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Posted By: Dennis Bevers <bassco2@bellsouth.net> In Response To: Don Alm's home biz ideas (jobhater)
Sunday, 6 March 2005, at 7:27 a.m.
Hello Jobhater and welcome to FIB, one of the friendliest business forums on the net.
> I have lurked over at the seeds of wisdom messageboard (a decent site for
> ideas) and have come across a guy named Don Alm who posts regularly. He
> Posts a link to his website, which features a number of home business
> ideas that he claims to have started successfully.
Don Alm is a real marketer and his business ideas are all things that he has done for himself, at least as far as I know. I know he has sold the co-op ads on coffee mugs, paper insulators for the carry out coffee cups, memo boards, and other items I can't recall.
I also remember him telling in detail about selling the business card distribution system. He'd create racks that held business cards, then sell business owners on his placing their cards in the racks for X dollars each month. He would see that their slot didn't run out of card. He also found locations to hang the racks to give all his advertisers more exposure.
He did similar ad boards that hung in lobbies of hotels. Guests who are checking in are mostly out-of-towners, who will be looking for entertainment, dining, and other services during their stay.
Don also posted in detail about creating a business around cleaning and restoring wood decks.
I know he has posted other business ideas over the years, but can't recall all of them that I have read at one time or another.
I'm in advertising, so I always read his marketing related posts. My difference with Don is in style and business goals. I'm into relationship selling, and work to keep customers satisfied and buying for the long haul. I have many clients who have been ordering promotional advertising from me for 10
to 20 years.
I prefer single business advertising on the coffee mugs, memo boards, etc, to his co-op advertising.
But, both of us have been successful in our own way.
Don's ideas have worked for himself and others as well.
Dennis
These are not your
> typical internet get-rich-quick businesses, they are things you are
> supposed to market in your own town, and they do require work. I have done
> my homework and thoroughly read through the material on his site, and have
> to admit they do seem like sound ideas. My question is this: has anyone
> ever dealt with this gentleman, and are his programs marketable in
> small-town America?
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