Forum: Offline Marketing
15th April 2011, 02:51 PM
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Replies: 2
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Forum: Offline Marketing
14th April 2011, 07:04 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 2,691 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
14th April 2011, 12:17 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 770 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
14th April 2011, 12:11 AM
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Views: 398 How deep are you getting in your first interview?
Do you turn a fifteen minute interview into a 45 minute discussion?
When I go into a meeting whether its at an office or any other place where the moment to sell my self becomes available I can...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
13th April 2011, 09:54 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,756 Re: Cold Calling- What am I doing wrong
Yeah a barter for 60 seconds is killer, especially since I know I may not be able to close a deal BUT I can convince someone I am THE guy to talk to in 60 seconds. I like that, great way to intro an...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
13th April 2011, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,756 Re: Cold Calling- What am I doing wrong
I was called by them....told them I sell online marketing in directories. They totally ignored what I said and pushed forward. I just wanted to hear their pitch and all that. As much as I told...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
13th April 2011, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,756 Re: Cold Calling- What am I doing wrong
Kirby pointed something out I think a lot of people miss the point on. When you say something to the effect of a false time constraint: "Did I catch you at a bad time?" it really is a hard fact that...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
13th April 2011, 09:00 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,756 Re: Cold Calling- What am I doing wrong
Lot's of great advice in here. I would just point out that a cold call in my opinion is only at first to know who the decision maker is, and how much are they going to understand what I am talking...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
13th April 2011, 07:04 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 2,691 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
9th April 2011, 04:33 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,487 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
8th April 2011, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,487 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
8th April 2011, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,487 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
7th April 2011, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,766 Re: Someone convince me to cold call
I really do know what that is like, and the whole topic is actually more complex than most people think it is; at least when you analyze the finer points. When you just act, then the details are...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
7th April 2011, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 2,444 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
7th April 2011, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 210
Views: 22,360 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
7th April 2011, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 2,444 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
7th April 2011, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,487 Re: Is BaseCamp the best PM software for clients?
I have experience in Project Management and I actually use MS Project; but that is probably over the top for most people. I keep all my project trees local and manage them local and then delegate...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
7th April 2011, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,318 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
7th April 2011, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,492 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
7th April 2011, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,766 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
7th April 2011, 05:10 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 671 Re: Your prices are way too high or way too low!!
All very good and inquisitive questions. No matter what you are pricing for customers you should have at least an idea of what your hourly worth is. There are just so many situations where the...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
7th April 2011, 01:22 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,766 Re: Someone convince me to cold call
If you know what they need and that you have a mission to accomplish - it's actually pretty fun to call people. If you think this is a gimmick, and you only wait for a reaction based on canned...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
7th April 2011, 01:10 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,794 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
5th April 2011, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,754 Re: Internet Marketer is a meaningless title.
MicroNet/Compuserve 1979
Prodigy 1990
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Back in those days, people used to mail newsletters in one manner or another usually with a subscription of around $1. This was often built on the...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
5th April 2011, 09:54 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,754 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
5th April 2011, 06:27 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,754 Re: Internet Marketer is a meaningless title.
Yeah titles are not really that critical to me. I think however, when you are writing posts and communicating in short attention span manners, people are looking for a way to pigeon hole the concept...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
5th April 2011, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 3,707 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
5th April 2011, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 753 Re: Specialize or go "All In"?
Yeah really doing a web site and marketing just videos for some traffic is already a great way to get at least ten new clients, which equals out to be ten ongoing conversations on what to do "next".
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Forum: Offline Marketing
5th April 2011, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 960 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
5th April 2011, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 210
Views: 22,360 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
5th April 2011, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,797 Re: How to pitch mobile websites
Actually if you look at the era around 1992, it was hell getting people to sit at a computer, and then getting people to sign online was ten times worse. So we used to talk about how cool it was to...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
5th April 2011, 03:20 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,562 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
3rd April 2011, 11:49 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 3,767 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
3rd April 2011, 11:46 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 3,767 Re: What to Do When Clients Won't Pay Upfront?
I have to mention there are some theories of economics behind this question, and thereafter some accounting concepts.
First, net10-15-30-45 and all those are only agreements based on standards of...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
3rd April 2011, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 720 Re: Cold Calling question
That is a pretty good list, and under 50k you are going to run into people that are looking for "quick" ideas. Call with the concept, and stick to that - "I create effective webs" or something more...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
3rd April 2011, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 753 Re: Specialize or go "All In"?
I will go in with simple ideas, such as an analysis of their web site structure, and also a performance analysis of their site based on keywords etc. Of course I really don't know anything about...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
1st April 2011, 10:48 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 700 Re: List of Upsells?
I have to admit, it got under my skin tonight looking up a way to order a pizza using paypal. Apparently if you are in the UK and its all fine and dandy. IF you are in the USA, apparently we are...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
31st March 2011, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,532 Re: What Do You Wear?.
Just make sure you feel that you look well presented. Most of the salesman I know where a golf shirt and slacks. Then there is the classic suit and tie, but either way it's about looking and...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
30th March 2011, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 542 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
30th March 2011, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,373 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
30th March 2011, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,903 Re: Telemarketing
So after all that, discussion. Here's my response to the OP.
Telemarketing holds the value of being FAST, other than that it is really the same sales and marketing that is contained in all your...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
30th March 2011, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 690 Re: A valuable tip and a little help wanted
Nice tip, but you might want to ask this in the programming thread as well. There are a ton of popover and popbehind scripts out there. Depends on what system you are using, for instance WP uses...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
30th March 2011, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,903 Re: Telemarketing
At its worst direct mailing as a 2% return and telemarketing has a 5% return. And that is if you are doing a really bad job with it.
Actually, people are not as scared to talk to people as they...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
29th March 2011, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,983 Re: Online ordering for pizza delivery
You might find that their credit card handling service has a way to process online orders, all you need to do is hook it up to a order/processing form by talking to their processor support; obviously...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
29th March 2011, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 3,767 |
Forum: Offline Marketing
29th March 2011, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 3,767 Re: What to Do When Clients Won't Pay Upfront?
It's fine to do NET 30 or even NET 15 - but a retainer of 30% to 50% is also totally normal. So, if they want you to work hours that are worth $50 to $150 just for you to concentrate on them and not...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
28th March 2011, 11:39 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 608 |
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
28th March 2011, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 608 Re: Our Adwords get Banned...help !
Actually I got the same thing, funny part is that I have not been running any ads since 2008. I think you can do some things like clear out whatever it is they did not like and then send a letter -...
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Forum: Mind Warriors
28th March 2011, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 91
Views: 5,072 Re: Law of Attraction NEVER Works..... For Me
Actually, I think I may have mentioned this before but Issac Newton was a full blown expert in the LOA. He translated the law into English and here it is:
Now while this can address many...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
27th March 2011, 11:37 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,241 Re: WORD PRESS: "DO I like Green Eggs and Ham"?
It always make me giggle a bit about when people think of this as a blog. WordPress.com is a blog. Wordpress.org is a CMS that happens to have a nifty blog inside it. It comes default setup as a...
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Forum: Mind Warriors
27th March 2011, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 91
Views: 5,072 Re: Law of Attraction NEVER Works..... For Me
Very good point, and also a derivative maxim descendant from the law of commerce. So...where is your evidence since this thread is your claim and interest?
The law of attraction is actually a Law...
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Forum: Mind Warriors
27th March 2011, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 91
Views: 5,072 Re: Law of Attraction NEVER Works..... For Me
Interesting point here. Newton discovered gravity while studying the law of attraction. In fact Newton was one of the few people who had translated it into English.
I started studying the...
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Forum: Mind Warriors
27th March 2011, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 91
Views: 5,072 Re: Law of Attraction NEVER Works..... For Me
I have been using the law of "attraction" for quite awhile and it works fine. For one thing, it's a law - not a device. What that ought to mean to anyone is that it does not DO anything, it just...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
25th March 2011, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 67
Views: 7,622 Re: Cheapest Way To Forward Calls
Yeah, I use Skype with several numbers and I can have all of them forward to a cell. Each one that has a SkypeOut package on it always comes with the forwarding capability as well as other features.
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Forum: Offline Marketing
25th March 2011, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 582 Re: What is goal?
I still daydream about my own private death squad. Nothing fancy, but about six guys that make Macguyver look bad. Of course I will need a private Island, a fancy yacht with an "escape pod" and I...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
25th March 2011, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 210
Views: 22,360 |