“You are being audited …” Words that can strike fear into the hearts of the bravest, most stable and level-headed adults. A federal tax audit is a fearful thing to most of us - and with reason. Instinctively, we know an audit will take time, create frustration, and cost us money. It will make even [...]
Entries from May 2008
How to Stop a Federal Tax Audit - Money Matters #24
May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
How to Write “General” Articles
May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Let the readers know what is in store for them by the ” blaze” in your first paragraph of an article. There are two kinds of articles; those which cover things in general and can be published at most any time, and current events. The best place to start with these kinds of articles is [...]
Tags: Copywriting
10 Steps to Success in Direct Sales
May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Every year thousands of men and women across America sign on with direct selling firm-Tupperware, Amway, or a cosmetic company-hoping to make money enough for new draperies, a new davenport, or some new clothes. They sell a little merchandise to a few relatives and close friends. Then they are through. They quit before they give [...]
Tags: Marketing · Sales · personal business development
Achieve Excellence in Sales
May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Most people are always striving to better themselves. It’s the “American Way”. For proof, check the sales figures on the number of self-improvement books sold each year. This is not a pitch for you to jump in and start selling these kinds of books, but it is a indication of people’s awareness that in order [...]
Tags: Sales · personal business development
Distribute 8½” X 11″ Circulars
May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Co-op Mailing (short for co-operative) means that two or more businesses share in the cost and distribution of a direct mail campaign. It’s kind of like having you and another non-competing business split the cost of printing, assembling and mailing an advertising flyer to a shared (same) market base.
Co-op dealing is very beneficial (and [...]
Tags: Advertising · Marketing · Sales
Get 6,000 Circulars Printed and Mailed Free
May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Here is a plan that will enable you to get your circulars printed and mailed free, plus reduce the cost of your own mailing to nothing.
Locate an offset printer in your area, or by mail order in one of the many mail order publications, who will print both sides of a 8 1/2 x 11 [...]
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Get Your Product Listed and Sold through Millions of Mail Order Catalogs
May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
An average mailing by a small, one person mail order company is generally about a thousand pieces, and many such operators rarely mail more than a hundred pieces per week. If you know your conversion statistics, you know that the order return on mailings is about 1% to 2% when using a rented [...]
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Have 5,000 People Direct Market Your Product In 30 Days
May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Many people market their products through online stores or e-bay but another excellent source for distributing your merchandise is by “independent salesman”. There are individuals who sell on their own and are always on the look out for good items to carry along with their regular merchandises.
The best way to contact them is through [...]
Low-Cost Promotion & Marketing Ideas
May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Promotion and advertising can be a heavy expense, especially for a new business that wants to make itself known in a community. Ahome-based business, however, more often than not, has a very limited budget when it comes to advertising. The home business owner needs to make the public aware of his or her product or [...]
Tags: Advertising · Marketing
Leadership: First step to success
May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Have you ever heard of a business where there is no leader or in a more technical term, a boss? It is quite inconceivable. It is highly significant that in every field of endeavour there is one person who directs them towards their goal. For instance, if you want to change a system within [...]
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