Starting and Building Your Catalog Sales Business


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Now--America's #1 marketer and consultant puts together the firstcomplete guide to catalog sales! Starting & Building YourCatalog Sales Business Some of America's best known and mostsuccessful businesses, such as Sears, Spiegel, L.L. Bean, andLands' End, are "catalog companies," earning a major percentage oftheir profits through catalog sales. If you're a business owner orentrepreneur, now you can do the same with the help of this book.Written by bestselling author Herman Holtz, Starting and BuildingYour Catalog Sales Business is a complete guide to catalog salesthat explains how to get started in and manage a catalog businessprofitably. Packed with anecdotes, worksheets, and examples drawnfrom successful catalog sales businesses, it explains: * The basics of direct-mail selling and catalog sales * The secrets to creating catalog copy that really sells * The essential elements in the catalog mailing--including how tocreate a strong sales letter and a user-friendly order form * How to choose and use the right mailing lists * Managing the two essentials of the catalog business: sales volumeand pricing




Guerrilla Marketing for the Home-based Business


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American business is in the midst of cataclysmic change. Corporate downsizing is increasing, causing disillusioned employees to establish home-based businesses. Using case studies, anecdotes, illustrations, and examples, the authors present their time-tested arsenal of tools most effective for this new, smaller startup.




Marketing for the Home-based Business


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This book features an expanded section on using new technologies to increase the reach of marketing efforts, offers sample telephone and voice mail scripts, and includes advice on setting up a home office for maximum efficiency.










Marketing Strategies for the Home-based Business


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Marketing Solutions for the Home-Based Business is prime for a revision with the explosion of social media marketing. Business News Daily notes that two of the top 50 home-based jobs to watch are for Social Media Consultants and Internet Marketing Consultant. With more than a half million copies sold, Globe Pequot Press continues to grow its ever popular How To Start a Home-based Business series. Each volume includes worksheets, business and marketing forms, and everything you need to know about business start-up costs and strategies. This title will make the perfect companion to any book in the series offering up-to-date marketing stratregies to help better position your home-based business.




Gigworker: Independent Work and the State of the Gig Economy


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You've likely heard about the gig economy but might be wondering exactly what it entails. It's easy to assume that driving for Uber or renting your house through Airbnb are the extent of your options, but the gig economy actually offers a much wider slate of opportunities. Whether you have a 9-to-5 job and are looking to pick up some extra income, or you're a recent graduate who's eager to earn as much as you want on your own time, the gig economy can offer the freedom and flexibility you're seeking. In Gigworker, Brett Helling provides the essential primer on the gig economy: how it evolved to where it's at now, and where it's headed in the future. He'll show you that it's possible to replace your full-time income with multiple gigs, or balance 9-to-5 work with a 5-to-9 side gig. You'll come away with a new zeal for the gig economy, ready to dive into the options at your fingertips and make money doing what you love.




Creating A Profitable Catalog


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"Jack's in-depth knowledge of the catalog market and his exceptional talent for articulating a precise set of how-tos for seemingly every aspect of this complex business are unrivaled. . . . A masterful volume of a highly complex and challenging topic, written by one of the best catalog consultants around." -- Laura Beaudry, Editorial Director Catalog Age "Creating a Profitable Catalog is a comprehensive guide to modern-day cataloging. It includes up-to-the-minute information on concept and creative development, design and production, merchandising, circulation planning, database marketing, operations, and financial management. All of these topics are analyzed in intricate and careful detail as author Jack Schmid guides the reader through every step of building a successful catalog--either in print or on-line. This is a must-have for any aspiring cataloger's library and a welcome addition to the bookshelves of catalog industry veterans. Praise for Creating a Profitable Catalog by Jack Schmid "Jack Schmid is one of this country's best catalog marketers, and he has packed this book full of detailed, practical know-how on each and every aspect of cataloging. This book is important to anyone already working in our industry, but it is indispensable for someone just getting into the business." -- Bill Spaide, Partner Spaide, Kuipers & Company "I consider Jack Schmid to be the number one catalog strategist of our time. His magnificent new book, Creating a Profitable Catalog, is a treasure chest that starts with the year 2000 and goes beyond." -- Bob Stone, Chairman Emeritus Stone & Adler Author of the bestselling Successful Direct Marketing Methods




55 Surefire Homebased Businesses You Can Start for Under $5000


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Coaching you all the way, the experts at Entrepreneur guide you into the thriving homebased industry, revealing unique, slam-dunk opportunities, outlining vital business basics, sharing priceless industry need-to-knows, and so much more! If you can bankroll $5,000 (some even less!), you can boldly choose your next big business move, decide to be your own boss, and start making profits! • Choose from a diverse list of 55 surefire homebased businesses • Spend less than $5,000 on startup • Quickly and legitimately setup your home office • Master industry language and fundamentals • Use business-specific marketing techniques to secure success • Create repeat business with engaging customer service practices • Plan for expansion • And more You’re on target for success—let us help you hit the bullseye! (maybe use the target image from the logo in the background)




Web Engineering


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As most organizations have expanded traditional business space into Web-based environments, a more complete and thorough understanding of Web engineering is becoming vital. Although based primarily on MIS and computer science areas, Web engineering covers a wide range of disciplines, thus making it difficult to gain an understanding of the field. Web Engineering: Principles and Techniques provides clarity to this often muddied issue. Covering a wide range of topics, this book provides the necessary tools vital for organizations to utilize the full potential of Web engineering.