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RICHES FROM YOUR RUBBER
STAMP
A good income can be a reality for anyone
owning a rubber stamp.
The only additional items needed are envelopes, postage stamps,
and a few commission circulars. The rubber stamp is the only
one of the above items you need to pay for. The envelopes,
postage stamps, and circulars can be obtained FREE. Many small
operators are earning a comfortable living as commission
mailers. The "tricks of the trade" are rather involved,
but
I'll give you all the basic information you'll need to start a
profitable business. Hundreds of supply houses are constantly
looking for people to mail their circulars for them. In most
cases, these people will send you all the circulars you need for
FREE. However, they need to know that you are in business or
they cannot send circulars to you. Start your commission
mailing business by running this short, classified ad in as many
adsheets and magazines as your investment will allow:
"Commission circulars mailed free.
Must pay me 50% or more.
Send postage paid: (your name and address).
The above ad will bring plenty of free
imprint circulars to you.
As they come in, insert one of the circulars from each batch
into a notebook and list the source of the item and the address-
to avoid confusion when filling any future orders. While waiting
for your first package of circulars to arrive, place the
following small ad in as many adsheets as you can afford,
offering a big mail for free:
Free Big Mail! Return this ad with a self-addressed,
stamped
envelope. (Your name and address).
The above ad will bring free stamps and
envelopes to you. The
people who answer this type of ad are interested in seeing what
you have to offer and are usually excellent prospects.
In the beginning you will probably mail
no more than 100
envelopes per month. As your income grows, you can expand your
monthly mailings. Some commission mailers mail thousands of
pieces per month.
HOW TO CO-PUBLISH FOR MAXIMUM PROFITS
There are many fine trade magazines and
ad-sheets that you may
co-publish in the mail-order business. These trade publications
are "in-print" quickly - no long waiting for your ad to
appear.
They reach an amazing number of small homeworkers and
opportunity seekers. If your product or service appeals to
these readers - the rates are right. The prime reasons for
using these magazines are:
You get a 50% discount on you advertising
after the first time
in exchange for mailing a few copies
You earn a 50% commission on all new co-publishers
and
advertisers that you get for the publisher. Of course we hope to
do some business from your own advertising also.
How does the system work? After you place
your advertising at
the first time rate, you will receive a discount on all future
advertising as long as you continue to co-publish that magazine.
That discount on your ads and a commission on the others is
usually 50%. In return for the discount, you are expected to
mail a few copies - honestly. Include the copies in orders that
you fill, big mails, or advertise them free for the postage.
Using these methods your postage cost to mail your copies is
zero.
Another reason for co-publishing various
magazines is that many
of them do not require camera-ready copy. Some do an excellent
job of typesetting and it's free. Items selling in these
publications usually sell for $3.00 or less - with $1.00 being a
heavy seller. Remember, it doesn't cost you advertise, it PAYS.
HOW TO MAKE MONEY EVEN WHEN YOUR ADS DON'T
PULL
Step One: Advertise in a mail order magazine
that you can
co-publish. The price will be the same as the Ad the first time
alone - usually a 50% discount thereafter.
Step Two: With the copies you receive as
co-publisher, you can
make money because you receive 50% commission on ads,
subscriptions, etc., that are placed through you. We co-publish
magazines which we make a profit on even when our ads don't
pull. You can too. It's a great way test new ads and eliminate
those that don't pull;
Step Three: Distribute your magazine to
people who are likely
to place ads, etc. Check for firms who advertise in one
co-publisher magazine and not in another. Send them a copy of
the magazine that they are not currently co-publishing or
advertising. Since the publisher's name is not printed on the
magazines, readers will have to order through you. When they do,
you make 50% (and more, sometimes).
HOW TO GET YOUR CIRCULARS MAILED FREE
Yes, there IS a way to get your circulars
mailed free. As soon
as you can afford it, become a supplier of commission circulars.
The easiest way to do this is to take "All-Profit" offers
and
have circulars printed on two sides. On one side have your own
name and address printed. On the other side leave space for a
rubber stamp imprint. Offer these circulars to circular mailers
on a commission basis. They keep a commission - 50% to 100% on
the one side, and you make your profit on the other. Use this
same method for any offers that you develop for yourself.
You can reach these mailers by advertising
in, or subscribing in
several mail order trade magazines and ad sheets. Another way
to locate mailers for your literature is to notice the ads by
mailers; usually at the bottom of their ad they state,
"Commission circulars mailed free" which means that they
get one
side - and you get the other, as above.
If you really want to get rolling using
this method, take two
"All-Profit" offers and give the mailer 100% on one side.
You
still make yours on the other offer. Also, if you interested in
obtaining additional commission circulars for yourself include
the above statement as part of you own ad.
Still another way to get your literature
mailed free is to
include this little note in all of your advertising - at the end
of the copy, "Stamp appreciated". It only costs you two
words,
but it could save you bunches of bucks in postage.
If you are advertising in trade publications
or ad-sheets, use
"SASE" which means Self-addressed-stamped envelope. The
savings
for envelopes, addressing labor, and postage can amount to lots
of money.
Many small dealers use this method exclusively
- even in the
large circulation magazines. They've been using it for years so
it must work!
