SOWPub Small Business Forums  
 

Click Here to see the latest posts!

Ask any questions related to business / entrepreneurship / money-making / life
or share your success stories (and educational "failures")...

Sign up for the Hidden Business Ideas Letter Free edition, and receive a free report straight to your inbox: "Idea that works in a pandemic: Ordinary housewife makes $50,000 a month in her spare time, using a simple idea - and her driveway..."

NO BLATANT ADS PLEASE
Also, please no insults or personal attacks.
Feel free to link to your web site though at the end of your posts.

Stay up to date! Get email notifications or
get "new thread" feeds here

 

Go Back   SOWPub Small Business Forums > Main Category > SOWPub Business Forum
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

SOWPub Business Forum Seeds of Wisdom Forum

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old October 21, 2008, 06:29 PM
-TW
 
Posts: n/a
Default My point exactly, Michael...

Lots of people get hypnotized about the wonders if the net.

On the other hand, people with good mrktng instincts can see (AND ALWAYS DID SEE) the reality under the hype.

At a certain point, IMing reaches terminal velocity. It's foundation is faulty in some very basic ways, as it relates to capitalism. Therefore it can only grow so big (as such). In lots of aspects, there is NO WAY it can ever replace OFFline (some would say 'old') methods.

To those who were/are BLINDED by the net, this seems like a major 'revelation!'

--TW
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old October 22, 2008, 09:29 AM
SteveSki
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: My point exactly, Michael...

Quote:
Originally Posted by -TW View Post
There is NO WAY it can ever replace OFFline (some would say 'old') methods. To those who were/are BLINDED by the net, this seems like a major 'revelation!'
--TW

Thanks for sharing your thoughts TW.

I find that it is much easier and cheaper to prospect offline and point prospects to your website for more info.

Example: There is no shortage of MLM prospects offline. In fact you can get them to approach you. How?

I went to: http://beam.to/MagicMarketing and got some million dollar bills
printed up. On the backside of the bills I printed. . .
IF YOU CAN GIVE AWAY THESE MILLION DOLLAR BILLS,
YOU CAN EARN BIG MONEY WITH THIS HOME BUSINESS
www.RisingIncome.com
or call 0733213500 for a short recorded message

Went and got some nice shirts and had "Ask Me For Money" printed on them.

Now everywhere I go people will approach me.

I give them several of my million dollar bills... tell them to pay them forward... and let the online tools sort out the go getters from the just curious.

Others will spend all their money trying to generate leads online when prospects are all around them wherever they go. Go figure.

The only thing stopping most people I know from becoming rich is fear. They will let themselves starve half to death before they find the courage to prospect strangers offline.

Cheers,
Steve Shulenski
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old October 22, 2008, 10:29 AM
-TW
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: My point exactly, Michael...

Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveSki View Post
The only thing stopping most people I know from becoming rich is fear. They will let themselves starve half to death before they find the courage to prospect strangers offline.

That's SO true -- that's why they are MORE than willing to subscribe to "the internet can take care of all my marketing" MYTH. It allows them (IN THEIR MIND -- NOT REALITY-BASED) to AVOID having to 'get out there and see the people.'

They don't understand the 'target' in 'target marketing' refers to the potential customer, not the marketer!

I'm glad at least some are waking up to the reality -- ONline mrktng is LIMITED + often LAME, compared to offline methods.

And, there's a lot of us who could plainly see that all along.

Cheers.

-- TW

PS: Thanks for the giving away money t-shirt idea! That's a keeper! (you could add in small writing "I've given away over 25 Million Dollars so far!")
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Other recent posts on the forum...


Seeds of Wisdom Publishing (front page) | Seeds of Wisdom Business forum | Seeds of Wisdom Original Business Forum (Archive) | Hidden Unusual Business Ideas Newsletter | Hotsheet Profits | Persuade via Remote Influence | Affia Band | The Entrepreneur's Hotsheet | The SeedZine (Entrepreneurial Ezine)

Get the report on Harvey Brody's Answers to a Question-Oriented-Person


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:37 PM.


Powered by vBulletin Version 3.6.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.