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Old December 24, 2009, 11:26 AM
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Default Re: What Would You Say?

Having no wheels is a bummer so,....here's a couple of ideas that could be done by walking;

1) Walk to a Pizza biz (I've done this with Dominos and Little Caesar's. They have independent owners who don't have to get permission from "Headquarters")....tell the owner you have a program that is FREE to him and could bring him LOTS of biz....and you'd like to explain it to him.
If he appears interested show him the Card I can send you. It has 20, 2 for 1 Pizzas on it. Buy 1, Get 1 Free. (So, if anyone buys a $15 pizza, they get a $15 pizza FREE) This means a card with 20 freebies on it would have a value of $300.
You go door-to-door selling these Cards for $20 each.
(I can tell you where to get 1,000 Cards printed for $20)

2) Walk to an Auto Repair biz. Tell the owner you can bring him LOTS of biz. You show him a Card that is good for 6 Free Oil Changes over the next 2 years. The reason why he'd go for this is to get the "Repair Work" they find when giving the Free Oil Change ($28 value)
I usually got 2 Auto Repair places to do this to spread it out. Don't contact the "Oil Change" franchises....just independent Service Garages.
You can sell these door-to-door for an EASY 20bux.

3) Same with a Video Rental Store; 20 - Rent 1 Video, Get 1 Free offers. The biz gets more business and maybe NEW business.
Again...sell door-to-door for $20 each

If you're serious about looking into these, let me know and I can send you PDF's to print out and where to get the Cards made for peanuts (Top Quality also)

Heck....I took 1 guy out, showed him the Pizza Card thingee and he averaged 25 a day ($500 a Day) Then another guy (in a different town and time) how to sell the "Free Oil Change" thingee and he too sold 20 to 30 a day.

So...it's work BUT....it can be done and is probably being done, somewhere in our country now.

Let me know....I WILL help you all I can,

Don Alm
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Old December 26, 2009, 03:02 PM
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Default Re: Here's one that can be done by Phone

Medical Doctor Offices, Dentist Offices, Chiropractor Offices....all have one thing in common;

They schedule their Patients for an APPOINTMENT at a Certain Time and Day!

Now....patients are "regular human beings"....they are living their lives and SOME need to be "Reminded" of their upcoming Appointment otherwise, they could forget about it.

When a Patient misses a scheduled appointment, the Office misses the Income from that appt and it must be re-scheduled....causing inconvenience for the Office AND Patient.

So...an answer to this is....To Provide an "Appointment Reminder Service"!

This involves your receiving a List of Names & Phone #s of patients and their scheduled appt times.

You then phone these Patients a day or 2 prior to their appt....thus Reminding them of the Appt Time.

Now....
1) some offices do not do "Reminders".....they accept the "Loss" that non-showing appts cause.

2) some have one of their staff make the calls (which is a hassle for the staff member. They'd RATHER be doing what they were hired to do, instead of phoning patients)

3) some pay a "Service" to provide this "Appt Reminder Service".

So....the only way to find out whether Medical and Dental Offices in your area are possibilities for this service is to....Phone the Offices and ask;
a) Do they currently have a Patient Reminder Service? (If not, why not?)
b) Are they satisfied with it?

This "prospecting" can all be done by phone.

And...what has been my experience is to start your service at $25 a Day, $125/wk....billing $250 every 2 wks. (I can show you how to withdraw $250 every 2 wks from your clients Bank Account...automatically transferring the money from their account to yours)

So...5 clients brings in $1,250 every 2 wks....10 clients brings in $2,500 every 2 wks...automatically.

You could hire "Stay At Home Moms" to make the calls for you or, there are now....machines that make the calls for you. You just plug in the details for each call.

I know 2 women doing this who now, each have ....over 50 clients they are providing "Appt Reminder Service" for....so this is not a "mickey-mouse" program. In fact, if you Google "Appt Reminder Service" you will see some BIG BOYS with a few thousand clients.

So....right now there are Offices in your area that are OPEN to you providing this service...FROM YOUR HOME...NO CAR NEEDED!

Give this some "Serious" thought!

Don Alm....idea guy
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Old December 26, 2009, 03:16 PM
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Default Re: Here's another...

Restaurants, especially Deli's....need to "Sell Their Food". One way they do this is to offer "Daily Specials". These are Special Plates they make up each day...to entice Diners.

Some of these restaurants and deli's already know about ways to "Market" their Daily Specials.

One way that has been VERY Successful is to....Collect Emails and send a "Daily Special Email" to them....where the recipients can either Order OnLine or Go directly to the restaurant or deli in person.

You could provide this "Daily Special Service" to restaurants and delis in your area.

And....what I've found is....same as Medical & Dental Offices....even though an employee is already providing this service....it's a HASSLE for the business and the employee, who was hired to do something else.

I know of one guy who has had 42 Restaurant and Deli's paying him $250 every 2 wks ($250 withdrawn from their bank accounts every 2 wks)...since 1996...when I helped him get this started. 13 yrs of collecting $125/wk from 42 clients (you do the math)

So....this, and the Appt Reminder thingee takes some "Effort" and they are not, IM thingees BUT.....they have been PROVEN to work.

Let me know if you'd like more info on these.

Don Alm
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Old January 13, 2010, 08:16 AM
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Greetings,

My name is Kelly Jones and I am an American living in Taiwan. I have lived here for 8 years teaching English and have tried establishing another business to eventually quit teaching.

I have good ideas but lack funds to get anything big started. Then I remembered that when I was in college I worked for an outfit from Canada that sold Pizza Hut and Oil Change Cards. I made good money doing that on breaks and when I had free time.

I would be very interested in trying to establish such a thing here in Taiwan. Lots of young people looking to make some money and I could be the marketing company that got the contracts for products and did all the printing. Giving young people the pamphlets with value cards to sell and they pay me at the end of the day.

I would like it very much and would be gratefull if you could provide me with sample PDF's of the cards you have done and also any contracts that you may have to sign with the retailers.

Also your mentorship in assisting me getting it going would be a tremendous value.

Sincerely,
Kelly Jones
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Old January 13, 2010, 08:17 AM
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Sorry forgot to include my email...

[email protected]
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