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Nice idea. The pizza owner would probably be far more excited thinking of how many more apartments, condos, homes, etc., his frig magnet will be displayed.

Think Pizza as the main company and moving companies/truck rental, taxi/airport shuttle, maid service, hair salons, daycare, strictly wings eatery(cause i love'm), carpet cleaner and dry cleaners would round out that magnet quite nicely

I live in one of the nicest apartment homes in my community. I think I shall be giving my local pizzeria a call on Monday to pitch this idea.

Many thanks Martin!

You can get a better look at the magnet on my website at:

www.NicheBizIdeas.com

and read some other free money making ideas.

I hope this helps,

Martin

Working with a pizza is a great idea, as i know because I do it every day with
my pizza discount card business, so if I were to combine my magnet idea with
a pizza shop and other local advertisers, I would do my magnet like I found at:

www.my1stchoicegoldcard.com/fridge-ads.html

This money making idea is so simple and easy to do, so I hope
someone takes action on it.

To your success,

Martin

want2knowhow,

You can get a better look at the magnet on my website at:

www.NicheBizIdeas.com

and read some other free money making ideas.

I hope this helps,

Martin

I have an aunt and a good friend who are both Realtor's and yes, this is appealing but that's just one segment of the population and one dimensional thinking. That's why I thought of an even bigger audience who would appreciate and love having these up on their fridge and the business who would not only would love giving these out but who would love another, more interesting way to get permanently superimposed in people's minds and not spend a dime!

Also, think about all the new homeowners...and old homeowners you'd be missing out on! What about the houses that were sold but the agent didn't have these magnets? What about prior homeowners who would love to have such a magnet for emergencies..? What about apartment dwellers? They still have needs and emergencies. What these people all have in common that ties them together is 1.) Needs and 2.) The need to EAT...or if you're a woman...the need to look 'good', which from 12 to 90, women will always go to the hair dresser to get their hair 'did' and men will go to the barbershop to get their hair clipped and shaved.

So, again, a pizza shop, Realtor, Barber Shop or any high customer traffic business would be a great fit for something like this!

Auto mechanic..who doesn't want a reasonably priced mechanic nowadays?
Hair dresser--what woman doesn't want a hairdresser who understands her hair care needs?
Chiropractor...what person complaining of back, neck, shoulder and hip pain wouldn't call?
Shoe Repair...with the cost of everything going up, isn't it cheaper to repair a broken in pair?

So, these places, too, would make for an awesome 'give away' to their customers! I'm just putting my 'own' spin on an awesome basic idea that Martin has put forward.

Great tip, Lynn, thanks!

chemo38

:confused::confused:... but if the advertisers are paying YOU for the chance to reach the buying community..and not a cent is coming out of your pocket....okay, you lost me. Are you saying you'd do all the printing yourself? Now you're spending money on ink/replacement ink (and if you don't own a printer..)...you're making this job a lot harder than it has to be. At least in my humble opinion. I just don't want to work that hard.

Here's a couple of thoughts that came to mind...

The idea in itself is a great idea. The only problem I see is distributing them in a timely manner. Which Realtor today (or even before when the market was hot) sells 500 homes in a year? That would be 40+ home sales in a month. Unless you are a SUPER Realtor with a full time staff at your disposal, ain't gonna happen!

More likely, they are lucky if they close ONE deal a month but for the point of discussion, lets say they close 5 deals a month.

500 magnets divided by 5 deals/m = 100 months, or
8.33 years. That is if all is well...

Now, would you, as a potential advertiser, want to wait that long? You might not still be in business.

So, not to just critize and shoot this whole thing down, what can you do?

1. You could have the brokerage advertise and not the individual realtor. That way, even though less personal, the whole real estate office could get potential leads. Still, not the best way to go but, it is a solution.

2. If variable data printing excists for other types of printing material, it should also be possible with magnets, for sure. What the cost in addition would be, I have no idea and some online printers do not do variable data printing. Off to research folks...

For those of you who do not know what variable data printing is, its simply leaving the core by itself and changing a couple of things, such as the realtors name, extension and photo and might as well throw in their cell phone number as well.

I would not give it to them for free since now you have to spend more time. What could you sell it for? Don't know, this is just hypothethical.
If a realtor where to buy their own magnets, what would that cost them? At least charge them the same as it would cost them doing their own because you are the one putting it all together.

Would this version be profitable for you? I have no idea, just tossing it out for you to think about...

Eva

Nope. Just had to give my name, my company name, mailing addy, etc.

Here is where I ordered mine: Free Product Catalog and Samples | Magnets USA® (not an aff link)

I was a real estate agent for a while and my brokerage had a rule that we could not recommend just one trade person for that specific reason. If somebody asked us, we had to give them several names or none.

OK. No argument there. However, we now have a template for an opening e-mail that can be used for other industries. Now the plumber or electrician can be the featured business with other non-competing businesses being the paid advertisers.

Hi Mart! The problem I'm having is trying to figure a way to tie in the magnets with community feedback (forums/newsletters) That way, the advertisers can log on and see just what customers and prospective customers think and can create special offers and (customer appreciation) incentives to get them to come in...or keep them coming in! This is one way I want to show advertisers how they can evaluate their ROI and keep doing business with me!

I'm not techy at all so I am trying to find a place where I can find someone who can build or create a website, newsletter or forum that I can use to tie this all together.

Keyword here is "nearly"...

Thanks. By the way, Martin, I can maybe send you an email and we can discuss what I could have done defferently:confused:.

I got so excited about this. And since I began lurking on this forum (about a year now), it's the VERY FIRST TIME I put my ALL into a money-making strategy/idea...because it seemed so possible and fairly easy. It seemed like a healthy step in the direction of my ultimate goals.

Like I said, "anyone else?....and how they did it". I'm not asking to criticize. I really do want to learn what I could have done differently.