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You are correct, Patricia
Posted By: DBeavers In Response To: Re: AmeriPlan (Patricia Griffin)
Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2006, at 11:50 p.m.(pst)
>> Many are, yes, and it's good that you
>> ARE skeptical! Too many folks go in with
>> bright dreams and end up spending a
>> nightmarish amount of money and time to make
>> a measly $200 or so.>> That's hard to do, actually. Not
>> impossible, but it's hard. Many of these
>> things (even Kaiser and Blair) do so much
>> better when you go out and contact folks.That's what I always thought, until the lady who designed my website, set up her own, and outsold me her first year in, with no sales experience. She sounds a bit like MaaMaw with her, "I couldn't sell ice cubes to folks stranded in the desert."
And, she is just one of the K & B dealers, along with many others in this $18 Billion industry who have figured out how to sell promotional products online.
I get some business from my website, and long distance referrals who contact me through it, but after 15 years of selling almost exclusively face-to-face, I still get the bulk of my business from offline clients who have been doing business with me for 10 to 22 years.
>> There are some "work at home
>> moms" forum (where you could be a dad
>> or even a single person if you like) that
>> explore a number of these types of
>> opportunities.Excellent advice. I participate in www.wahm.com and a couple other opportunity seeker's forums. Reading what others have found that works is a great way to investigate the options.
>> >> Is every internet business like
>> that (AmeriPlan)?
>> >> I'm not sure if I can sell
>> anything, to anyone.>> Some are. Some aren't.
The business options promoted online range from "pillar to post". Many are short roads to financial loss, as the promoter makes promises and guarantees that are full of holes. Take some time to read MaaMaw's "Scams 101" and be forewarned about such worthless guarantees.
>> >> Yes, I can talk to people from any walk
>> >> of life. I've spent the last
>> ten years doing just that as a
>> concierge/security supervisor, dealing with
>> everyone from Senators and Secret Service
>> guys to the men who drive the trash truck.
>> And, of course, the employees.If you can deal with the range of people you indicated, than sales shouldn't be difficult for you, if you can find something that leaves you in control of the sales situation.
>> I'm determined to find some way to work
>> at home, I just don't want to be
>> vicimized---or dissappointed, to learn it's
>> all a pipe dream and I'm condemned to leave
>> my home every day just to make a living.There are online options as well as other work-as-home situations. Do a search for home-based customer service positions. If you can meet the requirements, there are still companies who want their customer service calls handled by people in the US, who's first language is English.
>> Check some of the freelancing sites as
>> well... Elance is the one I can think of,
>> but I bet others can hop in with suggestions
>> as well.Elance is one of the better known sites for contract work, but not the only one. But, an excellent place to start, and see some of the work available for home-based contract workers.
Dennis Bevers
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