Offline Marketing

Please see the following guides to our community: Warrior Forum Rules & Etiquette for Posting WSO Marketplace Rules List of the best all in one, knowledge compendium threads You are ... [read more]

1. Online Branding ?--? Research your audience. To build your brand online, you must first have a clear understanding of your audience, especially before you begin creating content strategies and ... [read more]

TVAdPlanner.com is a beta service by Comcast for Small Businesses, has anyone tried it?

I have a client that is a video editor. He does phenomenal work. He's had 2 paying gigs so far. It's been a hobby until recently. I've gone through the ... [read more]

Marketing mistakes come in many sizes. The Cleveland Balloon Fast of 1986 (google that phrase) was a big one: releasing 1.5 balloons on a rainy day will cost you 650000 ... [read more]

I'm a longtime WF member but need some thoughts on expanding my offline business. My business is running comic conventions and I have a largest one-day comic con in Texas. ... [read more]

It's my view that most resistance and fear of sales comes from the belief that selling is a win/lose game, or that your job is to convince and sell to ... [read more]

Who are some of the business people and marketers that don't get the credit they deserve? I think at the top of my list is JC Penney. He was the ... [read more]

I ran into a guy who sells sound-proofing windows... Way they find clients: they go to tripadvisor.com and read hotel reviews. When they find one that has complaints about noise ... [read more]

Hello I joined a new startup that sales real estate software. I am on a probationary period for 90 days. I have been here for 30 days now and have ... [read more]

I was reading about Musk and I paraphrase this quote from him: "I would not have been able to do what I did not start in California. Other places simply ... [read more]

Good morning everyone! I thought this would be an appropriate place to get some discussion about this. Looking for some ideas for promoting bounce house rentals? I've acquired bunch from ... [read more]

Hi, I spent the last few years in school and am slowly planning to transition back to the private sector over the next few years. The more I'm learning, the ... [read more]

Hi we are a start-up company, trying to make sale on our software products. Could anyone please recommend a highly effective non-paid offline marketing techniques to apply on our marketing ... [read more]

My company provides niche advertising services to businesses looking to get in front of hotel guests/travelers. Our main clients are retail shops, restaurants/bars, nightlife, beauty salons/spas, barber shops, auto repair, ... [read more]

I just got done reading an excellent post on the 4 things you must never say to a customer. And now here is my addition to that. Never criticize a ... [read more]

Disclaimer: People who haven't cold called need not to respond. Thanks. Product/Service: Organic Lead Generation aka SEO. Hey guys, so i feel pretty good that i actually had a productive ... [read more]

Hi, We are a promotional products distributor and are looking to develop our product range. There are obviously some factors that come into place when we are looking to add ... [read more]

Hello everyone, I am an engineer who has joined our very small family engineering firm. We are an OEM that does furnace control systems (PLC, SCADA), custom control systems, piping ... [read more]

Hiya Warriors, Today you'll learn how to easily find the business owners name if you are calling 25 seat and under enterprises. You can think of this method for getting ... [read more]

I recently got a website that produces 400-500 calls a month for a car service (luxury). I was wondering if anyone had any experience with selling these kind of leads ... [read more]

Hi, I am in the food tour business. I spent a fortune on facebook ad and adword but hardly getting any client, I can no longer afford it. I have ... [read more]

I'm going to give you just a few tried and tested pieces of advice. Having run our businesses for 25 years we learned early that there are 3 things you ... [read more]

I was born to a poor family. All my relatives were poor. Nobody went to college. Some were on disability (for reasons I never understood) or they worked at a ... [read more]

Hi all, I've been reading about proximity marketing recently, and decided to wander around 2 city centres with my bluetooth enabled, to see what pops up. Nothing. Not one notification. ... [read more]

A prospective buyer pays you that compliment: "You're a great salesperson!" You might be flattered. You might thank them for the compliment. You might tell them if it helps them ... [read more]

Hi. I am a web designer that is getting into lead generation. I have read many great posts on here about lead generation and I really appreciate all the help ... [read more]

I am John Durham. I have more thanks to my name than actual posts. This is my 6000th post and I doubt that I will ever reach 7,000, because, since ... [read more]

I've placed the Google Beacon in several of my clients businesses including bars and restaurants. What is exact purpose of these? I've seen some locations have activated them somehow and ... [read more]

Has anyone done or heard of a successful shared mailer in an envelope with three or more businesses? I've done two business in an envelope before and it works great. ... [read more]

Hi all. I am getting into lead generation for local niche businesses. Mostly for contractor types like Roofers or Deck Builders or Landscapers etc. I was wondering earlier about how ... [read more]

Theres a thread on the sales subreddit discussing persistence even after several "no's" when making cold calls. Some industries instruct their reps to continue pressing until the prospect either buys ... [read more]

I'm trying to come up with ideas for a compelling offer that does NOT include a price discount or a "preferred rate". Could anybody post some examples? Any business any ... [read more]

Hello all, I am trying to find a thread that I read years ago. If anyone has an idea of where it is could you tell me? Here is what ... [read more]

I met an older salesman the other night, he told me about a sales line he's used to give the prospective buyer justification to spend the money, if he has ... [read more]

I had an idea for local businesses to get more foot traffic by discounting Uber & Lyft rides for people to get to their stores. Have you guys seen something ... [read more]

Hello I have a client that is a character/clown/magic company. They do shows for birthday parties, country clubs, school assemblies, etc. A large part of who they market to are ... [read more]

Hi guys, For those of you who have used telesales freelancers from places like Upwork, Freelancer, etc., did you get them to leave messages when they hit the gatekeeper and ... [read more]

I just had a cold call that I have to share here. The guy asked for me by name, and then said "I'm reaching out to people who are already ... [read more]

Hello, I am a the owner of small custom beer pong table company that I have been running on the side for a few years. Over that time I have ... [read more]

I'm launching a brand new product and want to hit the pavement and canvass some local businesses. I'm obviously wanting to hit all applicable businesses within the same area at ... [read more]

I just keep seeing these articles and blog post about how people don't like to be sold to... Ughhhh. I call BS on "people don't like to be sold to" ... [read more]

I remember when Facebook announced that they would be making available beacons for businesses to use to engage brick and mortar's visitors back in 2017 and thought "let's see where ... [read more]

Hi all! I'm hoping to get some help and direction on how to sell a local business of mine (but can be done from anywhere!). It's been profitable the last ... [read more]

Yesterday afternoon I got a call from a young man that read my book on sales prospecting, and he was a little confused over what I meant by "Highly Likely ... [read more]

Hi guys, you might think this is crazy, but I've had quite a bit of luck using off line ads from newspaper classifieds in specific states, say for example Chicago. ... [read more]

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A few days ago, I called to order some supplies from a company I've dealt with before. I happened to ask "Can you give me a better price?". And the ... [read more]

Hi. I read a post by bob ross here on the forum a year or so ago about doing a 9x12 post card eddm direct mail co op advertisement where ... [read more]

We run a small manufacturing facility and have been managing our inventory the ancient way for the past 3 years; spreadsheets, late reporting... we would like to finally bring our ... [read more]

Does anyone know where I can get some reasonably priced drop cards ?

Hey guys! I want to test out drop card marketing very soon and want to know your opinion on what you think would convert best. weight loss niche. I have ... [read more]

Hi, My friend has been told by Google she needs to advertise with them to get her "Google My Business" listing showing, (or they've led her to believe that). She's ... [read more]

Guys; I don't know where else to put this. I have a Wordpress blog website...Claudesblog.com. My problem is that Google doesn't list any content from the website when I do ... [read more]

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HI I just started an Video Production company that create local business reviews of businesses. can any one suggest what is the best way to get offline businesses like chirpropractors???? ... [read more]

Dear all Where can i buy usa cell phone leads that are not in do not call list, also is there any site where can i download, see or filter ... [read more]

Ok..tabloid headline..but I figured I'd deliver some brochures to local businesses. And after delivering 3 brochures (just putting them in company mailboxes) ONE of the called us the day after ... [read more]