Forum: Offline Marketing 
24th February 2017, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 181 In-Person or Email Proposals
I've got 3 proposals to deliver and I'm debating whether to deliver them in person or email. The 1st mtgs were on the phone, then we had an in-person mtg. and now I've got to deliver the proposals....
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Forum: Offline Marketing
16th February 2017, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 2,596 |
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Forum: Email Marketing
10th February 2017, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 312  How To Avoid the Spam Folder
I'm using an email scraper which has an integrated emailer to send emails. I created an email and tested it on Gmail and Yahoo and both ended up in the spam folder. So now I'm trying to figure out...
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Forum: Conversion Rate Optimization
7th February 2017, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 143 |
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Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings
21st May 2014, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 270
Views: 81,506 |
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Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings
17th May 2014, 07:18 AM
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Replies: 270
Views: 81,506 |
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Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings
16th May 2014, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 270
Views: 81,506 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
3rd November 2013, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,123 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
3rd November 2013, 07:17 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 930 Pay Day!
All of my hard work is really starting to pay off.
Closed my first sizable deal with a new car dealer worth $7300 yesterday. And there's huge opportunities down the road with them because their...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
2nd November 2013, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 982 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
2nd November 2013, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 982 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
29th October 2013, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,009 |
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Forum: Copywriting
22nd October 2013, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 602 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
6th October 2013, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 675 Re: Are you a liar?
I agree with you 100% Aaron. None of those have to be lies but I'm sure they are possibly most of the time.
I did 2 free consultations with 2 car dealers last week and told them up front that it...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
5th October 2013, 10:11 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 531 Re: Speaking Their Language
Marty,
The first appt I used what I consider a fairly creative strategy that I probably learned somewhere along the way. I called my dad's car salesman and left him a message asking him to call me...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
5th October 2013, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 531 Speaking Their Language
I've gotten plenty of snickers and teased on WF for my sometimes "verbose" language and it definitely gave me something to think about.
I just started targeting new car dealers a couple weeks ago....
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Forum: Offline Marketing
2nd October 2013, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 669 Be A Professional (Rant)
If there's one thing that really bugs me, its unprofessional "professionals" (aka "internet marketers"). Personally, I'm more interested in quality than quantity and its been that way for a long...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
28th September 2013, 10:10 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,374 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
27th September 2013, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,364 Re: Selling Advertising
That's extremely helpful. In our society, making excuses and bashing our competition is 2nd nature. I'm really trying to break myself of the very bad habit.
It would be easy to rationalize her...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
23rd August 2013, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 673 Re: Negotiation Tips
That seems a little extreme. I think negotiation is a fundamental part of healthy human relations. No one can ever get everything they want. Nor should they expect to.
Btw, that doesn't mean you...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
22nd August 2013, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 977 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
22nd August 2013, 08:02 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 673 Re: Negotiation Tips
Everyone negotiates differently and some don't negotiate at all. What's worked best for me is trying to get a good read on the person before starting the negotiation. Ask lots of questions. Are they...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
22nd August 2013, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 977 Re: I'll never refer you business again...
In my health food store, I never had a formal referral system and got lots of referrals. I tracked where all new customers came from. Once I started giving an incentive (free product) and put a...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
22nd August 2013, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,231 Animated vs Real Videos
I'm considering creating a promotional video for my local marketing services and have looked at the animated videos like this one: After Effects Project Files - Corporate E-Promo with Inkman |...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
26th July 2013, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 537 Local Marketing Idea
A restaurant client wanted me to take care of getting her menus printed. She paid me $200 to make some changes and to handle the printing. I convinced her to put 2 pages of ads on the front and back...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
27th June 2013, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 2,328 Re: Content is No Longer King?
Yes, I believe you have both hit the nail on the head. Unless its something TRULY unique and not just rehashed articles on dog training, why add to the clutter.
The reason I asked the question in...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
27th June 2013, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 2,328 Content is No Longer King?
According to Peter Garety its not. As a matter of fact he says (paraphrasing) don't waste your time creating more content. There is already a glut of content and that's the primary reason for the G...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
21st April 2013, 04:03 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 2,992 Re: Elevator Pitch
If someone approached me with that, my first thought would be if he's tricking other people, he's probably going to try and trick me.
That's a really good way to lose credibility IMO.
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Forum: Offline Marketing
21st April 2013, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 725 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
19th April 2013, 08:57 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,608 Re: Pitch Anything
Jason,
The only thing I've ever seen on this forum is people, myself included, lavishing praise on the experts you mentioned on this forum. But I admit, I don't read all the posts.
I'm a...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
18th April 2013, 09:58 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,608 Pitch Anything
Best book I've read on selling or at least the pitching part of selling. This book took most of what I've learned about it and turned it upside down.
Highly recommended. A must read.
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Forum: Mobile Marketing
16th April 2013, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 336 Time Article
Enjoy!
How Mobile Marketing Can Help Your Business | TIME.com (http://business.time.com/2013/03/26/how-mobile-marketing-can-help-your-business/)
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Forum: Offline Marketing
31st March 2013, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 1,730 Re: I'm a SISSIE and I need HELP!
I'm finding out that cold calling just takes discipline. And unfortunately discipline is not something that comes very quick for most people. It has to be built up slowly over time. I've got a lot of...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
30th March 2013, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 931 Re: Phone vs In Person Selling
Lots of good reasons. 1. Retail got old. 2. I had two competitors open up nearby which over saturated the market (Apparently they didn't do any market research or had really deep pockets.) 3. I...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
25th March 2013, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 2,992 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
24th March 2013, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 2,992 Re: Elevator Pitch
I would never make a claim like that.
An elevator pitch is basically what you would say when someone asks you what you do. Its the lead into a conversation but not the conversation.
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Forum: Offline Marketing
24th March 2013, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,230 Re: Qualifying Budget
And you have to wonder if you do say that enough (and believe it) it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Not in a religious way though. :D
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Forum: Offline Marketing
24th March 2013, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 923 Re: Offline Service Business Card Example
Claude,
Wow! That's awesome.
That's the first business card that I've seen in a long time that is more than a name, title, service & contact info. A lot more.
So it's obviously bigger than...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
21st March 2013, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,023 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
13th March 2013, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 822 Re: Small Business Owner's Biggest Challenges?
Those seem more like the symptoms to me when the real problems are that they don't work "on" their business. But good luck convincing them of that right?
My list is really what I perceive to be...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
13th March 2013, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 799 Re: Soft vs hard sell
Great point. Seems to me if you walk in and try to sell them a website you have a very slim chance of getting the sale unless that's their priority or you can convince them that should be their...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
13th March 2013, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 799 Re: Soft vs hard sell
Maybe I'm totally naive. I admit, I'm a rookie.
Did you ever have really good rapport? Did you ever try to build a relationship? Did you follow up? Did you provide value? That's my focus.
I...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
13th March 2013, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 822 Re: Small Business Owner's Biggest Challenges?
I totally disagree. I've yet to meet a business owner that isn't working tons of hours. And I wouldn't call the people you are referring to business owners. And the fact is that you have no idea how...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
13th March 2013, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,437 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
11th March 2013, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 971 Re: Marketing HVAC
I feel for ya. I have to admit, most of the people I've consulted with in business and health haven't done much. Some haven't done anything. It gets pretty depressing sometimes cause I feel like...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
11th March 2013, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 971 Re: Marketing HVAC
When you're selling products or services that take effort to be of value, that's a major dilemma. I had the same experience in my health food store. Many people couldn't even take a few pills every...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
11th March 2013, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 816 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
10th March 2013, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,708 Re: Offline Consulting is Really NOT Difficult
Yea I thought the same thing. Like most business owners, I'm sure he doesn't understand the "work on your business, not in it" principle though.
He doesn't seem like he's got a big ego though and...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
9th March 2013, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,708 Offline Consulting is Really NOT Difficult
I had a meeting with a travel agent Thursday who is having a really rough time. At one point he blurts out "I get phone calls all the time but they don't buy and I don't hear back from them". Then he...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
1st March 2013, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,304 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
28th February 2013, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 592 Re: What's the Best One You've Heard?
The guy was proud to let me know he does all of his own marketing. So he's either delusional or a liar and either way, I wouldn't want to work with him. Plus he obviously doesn't need my help if he's...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
27th February 2013, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 792 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
25th February 2013, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 2,452 |
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Forum: Mobile Marketing
19th February 2013, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 4,747 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
12th February 2013, 11:35 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,492 Re: Pricing Results Based Consulting
So let me make sure I understand this. I started my business 6 weeks ago, have little experience and you believe that the majority of my time shouldn't be spent setting up the proper business...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
12th February 2013, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,492 |