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May26

Buying Tips

Buying Tips

Bеіng а rеtаіlеr саn рrоvе tо bе сhаllеngіng. Thеrе аrе mаnу соmреtіtоrѕ аrоund уоu whо аrе ѕеllіng еxасtlу whаt уоu hаvе іn ѕtосk. Thіѕ mеаnѕ thаt уоu wіll bе оn уоur tоеѕ trуіng tо оutwіt уоur соmреtіtоrѕ thrоugh thе uѕе оf аnу tооlѕ аvаіlаblе аt уоur dіѕроѕаl. On thе оthеr hаnd, уоu mау асtuаllу іnсur lоѕѕеѕ аt оnе tіmе оr аnоthеr. Chаllеngеѕ ѕuсh аѕ thеѕе оftеn ассоuntѕ fоr thе lоw рrоfіtѕ thаt mоѕt rеtаіlеrѕ еnсоuntеr іn thеіr buѕіnеѕѕеѕ. But, thеrе аrе сеrtаіn mоnеу ѕаvіng tірѕ thаt уоu саn tаkе аdvаntаgе оf іf уоu аrе tо ѕuѕtаіn уоur buѕіnеѕѕ whіlе ѕреndіng аѕ lіttlе аѕ уоu mау wаnt. Continue reading →

Learn to Manage You Money

May6

Learn to Manage You Money

Learn to Manage You Money

Thеrе аrе mаnу реорlе, ѕоmе rіght nеxt dооr tо уоu, whо nееd mоnеу but саnnоt gеt а trаdіtіоnаl lоаn. And, уоu, mау hаvе јuѕt whаt thеу nееd – mоnеу. If уоu аrе оnе оf thе fеw реорlе whо hаvе lеаrnеd hоw tо mаnаgе уоur mоnеу аnd hаvе ѕаvеd thrоughоut уоur lіfе. Yоu mіght bе а gооd саndіdаtе tо lеаrn hоw tо bесоmе а lоаn ѕhаrk. Thіѕ іѕ а реrѕоn оr еvеn а grоuр оf реорlе whо аllоw іndіvіduаlѕ tо асquіrе hіgh іntеrеѕt rаtе lоаnѕ. Lоаn ѕhаrkѕ tеnd tо hаvе а bаd соnnоtаtіоn. Hоwеvеr, іf уоu аrе fаіr аnd dо nоt thrеаt оr blасkmаіl уоur сuѕtоmеrѕ, thеn уоu аrе mоrе thаn lіkеlу gоіng tо bе vеrу ѕuссеѕѕful аѕ а lеndіng ѕhаrk. Continue reading →

How Often Should I Promote My Services?

Aug5

August focus: Domestic Cleaning Service

 How Often Should I Promote My Services?

When it comes to leaflet distribution, once again the key to success is repetition. Obviously, you will need to keep within your budget when investing in printing and distribution, but be aware also that the promotion will create income for you, therefore paying for its own costs. On the first distribution people will probably pick up and read your leaflet, then either respond, store and keep it, or discard it altogether. If you market your leaflet/flyer correctly the ratios will look like this: Continue reading →

Direct Marketing for your Home Cleaning Service

Aug5

August focus: Domestic Cleaning Service

Direct Marketing for your Home Cleaning Service

Leaflet distribution is an ideal marketing tool for your Domestic Cleaning business. In fact, it is a great way to market any type of business, no matter whether it’s promoting a store that you own or manage, advertising new products, increasing your brand awareness or even testing a mail order system. Door to door leaflet distribution can help you reach both new and existing customers.

Below are some of the key ways in which leaflet distribution can benefit your business:

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Making Money from Newsletters

Mar16

Making Money from Newsletters

Making Money from Newsletters

Writing and publishing a successful newsletter, and Making Money from Newsletters, is perhaps the most competitive of all the different areas of email lists, mail order and direct marketing. To be successful with a newsletter, you have to specialise. Your best bet will be with new information on a subject not already covered by an established newsletter. Making Money from Newsletters isn’t as difficult as one would expect. You just have to know what to do.

Regardless of the frustrations involved in launching your own newsletter, never forget this truth: There are people from all walks of life, in all parts of whatever country you live in, many of them with no writing ability whatsoever, who are making incredible profits with simple two-, four-, and six-page newsletters! So don’t let your lack of experience prevent you from having a go. Continue reading →

Profitable Sales Emails, Ads, and Letters

Mar13

Profitable Sales Emails, Ads, and Letters

Profitable Sales Emails, Ads, and Letters

Everybody wants to make money. In fact, most people would like to hit upon something that makes them fabulously rich! And seemingly, one of the easiest roads to the fulfillment of these dreams of wealth is mail order or within the professional circles of the business, direct mail selling.

The only thing is, hardly anyone gives much real thought to the basic ingredient of selling by mail – the writing of profitable classified ads. If your mail order business is to succeed, then you must acquire the expertise of writing classified ads that sell your product or service!

So what makes a classified ad good or bad? First of all, it must appeal to the reader, and as such, it must say exactly what you want it to say. Secondly, it has to say what it says in the least possible number of words in order to keep your operating costs within your budget. And thirdly, it has to produce the desired results whether inquiries or sales.

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Marketing Any Type of Business

Mar5

Marketing Any Type of Business

What I have found to work with marketing any type of business, be it an Internet based business, a Party Plan business, a regular type of business, a home-based business, or a Network Marketing/ Multi-Level Marketing business, is to:

BE SEEN

BE REMEMBERED

DO IT CONSISTENTLY

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Mail Order – Acting on Opportunity

Feb14

Mail Order - Acting on Opportunity

Mail Order – Acting on Opportunity

When commencing a mail order business it is important that you become aware of just how many companies are run via this method of doing business. It is a proven fact that dozens of small and large companies make great profits from the direct mail business – just think about what you receive in the mail! Almost everyday we get flyers and brochures from all sorts of companies selling magazines, books, clothing, household items – even vacation packages!

Some of them you may toss away without even looking at the flyer or brochure; some of them you may read; and some of the flyers or brochures you may buy from, especially if you know the company and have bought from them before.

A direct mail business is something to feel proud about. Just like opening a storefront – except this business needs so little investment and, with perseverance, you almost can’t help but win.

As with any other moneymaking enterprise – from working for someone else, to owning and operating your own company – the direct mail business requires energy. But it doesn’t take away enthusiasm or confidence. In fact, the more positive thought you put in the more rewards you will reap.

Decide on how much you want to earn, how much energy you can devote to this business and how much you want out of it. You can operate a successful direct mail business in your spare time, with very little financial investment, but it is up to you to make it work!

So then, what do you need to get started?

What you will Need

You can run a small direct mail business out of your home from the kitchen table. All you really need is a mailing address list, a few dollars for a classified ad that can either be placed on the social or classified sites on the internet, and a product that sells.

If you’re just starting in this business, you do not need to invest in elaborate equipment or expensive manufacturing. In fact, you may find several products to sell that require minimum investment and bring in a maximum profit.

Once you get going, you will need the usual stationery supplies such as a stapler, cellophane tape, mailing envelopes, address labels and file folders. You may invest in a filing cabinet and a desk. And, you will need to use a computer and printer to type up letters and mail-outs.

The most costly items are your computer and printer, but even when you have established a high profit business you can still operate it from home with limited resources.

 

Please read the next article for more on this topic……

Newspaper Advertising

Feb12

Although the information in this article was written a while ago now, there is still something that can be learned from it. I wrote this when I was running my workshops on how to set up your own business from home, back prior to the Internet. Even though the information might be old, the principles remain the same. Plus, you can still use this information in the larger newspapers that remain well circulated.

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What Should You Charge?

Feb10

What Should You Charge?

What Should You Charge?

When you investigate the products you want to sell, consider the price you can get for them.  Is there an adequate profit margin? How many times might a customer purchase your line of products in a one-year period?  Your profit line is the guide for deciding not only what price to charge for your product, but also the manufacturing costs and the feasibility of the item itself.  The only way to know how to price the item is to test the highest prices the market will hold.  To test prices you send sales literature with two prices.

The results of the sales will tell you which one is best. For example, if you get twice as many orders for a product at a lesser price, it will mean a higher profit in the long run to keep it at the smaller price.  However, if there is no big difference in the number of orders received, go for the higher price when creating your next sales literature.

Consider the potential of your merchandise and the product line. You will want to expand into similar products and you will want to make a tidy profit from the time you invest.