I am trying to get interest in my new sales business and I need some leads.  My idea is to have a drawing for a month's worth of gasoline for anyone who provides me with at least 3 viable leads.  Do you think it will work?
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I use flyers for my business.  I do equine massage, so I have no storefront.  I go to other business where horse people shop (feed store, tack shop, etc.), and they will usually let me leave a stack of flyers & business cards.  I also hang them on bulliten boards @ Petsmart & Tractor Supply.  Anywhere I think my target market will see them.  My flyers are bright and very noticable.  I do get calls from them.
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yes i think there is good money in it, i know a few salesmen who have quite a bit . im not sure what the pay is , maybe you could talk to a local salesmen, good luck
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There are tons of companies who sell their ad inventory hemselves, but not all companies are able to reach the right person and the rigth company to sell off their ad inventory. At the same time, the advertisers do not have the time and energy to evaluate the effectiveness of advertising at so many websites. Yahoo/Overture PPC, Google Adwords, and other niche PPC engines help the advertisers and publishers connect to each other via Yahoo Publisher Network and Google Adsense. I think, that works pretty easy for small scale buyers and sellers.
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Go to an electronics store during regular business hours and ask to speak to the general manager. Run your well prepared idea across them and see what happens. It will either be yes or no. Keep going until you hit an interested party as not all will be receptive to your proposal. But one is all you need and eventually you will hit paydirt. The only way to fail is to give up! And those who are not receptive one day may be in the mood on another day.
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They are only of value to someone interested in that type of business....post an ad where people involved in your type business are most likely to see it :)    Good Luck
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No.\n\nIf you have the right personality and product you can sell anything.  Just accept that a large percentage of your time will be spent accepting no thank you responses or worse.\n\nIf you keep failing you either don't have the right product, personality or both.\n\nIT cold calling sounds like a bad habit, most companies have someone in-house who'll take care of it, or will hire a person recommended to them to do it.  \n\nUnless you have a new product, the market is just too small and wrong for cald calling.
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I'd say no. Initially it is easy to find contacts to sell products, but within a few months it becomes very difficult, and the marketers become so desperate that they start annoying everyone they know. I know of several people who have fallen into this trap.
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how much do you want for your leads?
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Yes, it is possible.  You should start a newsletter.  As to a list of potential customers, no one is going to give you one for free.  You may have to buy customer lists from brokerage firms and credit card companies...
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I've always gone for the sincere approach (rather than pushy)when trying to build on-going business and with bigger ticket items.  For sincere, put yourself in the other person's place: they may want to talk, but are busy, ask; good manners pay.  Start by offering them something of interest, something that will help them (a little known/interesting fact about their industry).  Ask if they are the right person, perhaps they'd rather you talk to a subordinate who's in charge of the group that would be interested in your service.  There's a very old book that is still very applicable for reps by Dale Carnagie, "How to Win Friends and Influence People".  (He means business friends, but it works elsewhere).
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I am in an mlm and we have a multitude of sales tools we use, that are provided at reasonable cost.  Write me if you want to know where you may buy them. jstmother@yahoo.com
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Wow, make sure you really encourage this type of behavior in your boy!\n\nAnd yes it would sell, but has been done before.
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The reason I have a problem with it is because of how quickly the price of gas has gone up. Where I live, it has nearly doubled in the last year. If I only had to worry about driving to work or running errands, or I lived in a city where walking places were an option, then it wouldn't bother me. Unfortunately, I own a small business that is based on driving. I have to fill up everyday. My clients will not pay an increase month after month just because gas prices rise. The increase would've been fine if it were more gradual. However, because I have set-priced contracts with my clients that are binding for one year at a time, I may end up having to close my business.
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It sounds like you need customers.  Good luck.
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Won't work, the refinery that sell to the big boys also sell to the mom and pop store.\n\nThe key is to get more fuel effecient vehicles or ones that run on fuels other than gasoline.  We already have natural gas vehicle and hybird gas / electric cars which is probable the way to go.