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15 years ago

Nice post and great idea. Sometimes doing offline marketing is a nice boost, especially if you are just starting out in marketing and need an instant boost.

It's seems link there are endless ways to mix and match online methods with offline methods.

Cheers!

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adam68

15 years ago

That is really good

but to get really good business cards done, I went to CardsMadeEasy a online company. They were really great and had excellent customer service. you should check them out!

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MartinBuckley 15 years ago

adam68,

I get all my business cards and pizza discount cards printed online at gotprint.com. I have yet to find a better online printer for the cost and quality i get.

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

adam68,

I get all my business cards and pizza discount cards printed online at www.gotprint.com.

I have yet to find a better online printer for the cost and quality i get.

Thanks,

Martin

Originally Posted by adam68

That is really good

but to get really good business cards done, I went to CardsMadeEasy a online company. They were really great and had excellent customer service. you should check them out!

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atrbiz

15 years ago

Martin, nice business idea! I've definitely got to test it out. It seems doable to me.

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MartinBuckley 15 years ago

atrbiz,

Happy to hear you like my biz idea.

Let me know how things turn out for you if you do end up trying out my business card biz idea.

If i can be of any help, just let me know.

Good Luck!

Martin
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MartinBuckley 15 years ago

atrbiz,

Thanks and please keep me posted if you do end up testing this idea.

Good luck,

Martin
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TheKeys

15 years ago

A very nice business idea.

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Yeh02

15 years ago

hmmm.... the first thing that came in to my mind after reading you post is GREAT IDEA!!! thanks for sharing it to us and I really do believe that it could really work...

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celente

15 years ago

I drive past one of these big ones, everyday and never thought of this. WoW! very very cool I must say. Must get to work and make use of this.

Great little tip. :-)

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ramireec

15 years ago

nice simple and strait to the point, I will give this a try seems like the opportunities are all over we just need to open your eyes and pay attention to whats around you.
Regards
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MartinBuckley 15 years ago

ramireec,

You make a very good point when say "opportunities are all over we just need to open your eyes and pay attention to whats around you".

I come up with a new possible biz idea once a week from just what people are saying and asking for from me, so finding ways to make extra money really isn't that hard if you just look around you, listen and pay attention.

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derricks4

15 years ago

Nice. Business cards are always changing, too. There is always a need!

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willyyard

15 years ago

Yeah its very true that in today market offline marketing still works but you cant ignore benefit of online marketing, what you say?

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MartinBuckley 15 years ago

derricks4,

You made a very good point with the fact that business cards are always changing which is one of the major benifits of starting and profiting from a bulletin board business as you will never run out of customers.

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MartinBuckley

15 years ago

willyyard,

I think right now we are at a point where you must combine offline and online marketing together, for example QR codes. I love finding ways to make money online, but I always think of how I can take my online ideas offline and make even more money with it.

Just my 2 cents.

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Martin

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sparro

15 years ago

Originally Posted by MartinBuckley

willyyard,

I think right now we are at a point where you must combine offline and online marketing together, for example QR codes. I love finding ways to make money online, but I always think of how I can take my online ideas offline and make even more money with it.

Just my 2 cents.

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Martin

I totally agree Martin. Having a Hybrid approach is where the market is right now. Creativity is key.

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

willyyard,

I think with so many businesses and people adverting online these days that it's now more than ever a great time to start also advertising offline, so I'm not saying to not advertise online, but that advertising offline should be part of your marketing plan.

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by willyyard

Yeah its very true that in today market offline marketing still works but you cant ignore benefit of online marketing, what you say?

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

I was doing a seach online looking for business card displays and
I found a few really good sites with some really cool and different
ways to display business cards and make money doing it, so I
thought I would share the website here below:

http://www.adpockets.com

http://www.communitytakeone.com

http://www.business-card-displays.com

To your success,

Martin

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Vikuna2009+

14 years ago

Originally Posted by MartinBuckley

I was doing a seach online looking for business card displays and
I found a few really good sites with some really cool and different
ways to display business cards and make money doing it, so I
thought I would share the website here below:

Business Card Displays,Business Card Display,Business Card Dispensers

Advertising Business Card Display with Candy dish

Business Card Displays

To your success,

Martin

Most of the links from your links are out of whack and no way to contact them. Adpockets is my favorite but not much to do.

If you found a pleasing display, you could up it by requiring advertisers to order their cards from you, charging an initial design fee and then an on-going fee for more cards,

Eva

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

Eva,

That's a good idea, so your making money two ways from each advertiser, buy getting them to order their business cards from you and a fee to display it.

Thanks for sharing,

Martin

Originally Posted by Vikuna2009+

If you found a pleasing display, you could up it by requiring advertisers to order their cards from you, charging an initial design fee and then an on-going fee for more cards,

Eva

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TycoonRob

15 years ago

Once again another great idea from Martin! I'm going to start keeping an eye on this guy...

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MartinBuckley 15 years ago

razztek,

Thanks for your kind words.

I really do enjoy sharing my money making ideas with other and hope they will help other to be able to have the freedom and extra income i have gained from my ideas over the years.

All the best,

Martin
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MartinBuckley

15 years ago

Hi Warriors,

There have been a few people through out this thread that have said they where going to try my idea and i was just wondering if anyone here has done anything yet that they could share here?

Or if anyone needs more help or has any question's for me please feel free to ask.

Much Success,

Martin

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qualityin

14 years ago

Hello Martin,

Your post is a very helpfull idea. A great contribution to warrior community.
could you please advice if this method help to generate business for web design and development service. Or do you have some great idea for me.

Originally Posted by MartinBuckley

Hi Warriors,

There have been a few people through out this thread that have said they where going to try my idea and i was just wondering if anyone here has done anything yet that they could share here?

Or if anyone needs more help or has any question's for me please feel free to ask.

Much Success,

Martin

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

qualityin,

I have a good friend who owns a computer repair and website design business and I place ads for both his services on all the ad flyers I do and he always gets leads and sales, so I can't guarantee anything on your results, but advertising computer services on flyers can work.

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by qualityin

Hello Martin,
Your post is a very helpfull idea. A great contribution to warrior community. could you please advice if this method help to generate business for web design and development service. Or do you have some great idea for me.

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piona

15 years ago

I didn't think business cards are that good! There is really nothing impossible in internet marketing. Thanks for sharing this Martin.

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MartinBuckley 14 years ago

Business card are great and low cost way to market your online or offline business with and now with QR codes you can link your business card to your website and that makes your business card even that much more impacting and a sales tool to help your business grow and make sales.

There are so many different ways to use a business card to market your business theses days.

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by piona

I didn't think business cards are that good! There is really nothing impossible in internet marketing. Thanks for sharing this Martin.
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kronic

15 years ago

adding a QR code next to the business card could be another selling point. next to the business card, have "scan this code to visit "business x's" website" or something of the sort. or the business phone number if they don't have a website yet. This could help upsell the advantages of a website, using the business card idea as a foot in the door.

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MartinBuckley 15 years ago

kronic,

Thanks for your idea and input.

Martin
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InTh3Moment

14 years ago

Martin, I cannot thank you enough for this valuable post!

It's funny that I came across your post as I was about to spend the entire day putting up flyers around down for my personal business but went from the Jobless Dad thread and made my way over here five hours later

I am going to be putting up the flyers tomorrow but making MUCH more use of that time as I get the info from other businesses that have posted in those same areas.

I was wondering if you had any tips that you found to be helpful in carrying this plan (although everything you wrote is more than enough to carry this out), j/w if you had any additional tips or tricks.

Thank you again for the valuable post!

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

InTh3Moment,

I'm glad my business card bulletin board idea was able to help you tap into another avenue to make some potential money with and I wish you much success with it.

Please keep us posted here with your results.

To your success,

Martin

Originally Posted by InTh3Moment

Martin, I cannot thank you enough for this valuable post!

It's funny that I came across your post as I was about to spend the entire day putting up flyers around down for my personal business but went from the Jobless Dad thread and made my way over here five hours later

I am going to be putting up the flyers tomorrow but making MUCH more use of that time as I get the info from other businesses that have posted in those same areas.

I was wondering if you had any tips that you found to be helpful in carrying this plan (although everything you wrote is more than enough to carry this out), j/w if you had any additional tips or tricks.

Thank you again for the valuable post!

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Yogini

14 years ago

Martin,

This is an interesting idea for my nephew- would you have them give you the business cards as well in case there isn't room for a flyer on the board? Do you also suggest taking a picture when it's posted and sending it to them via email as proof? Another idea I was thinking was also dropping off some pens there because a lot of times people don't have a pen with them.

Debbie

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

Debbie,

What I do if the bulletin board is full, I simple tape the flyer on the wall to the side or bottom of the bulletin board.

I have never taking pictures as proof, but it's a good idea that no a days makes sense. I used to just provide a list of all the places I hung the flyers and the advertisers could just check a location if they wanted to.

The pen idea is also a good one that I have done before, but the pens always end up getting stolen, so you can try it, but maybe tie a pen to a string and tack it to the bulletin board and see if it ends up staying there and doesn't end up getting stolen.

Thanks for sharing your ideas.

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by Yogini

Martin,

This is an interesting idea for my nephew- would you have them give you the business cards as well in case there isn't room for a flyer on the board? Do you also suggest taking a picture when it's posted and sending it to them via email as proof? Another idea I was thinking was also dropping off some pens there because a lot of times people don't have a pen with them.

Debbie

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DaWarrior

14 years ago

Nice info.
Thanks!

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Eddie Spangler

14 years ago

If you really want to take this idea to the next level and make it super professional consider setting up a network of small businesses and promoting a community biz card
display.
Some visuals can be found here . Lots of ways to structure , here is one of them

Take a 60 ct display and put them in just 10 high traffic businesses and charge 10mo per location=100 mo per advertiserx50 spots (we give each of the 10 businesses a free spot for allowing us to put up display)=5k per month=60k yr.

Initial cost for 10 nice displays is less than $5000 and you would be collecting some money upfront anyway so you dont have to pay for this right away.

Make money for years to come.

Once its set up you only have to monitor and make sure enough cards are available one day a month.

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MonteMichaels

14 years ago

I like it. It looks more professional that way. Once you have the racks they are paid for, and are not going to be taken down so easy.

Originally Posted by Eddie Spangler

If you really want to take this idea to the next level and make it super professional consider setting up a network of small businesses and promoting a community biz card
display.
Some visuals can be found here . Lots of ways to structure , here is one of them

Take a 60 ct display and put them in just 10 high traffic businesses and charge 10mo per location=100 mo per advertiserx50 spots (we give each of the 10 businesses a free spot for allowing us to put up display)=5k per month=60k yr.

Initial cost for 10 nice displays is less than $5000 and you would be collecting some money upfront anyway so you dont have to pay for this right away.

Make money for years to come.

Once its set up you only have to monitor and make sure enough cards are available one day a month.

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DaWarrior

14 years ago

Sounds good.
What do you recommend for business card display?
Also you know of any places like markets, shopping center which allow you setup a stand? Probably cost some money though

Originally Posted by Eddie Spangler

If you really want to take this idea to the next level and make it super professional consider setting up a network of small businesses and promoting a community biz card
display.
Some visuals can be found here . Lots of ways to structure , here is one of them

Take a 60 ct display and put them in just 10 high traffic businesses and charge 10mo per location=100 mo per advertiserx50 spots (we give each of the 10 businesses a free spot for allowing us to put up display)=5k per month=60k yr.

Initial cost for 10 nice displays is less than $5000 and you would be collecting some money upfront anyway so you dont have to pay for this right away.

Make money for years to come.

Once its set up you only have to monitor and make sure enough cards are available one day a month.

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Eddie Spangler

14 years ago

Originally Posted by DaWarrior

Sounds good.
What do you recommend for business card display?

For me the biggest size possible as I know I could sell them all. For you it would depend on what you are comfortable with selling and also consider that the bigger the display the harder it MIGHT be to find space for it.

Also you know of any places like markets, shopping center which allow you setup a stand? Probably cost some money though

You just got to go in and talk to people, how would I know what they will allow where you live. Like anything its all in how you present the offer, I would not be looking to pay anyone. They are already getting a free spot and tons of extra exposure inn the community. Its not like they were making use of that space anyway.

You can also tell them you will put a special "community builder" or "featured business" sticker on all their spots for extra prestige and visibility.

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

Eddie,

Thanks for sharing the link and for adding other ways to make money with my original idea.

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by Eddie Spangler

If you really want to take this idea to the next level and make it super professional consider setting up a network of small businesses and promoting a community biz card
display.
Some visuals can be found here . Lots of ways to structure , here is one of them

Take a 60 ct display and put them in just 10 high traffic businesses and charge 10mo per location=100 mo per advertiserx50 spots (we give each of the 10 businesses a free spot for allowing us to put up display)=5k per month=60k yr.

Initial cost for 10 nice displays is less than $5000 and you would be collecting some money upfront anyway so you dont have to pay for this right away.

Make money for years to come.

Once its set up you only have to monitor and make sure enough cards are available one day a month.

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focusedlife

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Eddie Spangler

If you really want to take this idea to the next level and make it super professional consider setting up a network of small businesses and promoting a community biz card
display.
Some visuals can be found here . Lots of ways to structure , here is one of them

Take a 60 ct display and put them in just 10 high traffic businesses and charge 10mo per location=100 mo per advertiserx50 spots (we give each of the 10 businesses a free spot for allowing us to put up display)=5k per month=60k yr.

Initial cost for 10 nice displays is less than $5000 and you would be collecting some money upfront anyway so you dont have to pay for this right away.

Make money for years to come.

Once its set up you only have to monitor and make sure enough cards are available one day a month.

Brilliant! I looked and it seems like a very viable option.

Wondering if you or anyone here has tried making a go of this method. The cost of that rack is not cheap.

Would love to hear what more details we can uncover.

Thanks so much for the share. I'll have my own shares soon enough.

Regards

Los

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joerudy1988

14 years ago

wonderful idea but does it really work?

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MartinBuckley 14 years ago

joerudy1988,

If your refering to my business card bulletin board idea, than I can tell you that it worked for me, as I made money with it, so for me the idea has been proven and tested to work.

Almost all the money making ideas I share here I have made money with myself, but you will only know for sure if it will work for you and if you can profit from my ideas if you take action.

I wish you much success,

Martin

Originally Posted by joerudy1988

wonderful idea but does it really work?
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MartinBuckley 14 years ago

KelticWarrior,

Your welcome and I hope you can benifit and find a way to profit from my idea and if so, please post back here with your results,Thanks!

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by KelticWarrior

Just finished reading. Nice twist. Will help me in my journey. Thanks.

TKW.
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Chronic IM

14 years ago

Hello!

Thanks for this great post. But is it really effective? Will it really help me in my work? Does it really work? Can you recommend something for the business cards? I can think of some but I still need other opinions. Thanks for this post thought.

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

Chronic IM,

I don't know if it's me or if I'm just to tired, but I'm not really sure what your question's mean and what you are asking?

Please exspand on your question's so I can get a better idea what you are asking and need help with?

Thanks,

Martin

Originally Posted by Chronic IM

Hello!

Thanks for this great post. But is it really effective? Will it really help me in my work? Does it really work? Can you recommend something for the business cards? I can think of some but I still need other opinions. Thanks for this post thought.

Thank You!

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alimutohar

14 years ago

a good idea. I got to thinking to promote my website offlinely. it seem to be useful. lately I pay less attention to the offline world.
sometime I want to practice this idea. thanks for the creative idea

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

With so many businesses and people advertising online now it's so over saturated and people don't pay attension to ads and emails as much as they used to, which is why now more than ever offline advertising is better as it catches peoples attention. I'm not saying that online advertising is not good or a waste of time, I'm just saying that it is more of a benifit to advertise online and offline and don't put all your adverting eggs in one basket.

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by alimutohar

a good idea. I got to thinking to promote my website offlinely. it seem to be useful. lately I pay less attention to the offline world.
sometime I want to practice this idea. thanks for the creative idea

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B.Smit

14 years ago

Martin, thanks for a useful post.

I have two questions:

1. The owner/manager of a bulletin board says, "Hey, folks post their ads for free here, and I know you get paid to post these. Either cut me in, or get yourself another board to post on." I guess in this case you'll move along, but what is your opinion on this?

2. Four, five budding entrepreneurs catch on to what you're doing, and before you can bank your third month's profit, the BB owners/managers start complaining about bulletin spam. Have you had to deal with something like this?

Thanks again for a good idea, and for your guidance on it.

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

B.Smit,

I have never had an owner of a bulletin board contact me and ask to be cut in or that I can't place flyers or business cards on their boards.

They are to busy with thier business to even think about or worry about what is on their bulletin boards and the point of the boards are to place ads, etc. on, so they are providing the board for this purpose and they are not trying to make money off it.

Also, I have yet to have any issues with anyone competing with me or trying to steal me customers, but I'm sure it could happen and if it did I would work around it and make my deal with my advertisers better or just get new advertisers.

I hope this answers your questions.

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by B.Smit

Martin, thanks for a useful post.

I have two questions:

1. The owner/manager of a bulletin board says, "Hey, folks post their ads for free here, and I know you get paid to post these. Either cut me in, or get yourself another board to post on." I guess in this case you'll move along, but what is your opinion on this?

2. Four, five budding entrepreneurs catch on to what you're doing, and before you can bank your third month's profit, the BB owners/managers start complaining about bulletin spam. Have you had to deal with something like this?

Thanks again for a good idea, and for your guidance on it.

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shawnyshawn

14 years ago

Sounds like a great idea. Thanks for posting.

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Dr Mukherjee

14 years ago

Martin
Very interesting and easy. Just one question: may be I missed something but as you said we can t offer he service to the business owner who already displaying ads on that board. if they already have the ad there, what is the point to offer this service to them or I will offer them to put their ad on other boards?
Sorry if its a very silly question but thanks very much for the great idea. I want to try it out.

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Roadlesstraveled 14 years ago

Thanks! I'm taking action with this.
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  I was wondering if you ever did take action on my bulletin board business card idea?
  
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  Martin
  
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  Thanks! I'm taking action with this.
  
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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

Tina,

Yes, the point is to sell them on getting their ad placed on other boards and the fact that they are already adverting on bulletin boards makes them an easier sale as they already know the benifts of them and it also let you know that they are looking for low cost ways to advertising, so if you can provide them with ad services at a low price and generate customers for them you will have a customer for life.

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by Tina2012

Martin
Very interesting and easy. Just one question: may be I missed something but as you said we can t offer he service to the business owner who already displaying ads on that board. if they already have the ad there, what is the point to offer this service to them or I will offer them to put their ad on other boards?
Sorry if its a very silly question but thanks very much for the great idea. I want to try it out.

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jchoros

14 years ago

Very creative Idea, I'm just not sure IM's would want to go around to different businesses 4 times a month to do this, any thoughts on creating some sort of online boardw you could target with locally oriented keywords?

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kaper7

14 years ago

I have had extreme success by offering qr codes on business cards for my offline clients. This strategy open doors to conversations on multiple ways to use it and I usually end up making additional sales as a result.

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

kaper7,

I also have been implimenting QR codes on my business cards and drop cards with success and it's true they do help to stir up conversations with people and business owners, so QR codes are a great method to use to help generate leads and new customers.

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by kaper7

I have had extreme success by offering qr codes on business cards for my offline clients. This strategy open doors to conversations on multiple ways to use it and I usually end up making additional sales as a result.

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focusedlife

14 years ago

@Martin - Very, very very cool idea.

If you have done it before or are currently still doing it, do you mind if I ask...how labor intensive is this for you or in other words... how much time does this take you and what are some of the possible pitfalls?

Are any of the businesses that host the bulletin boards getting mad at you or someone that works for you simply coming in once a week to post and not buy anything?

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

focusedlife,

The time involved in this type of business depends on how many advertisers you have and how many bulletin boards you have to post to, so I can't give you a direct answer, but I never spent more than 2 hours going around to hang up business cards or flyers on the bulletin boards.

I also, never had any issues with owners of the bulletin boards, I have answered this question and other in this thread, so you might want to read over this whole tread to get a better idea and answers to some questions you still might have.

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by focusedlife

@Martin - Very, very very cool idea.

If you have done it before or are currently still doing it, do you mind if I ask...how labor intensive is this for you or in other words... how much time does this take you and what are some of the possible pitfalls?

Are any of the businesses that host the bulletin boards getting mad at you or someone that works for you simply coming in once a week to post and not buy anything?

Thanks

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Nspire

14 years ago

Nice idea for a business model! I guess one could target several areas with this strategy.

Do you mainly just do one location?

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MartinBuckley 14 years ago

Nspire,

I work this idea in my local area around were I live.

I target businesses in a 10 mile radius of the 12 bulletin boards I post to.

Yes, this idea is very profitable if you work it in several different areas.

To your success,

Martin

Originally Posted by Nspire

Nice idea for a business model! I guess one could target several areas with this strategy.

Do you mainly just do one location?
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Ummahm

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MartinBuckley 14 years ago

Ummahm,

If you have bulletin boards in your area, then I don't see any reason why this idea wouldn't work outside the US.

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by Ummahm

thanks very good idea. but is it worked in every country? are you talking about usa? what about asian country such as Bangladesh, India? thank you.
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kgopaul

14 years ago

Thank you for this. Its a great plan and can be used in any ways as well. It was just what I needed.

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Gavin8492

14 years ago

This is a great plan. Will implement it soon!

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MartinBuckley 14 years ago

Gavin8492,

Glad to hear you like the idea and I wish you good luck with it.

Please post back here with your results if you do implement the idea.

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by Gavin8492

This is a great plan. Will implement it soon!
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erikeightsix

14 years ago

Awesome idea, I'm a big fan Martin!

While it might cut into your profits, maybe you could appraoch business owners by saying you'd like to rent some of thier wall space? This way you can enter some kind of contract with them for a year so you have some security on the placement of the cork boards.. This should also take care of any greedy business owners.. Nothing too much. I'd still try the free approach first.

I'm going to have to try this once I get a little more cash flow.

As far as ideal placement,some of the best places I can think of are at the car wash just above the change machine. In gyms in the male and female changing rooms. Anyone else have any good ideas for placement? Will edit in some more later.

Oh and also if you broke it down into subcategories like plumber, electrician, physical therapist , then you could also use exclusivity as a selling point.

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

erikeightsix,

It's funny you brought this idea up as I'm in the works of getting a board made that I will be hanging in a busy chinese resturant in my area and I'm in negotiations with the owner on what it's going to cost me per month to hang the board on his wall and from there I will figure out the cost of what I will charge for advertising inside my display board.

Thanks for sharing your great ideas.

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by erikeightsix

Awesome idea, I'm a big fan Martin!

While it might cut into your profits, maybe you could appraoch business owners by saying you'd like to rent some of thier wall space? This way you can enter some kind of contract with them for a year so you have some security on the placement of the cork boards.. This should also take care of any greedy business owners.. Nothing too much. I'd still try the free approach first.

I'm going to have to try this once I get a little more cash flow.

As far as ideal placement,some of the best places I can think of are at the car wash just above the change machine. In gyms in the male and female changing rooms. Anyone else have any good ideas for placement? Will edit in some more later.

Oh and also if you broke it down into subcategories like plumber, electrician, physical therapist , then you could also use exclusivity as a selling point.

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Huy Phan

14 years ago

Great idea and low cost. What are your thoughts on using vistaprint for cards? I've always seen large bulletin boards at most, if not, all laundry mats/coin laundry places I've been too. Where else should I check out for these bulletin boards?

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neeralt

14 years ago

I read this thread just today and I found out that this is a very good idea to start with. This morning I went all over the town and sadly, there are only 6 bulletin boards available and I'm not sure all of them will offer outside advertisers to post ads as the boards is already almost full with their own ads. I don't know if this business idea will work in my town though but I will scan through the town once again and see how many bulletin boards available.

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

neeralt,

Well if there is truly a very limited amount of bulletin boards in your area you can try setting up your own bulletin boards by talking with and asking permission from local businesses such as dinners, laundry mats, grocery stores, etc. and ask them if you buy, install and maintain it will they allow you to place a bulletin baord in their place of business which is good will for them to help customers have a place to tac up their business card or items for sale, etc.

I hope this idea helps,

Martin

Originally Posted by neeralt

I read this thread just today and I found out that this is a very good idea to start with. This morning I went all over the town and sadly, there are only 6 bulletin boards available and I'm not sure all of them will offer outside advertisers to post ads as the boards is already almost full with their own ads. I don't know if this business idea will work in my town though but I will scan through the town once again and see how many bulletin boards available.

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MartinBuckley 14 years ago

I just wanted to state that business card are still great and low cost way to market your online or offline business with and now with QR codes you can link your business card to your website and that makes your business card even that much more impacting and a sales tool to help your business grow and make sales.

There are so many different ways to use a business card to market your business theses days.

All the best,

Martin
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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

neeralt,

Well if there is truly a very limited amount of bulletin boards in your area you can try setting up your own bulletin boards by talking with and asking permission from local businesses such as dinners, laundry mats, grocery stores, etc. and ask them if you buy, install and maintain it will they allow you to place a bulletin baord in their place of business which is good will for them to help customers have a place to tac up their business card or items for sale, etc.

I hope this idea helps,

Martin

Originally Posted by neeralt

I read this thread just today and I found out that this is a very good idea to start with. This morning I went all over the town and sadly, there are only 6 bulletin boards available and I'm not sure all of them will offer outside advertisers to post ads as the boards is already almost full with their own ads. I don't know if this business idea will work in my town though but I will scan through the town once again and see how many bulletin boards available.

Thanks

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

Huy Phan,

There is nothing wrong with using VistaPrint for business card printing and there are buuetin boards all over in places you would think of such as, post offices, corner stores, colleges, hospitals, dinners, office building lobbies just to name a few.

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by Huy Phan

Great idea and low cost. What are your thoughts on using vistaprint for cards? I've always seen large bulletin boards at most, if not, all laundry mats/coin laundry places I've been too. Where else should I check out for these bulletin boards?

Thanks

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

Huy Phan,

There is nothing wrong with using VistaPrint for business card printing, but I personally prefer GotPrint.com and there are bulletin boards all over in places you wouldn't think of such as: post offices, corner stores, colleges, hospitals, dinners, office building lobbies just to name a few.

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by Huy Phan

Great idea and low cost. What are your thoughts on using vistaprint for cards? I've always seen large bulletin boards at most, if not, all laundry mats/coin laundry places I've been too. Where else should I check out for these bulletin boards?

Thanks

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pablo4103

14 years ago

Once again another great idea.

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MartinBuckley 14 years ago

pablo,

Thanks for the kind words and support.

I hope you are able to benifit from my money making ideas and if I can be of any help, please feel free to email me or PM me here.

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by pablo4103

Once again another great idea.
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- MartinBuckley 14 years ago
  
  Hi Warriors,
  
  Here's another unique way to advertise and distribute business cards http://www.CardPockets.com (see picture below)
  
  This can also be a product to find a supplier for to buy wholesale and sell to local service businesses and make a nice profit.
  
  All the best,
  
  Martin
  
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  MartinBuckley 14 years ago
  
  Hi Guys,
  
  I was wondering if any here has any ideas or twist on how to make the bulletin board idea better?
  
  Please share your ideas and thoughts here.
  
  Thanks,
  
  Martin
  
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johnyo

14 years ago

The most important thing, people will be able to have a more popular
.

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lets2money

14 years ago

Nice post and great idea

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IainD

14 years ago

Hi Martin,

Do you copy the business cards onto the flyer at full size, I'm thinking that the size of the flyer needed to fit 10 full size business cards adverts is going to be to big for a lot of notice boards?

Any chance of posting a copy of one of your flyers?

Cheers,

Iain

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MartinBuckley

14 years ago

Iain,

Yes, I resize the business cards to fit on the flyer and
I'm pretty sure there is an image of the flyer on my
site at: http://nichebizideas.com

All the best,

Martin

Originally Posted by IainD

Hi Martin,

Do you copy the business cards onto the flyer at full size, I'm thinking that the size of the flyer needed to fit 10 full size business cards adverts is going to be to big for a lot of notice boards?

Any chance of posting a copy of one of your flyers?

Cheers,

Iain

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lewiswharf

14 years ago

I have read through this whole thread and I'm surprised that nobody has actually taken action and reported back.

Thanks for sharing your model. I'll report back if I can find enough bulletin boards in my area.

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NewParadigm

14 years ago

What kind of response rate do people expect from the boards? I can't say I've ever stopped to look at one.

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MartinBuckley 13 years ago

Hi Guys,

I just wanted to thank everyone for all the thanks and
positive comments and feedback.

I wish you all much success!

Martin
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