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Forum: Offline Marketing 5th July 2015, 04:44 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,578
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: The best salespeople are extroverts

I've known successful salespeople who were drunks, cheated on their spouse, had mental problems, were mean, had speech impediments, never showered, had broken teeth, were hyper religious, were...
Forum: Offline Marketing 4th July 2015, 09:40 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,578
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: The best salespeople are extroverts

First, I want to thank Joe for bringing the subject up. Most people think high earning salespeople are extroverts, because that's what they see in the movies, and pitchmen tend to be hyper...
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th September 2014, 04:45 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,826
Posted By DABK
Re: Marketing Campaign Ideas

http://www.asicentral.com/asp/open/research/impressionsstudy/impressions-study-2014.pdf is the link to a study about promotional products done in 2014.
They tell you what percentage of the people...
Forum: Offline Marketing 11th September 2014, 04:01 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 2,936
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: Why most of your are failing and will continue to fail....

Something I see is advice given by people that don't do what they are teaching. It's obvious to some.

I'm not really an online marketing guy. So I can be fooled by some ideas that just don't...
Forum: Offline Marketing 11th September 2014, 03:39 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 2,936
Posted By Underground
Why most of your are failing and will continue to fail....

...Until you stop doing the stupid shit perpetuated by the masses here.

I see it time and time again. Dejected action takers coming to this forum baffled about why promises of the WSO's which...
Forum: Offline Marketing 13th August 2014, 07:06 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,007
Posted By Westfield1
Re: Looking for feedback on my first Cold Call Script

Thank you for your feedback Aaron! This is exactly the kind of critique I was looking for. I have made some changes based on your recommendations and have already seen an improvement in the quality...
Forum: Offline Marketing 12th August 2014, 03:06 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,507
Posted By Amanda786
Re: Competition's price is way lower and I am losing costumers (please help)

Hi
I believe this is the best approach so far as it covers all aspects strategically. And to consider these points can bring a good feed back from the clients as well. :)
Forum: Offline Marketing 9th August 2014, 03:02 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,507
Posted By iAmNameLess
Re: Competition's price is way lower and I am losing costumers (please help)

See, I disagree. I think anybody who says to not play the price game has no experience in the OPs industry. It's easy to call the shots sitting in a computer chair but the OP has success in his...
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th August 2014, 07:58 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 1,241
Posted By misterme
Re: Claude: Question About Giving Gifts For Appointments

It would take you a whole book but notice how I did it succinctly all in one sentence.

It's like poetry when Mr. Me does it.
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th August 2014, 10:39 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,067
Posted By ronrule
Re: Illegal To Direct Market?

It depends on the offer ... offers for credit and insurance are regulated (and there is an "opt out list" run by the FTC that marketers of those products have to honor).

Everything else is fair...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th August 2014, 10:42 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 731
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Myths Advertising Reps Tell You As Gospel

Myths Advertising Reps Tell You As Gospel
Ad reps are a strange group. They sell advertising, but never take the time to learn how to advertise.

I've spoken to groups of ad reps before. They have...
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th August 2014, 12:16 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,007
Posted By Peter Lessard
Re: Life Time Value of a Groupon client?

Generally Groupon buyers are bargain hunters. You would find many business owners that absolutely hate dealing with them.

Having said that it is important to consider the following.
Many times...
Forum: Offline Marketing 4th August 2014, 08:25 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,090
Posted By Jason Kanigan
Re: How do I explain this to my boss?..

What happened to Business Cat?!

OK so I believe in tilting the odds as much in your favor as you can.

Everything Matthew is sharing with us tells me the odds are tilted in favor of FAILURE and...
Forum: Offline Marketing 3rd August 2014, 03:44 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,091
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: Why Every Direct Mail Stat Out There Is Bullpucky

I think I get it. You have an idea for a tracking pixel, and think there is value there. Is that right? It would explain why you think that the number of envelopes opened, is a useful number.

The...
Forum: Offline Marketing 30th July 2014, 03:50 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 995
Posted By Claude Whitacre
The Best Leads You Can Possibly Pitch. Highly Likely Prospects. Claude's 3003rd Post

I hope you guys profit from this as much as I have.

The single most important factor I've seen to guarantee success in selling, is finding people who are highly likely to buy from you.

This is...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 30th July 2014, 04:02 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 730
Posted By tagiscom
Finally, Perfect Claude Smileys, Get Yours Here!

Yeah, l know some of you were in Vulture mode, but this is just a freebie, or smileys to replace the evil ones!

Enjoy!...
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd July 2014, 05:04 PM
Replies: 95
Views: 12,732
Posted By Ryan Rush
How I Get Offline Clients Via Email

Greetings warriors! Ryan Rush here,

I just wanted to take a few minutes and share some insight on how I manage to close offline marketing clients via email. I have learned a lot from this amazing...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st July 2014, 05:42 PM
Replies: 339
Views: 18,609
Posted By Paul Myers
Re: Warrior Payments

I may have missed it, but does this allow you to refuse affiliates, or to put some on delayed payments?

If not, it's going to be a magnet for the Chinese CC scammers and a source of huge...
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st July 2014, 03:09 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,995
Posted By bob ross
Re: Hiring Outside Sales Reps

A draw instead of a base pay is much better than just paying out a salary. Instead of reducing the commissions in exchange for giving a base pay you can offer a draw of a few hundred bucks against...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th July 2014, 09:48 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 3,194
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: ''You're too nice for sales''

I assume you're a girl.

During the interview, stop smiling. Don't agree with everything the interviewer says.
Stop acting like a girl during interviews. Act like a woman who should be taken...
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd July 2014, 01:28 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,749
Posted By misterme
Re: Putting prices on your site or not?

"Price shoppers." By definition, they look for the least expensive, most bang for their buck. So they surf to a web site looking for services and since they figure it's all the same stuff no matter...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st July 2014, 04:51 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,749
Posted By iAmNameLess
Re: Putting prices on your site or not?

Should one pound of vegetables cost more for an obese person, or fit person? The pound of vegetables would clearly offer more value to the obese, unhealthy person, so with that logic, it should cost...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st July 2014, 03:14 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,749
Posted By iAmNameLess
Re: Putting prices on your site or not?

In my opinion it is dishonest to change your pricing depending on what you think you can get out of them. I display pricing for a few reasons... They don't waste my time or sales people's time if...
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st July 2014, 09:37 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 734
Posted By iAmNameLess
Re: Best clients

I believe you... I do the same thing, but when sales are lower than my forecasts I seem to throw out the discipline, sell to them, and 9 times out of 10 I always regret it.
Forum: Offline Marketing 1st July 2014, 09:09 AM
Replies: 202
Views: 17,735
Posted By sbucciarel
Re: John Durham back at it....

There might not be the same owners of this forum, but the core membership is exactly the same as they were, with the same ethics or lack of ethics that they had before forum ownership changed. They...
Forum: Offline Marketing 30th June 2014, 03:00 PM
Replies: 202
Views: 17,735
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: John Durham back at it....

Yeah, Carlton is a class act.

(Now back to kicking John Durham)
It isn't about staying with your expertise. John wasn't outside his area of expertise. He didn't deliver what he could have easily...
Forum: Offline Marketing 30th June 2014, 06:54 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 612
Posted By ewenmack
The Asking Gap

Why women business school graduates earn less than men.

Babcock School Of Business graduates when offered jobs...

7% of women asked for more money
57% of men asked for more money

Human...
Forum: Offline Marketing 29th June 2014, 12:36 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 5,707
Posted By bob ross
Re: cold calling stats (17,000 calls)

More Data:

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Forum: Offline Marketing 29th June 2014, 11:45 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 5,707
Posted By bob ross
Re: cold calling stats (17,000 calls)

Good, I was surprised to see that the production for the days of the week are as close as they are. I would have expected more variance.

I also didn't think we would generate almost 1.2 per hour,...
Forum: Offline Marketing 29th June 2014, 11:26 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 5,707
Posted By bob ross
cold calling stats (17,000 calls)

I figure some hard stats would help some of you get a grasp on the potentials and realities of cold calling. When you say you've called 100 people and gotten nowhere, hopefully you'll understand that...
Forum: Offline Marketing 19th June 2014, 03:23 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,324
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: How do you explain your outsourcing to clients?

First, why would they ask?

Would you tell them if you had on site employees? It wouldn't come up.

If anyone asked, and they never have, I'd say "I have a few specialists I work with. But you...
Forum: Offline Marketing 14th June 2014, 02:28 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,573
Posted By DaniMc
How to build your network, make new friends, get business and awesome personal recommendations...

Some of you may have seen other posts from me recommending using your network to grow your business. I have received several PM's regarding this issue so I thought I would lay out my simple system...
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd June 2014, 04:32 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,507
Posted By Jason Kanigan
[Local Online Marketing] How-To Help Your Clients: Interview with Claude Whitacre

You're probably familiar with Claude, who's a regular on this forum.

Claude is a sales expert, but also is a pro at local online marketing.

Local online marketing is a subject I know very...
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd June 2014, 04:17 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,464
Posted By ronrule
Re: Made 80 Calls, Not 1 sale, What am i doing wrong ?

Anyone in 2014 who doesn't have a website yet doesn't want one... you're the 10,000th person to call them offering to create one. That said, let me propose a different idea... one that might be a lot...
Forum: Offline Marketing 31st May 2014, 09:14 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 625
Posted By DaniMc
Re: Working while having a 9-5 position

Be very specific in what you will offer. People should do this anyway, but most don't. If you are working 9-5 it is even MORE important. Don't do marketing "stuff." Instead, come up with ONE solid...
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st May 2014, 08:16 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,068
Posted By Jason Kanigan
Re: Do you do this offline marketing stuff entirely from home?

I am about to share with you everything I wish I had known at the beginning. This could be one of the most important posts on the forum, because it contains a TON of guidance.

It makes me angry...
Forum: Offline Marketing 19th May 2014, 03:04 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 800
Posted By ronrule
Re: How would you market a product like this?

Glass dry erase boards won't stain or show ghost letters, so that's a plus. I actually prefer just using a piece of glass on top of a matte sheet than a traditional whiteboard for that reason....
Forum: Offline Marketing 14th May 2014, 11:48 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 707
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Offering Free Shipping To Get A Video Reviewed

I just ordered a ton of receipts from Deluxe.com.

The rep told me that I would get free shipping (about $25 on this order) if I watched a video and called a number at the end of the video.
...
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th May 2014, 08:12 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 845
Posted By Claude Whitacre
Re: People Will Pay More if ...

People will pay more (and won't shop around) if;

They feel your solution is specific to them.
They feel like they are dealing with an expert or celebrity.
The believe that what you have is in...
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th May 2014, 03:46 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 428
Posted By SashaLee
Use This To Track Facebook Contests/Likes

Hello there,

This is not for everyone since it does require a little coding but you should have your web developer implement this if you run contests to gather Facebook likes:

2 Cool Things...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th May 2014, 06:17 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,318
Posted By barbling
Here's a free way to create a membership site without membership software

Recurring income is definitely a very nice thing to have.

Running the behind-the-scenes membership site in conjunction with WP isn't quite as adorably fun.

Back when I was less techy, I would...
Forum: Offline Marketing 3rd May 2014, 12:15 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,930
Posted By BrianMcLeod
Re: I have an amazing service but I suck on the phone

http://www.warriorforum.com/members/brianmcleod-albums-loudmac-s-profile-stuff-picture4050-wfbreathcure.jpg
Forum: Offline Marketing 2nd May 2014, 05:28 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 988
Posted By Rus Sells
Get a handle on it....

The spammers are just creating more spam then I care to take the time to bother reporting when I come here. Making people wait 60 seconds doesn't help the situation either.

My time is valuable...
Forum: Offline Marketing 29th April 2014, 10:23 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 966
Posted By BrianMcLeod
Re: Direct Response Postcards

Have you worked your previous customers for referrals yet? Most never do.

Don't neglect. There's money in there if they were happy with your work.
Forum: Offline Marketing 28th April 2014, 07:28 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,930
Posted By BrianMcLeod
Re: I have an amazing service but I suck on the phone

What are you bringing to the table that an experienced closer wants to see?

HINT: Steady flow of quality leads, $$,$$$/mo
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd April 2014, 12:03 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,307
Posted By PRQueen
Re: Email Marketing: What Service do you use for yourself/clients?

It really all depends on what the client's email marketing goals are. We use MailChimp for most of our clients. Most of them are small businesses that will never hit MailChimp's 2000 subscriber free...
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd April 2014, 03:07 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,307
Posted By kaleshwarchand
Re: Email Marketing: What Service do you use for yourself/clients?

getresponse, aweber, listwire, sendfree got to checkout mailchip now, For managing its ususally they buy the service seperately and pay for the management seperately, cleaner that way.
Forum: Offline Marketing 23rd April 2014, 12:07 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,307
Posted By anikazaman
Re: Email Marketing: What Service do you use for yourself/clients?

I am using Mailchimp & Getresponse .Both (http://trafficreportonline.com/) are really very good.
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd April 2014, 05:45 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,307
Posted By cstorino
Re: Email Marketing: What Service do you use for yourself/clients?

I use Getresponse. I do like that they integrate nicely with most programs. Not crazy about the lack of style in the forms, however. I use this for online marketing though. I agree with...
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd April 2014, 05:07 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,307
Posted By Matt Lee
Re: Email Marketing: What Service do you use for yourself/clients?

I totally agree with this, but as for the email service I gotta go with nameless on this one. MailChimp is perfect for offline businesses. But constant contact is a good runner up. Awebber is...
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd April 2014, 12:41 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,307
Posted By MickK
Re: Email Marketing: What Service do you use for yourself/clients?

I have affiliates who do it both ways.

I would caution against is having all of your clients on one account with a list per client. If one of your clients gives you a bad list and gets in trouble...
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd April 2014, 07:23 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,307
Posted By tonyfburke
Re: Email Marketing: What Service do you use for yourself/clients?

Hey, we all use mailchimp as well. For 2 reasons, firstly it links directly into our wordpress gravity forms plugin, and second, it's reports on how well the email was received offer great insight...
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd April 2014, 03:14 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,307
Posted By MobiDev
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st April 2014, 08:12 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,146
Posted By kenmichaels
Re: Getting Clients without Cold-Calling?

almost there ....

Put together a cd or a booklette - better yet both.
After you get all the info via the squeeze page offer to send them
the info.

Tell them the info is free but you need to...
Forum: Offline Marketing 21st April 2014, 07:05 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,307
Posted By spalto
Re: Email Marketing: What Service do you use for yourself/clients?

I used mailchimp because they are free. Here is there free subscriber's slogan "If you have fewer than 2,000 subscribers, you can send up to 12,000 emails per month absolutely free. No expiring...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st April 2014, 02:48 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 503
Posted By iAmNameLess
Re: SEO Question For The Day???

Exact match domain, with 5 years of aging to it. Hardly any traffic to it since it is extremely low competition phrase. He's ranking for it because nobody else is trying. If he wants to rank for...
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