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Posted By: Mel. White In Response To: Re: Classic money-shuffling game (Anthony)
Monday, 5 September 2005, at 10:11 a.m.
> can't one build a business by just mailing the
> postcards and not talking to warm market people?
Yes, you can, but it involves getting addresses from TARGETED marketing lists. Validated targeted mailing lists are used by the top notch marketing companies. They're also very expensive (we're talking $1,000 for a rental (one time) of the mailing list) and very targeted so that you will usually get a 5% response with the right product.
Now... take a deep breath, and stop looking at it (for just a moment) from the "I GOTTA FIND SOMETHING!!!" angle.
You get lots of ads in your mail, right? How many of them do you respond to? How often do you buy from the thousands of spam messages that hit your email?
Now... what makes you think that others are different than you?
We're all over-marketed to, and we're all running short on resources (particularly if we're trying to help friends in the storm devastated area.)
Ask yourself, "other than HOW TO MARKET INTERNET STUFF" packages, what are you INTERESTED in buying? In other words, do you like (for example) Civil War memorabilia? Do you like horses? Do you repair computers? Do you like to read certain types of books?
There's where your business opportunities are.
And the bottom line is that it's hard work. You'll have to be prepared to spend 20-40 hours per week getting a business started, and it takes a half year or longer.
The other business you can get into (I don't recommend for everyone) is the stock market. I'm in that right now -- however, this is not a good time for a newbie to hop in. You'd do better getting a money market account and letting the money ride for a bit. Stocks and bonds and money market funds are good for those who don't need Instant Money, are willing to spend a year or more getting something solid in place, and who don't have 20 hours/week to spend on marketing and running a business and who just HATE selling.
If you don't have any clear idea of what you want to do, please open up a little savings account and put your "mad money" in there until you find something that you know is absolutly perfect, okay?
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