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Forum: Offline Marketing 13th November 2014, 09:52 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 2,549
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: I can hear crickets thinking

Don't we have to be careful that we're self-fulfilling the prophecy? By talking continuously about how the neighborhood is going down hill, aren't we prolonging and perpetuating that?

Maybe we...
Forum: Offline Marketing 10th November 2014, 09:39 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,297
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Question About Direct Mail Campaign

If you're only doing 50, then what's going to be most important is to make sure every single one of them counts. Hell I might not even mail them, I'd pay the $7-8 to fedex 10 of them.

But the...
Forum: Offline Marketing 4th November 2014, 11:28 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 2,549
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: I can hear crickets thinking

I think one of the huge issues with the redesign of the forum is I can no longer see which threads I've posted on, to see if someone has continued a conversation I was involved with. Now you're...
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd November 2014, 09:37 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 611
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Hiring Knowledgeable Employees

Are you using Odesk? I've had some really good luck on Odesk finding programmers. If you use that, you can typically find tons of PHP programmers, and people that have already reviewed them.
...
Forum: Offline Marketing 9th October 2014, 06:53 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 5,968
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: How to target, land and service $25k+ a year clients

I like the pure consulting model. When I'm honest with myself, I realize I'm way better at telling others what to do than doing it myself. It's why in the past I've always hired to cover my...
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th October 2014, 06:37 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,046
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: What is up WF offliners. Stopping by for a look-see

What has worked for me is as I put in my all-in-one post, do your research. Understand their business, how it works, the language that they use, who they are, what their ideal customer looks like,...
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th October 2014, 06:22 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,046
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: What is up WF offliners. Stopping by for a look-see

If that's the way I come across(even though that's about the opposite of the way I feel), I'll own up to it and apologize. I tell my children, you're responsible for your own communication whether...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th October 2014, 11:04 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,046
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: What is up WF offliners. Stopping by for a look-see

Is it though? Why exactly do we have to start from the bottom? I suppose I just don't agree with the idea that you have to break your head against bottom feeders in the marketplace. Of the roofers in...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th October 2014, 10:48 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 5,968
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: How to target, land and service $25k+ a year clients

I'm pretty obsessive about learning everything I can to give my clients an edge. I think that's so important. If you're an absolute killer genius at what you do, it's pretty easy to get clients.
...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th October 2014, 07:34 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,046
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: What is up WF offliners. Stopping by for a look-see

That's one of the worst parts about this forum. I see so many people trying to make sales who don't have the ability to meaningfully help their clientele. I believe in the opposite approach, how can...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th October 2014, 07:33 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 5,968
Posted By MRomeo09
How to target, land and service $25k+ a year clients

How to target, land and service $25k+ a year clients

I had a bunch of posts in this thread:http://www.warriorforum.com/offline-marketing/865224-offline-businesses-earn-1000-per-customer-2.html and...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th October 2014, 06:49 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,046
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: What is up WF offliners. Stopping by for a look-see

That's the key to real success in this business. Knowing your value and demanding it from the marketplace. Generally most "consultants" can only handle 20-40 clients at a time, so you have to choose...
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th October 2014, 06:18 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,046
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: What is up WF offliners. Stopping by for a look-see

I was just asking about you the other day, wondering how you were doing.

The shine is off, and people are dropping like flies. So yeah, the forum is slow, and drying up. Some people are out there...
Forum: Offline Marketing 30th September 2014, 11:52 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,294
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Changing my business plan-could use help!

This is a marketing funnel problem pure and simple. I'd recommend you go to Digital Marketer and learn all you can:

http://easym6.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dm_flowchart-600px1.jpg

Funnel...
Forum: Offline Marketing 30th September 2014, 11:43 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 916
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Price for Face 2 Face Meetings?

C'mon man, you can't really believe this.

Yes anyone can generally sell a few clients here or there. But making sales consistently takes so much more. The truth is most SEO work isn't brain...
Forum: Offline Marketing 24th September 2014, 08:26 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,306
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Help me make a plan? I think I'm ready.

I've also thought about it.

While Savidge has a point he was perhaps less than eloquent in stating it. The reality is 95% of people on here won't ever make more than a few hundred to thousand...
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd September 2014, 11:18 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,306
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Help me make a plan? I think I'm ready.

I know this probably isn't what you want to hear, but two weeks is a pretty tight schedule. It often takes multiple visits to sign the best clients(meaning the ones playing $1-3k a month). If you had...
Forum: Offline Marketing 19th September 2014, 09:26 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,344
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: I Really Want to See This Idea

The problem is that model doesn't work. I've done consulting work for some Val-pak reprentatives. This is a product that almost everyone knows, and yet most of their sales come from face to face,...
Forum: Offline Marketing 9th September 2014, 07:20 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,584
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: im going for 2k a sale - destructive criticism is better none at all so do your worst

Look man, I'm going to give you some tough love before you start down a path you're not going to be able to recover from.

You sound like you have very little practical experience ranking...
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd September 2014, 08:01 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 3,547
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Lawn Service Flyer - Help me Critique!

One thing we did that worked really well is custom postcards. They are a little more expensive but WELL worth it.

This is what you do, you canvas the high value neighborhoods you want to work in....
Forum: Offline Marketing 26th August 2014, 10:45 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,857
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: FREE Ways To Create Bribes And Bait...FAST

ODesk is a pretty good resource. I got some really killer infographics created for $30 about a year ago. $300 is just stupid. But between $30-100 is about the right price if you provide all the data...
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th August 2014, 09:23 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,168
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: How Would You Market A Computer Repair Business Locally

I owned a pretty large computer repair business, we had offices in a dozen cities.

Your money is in commercial repairs. That's where you make your money. The residential stuff is just for keeping...
Forum: Offline Marketing 18th August 2014, 12:14 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 7,727
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: How Growing Your Offline Business Really Works [Feedback After 2-1/2 Years]

To be clear I don't have a ton of perspective on how your business model runs. So I'm just guessing, let me know if I'm widly wrong.

This is what I would tell you if you were my client. 1-4...
Forum: Offline Marketing 17th August 2014, 07:57 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,446
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Here's a trick I used when I FINALLY built my business up

I got there with very little investment. I did some free work for some centers of influence. One client referred me to one, who referred me to another and so on. I very rarely did a cold call, and I...
Forum: Offline Marketing 16th August 2014, 01:11 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,446
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Here's a trick I used when I FINALLY built my business up

SEO with some websites. Then went more into lead gen, site rentals and appointment setting. Finally ended up with licensing. My first two clients brought in almost $4k a month. I went straight from...
Forum: Offline Marketing 16th August 2014, 09:32 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,446
Posted By MRomeo09
Here's a trick I used when I FINALLY built my business up

So I fumbled along forever in my offline business. I always made pretty decent money, around $90-150k a year or so for a few years. But I could never quite get beyond that.

What I finally did is...
Forum: Offline Marketing 13th August 2014, 05:41 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 739
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Business Sale Brokering - Accidentally stumbled on this

Listen I'm not a business broker, but I have sold a couple of businesses and bought a few businesses. Be careful, because what you don't know CAN hurt you. If you're reading this post and you live in...
Forum: Offline Marketing 12th August 2014, 02:10 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,423
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Question about Oren Klaff

For the record, I got the course, it was fantastic. But like Claude said Orem put his best stuff in his book. You'll get 95% of what you need from his book. Where I found it very interesting is...
Forum: Offline Marketing 9th July 2014, 04:17 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,000
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: medium sized business, within 6 weeks, they are making sales, need ideas for how to move forward

First off, no offense to you brother, but neither I, nor the business owner care about your personal side and what your personal situation looks like. This is business right, treat it like one. It's...
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th July 2014, 09:05 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,374
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: The Problem With Marketing As A Service

Again, I would say you're missing my point. Offering marketing services isn't in and of itself a bad business. It really comes down to your growth model no matter what business you are in. If you're...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th July 2014, 04:30 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,374
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: The Problem With Marketing As A Service

For the most part having a list of the Top 25 companies in Earnings per employee isn't as helpful as it could be. Chances are most of us that are posting on an internet forum aren't likely to be...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th July 2014, 07:44 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,374
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: The Problem With Marketing As A Service

Any business is more difficult without systems. Sure I've run into all of the problems with running a marketing consulting business. I've run into problems collecting, bad providers, bad clients,...
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd July 2014, 10:29 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,746
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Putting prices on your site or not?

https://redbeacon.s3.amazonaws.com/skillsprofile_work%2F14412%2Fexpress+ad.JPG.jpg

Take a look at the picture really quick. Not 1 in 10 people would know or care that they guarantee that the spots...
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd July 2014, 06:37 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,746
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Putting prices on your site or not?

One of my numerous business failures was a computer repair company called Nerds Next Door. I shut it down in 2010, the economic slowdown wasn't helping and It was too big for all the time and effort...
Forum: Offline Marketing 26th June 2014, 06:50 AM
Replies: 202
Views: 17,634
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: John Durham back at it....

Do you really think any of us believe this about you Claude, that is just patently NOT true.
Forum: Offline Marketing 5th June 2014, 12:04 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 3,020
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Things sure have changed around here...

Not everyone got caught up in the AP hype- I saw through his act pretty much right away. But it's hard to derail a moving train.
...
Forum: Offline Marketing 5th June 2014, 06:58 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,530
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: High End Local SEO - Where Can I Find Sales People?

If you want to hire good salespeople you have to approach it just like you would any prospect. You're doing a sales job to get them to spend their time working on your business. Sure others will tell...
Forum: Offline Marketing 3rd June 2014, 09:53 AM
Replies: 305
Views: 13,336
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: FREE Tool Stops Buyer Resistance

I think the more interesting question is if Ewen can still satisfy when he provides the answer. I'm pretty convinced at this point that it's not something someone is going to come up with. So the...
Forum: Offline Marketing 20th May 2014, 11:35 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,450
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Call centre business model.

Sounds like the restaurants I have owned/managed. :)
Forum: Offline Marketing 18th April 2014, 09:13 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,090
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Are You A Successful Offline Marketer?

Depends on how you approach it. It can be very profitable if you treat it like a real business. It's all up to what you put into it. Many people here pigeon hole themselves into one modality- ie I'm...
Forum: Offline Marketing 4th April 2014, 07:51 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,664
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Offliners, Leave The Plumbers and Dentists Alone.

I was not trying to be aggressive, but it's proper etiquette to at least point someone to your source when you're copying it almost word for word.

If it were me, I would have made a post, hey...
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd April 2014, 12:34 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,664
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Offliners, Leave The Plumbers and Dentists Alone.

Total rip off of Diego Rodriguez webinar with Mike Koenigs a few days ago. Not that I don't agree with you..... ummmm... him. I find it hard to believe you came up with these "original" ideas...
Forum: Offline Marketing 12th March 2014, 12:26 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,098
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Question About Business/Life

I really like your post Dan. Good stuff.
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st February 2014, 08:59 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,557
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Help a friend monetize his new Hot Dog Cart!

You're overcomplicating things bud. You don't need to be doing CPA offers, that's not how you monetize a hot dog cart. That's a low value proposition. You'll make more money by knowing what you're...
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th February 2014, 01:55 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 986
Posted By MRomeo09
How Grids Made me a ton of money

I'm documenting this for a company I own a stake in as I restructure their sales and marketing efforts. I thought it might be interesting for you all to see it. It's the basis of how I got my offline...
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th January 2014, 01:56 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 20,743
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Offline Businesses that earn $1000+ per customer

I've answered this before. Look in this thread: http://www.warriorforum.com/offline-marketing-discussions/885571-offline-local-business-search-engine-optimization-vs-pay-per-click.html

But...
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th January 2014, 10:26 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 20,743
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Offline Businesses that earn $1000+ per customer

I think it's the wrong question, although it's close. It's not enough to just target companies with large transaction values. Isn't it better to target larger companies period? I posted this earlier...
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th January 2014, 08:35 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 4,316
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: An Example Of What To Do When In A Very Competitive Market

And in that is one of the dirty little secrets that no one talks about. In many industries the traffic you receive can be VERY small, even if you're in the #1 position. There just aren't that many...
Forum: Offline Marketing 24th January 2014, 09:40 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 4,316
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: An Example Of What To Do When In A Very Competitive Market

It's very true. My budget is fairly small but I live the lifestyle I choose. It's not a true measure of wealth. A better measure would be net worth, ongoing IRR of investments, etc.



More or...
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd January 2014, 09:02 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 4,316
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: An Example Of What To Do When In A Very Competitive Market

That definitely makes it a lot clearer. I have done the same sort of thing, and yes it's quite nice when it works. Ok, I take it back you've monetized it pretty well. Because what you're actually...
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd January 2014, 08:42 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 715
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: What next after you've used direct mail, newspaper ads and Yellow Pages advertising?

I felt kind of bad after I posted it, because I don't want to steal Ewen's thunder.

Thanks!
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd January 2014, 07:35 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 4,316
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: An Example Of What To Do When In A Very Competitive Market

I started my path into SEO back in 1996. I have a few years on you. However, the first few by todays standards were straight out black hat. Stuffing and spam linking were then allowed.
1997 Me and...
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd January 2014, 05:47 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 715
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: What next after you've used direct mail, newspaper ads and Yellow Pages advertising?

Now it depends on what type of product you're offering.

First off those aren't the only channels that I would consider viable for most businesses. Have you looked at Facebook PPC(I love that you...
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd January 2014, 01:08 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 4,316
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: An Example Of What To Do When In A Very Competitive Market

First off brother, I'm going to give you some tough love. I hope you're ok with that. And I'll tell you my friend, you don't value yourself highly enough. You just don't. If you're really good at SEO...
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd January 2014, 08:14 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,469
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Offline Local Business: SEO vs. PPC?

It's really not that hard. There are multiple ways to get this information. For me I typically use InfoUsa and just buy a list. I can choose almost anything. For instance a list I pulled yesterday...
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd January 2014, 05:37 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,469
Posted By MRomeo09
Re: Offline Local Business: SEO vs. PPC?

Trying to see if I can get it scheduled. We'll see, will let you know if I go. I generally keep a low profile at these things. I was more into getting up on stage in my 20's and 30's now I'm more...
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