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Forum: Offline Marketing 26th March 2012, 09:06 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 6,550
Posted By HassanAjmal
Forum: Mobile Marketing 21st March 2012, 10:34 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 984
Posted By HypeText
Re: How to get SMS subscribers from website form?

This is a perfect example of the limitations of using a Twilio Based Service...Limited functionality.
Forum: Mobile Marketing 10th March 2012, 10:32 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 4,114
Posted By Daniel LaRusso
Re: What's the Hardest Part of Selling Mobile for You and What Tips Do You Have To Help Others??

Jason and Will R have flushed out a lot of the key things here.

I would like to add to this by telling you my mistakes and what I did to overcome them. I did like a lot of you have done or are...
Forum: Offline Marketing 8th March 2012, 02:23 AM
Replies: 134
Views: 12,277
Posted By Jgregory
Reply to Syncjam - about building a Proven Results Story

Okay, after a PM and the posts, we'll hit this one more time...

Nothing is free. Get that straight.

For any market segment, target to the market you are comfortable with... your own criteria...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th March 2012, 04:47 AM
Replies: 134
Views: 12,277
Posted By Jgregory
Re: [CASE STUDY] How I signed 30 new business every month for the last 3 months, simple and easy!

To answer your question and a few others questions... such as adding more sentences, here's more details and advice.

I have been using this merged headline post card system to do lead generation...
Forum: Offline Marketing 7th March 2012, 04:02 AM
Replies: 134
Views: 12,277
Posted By Jgregory
Re: POWERFUL OFFER WINS EVERY TIME

Please go back and read that post carefully about how to get your first credibility client so you can use the power headline.

This is a separate standalone mailing with one single purpose and you...
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th March 2012, 11:49 PM
Replies: 134
Views: 12,277
Posted By criniit
Re: [CASE STUDY] How I signed 30 new business every month for the last 3 months, simple and easy!

Kevin sent me this email talking about his CTA in the 7 postcards he sent out ill copy and paste it below:

The copy was a variation of the copy you had. It read "Let me DOUBLE the number of...
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th March 2012, 12:49 PM
Replies: 134
Views: 12,277
Posted By criniit
Re: [CASE STUDY] How I signed 30 new business every month for the last 3 months, simple and easy!

Awesome! Way to take some action! Now post back here with your results.



The CTA with the phone number, I have recently dropped everything but the "Call me at xxxxxx" its a stronger CTA.

I...
Forum: Offline Marketing 4th March 2012, 10:45 PM
Replies: 134
Views: 12,277
Posted By Jgregory
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...
Forum: Offline Marketing 4th March 2012, 02:16 PM
Replies: 134
Views: 12,277
Posted By criniit
Re: [CASE STUDY] How I signed 30 new business every month for the last 3 months, simple and easy!

No return address, and on the other side i print their name and address.
Forum: Offline Marketing 4th March 2012, 09:31 AM
Replies: 134
Views: 12,277
Posted By Robert Domino
Re: [CASE STUDYHow I signed 30 new business every month for the last 3 months, simple and easy!

Do you really want to start your marketing strategy like that? The postcard is so short, you're asking if you should lie about like 50% of the message.

I don't think so.

The big appeal for...
Forum: Offline Marketing 4th March 2012, 05:16 AM
Replies: 134
Views: 12,277
Posted By criniit
Re: [CASE STUDYHow I signed 30 new business every month for the last 3 months, simple and easy!

Thanks for the huge response everyone! I have gotten a ton of questions and comments through PM and email, I will post some of the better questions and answers here so that others can benefit from...
Forum: Offline Marketing 3rd March 2012, 06:32 PM
Replies: 134
Views: 12,277
Posted By criniit
[CASE STUDY] How I signed 30 new business every month for the last 3 months, simple and easy!

Hey everyone,

Over the last several months I have been using a Direct Mail Campaign (I probably just lost half of you but bare with me, its cheaper than you think!) that has gotten me an average...
Forum: Offline Marketing 3rd February 2012, 07:38 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,262
Posted By DP55
Re: How to get rid of bad google places reviews?

I actually run a service/interface which gets the clients good reviews on Google Places, Trip Advisor and any other sites (all legitimate) without the need for bribery or faking reviews. It covers up...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 31st January 2012, 08:58 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,140
Posted By Legacy3
Re: Is Free SMS marketing To Clients Good or Bad?

Great tips guys...and here I thought this thread was concerning another thread that suggested giving away text message marketing completely by using twitter. I definitely don't think that's a good...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 31st January 2012, 10:10 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,140
Posted By Aaron Doud
Re: Is Free SMS marketing To Clients Good or Bad?

That is a perfect way to do it. Simply make a guarantee of some kind. Maybe no money up front.

The key is not to come in at "free" because free leaves a bad taste in a lot of our mouths on...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 31st January 2012, 08:15 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,140
Posted By BasilInc.
Re: Is Free SMS marketing To Clients Good or Bad?

I sell the service for $1 for the 1st month so I can get them set up with a subscription payment right away.
But before I take on that client I make sure they commit to the program the 1st month.
...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 30th January 2012, 05:50 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,140
Posted By WillR
Re: Is Free SMS marketing To Clients Good or Bad?

No one can argue with results in advance.

You don't necessarily have to pitch it as 'free'. You could instead say "Let me prove it to you. Let's set up a simple campaign for the next 2 weeks and...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 30th January 2012, 01:47 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,140
Posted By Michael Pine
Re: Is Free SMS marketing To Clients Good or Bad?

I think free is great as long as you charge something. I usually work out a deal for a service where I may charge $1500+ for a website/mobile site/social page and will throw in Mobile Marketing SMS...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 29th January 2012, 09:59 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,140
Posted By UncleChucke
Re: Is Free SMS marketing To Clients Good or Bad?

FREE is the door opener....we use a Free 7 Day Trial on our website...and it gives us a way to call back in a week...to upgrade the client or at least offer another 7 days since they can build their...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 29th January 2012, 08:59 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,140
Posted By Steve Solem
Re: Is Free SMS marketing To Clients Good or Bad?

Personally, I see nothing at all wrong with offering someone a free trial, especially with something like sms that costs you so little. Small business owners are naturally skeptical when it comes to...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 29th January 2012, 05:40 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,140
Posted By wilder1047
Re: Is Free SMS marketing To Clients Good or Bad?

I often wonder what's going on with that method. It seems like the best way to land clients, but, it only comes up and washes away.. nobody really touts it like the magic bullet system it really is...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 29th January 2012, 02:38 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,140
Posted By staffelseo
Re: Is Free SMS marketing To Clients Good or Bad?

Sending messages is good for marketing depending on the content of the message. You have to make it nice and don't look like spammy. Most people got interested to messages if you will approach them...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 29th January 2012, 02:25 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,140
Posted By wilder1047
Re: Is Free SMS marketing To Clients Good or Bad?

Exactly what I was going to suggest. It's like ISP companies always sending out promos. Think of what your first thoughts would be if you saw the following two 'promos'..

"High speed internet for...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 27th January 2012, 06:55 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,668
Posted By midasman09
Re: How To Target Businesses For Mobile

Holy Crapoly! You kidding me?

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Buy their product.

After you buy it, you become a *customer* of theirs, and the gates
drop where you...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 27th January 2012, 03:56 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,140
Posted By BKH
Re: Is Free SMS marketing To Clients Good or Bad?

Aaron knows what he is doing here! I suggest never offering FREE. An option you may take is by increasing your price or adding a sign up fee and offering a waive of the sign up fee or (my favorite...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 27th January 2012, 12:39 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,140
Posted By lanew
Re: Is Free SMS marketing To Clients Good or Bad?

I agree with Aaron here. Once you go free, your image will be tainted. If you do that, believe me, (from experience in my early days) it will get around, and then when you try to charge a new client,...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 26th January 2012, 11:27 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,140
Posted By Aaron Doud
Re: Is Free SMS marketing To Clients Good or Bad?

With restaurants you could try something like

"Want to get your customers back into your seats more often?"

"How often does your average customer visit?
What would you say if I told you I...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 26th January 2012, 11:10 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,140
Posted By everge
Re: Is Free SMS marketing To Clients Good or Bad?

Local Businesses care about getting more customers into their business. You need to communicate to them as the authority. Giving it away for free represents no value to them. The perceived value is...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 26th January 2012, 10:16 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,140
Posted By Aaron Doud
Re: Is Free SMS marketing To Clients Good or Bad?

If you can show them the value why not have them pay from the start?

Free leaves a bad taste in the mouth of business owners and managers.

Free means you don't see the value in it. Free often...
Forum: Offline Marketing 25th January 2012, 11:02 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 3,828
Posted By Aaron Doud
Re: SMS Campaign Management - What to charge??

I'm going to answer the OP with a variation of what I always post when it comes to price.

First how much is your time worth?
Second how much time will you be spending on the account or the...
Forum: Offline Marketing 22nd January 2012, 11:01 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 825
Posted By Jgregory
Re: My Email Pitch. What do you think?

You want advice on an email pitch so I will keep it on topic.

1. Use a vetted genuine List.
2. Segment your email list by category: pizza, plumbers, dentists
3. Segment by neighborhood:...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 12th January 2012, 06:24 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 4,527
Posted By InVizion
Re: SMS Marketing: Managed or Unmanaged?

Yes, I use paypal for the delay billing. You've got it, use it as a last resort but don't start with it. I use it probably 1 in 3 sales. I hope that helps.
Forum: Mobile Marketing 11th January 2012, 08:44 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 4,527
Posted By InVizion
Re: SMS Marketing: Managed or Unmanaged?

I have developed a method that works pretty well but they are all cold leads. I lead with Mobile (SMS) but then I add other service where it makes sense. As far as who I call, I literally call...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 11th January 2012, 07:55 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 4,527
Posted By InVizion
Re: SMS Marketing: Managed or Unmanaged?

My pricing structure is pretty simple, $250 per month. My bargaining chip is giving them the first 30 days free to start making money, it works well.

(Do it myself) I run into that all the...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 10th January 2012, 12:51 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 4,527
Posted By InVizion
Re: SMS Marketing: Managed or Unmanaged?

Great information, as always! I manage all of the campaigns for my clients, if you wan't to charge more I believe you need to be full service, just my .02. I sit down with the owner the first time...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 9th January 2012, 07:27 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,304
Posted By WillR
Re: Any mobile simulators without ads?

Simple.

1. Create a new folder on your domain and call it the same name as the business you are approaching. So it might be something like yourwebsite.com/joes_pizzeria

2. Open up a blank text...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 9th January 2012, 01:58 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,304
Posted By WillR
Re: Any mobile simulators without ads?

Iphone tester will work fine for this.

http://iphonetester.com/?url=http://www.warriorforum.com

Just swap out warriorforum.com for whatever the url is you want to show them.

If you want to...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 9th January 2012, 01:25 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,304
Posted By Quentin
Re: Any mobile simulators without ads?

Here is mine

Iphone mobile simulator emulator (http://mobilesimulator.info/)

Add your own mobile website in default window, send url. Just 11.95 with full PLR rights

Q
Forum: Mobile Marketing 8th January 2012, 11:52 AM
Replies: 234
Views: 19,773
Posted By tyrabelle
Re: Weddings Go Mobile

Hi Syncjam,
Although you think things didn't go well at least you learned a few things about guerilla marketing (which is a good thing). The other thing that you may want to consider is contacting...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 8th January 2012, 09:06 AM
Replies: 234
Views: 19,773
Posted By rlhurst
Re: Weddings Go Mobile

That's what I did...only I emailed about 20 planners so far, and I got one enthusiastic response! Not a bad ratio I figure for just emailing. I did have a flyer made up that I linked to in the...
Forum: Offline Marketing 6th January 2012, 09:52 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 5,961
Posted By Jason Kanigan
Re: Why doesn't someone offer cold-calling in Warriors For Hire?

I'm going to post my prospecting videos because there seem to be a lot of newbies around who haven't seen them.

If you want to know how to make prospecting more fun and less painful for you, then...
Forum: Offline Marketing 5th January 2012, 06:44 PM
Replies: 88
Views: 5,961
Posted By Old Dog New Tricks
Re: Why doesn't someone offer cold-calling in Warriors For Hire?

Looking at your post and knowing you are struggling with something that the most successful pros admit to struggling with at times, got me to thinking back to successes and failures that I have had...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 3rd January 2012, 07:53 PM
Replies: 359
Views: 40,964
Posted By BillCrosby
Re: If Mobile Sites Are So Hot, Why Is It That Nobody Wants One?

Mike,

I have been selling SMS services to restaurants for the past year with good
success.

My model has been to offer the first 30 days free while setting up their
in house marketing...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 3rd January 2012, 03:48 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,552
Posted By javarog
Re: Manufacturers go Mobile

yes I do ,, that is a tappinn site
Forum: Mobile Marketing 2nd January 2012, 02:54 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,635
Posted By HypeText
Re: How I Sell Mobile Sites in Small Towns

Similar to the "Diner Placemats Advertising" of Yesteryear! lol

I am curious, what sort of Price Point do you hit these Businesses with?

We follow a similar strategy with a twist as we are in a...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 2nd January 2012, 02:44 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,635
Posted By midasman09
How I Sell Mobile Sites in Small Towns

I received LOTS of "Good Free Info" on this Forum in 2011 and I'd like to give something back to start the New Year;

I noticed threads on "How To Sell in Small Towns". I live in "rural" Oregon...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 1st January 2012, 11:54 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 793
Posted By Mobileico
Re: Is living in a small town an issue?

How many marbles are there compared to bags of marbles? I have to let you in on a little secret. If you don't have a portfolio, you have nothing, especially when it comes to your competition. A...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 1st January 2012, 10:10 PM
Replies: 359
Views: 40,964
Posted By techndu2012
Re: If Mobile Sites Are So Hot, Why Is It That Nobody Wants One?

like you, Ive been in sales and marketing a Long LONG time and in my opinion the perceived value just isnt there yet. Nothing has happened to make them "see" a demand, a need or a return.
DUH!...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 1st January 2012, 10:01 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 984
Posted By xlfutur1
Re: How to get SMS subscribers from website form?

I use openvbx and twilio and this would be a really nice product to have to put on client sites for easy mobile opt in. I am sure that this could be coded fairly easy by someone who knows the...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 1st January 2012, 04:37 PM
Replies: 359
Views: 40,964
Re: If Mobile Sites Are So Hot, Why Is It That Nobody Wants One?

Hi guys,

I have a few suggestions.

I sold two mobile websites for $1750 plus $500 worth of food vouchers at the restaurant.

First I go through Google Places typing in the keyword phrase to...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 26th December 2011, 12:23 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,356
Posted By HypeText
Be an Expert...

As I read thru many of these posts I am noticing, what I consider, to be a disturbing trend.

There seem to be a large number of people jumping on the Mobile Bandwagon...signing up as reseller of a...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 21st December 2011, 07:33 PM
Replies: 234
Views: 19,773
Posted By midasman09
Re: Weddings Go Mobile

I haven't seen this mentioned as a way to "Make Money with Weddings" so here goes;

A few yrs ago (2006) I noticed how many "Wedding Shows" were going on at the end of the year and in Jan. These...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 19th December 2011, 02:42 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,301
Posted By TheRealKG
Re: Best method for finding clients?

I make a group of different templates (including a fully functional sample site) that are specifically designed for certain "niches".(ex. Lawyers, Dentists, Cleaning Companies, etc.) I make sure that...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 16th December 2011, 03:19 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,787
Posted By Mobileico
Re: How Do We Prove a Mobile Website Will Bring More Sales to Business Owners

Nothing works if it just sits. However, unlike social media where you have to ask to be a part of it, people are looking for local businesses every second. That means it's basically automatic. You...
Forum: Mobile Marketing 16th December 2011, 12:11 PM
Replies: 234
Views: 19,773
Posted By 4webmaster
Re: Weddings Go Mobile

Yes nothing on other pages, no issues on iphone, video is embeded, there is one problem with video some old iphone not updated os can't read video, just a black screen in place of video.

Yes, the...
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