Forum: Offline Marketing 
11th June 2014, 09:06 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,954 Re: Let's Talk Business Cards
One of the things I had to overcome was posturing. I had the cards that said "CEO" or "President" or whatever - and it was crap. I was trying to make myself look important.
As long as I kept up...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
10th June 2014, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,954 Re: Let's Talk Business Cards
Don't use 'em, never have since reading Dan Kennedy back in the mid 90s. Make them find you. The effort of doing so is a microcommitment and accelerates them along the road to buying from you.
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Forum: Offline Marketing
20th May 2014, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 6,682 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
7th May 2014, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,893 Re: Postcard Campaign -- Looking for input
My friend, that gives you a great reason for your call. "Oops, my printer cut off the rest of the website address, so I'm calling..."
BTW, my commission checks can be sent directly to my private...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
13th April 2014, 09:27 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,616 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
25th February 2014, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,614 Re: Direct Mail Postcard Marketing
I do a ton of postcards for real estate with great success! I use EDDM.
One thing to note, the message is more important than the quality.
I mailed out an ugly 5.5" x 8.5" postcard that...
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Forum: Copywriting
20th January 2014, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,335 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
5th November 2013, 09:53 PM
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Replies: 100
Views: 13,294 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
16th October 2013, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,931 Re: How to start a local consulting business?
Build a business...not a job.
Find the very best, high quality provider you can find. Doesn't matter what service it is - quality is ALL IMPORTANT.
They might be here on WF or on Elance.com....
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Forum: Offline Marketing
29th September 2013, 08:02 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,389 Re: Selling Advertising
This is such an effective argument Claude, and it made me think of this:
I'd probably tell the woman rep to go to a novelty shop and get a couple
pairs of "eyeballs"....when she's in person with...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
27th September 2013, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,389 Re: Selling Advertising
Not at all. Always use what you have. If it's a postcard, it's that you don't have to open it. If it's a magazine, it's that consumers keep the magazine, and don't throw it away....If it's a...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
27th September 2013, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,389 Selling Advertising
Guys;
I own a retail store that buys advertising (among other businesses.)
The rep comes in today, with a question (I've trained the company's salespeople several years ago, so she asks my...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
24th September 2013, 04:00 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,668 Re: Is mail not effective anymore?
"He gets around 10 searches per month and converts 9 of those visits to sales."
Those numbers are really tiny and unimpressive, generally.....but comparatively I understand that depending on...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
3rd September 2013, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 1,391 Re: They don't need you
The funny thing is I highly suspect that those actually making money selling these services are doing just that. It's the people that make whatever they are selling out to be the next coming of...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
2nd September 2013, 09:39 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,552 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
30th August 2013, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,552 Want A Great Job Tomorrow? Here's How. Really.
I see that some warriors are looking for jobs. I understand.
The following method will work. I've done it myself, and would hire anyone that used it with me. You will be the only person the...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
29th August 2013, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 507 Re: Customer Tracking in Retail
This guy needs to be sending them direct mail. For less than $5 per year he can send a postcard every month to a buyer. He's throwing money away by not doing this.
You can help him with this...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
24th August 2013, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,973 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
17th August 2013, 09:48 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,668 Re: Is mail not effective anymore?
Hi there,
Direct mail (when planned properly) is the only marketing medium you can test with granularity and monitor responses in a way that allows you to know spending X will get you Y.
You...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
17th August 2013, 08:29 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,668 Re: Is mail not effective anymore?
Mail is effective but is not as knee jerk as 'cold calling.'
Any product, any business, any service - they all start with "man wouldn't it be great if we could hire a salesman to (bring us money)...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
10th June 2013, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 2,533 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
28th May 2013, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 1,148 Re: US Postal Service Gone Within One Year?
Let them close down. Weed out thousands of unproductive workers bogging the system down. Let a private company take over and build a truly sustainable business model.
FedEx and UPS make it work...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
27th May 2013, 05:36 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 2,955 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
18th May 2013, 11:56 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,296 36 Different Ways To Get A Flood Of New Clients
Guys, I wanted to share an excellent article I came accross while researching the topic of how to use existing marketing methods in non-related niches to your own and take what's working for them and...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
25th April 2013, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,684 Re: Is this really the REAL secret?
Aaron,
You couldn't be more dead on. Here is a very simple example from a car key. Now don't miss the point.
I've had customers bring in their car key and say their key no longer works in...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
16th April 2013, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 3,321 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
14th April 2013, 12:23 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 3,321 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
13th April 2013, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 3,321 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
1st April 2013, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,240 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
30th March 2013, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,638 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
19th March 2013, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,650 Revised Best of Offline Warrior (click and see)
The last few days I have been searching the forum for ideas and I'll tell you
what... it got tiring.
So I decided to place a few of the kick-ass topics here so others can discover
them a...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
11th March 2013, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,134 My Campaign to Get LOCAL BUSINESS LEADS
Hi Fellow Warriors,
Last week I posted my POST CARD CAMPAIGN that I use to get NEWSLETTER service leads and subscribers.
That turned out to be a good idea - fellow warriors LOVED IT.
I...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
22nd February 2013, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 6,053 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
17th February 2013, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 6,817 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
9th February 2013, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,671 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
9th February 2013, 02:07 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,671 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
11th January 2013, 01:25 PM
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Replies: 81
Views: 14,188 This Craigslist Ad Brings In 3-5 Leads Per Day
I'm taking a break from Craigslist for awhile. I'm not motivated to outsource my work and just have too much on my plate right now to take new clients.
A lot of people ask for Craigslist ads on...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
8th January 2013, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 6,437 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
23rd November 2012, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 120
Views: 23,477 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
20th November 2012, 04:06 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,564 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
12th September 2012, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,229 How This Ad May Save The Bald Headed Barber
In a another post there was a request to help a friend who is a barber.
I'm working on multiple projects now so I took a break
to flex my mind in another direction,
and here is the result.
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Forum: Offline Marketing
6th September 2012, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 9,510 Re: Just started the 9x12 system.
Even though it looks like our product and the coupon book are similar, they aren't. The problem is that we're not comparing apples to apples. Yes they are both being delivered via the same method but...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
25th August 2012, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,692 Re: Craigslist marketing
I have to disagree... I make a lot of money on CL, a LOT of money. You charge cheap prices, you get the cheap people. What do you consider high and what do you consider low? In the first 30 seconds...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
21st August 2012, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 15,588 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
31st July 2012, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 15,588 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
25th June 2012, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,265 Newbies - Offline Opportunities
I am a writer. I have wanted to make a living as a writer ever since I won a statewide writing contest in eighth grade. :D
I know about social media, SEO, building websites, and a lot of other...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
8th May 2012, 04:13 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,527 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
7th March 2012, 04:47 AM
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Replies: 134
Views: 12,256 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
7th March 2012, 12:42 AM
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Replies: 134
Views: 12,256 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
6th March 2012, 09:52 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 12,256 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
4th March 2012, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 12,256 Re: POWERFUL OFFER WINS EVERY TIME
The power in this campaign is the proven results. If you can't back it up for a Chez Gerard, you cannot use it.
But use whatever proven results you have from an existing client. The better the...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
4th March 2012, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 12,256 POWERFUL OFFER WINS EVERY TIME
Hi Steve,
Nice job and kudos to you for sharing this openly in the forum. This is the post card headline Steve got from my post in I love Direct Mail?
"Let Me Double your Covers at Chez Gerard...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
3rd March 2012, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 12,256 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
27th February 2012, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 1,343
Views: 130,293 Re: Make $5000 per month and be a hero.
Hey guys, to those who wrote PM's or couldnt because my inbox was full....sorry! I havent had time to login in like 2 weeks!
Here's an update to my progress:
• Used a combo of...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
9th January 2012, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 638 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
10th December 2011, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 1,343
Views: 130,293 Re: Make $5000 per month and be a hero.
Hey Everybody!
A few of you have contacted me about designing the Jumbo postcard for you. I promised to do a mock up so you can see my abilities.
So attached, is what I have created.
I look...
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