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Forum: Offline Marketing 25th March 2014, 11:07 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 867
Posted By ronr
Re: Printing/cashing checks for clients

ezCheckprinting is the one I use also.

It's kinds of fun to walk into a bank with 3-4 check drafts that all look the same except for the business name for thousands of dollars. The teller make...
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th March 2014, 10:33 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 867
Posted By iAmNameLess
Re: Printing/cashing checks for clients

If you're going to print your own checks you will likely need a laser printer, not an inkjet.

Some banks, especially in rural areas are still using the MICR readers so you may need MICR ink for...
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th March 2014, 03:32 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 867
Posted By midasman09
Re: Printing/cashing checks for clients

Go to a Staples store and buy a program called "CheckSoft" ($49)

With the first check you receive, enter the info from your clients/customers check (I have my clients/customers FAX me the first...
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th March 2014, 02:00 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 867
Posted By mak25
Re: Printing/cashing checks for clients

Maybe this is the thread you're looking for:

http://www.warriorforum.com/offline-marketing-discussions/627531-taking-payments-check-over-phone.html

iamnameless's post is here:...
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st March 2014, 09:08 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 934
Posted By Rus Sells
Re: Can I help him?

Crazy that I used Fire fighters and thanks for printing off my reply. Let us know if you go that course for sure. I'd be interested in seeing how it plays out!
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st March 2014, 07:48 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 934
Posted By misterme
Re: Can I help him?

Of course you can think of this through a different perspective too. It may not all be about ROI because there could be other hot buttons he has. Find out what those are and weave them into what you...
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st March 2014, 07:05 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 934
Posted By Rus Sells
Re: Can I help him?

Finding out lifetime value per customer, yes thanks for pointing that out.

As to your other point, any ad spend of the remaining 25% could be evaluated to see if it brings in any sales/new...
Forum: Offline Marketing 18th March 2014, 02:39 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 934
Posted By Aaron Doud
Re: Can I help him?

Seems weird he would be talking about a 10X ROI on one hand and budget on the other. Two very different ways to look at marketing/advertising IMO.

You really need to have a good sit down talk...
Forum: Offline Marketing 18th March 2014, 02:00 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 934
Posted By Aaron Doud
Re: Can I help him?

Not really sure why anyone thinks expecting 10 customers (not leads) for $1000 is bad.

At our dealership the whole marketing budget ends up at $200/sale or so.

And most businesses make far...
Forum: Offline Marketing 18th March 2014, 01:28 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 934
Posted By jimbo13
Re: Can I help him?

No Jason is right.

He needs 10 customers a month from you.

He is telling you he has a 10% requirement to see positive return.

You propose $1000 per month so he needs $10,000 per month which...
Forum: Offline Marketing 18th March 2014, 12:33 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 934
Posted By Jason Kanigan
Re: Can I help him?

Some pressure or new data has come to your customer from outside.

"Where'd this come from?" would be my first question. Said in a nurturing, open way.

If he questions "What do you mean?", you...
Forum: Offline Marketing 13th January 2014, 03:33 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,254
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: A Market That Is Far More Likely To Buy Your Online Services by Claude Whitacre

Yup. They tend to be in the top 5% of the industry. Certainly in the top half.

When I talk about networking, trade shows are one of the places I'm talking about.

Like I've said before,...
Forum: Offline Marketing 13th January 2014, 02:58 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,254
Posted By maxrezn
Re: A Market That Is Far More Likely To Buy Your Online Services by Claude Whitacre

Tip: If a businesses frequents trade shows, they can most likely afford & benefit from your services.
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd January 2014, 09:11 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 4,606
Posted By TheCG
Re: Sending Lumpy Mail

$2.07...that is the cost for most of the "lumpy mail" items.

Once they go over a certain thickness, they go from being a letter to a "parcel" and cost accordingly.

Lumpy gets attention and it...
Forum: Offline Marketing 14th December 2013, 11:51 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,142
Posted By theultimate1
Re: Added an extra 100k this year by offering this additional service - Giving back

I'll go a little overboard here Abbot (and I mean no offence at all)... I wanna make sweet passionate love to the first post (the entire method you've described), get to know it better, and be able...
Forum: Offline Marketing 11th December 2013, 04:40 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,142
Posted By robingg14
Re: Added an extra 100k this year by offering this additional service - Giving back

Hey thanks for the share! Always looking for new stuff to do :)
Forum: Offline Marketing 11th December 2013, 12:01 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,142
Posted By TrumpiaTim
Re: Added an extra 100k this year by offering this additional service - Giving back

Great share, shows that there's plenty of business for offline marketing still out there.
We just have to put in a bit of effort and get after it!
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st November 2013, 08:13 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,025
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: Probably like my greatest post ever...

I know lots of rich people...and lots of poor people. I was going along until I read this.

"Average people earn money doing things they don’t love. Rich people follow their passion."

That's a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th November 2013, 12:08 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 507
Posted By Brandon Tanner
Re: How do I rip this video?

I'll assume that you have a legal/ethical intent here (ie if the video is for your own personal use to watch when you're offline). If so, this is how you do it...

You first have to find the URL of...
Forum: Offline Marketing 28th June 2013, 09:05 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,106
Posted By ewenmack
Re: List for RV owners?

The question of where to get mailing lists of whatever
comes up occasionaly.

Twice today in fact.

This is the Google of rental mailing lists.
And this is just the lists for RV owners.
...
Forum: Offline Marketing 24th June 2013, 07:34 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,563
Posted By iAmNameLess
Re: Offline SEO tactics for 2013

Says the person who responded just to drop a backlink. LOL.
Forum: Offline Marketing 18th June 2013, 04:20 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,219
Posted By Chris Cho
Re: [Please help]Am tired of not being broke!!!!

It seems like you're not taking any action.

Knowing is not enough, you HAVE TO TAKE ACTION!

And instead of asking around on the forum for themes, go FIND IT YOURSELF. There are plenty out...
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th April 2013, 05:52 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,004
Posted By TheBigBee
Re: Caught the Milk Truck, NOW WHAT TO DO!??

The resolution was simple. I slashed my fee to $5,000. Rather than charging a monthly flat fee, I am charging a flat fee per conversion. If the laws of averages hold up, this will basically be a...
Forum: Offline Marketing 19th April 2013, 07:17 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 531
Posted By Eddie Spangler
Re: How to sell when you need to eat...

Suggest reading this book

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6602511/How%20To%20STEAL%20FOOD%20From%20The%20Supermarket.jpg
Forum: Offline Marketing 15th April 2013, 07:22 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 867
Posted By TheBigBee
Re: "Here's why I don't do SEO for my offline clients..."

I totally concur. Google + Local Optimization is clearly the way to go... Also conversion optimization is key as well.
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd January 2013, 10:05 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 595
Posted By digichik
Re: Craigslist guys

First, what team are you referring to?

The answers to your CL posting questions are here in the Offline section,
use the search feature and you'll find the answers you are searching for, plus...
Forum: Offline Marketing 27th November 2012, 02:07 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 576
Posted By Michael Ten
Re: How to record a sound file for Voice Broadcasting?

Yeah. I also recommend Audacity. :)
Forum: Offline Marketing 27th November 2012, 02:03 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 576
Posted By BeauJustin
Re: How to record a sound file for Voice Broadcasting?

Wasn't sure about Callfire, but checked the specs page:

Voice Broadcast on the New CallFire | CallFire (http://www.callfire.com/voice-broadcast-new-callfire)

The box down the middle on the...
Forum: Offline Marketing 20th November 2012, 11:43 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 3,569
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: I totally "SALEBLOCKED" a yellowpages salesman today...

Abbot: Thank goodness the Yellow pages guy was a fool.

Anyone with a brain could have turned that interview to their advantage.
You probably did have a better offer, and probably did have better...
Forum: Offline Marketing 19th November 2012, 11:09 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 3,569
Posted By dave147
Re: I totally "SALEBLOCKED" a yellowpages salesman today...

Great Job, well done! It can get annoying when you see clients getting ripped off by other companies. It can get difficult to remain "professional" about it. Sometimes it just has to be said, and you...
Forum: Offline Marketing 19th November 2012, 11:01 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 3,569
Posted By John Durham
Re: I totally "SALEBLOCKED" a yellowpages salesman today...

This gets my vote for post of the week! Love it!

Also good for you, not rescheduling the appointment and getting up and running it despite feeling that way! Way to spank the big bird!
Forum: Offline Marketing 19th November 2012, 10:48 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 3,569
Posted By BrashImpact
Re: I totally "SALEBLOCKED" a yellowpages salesman today...

I am SO PISSED... I would give my Left Arm to have a Crack at Yellow Books web team salesman like that as well as the Display ads that are sold in the Phone Books.

I mean WTH - How do you sell an...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st November 2012, 10:58 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 855
Posted By dostoy idiot
Re: YOU are important to business owners. Don't let them think otherwise! [A cool little story]

Thanks for the reminder. Sometimes I forget how much I am a value to the business I contact. I get one a-hole and forget all of this. Today I had one, so thank you for reminder.
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st November 2012, 10:54 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 855
Posted By stevemorrison
Re: YOU are important to business owners. Don't let them think otherwise! [A cool little story]

This is a really good story of why offline marketing does work. I have dabbled in it and worked with just a few people that I know personally, but really should market harder. Thanks for your post...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st November 2012, 10:50 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 855
Posted By npk
Re: YOU are important to business owners. Don't let them think otherwise! [A cool little story]

i've been marketing for some time now, and it's always great to read these "grounding" posts---great job.
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st November 2012, 10:13 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 855
Posted By dnjoseph1
Re: YOU are important to business owners. Don't let them think otherwise! [A cool little story]

EXCELLENT freaking post Abbot!

It's crazy how easy it is for this mindset to plague people when dealing with potential clients. Going from the mindset of "selling" and "helping". This makes cold...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st November 2012, 03:20 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 855
Posted By mjbmedia
Re: YOU are important to business owners. Don't let them think otherwise! [A cool little story]

Thats great, can I suggest that you should have been in contact with him within the 4 months time frame a) to ask him how it's going b) to upsell extra services c) to seek (continually)...
Forum: Offline Marketing 31st October 2012, 05:54 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 855
Posted By word12
Re: YOU are important to business owners. Don't let them think otherwise! [A cool little story]

You're also responsible for two people being employed. good job! :)
Forum: Offline Marketing 30th October 2012, 09:05 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 855
Posted By maxrezn
Re: YOU are important to business owners. Don't let them think otherwise! [A cool little story]

It's an awesome feeling isn't it? Now go ahead and sit him down in front of a Flipcam, get about 10 minutes of footage, hire a video editor on Odesk, and slap the finished video on your site,...
Forum: Offline Marketing 30th October 2012, 09:02 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 855
Posted By AussieT
Forum: Offline Marketing 24th September 2012, 10:04 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,495
Posted By kenmichaels
A $200 Million Dollar Telemarketing Mistake.

BBC News - Discover to refund $200m to customers (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19707697)

---Snippet--
The investigation found "Discover's telemarketing scripts contained many
...
Forum: Offline Marketing 24th September 2012, 09:53 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 702
Posted By vndnbrgj
Lessons From A 10 Year Old

So, some day last week (Wednesday maybe?) a little 10 year old girl came to my door selling the Entertainment Book.
For those that don't know, it is a thick book filled with coupons to local...
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th September 2012, 07:02 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,286
Posted By Kunle Olomofe
How I've So Far Closed At least $16,992.19 Worth Of Deals Without Breaking A Sweat...

The secret is in 3 simple words...

Getting strong referrals!

You'll find that if you get recommended by someone your new lead trusts (or even simply knows), that prior relationship will have...
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th September 2012, 09:14 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,131
Posted By Rearden
Re: Experienced Direct Mailer's ONLY

If you do multi-step mailers, make sure your offer nets enough profit to justify multiple drops.

Naturally, make sure your list is rock-solid, too, in that case.
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th September 2012, 08:20 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,131
Posted By Eddie Spangler
Re: Experienced Direct Mailer's ONLY

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6602511/50503_291673647080_2739333_n.jpg
Can you think of anything even more stooopid to do:confused:
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th September 2012, 05:51 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,131
Posted By bob ross
Re: Experienced Direct Mailer's ONLY

I'm always snooping around here for sure.

Sending a priority envelope will get opened every time, I don't think you'll EVER have someone throw it out without opening it first. It's just going to...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th September 2012, 11:26 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,131
Posted By kenmichaels
Re: Experienced Direct Mailer's ONLY

In my experience, it is not what you send... but how many times you send it.


Do a search for Bob Ross.
He is someone who does a lot of DM. and has threads discussing the best ways to do it.
Forum: Offline Marketing 11th August 2012, 09:54 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 934
Posted By Rearden
Re: to the one that had the balls to PM me and say, how dare i give direct mail advice.

DM bragging rights for sure -- but YouTube STILL suggests Justin Bieber videos after viewing your Mail Production videos...
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th August 2012, 05:25 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 2,011
Posted By danielsteven
6 Things I wish I knew in the beginning!

What's going on my friends?

I want to go ahead and share with you a few Tips/Tricks that I’ve learned over the last few years that have really helped my business grow!

1.) One of the many ways...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st August 2012, 02:48 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 744
Posted By Eddie Spangler
Re: HOw to deal with this client?

If he is not willing to invest in improving his business why should you?
Here is how I would structure this deal:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6602511/stfu_%26_gtfo.jpg
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st August 2012, 09:52 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 8,125
Posted By iAmNameLess
Re: MY TELEMARKETING EXPERIENCE! (COLD CALLING - IT WORKS)

Believe it or not, there are those that have a marketing plan just based on talking trash on those that are successful. They run their hidden agenda with fake user names, fake claims, and a blog that...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st August 2012, 09:30 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 8,125
Posted By John Durham
Re: MY TELEMARKETING EXPERIENCE! (COLD CALLING - IT WORKS)

Its okay Abott,. I eat haters like this for breakfast everyday, he's going to end up changing his username by the time Im done with him.
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th July 2012, 07:33 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 628
Posted By Jason Kanigan
Why Sticking With It Matters

I'm breaking this out of its original thread because the message is that important:

Consistent & Focused Effort Reaps Big Rewards.

So many people rush into an idea. Could be about making...
Forum: Offline Marketing 30th June 2012, 09:10 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 4,612
Posted By payoman
Re: Wow. Cold Calling works. $3.5k+ of new business in a week.

I have received quite a few PM's asking different questions, so here are hopefully most of the answers :

Sample Sites

Actually, I send through a couple of sites I have done for my previous...
Forum: Offline Marketing 24th April 2012, 08:57 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,393
Posted By Michael Bucker
Re: Been cold calling for 3 days now. Here are my 2 main problems.

The problem with any person you’re talking to is the same as every sales person, phone sales, face to face, selling shoes, furniture, web sites, services etc. First and foremost don’t over dramatize,...
Forum: Offline Marketing 29th March 2012, 10:36 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 5,627
Posted By John Durham
Re: What I Need To Make Six Figures- An "Outhouse" , Internet Access And MAYBE A Phone.

Wrong... it can be done by any person who says to themselves "God, what do I already have that I can leverage to get what I need"...There is always "something".

It doesnt have to be tangible...
...
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