ill do that with about 8-10 clubs in the Toronto district, and will try to get them to pay the monthly fee to advertise on our site
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      Can the Warrior community please give me any suggestions, tips, or valuable information regarding my business venture i mean is this a good idea..? Thanks i really appreciate it!
      You're going to LIE to kids in order to get traffic so you can sell these leads to clubs.

      You'll have to LIE to the clubs because this isn't targeted traffic, unless clubs up in Canada allow under 18 or 21 alcohol.

      Do you REALLY need someone to point out the problems with this "plan"?
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      • Profile picture of the author misharuski
        Well actually, here in "Canada", we have all age clubs! They just don't serve booze.
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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    Sounds like you are building your business on deception and that's never a good idea.

    I would think your traffic would die off pretty quick when these kids realize you aren't coming through with your free party.

    Now if you were going to have a party that added some value I might say it was a good idea although I think you would make a lot more money with people over 18 so that you could target clubs that are for that age group.
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  • Profile picture of the author misharuski
    Ok thanks for the ideas
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    • Profile picture of the author jimbo13
      Okay, just to say that this is not as bad as people are making out.

      It should be quite easy to make the Free party a reality and therefore you will not be deceiving anyone at all.

      I will give you a quick UK example which is becoming more popular amongst University students.

      Key Carnage UK into www dot google dot co dot uk and you can read reviews by press and police and BBC. They are not impressed as it is a mass drunken orgy.

      However you don't need to be doing that as it is for kids and maybe Canadians aren't like the English in their drinking habits. I hope not anyway.

      Since it was set up a few years ago over 350,000 students have gone on a Carnage Night and they pay £10 for a Tee-shirt. Good money no? That's about US$7 million.

      The point is that you can approach clubs wherever you live and offer to fill one up as an experiment on a quiet night for free entry.They will make money on the drinks alcoholic or otherwise so it is a no brainer for them. Then do the flyering with the clubs address on it and your e-mail address for futue events and see what happens.

      If it works and it should, you can now approach other clubs etc with a working case model and e-mail your list but continue flyering away. Word of mouth will spread.

      Don't worry about Tee-shirts or other stuff that Carnage do as you just want to test. Don't charge the kids, don't charge the club. You want to see that you have a viable offering first.Don't try to make money out of your test. If it works the money will roll in. Trust me.

      Keep things simple.

      Dan
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      • Profile picture of the author Cass Tyson
        I agree with Dan. I think the idea has potential, just do it with integrity and you'll be fine.

        When you're starting out, make sure you're offering something of value to the club(s). You're going to bring them customers, right? That has value. Also make sure you have something of value for the kids. Selling the party as "free" -- except for all food, drinks, admission, and trinkets -- borders on deception. What can you really offer that has value to the customers? Maybe a club will agree to let people in free if they bring the coupon from your site, on a night with a popular band that has a cover. Or perhaps a two for one meal special, something like that.

        Quick aside -- When I was in high school I threw several HUGE parties. The way I got them to be HUGE was I told everyone "This party is going to be HUGE!" I said that to the first person, I said it to the 100th person. It works.
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  • Profile picture of the author eleary
    Just from a marketing persepective....
    If I understand the plan, you want to reach out to high school students and get them to your website - and in turn get them to certain clubs. Your money will come from the clubs eventually advertising on your website.....

    You really need to think about who your target market is - check papers or their own websites. Are these clubs already marketing? If they already spend money on marketing - that's a great sign. I am not sure how much a club could make from high school students - so that would be the first thing I would want to know.
    If in fact you do find that they will spend money on advertising, it could be profitable. Then you can start thinking of other ways to monetize the traffic.
    Teenagers may seem like a bad market - no jobs no money, but if you study marketing - they actually spend a huge amount of money.....
    Be ethical - don't be deceptive and this could be a good idea...Good luck.
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    • Profile picture of the author swilliams09
      Yah. This is dishonest. And in the club business which is full of shady characters, this is not the way you want to start off.

      I would say the first thing to do is to build your site. Here is a one page events and club site in my local area that is on everyone's facebook page.

      It's Your Weekend Pass, Montgomery's Premier E-Newsletter for Urban Entertainment

      This is really simple to put together. A one page type deal. You can get info off of all the clubs websites in your area to update it with in the beginning. Also check the local events/club sections of your local papers and news sites. Do this every weekend for two months to build up a following mainly via social media. You can add an opt in box if people want to receive your newsletter. Over the next month or so you can start adding reviews, photos, etc.

      Contact the hottest club in your area that caters to your market and tell them you want to partner with them to give away free tickets. Never charge this client for advertising. Tell them it's only going to cost them the price of 4 free tickets (or how ever many you want to negotiate).

      Even better...find out if they have any major events coming up and partner up to give away tickets to that event.

      Now you put out your flyers. You've established your site and social media as a good solid place for info. You've partnered with a club. On your flyers you advertise the free tickets to the club or event, if they opt in to your mailing list.

      Now you can start charging other clubs and venues for ad spots on your site.

      Now you can use that initial opt in list to promote your website every week.

      Continue to run various giveaways and events with clubs and venue owners. Use the hell out of social media. Give away free entry. Do a free VIP contest if applicable. Give away a free mp3 player. Give away a coupon for free drinks. But the key is that they have to opt in.


      I think in no time you can position yourself as a key player in your towns entertainment market if you do it the right way. But remember, the club scene is a small community in any town and most of these people know each other and they talk to each other and the last thing you want is your name becoming mud before you even start. I used to be a promoter so I know how it goes. If one club finds out your being a shady promoter, they will put the word out to other clubs and venues.

      Also be careful when flyering. Respect the local laws. Try not to step on toes with venue owners. Never flyer for one club on another clubs property, even if your flyers are for your website, if they have a contest of give away featuring another club, they may consider it poaching regardless.

      But don't be dishonest. If you lie about a free party in the beginning, why should anyone trust anything else on your website later?

      Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Grant
    Honestly, the idea sucks. Your monetization model sucks. Your traffic generation is terrible.

    Scrap it and start over, imo.
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    • Profile picture of the author joe0074
      You copy this method from other forum word by word.
      It is not cool, man.
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  • Profile picture of the author grin
    The energy and enthusiasm is there but I have to point out this is the same as a direct mail campaign of which flyers have a far less retention rate. You could do just as well spending the time and money throwing one party and using your persuasion skills convince at least five people to get in on the thing and dog leg that. Live and in person marketing is much the same as MLM techniques, so anything they have done (parties) then it is possible.
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  • Profile picture of the author MisterMunch
    I would rather take my camera and go to a couple of these clubs each night. I would give a flyer to each of the people i photograph with information about the facebook group, and tell them to go tag themself or at least look at the pictures when they wake up tomorrow.

    If you take pictures of 100 people each night, you will soon have a lot of local partyloving followers on your facebook group. I would then have a blog where I post events and send the link for the event to my facebook fans.

    Once you hit a few 1000's fans you can start to sell advertisement on your blog, or promote affiliate progs and adsense. You would also collect emails.

    When you hit 10.000s of fans you can start to charge for each event post.
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    • Profile picture of the author thedog
      Originally Posted by MisterMunch View Post

      I would rather take my camera and go to a couple of these clubs each night. I would give a flyer to each of the people i photograph with information about the facebook group, and tell them to go tag themself or at least look at the pictures when they wake up tomorrow.

      If you take pictures of 100 people each night, you will soon have a lot of local partyloving followers on your facebook group. I would then have a blog where I post events and send the link for the event to my facebook fans.

      Once you hit a few 1000's fans you can start to sell advertisement on your blog, or promote affiliate progs and adsense. You would also collect emails.

      When you hit 10.000s of fans you can start to charge for each event post.
      Are you allowed to take pictures of strangers, and put them on your facebook page?

      I seem to remember this model a few years back, before facebook was that popular. I'm not sure if you had to give your permission or not.

      If not, then cool.
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      • Profile picture of the author MisterMunch
        Originally Posted by thedog View Post

        Are you allowed to take pictures of strangers, and put them on your facebook page?

        I seem to remember this model a few years back, before facebook was that popular. I'm not sure if you had to give your permission or not.

        If not, then cool.
        I would ask them nicely, tell them about the facebook group and give them the flyer. The whole point is to get them to (1) visit and like the page and (2) tag themselves and their friends.

        I am no lawyer, but I do not think you need a written concensus to post a picture of someone on your facebook wall.
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