She makes $2 per Pizza

by midasman09 Banned
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One of my "TV Channel Guide" students called me and reported that she had "reached her Goal" today.

Rather than mention what her monetary Goal was (and get the "usual reaction" of...."dat's impossible!....yer lyin....never in a millyun yrs....or, Prove It! I'm just gonna say, I am VERY HAPPY that one of my "Students" has reached her goal with my "TV Channel Guides" program.

Background;
A few yrs ago I was sitting in the lobby of a local Hotel, waiting for a friend. It was around 5pm and Travelers/Tourists were coming in and registering. When each person finished registering and were handed their room key, I noticed that each one asked...."...any suggestions on where to eat?"

My "Idea antennae went up". I thought, what if there was a way to "guide" these Travelers/Tourists to local restaurants and especially .....where to have a Pizza delivered to their room.

These people were tired and Hungry so....if there was a way to show them who they could phone to have a Pizza DELIVERED to their room....I'd bet that it would not be very difficult to get a local pizzeria to want an AD that would be seen by Room Guests.

So.....I asked one of the clerks, "What's the most common question that your guests call for?" She replied that they call about the TV Channels. The TV System is different here than where they came from.

The clerk then told me they print out a TV Channel Guide and put them in every room BUT...they get lost or mixed up with other stuff in the room.

So....I thought, "What if I made up a TV Channel Guide that also had a picture of a mouth-watering Pizza on the front along with a Phone Number to call to have it delivered to their room.

Well....when I showed this to the Manager of my first hotel.....she went Ga-Ga.....especially when I told her I'd provide these at NO charge.

So....after getting her approval, I went to a local Pizzeria who wanted ON. I also went to some local restaurants that also wanted ON.

Thus.....a business was started and....because of the new technology I changed the program so that rather than just printing the phone number of the Pizza Sponsor I found a way to ....GET PAID ON EVERY CALL to the Pizza Co!

I found a Co called "Call Fire" that would give me a phone number that I control. I could re-direct the calls to ANY pizza co I wanted....and, I could use a "whisper effect" where, before the call was completed from the caller....a message was played when the call was picked up at the receiving end.

The message says; "Here's another order from Advantage Marketing!" (My busness name).....then the caller was connected.

And....each of these calls are registered so I know, at any time, how many calls were made.

Now.....if I were to charge $2 per call.....coming from Hungry Hotel Guests to order a pizza to their room.....would a pizza co owner be willing to pay this?

You Betcher Sweet Bippy. They'd just add the $2 to their "delivery" fee.

So....take a look at the Photo of our TV Channel Guide below. These are Free-Standing and placed in EVERY ROOM....next to the TV. The Phone Number is provided by CallFire and is re-directed to the Pizzeria who pays for each call.

If the pizzeria wants to quit....I just have the number re-directed to another Pizzeria. I'm sorry folks BUT....I get EXCITED about this technology.

CallFire charges me $1 a mo per number and 5c a minute for a 2 minute call (on average)....and my program gets an average of X pizzas a day per 100 rooms.

So.....thanks for letting me share this. Again....I am NOT selling my progam here and I do not provide "consulltation" or any more details. YOU can do your own Research from the info given and give it a try.

Don Alm
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  • Profile picture of the author TheBigBee
    Awesome you invented cross promotion between the hospitality and food industry!? Awesome.

    The FIRST thing hungry travelers would call the front desk for is about TV Channels!??

    Then when these hungry people with screwed up priorities go to search channels you show them food!?

    What a business!! WSO!!???
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  • Profile picture of the author dietmtndew
    wow that's awesome, maybe I can find a comfort inn to let me photoshop out "Pizza Hut" and write "Pizza Info" over top of the promotion they were already running before you invented it. When they get a Pizza from Ma & Pas they won't look back at the TV guide and see that even though there is a red roof Pizza Hut logo it clearly says Pizza Info, and they chose to call my non-existant (555) number rather than order online at Pizza, Pizza Hut Menu | Pizza Hut like the menu also gives them the option of.
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    • Profile picture of the author bluecoyotemedia
      Originally Posted by dietmtndew View Post

      wow that's awesome, maybe I can find a comfort inn to let me photoshop out "Pizza Hut" and write "Pizza Info" over top of the promotion they were already running before you invented it. When they get a Pizza from Ma & Pas they won't look back at the TV guide and see that even though there is a red roof Pizza Hut logo it clearly says Pizza Info, and they chose to call my non-existant (555) number rather than order online at Pizza, Pizza Hut Menu | Pizza Hut like the menu also gives them the option of.
      dientmtdew

      that was funny.. your the perfect profile of the people that lurk on this forum..

      here is what I got out of Dons post

      I am currently in the local lead gen pay per call.. now using creative ways that brings value to the hotel.. you create material that can be placed in each of the rooms.. then use callfire and charge pizza owners $2.00 per call like don sais..

      why I think this would work and work well

      I will tell you.

      pizza owners get bombarded with every form of advertising under Mohican sun, value packs, local pennysaver, display ads, etc etc

      and the common denominator of all of this advertising???

      is they have to pay upfront!!!

      so these guys are used to and probably weary of always paying for advertising upfront without any guarantee that the ad will even work.

      so pizza guy pays $400 for an full page ad some newspaper and hopes he gets some orders and many times he does not make any money.

      enter local pay per call.. and this positions you far differently from the other vendors.

      and this becomes a win/win and he just pays for actual calls.

      obviously one needs to add automation systems in place since price per leads are low but this is scalable..

      just some thoughts

      Eddie
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  • Profile picture of the author brik2500
    I love Callfire....been using it for 4 years now...
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    • Profile picture of the author midasman09
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      ".....comfort inn to let me photoshop out "Pizza Hut"

      Holy Camoly.....I put up a Sample....I repeat SAMPLE of a design I use and forget to blank out the reference to these 2 businesses and you want to go to a Comfort Inn or a Pizza Hut!

      Once more....PROOF of why I DON'T include any 'actual" pieces in my "SHARING" posts!

      Again.....I am NOT selling a product or program HERE! Simply SHARING some info with what I have done. It's then up to VIEWERS to do their "Due Diligence" and create their OWN samples and details and Pricing on what THEY want to do.

      My goodness....everytime I post one of the programs I've done....if I don't answer ALL the questions and give out ALL the details AND provide actual pieces.....I'm called a "Scammer" or worse!

      Don Alm....."sharing" IDEAS
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      • Profile picture of the author TheBigBee
        Originally Posted by midasman09 View Post


        My goodness....everytime I post one of the programs I've done....if I don't answer ALL the questions and give out ALL the details AND provide actual pieces.....I'm called a "Scammer" or worse!

        Don Alm....."sharing" IDEAS
        This particular idea you shared read like a creative work.

        You have great ideas.

        But even Michael Jackson got to the point where he couldn't pull the rabbit out to the hat anymore.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kilterman
    Thank you for sharing.
    I am not so grand as to look at someones income funnel for pessimism but appreciate you sharing your ideas with me. This idea is not applicable to my business but I never know where my inspiration will come from.

    Ewen Mack had complainers in his thread of sharing ideas and I wanted to slap mofo's as they can have their opinion but until their opinion pays them like your idea pays you... well.

    To everyone who will read this with negativity , I have read just as many unhelpful posts as I have helpful. lets make a communal effort to make useful , helpful posts.
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  • Profile picture of the author bluecoyotemedia
    Hey Donaldo

    dat's impossible!....yer lyin....never in a millyun yrs....or, Prove It LOL

    only kidding.. you know that when Don Alms Speaks.. I listen interesting twist on the leads.
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  • Profile picture of the author Aaron Doud
    I don't know why people find this so shocking. Do you guys never travel? I have seen similar things in hotels many times.

    Rather you like Don or not you need to respect that his ideas work.

    Though I wish his typing was less annoying lol
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  • Profile picture of the author xichabodx
    Great perspective & response, Eddie!

    I think with enough creativity & work, someone could create a whole pay per call directory-type business model with these concepts...or, at least, restaurants/eateries that take call-in orders.

    Placing material in local hotels in my area is something I'm planning to use with my local mobile directory. I could simply implement this with my click-to-call features on each respective page.

    How could a business say, "No", to not having to pay up-front for marketing/leads?
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    • Profile picture of the author midasman09
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      What if there was a 11 x 17 hi plastic display on the front desk wth a headline; "SCAN HERE FOR LOCAL PLACES TO EAT!"...with a QR CODE and some photos of plates of food an especialy a Pizza?

      I started with just a Pizzeria (See photo below)

      Now....this may not be as powerful as a display in each room BUT.....you could set up a website Directory with info about each restaurant and charge each of 10 to 20 eating places....$20/mo per hotel!....and get at least 10 hotels to display the displays.....$200/mo per eating place x 20 eating places = $4,000/mo.

      Cut it in half....get 10 eating places to pay a flat fee of $200/mo to be in 10 hotels. That's a nice $2,000 coming in every month and all you do is "SELL IT ONCE AND COLLECT FOREVER!"

      No maintenance....no fuss. You might have to replace a display once in awhile.

      Get 10 Hotels and 10 restaurants in 10 Towns ($2,000 x 10 = $20,000 A MONTH!)

      Holy Camoly.....this NOW get's interesting.

      And Puleeze.....I've DONE THIS! However, I'm NOT selling anything here. You will have to figure this out yourself and....the way I've done it is to;
      ...Make Up A Sample
      and
      ...Go Visit some hotels...then refine your display....then go get some restaurants. Well worth your time. Hey! For a MONTHLY RESIDUAL of a few thousand....this should be worth your time.

      Don Alm..
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    • Profile picture of the author IneedProfit
      Midas, thanks for the post. There are some good ideas and a lot of things you can take, make your own and integrate from this post. I laugh at a lot of the threads here, but I actually found this one very useful.
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