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Posted By: wayne In Response To: Re: where to start - One Option (Dennis Bevers)
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, at 5:31 p.m.
> Wayne,
> Greetings from Baton Rouge, LA. I live 150 miles West of here, but am
> headed to a career college associations annual conference here, where I'll
> be exhibiting some of my products to a variety of vo-tech schools from
> across the US, as well as to the other vendors.
> Last night, I met several good prospects at the Conference welcome party,
> including representatives from two advertising agencies, a bank, a payroll
> service, a manjor textbook publisher from California, along with some of
> the school owners and staff. I didn't meet a single person who couldn't
> become a customer of mine.
> If selling isn't the kiss of death for an opportunity, you might want to
> look into Kaeser and Blair. They offer free dealerships to US residents,
> selling custom-printed promotional advertising items to business and
> industry.
> You aren't financing the orders, as K & B handles all the credint,
> billing, sales tax collections and reporting for the dealers.
> No sign-up or annual fees of any kind.
> No inventory to buy, store, and sell, as all the products are stored at
> the supplier's location waiting for the customer's order with imprinting
> instructions. Once they have added your client's name/logo/message, the
> product is then boxed and drop-shipped to their location.
> This industry has a proven US demand exceeding $18 billion annually, so
> you only need to find a niche, build a base of customers, and you can earn
> commissions for life in this industry.
> Territory: None. No restrictions who or where you sell. No off-limits or
> house accounts. Sell anywhere in the US you want, online, offline, or
> both.
> Products: Over 750,000 different items including ink pens from Bic,
> Papermate, Pilot, on up to Sheaffer, Parker, Waterman, Cross, and Mont
> Blanc. With at least a couple dozen other name brands, and over 100
> generic pen sources, selling pens from 18 cents to $900.00 each.
> In addition, you can offer prospective clients everything from calendars,
> coffee mugs, golf balls and accessories to T-shirts, embroidered cap,
> jackets, and brand name sport shirts, including Hanes, Jerzees,
> Munsingwear, Jack Nicklaus, UltraClub, Cutter and Buck, Izod, Van Heusen,
> and many others.
> Too many categories to list here, but consider lapel pins and celluloid
> buttons, mouse pads, scratch pads & Post-It Notes (R), key rings,
> umbrellas, stress balls, knives,travel mugs, yardsticks, pencils,
> calculators, radios, clocks and watches, other electronics, and much, much
> more.
> Consider the facts:
> 1. It won't happen overnight.
> 2. Selling isn't for everyone.
> 3. Self-employment, even in a home-based business requires self-motivation
> and discipline. Business won't just drop in your lap. (At least not on a
> regular basis.)
> 4. You can never run out of prospective clients or possible products to
> sell.
> I have to cut this short (LOL) and get to my expo to meet more prospects
> and give out a couple hundred self-promotion items as well as catalogs.
> If you are interested, you'll find more info on my website listed below.
> Good hunting,
> Dennis Bevers
Dennis,
Thanks for the info. Visited your link. I am in a business that could possibly be a bleed over to this. I am a Food Service Director at an Assited Living residence and I know some of our residents family members own businesses that could use items like this.
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