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Posted By: Dennis Bevers <bassco2@bellsouth.net> In Response To: I am new to all of this (Christine)
Saturday, 26 March 2005, at 11:58 p.m.
> The few things I was thinking about doing were here on this site with not
> such good reviews.
Did you take the time to read "MaaMaw's Favorite Last Chance Bizopps"?
Lesley has done her homework, and you can find a lot of the bad, with the red flags to pay attention to under "Scams 101". On the other side of the coin, she has done research and posted about 3 solid options that aren't for everyone, but will work for some.
I can certainly vouch for my business, as I've been doing it from my home office for 20+ years, full-time since '87. While 85% or more of my business is accomplished through face-to-face contact, the remainder is by phone and internet. And others are doing 90-100% of their business online, including at least a couple who are outselling me.
The good news for you is that you don't have to spend money on the dealership. And once you have internet service, you can do the marketing through free hosted websites. If you have free website space availble from your ISP, you just need to verify that it can be used for commercial purposes. If so, then you can set up links for your site traffic to seell many of the available supplier sites.
The US market for promotional advertising (or advertising specialties as many call it) is estimated to be in the $18 Billion range. A good amount of the ordering is done online, so you only need to capture a small percentage of that to generate some excellent orders and income.
You have the computer and time necessary to work on a site, as well as working to bring traffic to your site.
The company I sell for as an independent agent (Kaeser and Blair, Inc.) handles all the credit, billing, sales tax collections and reporting. You can focus your attention on prospecting for clients and serving their needs. Do those two things well, and you can have customers coming back to you for life.
I have a couple clients who have been ordering with me for 20 Years. They aren't my largest accounts, but they have been with me for the long haul.
It won't cost you a cent to investigate the buisness. I mail our an info packet that weighs nearly 4 lbs. If you dedice to test the opportunity, you can do that for free also.
Dennis Bevers
Real work really works-at least for me and 4000 others with ______!
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