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    viduality in your Mail Order business.

    - CREATE SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING!

    - CREATE SOMETHING USEFUL AND WORTHWHILE!

    - CREATE SOMETHING YOU YOURSELF WOULD WANT TO BUY!

    Copyright by DeAnna Spencer 2004

    This article may be reproduced and redistributed freely on the Internet as long as the resource box remains intact.

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      Pick up almost any book or report on Mailorder Selling and
      invariably you will find the same advice. When you select a
      mailorder product, select one which:

      - appeals to a large segment of the population
      - is not readily available in stores
      - is easy to ship by mail
      - is worthwhile
      - and a product that lends itself to repeat orders

      Most mail order writers will also tell you to try to acquire
      exclusive selling rights to your product. Most writers will
      agree that a dealer has a better chance of succeeding in the
      mailorder business if he has created the product himself.

      All of this is certainly good advice. The trouble with it is
      that it does not go far enough. It does not tell you HOW to
      create a product that is exclusively you own. In what follows,
      I would like to show you, step by step, HOW to create your own
      mailorder product.

      I would like to begin by making a very revolutionary statement.
      THE FIRST STEP ON THE ROAD TO MAIL ORDER SUCCESS IS NOT THE
      SELECTION OF A PRODUCT! That may sound like a very strange
      statement, but there are three things you must do (if you want
      to be successful) before you ever select a product to sell by
      mail!

      FIRST, you must ANALYZE YOURSELF. You will only succeed in
      selling a product, or a line of mailorder products if you really
      enjoy selling them, if you can be honestly enthusiastic about
      them, and if they are products you yourself would honestly want
      to buy.

      SECOND, you must SELECT YOUR MARKET. Once you have analyzed
      yourself, you will want to sell to people who have interests
      similar to your own. Only then will you be comfortable in your
      mailorder business.

      THIRD, you must thoroughly ANALYZE YOUR MARKET. Before you
      ever select a product, you should KNOW what your market is
      buying, what it would like to buy, if available, and what it
      will buy form you, in the very near future.

      Once you have analyzed yourself, selected your market, and then
      thoroughly analyzed your market, you will have no trouble
      selecting or creating a product to sell by mail. It will almost
      select you! Now, let's go back and study these three steps, one
      by one.

      ANALYZE YOURSELF

      To help you understand yourself, sit down and, as honestly as
      possible, write out your answers to the following questions:

      1. When I go to a newstand, what kind of magazines appeal to ME?

      2. What kind of books do I really like to read?

      3. When I daydream, what do I daydream about?

      4. What do I do with my free time? (How do I spend my
      evenings? What do I do on weekends?)

      5. What do I do on my vacation?

      6. What one subject interests me more than any other subject in
      the world?

      7. If I didn't have to work for a living, how would I spend my
      time?

      8. If I could go back to college, what subjects would I take?

      9. What kind of products do I like to purchase by mail?

      Once you have HONESTLY answered all these questions, you will
      see an amazing pattern emerging. When you have finished, pay a
      visit to your local library. Go to the Reference Desk and ask
      to see the latest edition of the WRITER'S MARKET. Sit down and
      study the Table of Contents, which lists all the main categories
      of magazines currently being printed. Decide which CATEGORY
      interests you beyond all others. It is in that mailorder market
      that you will be most at home . . . and it is there that you
      will be most successful

      Now go back to the Reference Desk and ask for two other
      publications. Either one will provide you with the information
      you need. They are:

      - THE STANDARD PERIODICAL DIRECTORY and
      - ULTICH'S INTERNATIONAL PERIODICAL DIRECTORY

      I, of course, have no idea what your interests really are, but
      let us, for the sake of illustration, say that you have a
      compelling interest in Astrology. With a little search in the
      Standard Periodical Directory, you will find the name and
      address of at least a dozen or so Astrology magazines. In
      Ulrich's you will find even more, since it lists magazines
      published in foreign countries as well.

      Jot down the names and address of each and every publication.
      Write to each of them, on your letterhead if possible. If you
      don't have a letterhead, you will still hear from most of them.
      Tell them you are starting a mailorder business, specializing in
      Astrological products, and ask them for a sample copy of their
      publications, along with their ADVERTISING RATES.

      When you start receiving your sample copies, save them . . . and
      save the advertising rate cards. They will be invaluable to you
      in the future.

      While you are waiting for these to arrive, go to the nearest
      second-and magazine store and buy a few dozen old astrology
      magazines. (The cost? Probably a dime apiece!) Get as many
      different magazine titles as possible and be sure to get copies
      with MAIL ORDER ADS in them. Issues that are ten or fifteen
      years old will be valuable to you, but also try to obtain some
      of the more current issues. You are now ready to start . . .

      ANALYZING YOUR MARKET

      Start a notebook. Pick up one of the magazines which you have
      purchased at the second-hand magazine store. Read the first ad
      . . . every line of it. Read it slowly and carefully. When you
      have finished reading it, see if you can describe what is being
      sold in five words or less. If you can't, go back and read it
      again. If you can, record your description under one of three
      headings in your notebook:

      - Merchandise
      - Information
      - Service

      All mailorder offerings come under one of the three headings
      listed above. If the ad was for an Aquarian Necklace, it should
      be listed under Merchandise. If it was for a treatise on Flying
      Saucers, it should be listed under Information. If it was an
      offer to chart your horoscope, it should be listed under Service.

      After you have analyzed the first ad, go on and study the next
      ad. Continue until you have thoroughly analyzed every single ad
      in the magazine, including the classifieds. When you are
      through, you will have three lists:

      - A list of Astrological Merchandise for sale
      - A list of Astrological Manuals (Information) for sale
      - A list of Astrological services for sale.

      As you read, watch for:

      UNDEVELOPED IDEAS -- Especially in older issues, you will
      find really good ideas that were, for one reason or another,
      never developed. Perhaps the originator lost interest or didn't
      have the capital to develop his idea. He may have died or he
      may have run off with a chorus girl from Las Vegas and forgotten
      all about the mail order business. If you can develop the idea,
      you have a mail order product.

      WHOLESALE SOURCES -- Watch for ads that say "Dealers Wanted"
      (in more current issues, of course). Here may be the perfect
      source of mailorder products for you.

      STUDY THE ARTICLES -- They will show you what the readers are
      interested in and they will give you clues as to what the
      readers want to buy. Remember the articles are doing two things
      -- they are printing articles about subjects which the readers
      are already interested. But they are also CREATING NEW
      INTERESTS in the minds of the readers. CAN YOU CREATE A PRODUCT
      THAT READERS WILL WANT AS A RESULT OF READING THOSE ARTICLES?

      You will be amazed at what you will discover when you read
      magazines from the viewpoint of a mailorder man!

      While researching this manuscript, I analyzed three totally
      different magazines from the viewpoint of a mailorder man. I
      would like to share some of my findings with you. Don't worry
      if the fields are different from those which interest you.
      MAILORDER PRINCIPLES ARE THE SAME FOR EVERY MARKET!

      The first magazine which I analyzed was ASTROLOGY - YOUR DAILY
      HOROSCOPE, December 1975. I would like to begin with the
      Merchandise Offerings.

      ASTROLOGY (MERCHANDISE)

      The first ad is for personalized stationary. Any mailorder man
      knows you can sell personalized stationary to any market. But
      this dealer took a commonplace product and adapted it to the
      Astrological market. Next to the name and address which he
      prints on the stationary, he prints the Astrological sun sign
      and he calls it ZODIAC STATIONARY.

      The next ad is for another very commonplace product -- soap!
      You can buy soap in any grocery store. But this soap is
      special. It has YOUR ZODIAC SIGN imprinted in it, and it lasts
      as long as the soap lasts. Here is another good example of
      adapting a commonplace product to the special interests and
      desires of your prospective customers.

      If you are now selling a product by mail and you would like to
      increase you sales, make a list of the kinds of people you would
      like to sell it to. (For example, doctors, waitresses, farmers,
      gun collectors, etc.) Then go back and ask yourself what you
      could do to your product to make it appeal to each individual
      group. You'll be amazed at how you can turn commonplace items
      into red hot mailorder sellers just by taking the time to put
      yourself in your customer's shoes for a while.

      The next merchandise offering is for "SEASHELLS FOR VIRGOS AND
      SCORPIOS". Brother, this is a fantastic idea. Had this
      advertiser offered plain old seashells in an astrology magazine,
      his mailbox would probably have been empty. Had he advertised
      "Seashells for Astrologers", he MIGHT have gotten a few orders.
      But he made his seashells special, exclusive, and very, very
      desirable, because they are only for Virgos and Scorpios. He is
      catching the attention of one reader out of every six and I
      would bet that ad was a mailorder success! Here is an idea
      worth remembering. Try to apply it to YOUR product!

      Another merchandise offering was a "Hand Bio-Rhythm Computer".
      For the past few years, Astrology magazines have been running
      article after article on the Bio-Rhythm Theory (i.e. every male
      and female person has emotional, intellectual and physical
      cycles, which can be predicted in advance). The Astrology
      magazines, in effect, have been creating a mailorder market for
      this kind of new product. The ad promises, "it reveals your
      emotional, intellectual and physical state . . . EVEN BEFORE THE
      DAY BEGINS!" This dealer was clever enough to do something
      about this new interest. If he had not studied his market, he
      could never have discovered the NEED for a Bio-Rhythm computer!

      ASTROLOGY (INFORMATION)

      People who read Astrology magazines are very interested in Love,
      Money, Success, Power, Miracles, Prayer, etc. One enterprising
      dealer has written six "personal guidance" manuals, and runs
      full page ads in Astrology magazines, selling them form $2.00 to
      $11.00 each! His ads have been running successfully for years.
      Back in 1960, when I first became interested in selling by mail,
      this dealer was running small ads in mail dealer magazines,
      selling mailorder manuals!

      Here are some of the other information manuals which dealers
      have written and are selling by mail:

      - How the Maya Indians Foretold the Future - $15.00

      - Powerful Words to Be Recited Daily to End Your Money Worries
      - $4.00

      - How to Spiritually Heal Your Pets - $5.00

      - A Manual on Etheric Astal Projection, written "especially for
      the Neophyte" - $3.00

      Can you create a WORTHWHILE manual for this market? (I predict
      that the first dealer who writes a good manual on Bio-Rhythm
      will make a fortune!) If you need ideas for manuals, study the
      subjects being offered in the Astrology magazines. Remember --
      the readers are interested in those subjects! In the issue of
      ASTROLOGY - YOUR PERSONAL HOROSCOPE which I read, the following
      information articles appeared. (This is only a partial list.)

      "Yearly Forecast for Sagittarians"
      "Basic Astronomy for the Astrologers"
      "Sybil Leek Analyzes YOUR Dreams"
      "How to Make Your Dreams Pay Off"
      "How Mercury Inspires Your Creativity"

      A study of OLD Astrology magazines will provide you with a
      wealth of subjects for New Mailorder Manuals (or folios).

      ASTROLOGY (SERVICE)

      If there is one thing people who read Astrology magazines love,
      it is this . . . They LOVE TO BE ANALYZED AND COUNSELLED BY
      PROFESSIONALS. Do you have specialized training in the art of
      Horoscope Reading? If so, you can sell your services by mail.
      Here are some of the headlines form ads offering such services:

      - "Let an Expert Discuss YOUR Life!"

      - "This Horoscope is about YOU"

      - "Now . . . a serious study of YOU!"

      - "Now there is a Horoscope written for the TWO OF YOU! . . .
      One for you, one for your loved one! It could mean the
      difference between a Happy Marriage and a Painful Divorce!"

      - "1976 - 1977 - 1978! Is one of these YOUR Year of Destiny?"
      (This had been running in Astrology magazines for at least ten
      years. Every year, the advertiser simply changes the dates!

      Other services being offered in this magazine include:

      - Personal Questions Answered by Psychics and Mystics
      - Spiritual Readings
      - Tarot Readings
      - Palm Readings
      - Handwriting Analysis
      - Questions answered through Astro-Extra Sensory Perception

      Are you trained to offer such services through the mail? Or are
      you interested in receiving such training? (You will find many
      such offers to train you in a newstand magazine called FATE.)
      If you answer is Yes . . . this is where you should begin your
      mailorder career.

      The next magazine I analyzed was the November 1975 issue of
      FIELD AND STREAM. Since this magazine is aimed at two mailorder
      markets, hunters and fishermen, I analyzed only those ads
      pertaining to Hunters.

      HUNTERS (MERCHANDISE)

      Men who hunt for wild game spend a lot of money on their hobby.
      They buy top quality hunting clothes. (Who wants to go hunting
      in a CHEAP pair of jungle boots?) They spend a lot of money on
      their guns, their hunting knives, and on top quality binoculars.
      There are several dozen well-established mail order companies
      selling this kind of merchandise to hunters. If you ar planning
      to establish a one man mail order operation, you would be well
      advised not to try to compete with these companies. Instead,
      look for something unique that a hunter can USE, and begin you
      mailorder business there.

      Here are a few merchandise offerings being made by enterprising
      dealers:

      "Deer Hunter's soap" (Bathe in soap scented with the aroma of a
      female deer and you will attract a Buck. Only $1.50 per bay!)
      Notice how a smart dealer ADAPTED a commonplace item to a
      specialized market. Notice too, that he adapted it to ONLY ONE
      KIND OF HUNTER. HE DIDN'T OFFER IT TO BEAR HUNTERS, TO COON
      HUNTERS, TO QUAIL HUNTERS, OR TO GAME HUNTERS IN GENERAL. He
      offered it to deer-hunters! If you are a deer-hunter, you would
      notice that ad!"

      "Curtain rods for HUNTING Vans - $3.95 a pair." (Sure, you can
      buy curtain rods in any dime store, but not curtain rods for
      HUNTING VANS! Another excellent example of taking a commonplace
      item, adapting it to a specialized market, and creating a new
      mailorder product.

      Also offered:

      - Gun cleaning cloths (10 for a dollar)

      - Brass Nameplates for HUNTING DOGS (not for just any old dog!)

      - ID Tags for Your Hunting Dogs

      - Handwarmers and Bodywarmers (Boy, could you use these when
      you get lost in the snow!)

      - There was a small classified ad offering "Fish and Game
      Rubber Stamps." I hope this dealer got a lot of orders, but if
      he didn't, I suspect it was because his offer was too general.
      First of all, it would have sold better with an illustrated
      display ad. But even better . . . let us go back to the Virgo
      and Scorpio concept above. How about rubber stamps for Coon
      Hunters? Or for Pheasant Hunters? Or rubber stamps for
      Taxidermists? You will always get more orders if you direct
      your ad to specific people.

      HUNTING (INFORMATION)

      Frankly, I was amazed at the amount of Information Folios being
      sold to Hunters. Here are some examples:

      "How to Build Your Own Gun Cabinet"

      "Duck Calling Instructions" (30 minutes on tape!) A lot of
      information, in every field, is now being put on cassette tape
      and sold by mail. If you would rather talk than write, this
      could be an aspect of mailorder selling for you to consider.

      "Chart showing Life-size Tracks of 38 Animals in the Adirondack
      Mountains" (Incidently not all information is written. A lot
      of people buy plans, diagrams, etc. To digress, recently a
      dealer advertised plans to build your own flying saucer
      detector!)

      "How to Build Box Traps - $1.00"

      "My Secret on Coon Trapping, after 50 years. Guaranteed, $1.00"

      "Mount fish for Fun and Profit - Easy instructions - $1.00"

      "Tan Your Own Hides - Hair on or off - Complete, easy to follow
      instructions and Formulas - $1.00"

      "Build (meat, fish, sausage) smoker! Inexpensive, protable..
      .. easy plans, $1.00"

      "Wild Game and Fish Recipes - Deer, Bear, Rabbit, Trout, Salmon
      and dozens more - $1.00"


      Can you write an information manual for hunters? Can you tell
      him how to shoot ducks? Or how to hunt buffalo? . . . Or what
      to do for snake bites? . . . Or how to sign up for a Big Game
      Safari in the wilds of Africa? If you can, write a good manual
      (or put it on tape!) and sell it by mail!

      HUNTING (SERVICE)

      Unlike the readers of Astrology magazines, Game Hunters don't
      give a damn about being analyzed or counselled! But if you can
      teach his hunting dog how to chase a bear up a tree, then he
      will probably pay you for your services. Can you repair his
      gun? Or can you stuff and mount his catches? If so, you can
      build a mailorder business offering such services.

      The final publication analyzed was the WRITER'S DIGEST of
      November, 1975.

      WRITING (MERCHANDISE)

      If you are interested in the craft of writing (or if you have
      done well in creative writing classes) you might decide to build
      a mail order business catering to the needs of hundreds of
      thousands of persons who dream of becoming professional writers.
      here are some of the merchandise offerings being made to
      writers:

      - "Copyright and Related Laws for Writers"

      - "Grants and Aids to Individuals in the Arts - 1500 Sources."
      (What writer isn't looking for a grant?)

      - "I receive checks every week for features, fillers, news.
      Free details."

      - "Gagwriters Guide"

      - "Secret Way to Make Money Writing - $2.00"

      - "Make Money Writing Fillers! Up-to-Date Filler Directory."

      - "International Directory of Little Magazines and Small
      Presses."

      If you can produce an information manual showing writers how to
      write better, or how to sell their manuscripts, then write it
      and sell it by mail. You will have CREATED a new mailorder
      product! (To get ideas for subjects of interest to writers,
      study the articles in such publications as the Writers Digest,
      The Writer, Saturday Review, etc.)

      WRITERS -- (SERVICE)

      Some of the largest mailorder business in the world sell
      correspondence courses teaching people how to write for a
      living. There are also a dozen or more large printing companies
      (called "Vanity Publishers" in the trade) whose sole business is
      printing books for authors, whose works have been rejected by
      the regular publishing houses.

      If you are a serious literary person, with a gift for writing,
      you could very possibly establish a business offering your
      services to writers. Here are some of the services which were
      being offered in the November 1975 issue of Writer's Digest:

      - Literary Counseling
      - Literary Criticism
      - Literary Editing
      - Short Story Evaluation
      - Manuscript Analysis
      - Article Evaluation (No Fiction)
      - Ghost Writing
      - Newspaper and Magazine Reference Service (Authors often need
      such a service.)
      - Manuscript Typing

      Are you qualified to offer any of these services by mail? If
      you are, you have found a service to sell by mail! If you are
      not now qualified, why not acquire professional training . . .
      and then offer your services by mail?

      IN CONCLUSION

      I realize that I have just touched the surface of three
      different mail order markets. There are hundreds of other mail
      order markets for you to explore! Analyze yourself and then
      select the market that is best for you.

      Study your market thoroughly . . . AND NEVER STOP STUDYING IT.
      Most successful mailorder people read dozens of magazines every
      month. They KNOW what their customers are thinking about, what
      they need, and what they will buy.

      Successful mailorder people are interested in the NEEDS and
      WANTS of their customers FIRST. They understand that if they
      concentrate on those, profits will flow naturally. Those who
      think only of profits soon pass by the wayside.

      In the beginning of this manual, I asked you to write to every
      magazine in your chosen field. Subscribe to as many as possible.
      When you have created your first product, then start
      advertising in those magazines (which is why I said to keep
      their rate cards.) Never run an ad unless you can run it in
      three consecutive issues. Then CONTINUE running it for as long
      as it continues to produce new customers for you. Slowly add
      new (but related) items to your line. Whenever possible, expand
      your business by inserting your ads in new publications.


      Remember these simple guidelines:

      - DON'T COPY ANYONE ELSE! You are a unique individual.
      Express your own individuality in your Mail Order business.

      - CREATE SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING!

      - CREATE SOMETHING USEFUL AND WORTHWHILE!

      - CREATE SOMETHING YOU YOURSELF WOULD WANT TO BUY!

      Copyright by DeAnna Spencer 2004

      This article may be reproduced and redistributed freely on the Internet as long as the resource box remains intact.

    DeAnna Spencer is a virtual assistant that helps entrepreneurs run a successful business by providing affordable administrative help. She also publishes a blog for small business owners. Visit this small business resource today.

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      t, go back and read it
      again. If you can, record your description under one of three
      headings in your notebook:

      - Merchandise
      - Information
      - Service

      All mailorder offerings come under one of the three headings
      listed above. If the ad was for an Aquarian Necklace, it should
      be listed under Merchandise. If it was for a treatise on Flying
      Saucers, it should be listed under Information. If it was an
      offer to chart your horoscope, it should be listed under Service.

      After you have analyzed the first ad, go on and study the next
      ad. Continue until you have thoroughly analyzed every single ad
      in the magazine, including the classifieds. When you are
      through, you will have three lists:

      - A list of Astrological Merchandise for sale
      - A list of Astrological Manuals (Information) for sale
      - A list of Astrological services for sale.

      As you read, watch for:

      UNDEVELOPED IDEAS -- Especially in older issues, you will
      find really good ideas that were, for one reason or another,
      never developed. Perhaps the originator lost interest or didn't
      have the capital to develop his idea. He may have died or he
      may have run off with a chorus girl from Las Vegas and forgotten
      all about the mail order business. If you can develop the idea,
      you have a mail order product.

      WHOLESALE SOURCES -- Watch for ads that say "Dealers Wanted"
      (in more current issues, of course). Here may be the perfect
      source of mailorder products for you.

      STUDY THE ARTICLES -- They will show you what the readers are
      interested in and they will give you clues as to what the
      readers want to buy. Remember the articles are doing two things
      -- they are printing articles about subjects which the readers
      are already interested. But they are also CREATING NEW
      INTERESTS in the minds of the readers. CAN YOU CREATE A PRODUCT
      THAT READERS WILL WANT AS A RESULT OF READING THOSE ARTICLES?

      You will be amazed at what you will discover when you read
      magazines from the viewpoint of a mailorder man!

      While researching this manuscript, I analyzed three totally
      different magazines from the viewpoint of a mailorder man. I
      would like to share some of my findings with you. Don't worry
      if the fields are different from those which interest you.
      MAILORDER PRINCIPLES ARE THE SAME FOR EVERY MARKET!

      The first magazine which I analyzed was ASTROLOGY - YOUR DAILY
      HOROSCOPE, December 1975. I would like to begin with the
      Merchandise Offerings.

      ASTROLOGY (MERCHANDISE)

      The first ad is for personalized stationary. Any mailorder man
      knows you can sell personalized stationary to any market. But
      this dealer took a commonplace product and adapted it to the
      Astrological market. Next to the name and address which he
      prints on the stationary, he prints the Astrological sun sign
      and he calls it ZODIAC STATIONARY.

      The next ad is for another very commonplace product -- soap!
      You can buy soap in any grocery store. But this soap is
      special. It has YOUR ZODIAC SIGN imprinted in it, and it lasts
      as long as the soap lasts. Here is another good example of
      adapting a commonplace product to the special interests and
      desires of your prospective customers.

      If you are now selling a product by mail and you would like to
      increase you sales, make a list of the kinds of people you would
      like to sell it to. (For example, doctors, waitresses, farmers,
      gun collectors, etc.) Then go back and ask yourself what you
      could do to your product to make it appeal to each individual
      group. You'll be amazed at how you can turn commonplace items
      into red hot mailorder sellers just by taking the time to put
      yourself in your customer's shoes for a while.

      The next merchandise offering is for "SEASHELLS FOR VIRGOS AND
      SCORPIOS". Brother, this is a fantastic idea. Had this
      advertiser offered plain old seashells in an astrology magazine,
      his mailbox would probably have been empty. Had he advertised
      "Seashells for Astrologers", he MIGHT have gotten a few orders.
      But he made his seashells special, exclusive, and very, very
      desirable, because they are only for Virgos and Scorpios. He is
      catching the attention of one reader out of every six and I
      would bet that ad was a mailorder success! Here is an idea
      worth remembering. Try to apply it to YOUR product!

      Another merchandise offering was a "Hand Bio-Rhythm Computer".
      For the past few years, Astrology magazines have been running
      article after article on the Bio-Rhythm Theory (i.e. every male
      and female person has emotional, intellectual and physical
      cycles, which can be predicted in advance). The Astrology
      magazines, in effect, have been creating a mailorder market for
      this kind of new product. The ad promises, "it reveals your
      emotional, intellectual and physical state . . . EVEN BEFORE THE
      DAY BEGINS!" This dealer was clever enough to do something
      about this new interest. If he had not studied his market, he
      could never have discovered the NEED for a Bio-Rhythm computer!

      ASTROLOGY (INFORMATION)

      People who read Astrology magazines are very interested in Love,
      Money, Success, Power, Miracles, Prayer, etc. One enterprising
      dealer has written six "personal guidance" manuals, and runs
      full page ads in Astrology magazines, selling them form $2.00 to
      $11.00 each! His ads have been running successfully for years.
      Back in 1960, when I first became interested in selling by mail,
      this dealer was running small ads in mail dealer magazines,
      selling mailorder manuals!

      Here are some of the other information manuals which dealers
      have written and are selling by mail:

      - How the Maya Indians Foretold the Future - $15.00

      - Powerful Words to Be Recited Daily to End Your Money Worries
      - $4.00

      - How to Spiritually Heal Your Pets - $5.00

      - A Manual on Etheric Astal Projection, written "especially for
      the Neophyte" - $3.00

      Can you create a WORTHWHILE manual for this market? (I predict
      that the first dealer who writes a good manual on Bio-Rhythm
      will make a fortune!) If you need ideas for manuals, study the
      subjects being offered in the Astrology magazines. Remember --
      the readers are interested in those subjects! In the issue of
      ASTROLOGY - YOUR PERSONAL HOROSCOPE which I read, the following
      information articles appeared. (This is only a partial list.)

      "Yearly Forecast for Sagittarians"
      "Basic Astronomy for the Astrologers"
      "Sybil Leek Analyzes YOUR Dreams"
      "How to Make Your Dreams Pay Off"
      "How Mercury Inspires Your Creativity"

      A study of OLD Astrology magazines will provide you with a
      wealth of subjects for New Mailorder Manuals (or folios).

      ASTROLOGY (SERVICE)

      If there is one thing people who read Astrology magazines love,
      it is this . . . They LOVE TO BE ANALYZED AND COUNSELLED BY
      PROFESSIONALS. Do you have specialized training in the art of
      Horoscope Reading? If so, you can sell your services by mail.
      Here are some of the headlines form ads offering such services:

      - "Let an Expert Discuss YOUR Life!"

      - "This Horoscope is about YOU"

      - "Now . . . a serious study of YOU!"

      - "Now there is a Horoscope written for the TWO OF YOU! . . .
      One for you, one for your loved one! It could mean the
      difference between a Happy Marriage and a Painful Divorce!"

      - "1976 - 1977 - 1978! Is one of these YOUR Year of Destiny?"
      (This had been running in Astrology magazines for at least ten
      years. Every year, the advertiser simply changes the dates!

      Other services being offered in this magazine include:

      - Personal Questions Answered by Psychics and Mystics
      - Spiritual Readings
      - Tarot Readings
      - Palm Readings
      - Handwriting Analysis
      - Questions answered through Astro-Extra Sensory Perception

      Are you trained to offer such services through the mail? Or are
      you interested in receiving such training? (You will find many
      such offers to train you in a newstand magazine called FATE.)
      If you answer is Yes . . . this is where you should begin your
      mailorder career.

      The next magazine I analyzed was the November 1975 issue of
      FIELD AND STREAM. Since this magazine is aimed at two mailorder
      markets, hunters and fishermen, I analyzed only those ads
      pertaining to Hunters.

      HUNTERS (MERCHANDISE)

      Men who hunt for wild game spend a lot of money on their hobby.
      They buy top quality hunting clothes. (Who wants to go hunting
      in a CHEAP pair of jungle boots?) They spend a lot of money on
      their guns, their hunting knives, and on top quality binoculars.
      There are several dozen well-established mail order companies
      selling this kind of merchandise to hunters. If you ar planning
      to establish a one man mail order operation, you would be well
      advised not to try to compete with these companies. Instead,
      look for something unique that a hunter can USE, and begin you
      mailorder business there.

      Here are a few merchandise offerings being made by enterprising
      dealers:

      "Deer Hunter's soap" (Bathe in soap scented with the aroma of a
      female deer and you will attract a Buck. Only $1.50 per bay!)
      Notice how a smart dealer ADAPTED a commonplace item to a
      specialized market. Notice too, that he adapted it to ONLY ONE
      KIND OF HUNTER. HE DIDN'T OFFER IT TO BEAR HUNTERS, TO COON
      HUNTERS, TO QUAIL HUNTERS, OR TO GAME HUNTERS IN GENERAL. He
      offered it to deer-hunters! If you are a deer-hunter, you would
      notice that ad!"

      "Curtain rods for HUNTING Vans - $3.95 a pair." (Sure, you can
      buy curtain rods in any dime store, but not curtain rods for
      HUNTING VANS! Another excellent example of taking a commonplace
      item, adapting it to a specialized market, and creating a new
      mailorder product.

      Also offered:

      - Gun cleaning cloths (10 for a dollar)

      - Brass Nameplates for HUNTING DOGS (not for just any old dog!)

      - ID Tags for Your Hunting Dogs

      - Handwarmers and Bodywarmers (Boy, could you use these when
      you get lost in the snow!)

      - There was a small classified ad offering "Fish and Game
      Rubber Stamps." I hope this dealer got a lot of orders, but if
      he didn't, I suspect it was because his offer was too general.
      First of all, it would have sold better with an illustrated
      display ad. But even better . . . let us go back to the Virgo
      and Scorpio concept above. How about rubber stamps for Coon
      Hunters? Or for Pheasant Hunters? Or rubber stamps for
      Taxidermists? You will always get more orders if you direct
      your ad to specific people.

      HUNTING (INFORMATION)

      Frankly, I was amazed at the amount of Information Folios being
      sold to Hunters. Here are some examples:

      "How to Build Your Own Gun Cabinet"

      "Duck Calling Instructions" (30 minutes on tape!) A lot of
      information, in every field, is now being put on cassette tape
      and sold by mail. If you would rather talk than write, this
      could be an aspect of mailorder selling for you to consider.

      "Chart showing Life-size Tracks of 38 Animals in the Adirondack
      Mountains" (Incidently not all information is written. A lot
      of people buy plans, diagrams, etc. To digress, recently a
      dealer advertised plans to build your own flying saucer
      detector!)

      "How to Build Box Traps - $1.00"

      "My Secret on Coon Trapping, after 50 years. Guaranteed, $1.00"

      "Mount fish for Fun and Profit - Easy instructions - $1.00"

      "Tan Your Own Hides - Hair on or off - Complete, easy to follow
      instructions and Formulas - $1.00"

      "Build (meat, fish, sausage) smoker! Inexpensive, protable..
      .. easy plans, $1.00"

      "Wild Game and Fish Recipes - Deer, Bear, Rabbit, Trout, Salmon
      and dozens more - $1.00"


      Can you write an information manual for hunters? Can you tell
      him how to shoot ducks? Or how to hunt buffalo? . . . Or what
      to do for snake bites? . . . Or how to sign up for a Big Game
      Safari in the wilds of Africa? If you can, write a good manual
      (or put it on tape!) and sell it by mail!

      HUNTING (SERVICE)

      Unlike the readers of Astrology magazines, Game Hunters don't
      give a damn about being analyzed or counselled! But if you can
      teach his hunting dog how to chase a bear up a tree, then he
      will probably pay you for your services. Can you repair his
      gun? Or can you stuff and mount his catches? If so, you can
      build a mailorder business offering such services.

      The final publication analyzed was the WRITER'S DIGEST of
      November, 1975.

      WRITING (MERCHANDISE)

      If you are interested in the craft of writing (or if you have
      done well in creative writing classes) you might decide to build
      a mail order business catering to the needs of hundreds of
      thousands of persons who dream of becoming professional writers.
      here are some of the merchandise offerings being made to
      writers:

      - "Copyright and Related Laws for Writers"

      - "Grants and Aids to Individuals in the Arts - 1500 Sources."
      (What writer isn't looking for a grant?)

      - "I receive checks every week for features, fillers, news.
      Free details."

      - "Gagwriters Guide"

      - "Secret Way to Make Money Writing - $2.00"

      - "Make Money Writing Fillers! Up-to-Date Filler Directory."

      - "International Directory of Little Magazines and Small
      Presses."

      If you can produce an information manual showing writers how to
      write better, or how to sell their manuscripts, then write it
      and sell it by mail. You will have CREATED a new mailorder
      product! (To get ideas for subjects of interest to writers,
      study the articles in such publications as the Writers Digest,
      The Writer, Saturday Review, etc.)

      WRITERS -- (SERVICE)

      Some of the largest mailorder business in the world sell
      correspondence courses teaching people how to write for a
      living. There are also a dozen or more large printing companies
      (called "Vanity Publishers" in the trade) whose sole business is
      printing books for authors, whose works have been rejected by
      the regular publishing houses.

      If you are a serious literary person, with a gift for writing,
      you could very possibly establish a business offering your
      services to writers. Here are some of the services which were
      being offered in the November 1975 issue of Writer's Digest:

      - Literary Counseling
      - Literary Criticism
      - Literary Editing
      - Short Story Evaluation
      - Manuscript Analysis
      - Article Evaluation (No Fiction)
      - Ghost Writing
      - Newspaper and Magazine Reference Service (Authors often need
      such a service.)
      - Manuscript Typing

      Are you qualified to offer any of these services by mail? If
      you are, you have found a service to sell by mail! If you are
      not now qualified, why not acquire professional training . . .
      and then offer your services by mail?

      IN CONCLUSION

      I realize that I have just touched the surface of three
      different mail order markets. There are hundreds of other mail
      order markets for you to explore! Analyze yourself and then
      select the market that is best for you.

      Study your market thoroughly . . . AND NEVER STOP STUDYING IT.
      Most successful mailorder people read dozens of magazines every
      month. They KNOW what their customers are thinking about, what
      they need, and what they will buy.

      Successful mailorder people are interested in the NEEDS and
      WANTS of their customers FIRST. They understand that if they
      concentrate on those, profits will flow naturally. Those who
      think only of profits soon pass by the wayside.

      In the beginning of this manual, I asked you to write to every
      magazine in your chosen field. Subscribe to as many as possible.
      When you have created your first product, then start
      advertising in those magazines (which is why I said to keep
      their rate cards.) Never run an ad unless you can run it in
      three consecutive issues. Then CONTINUE running it for as long
      as it continues to produce new customers for you. Slowly add
      new (but related) items to your line. Whenever possible, expand
      your business by inserting your ads in new publications.


      Remember these simple guidelines:

      - DON'T COPY ANYONE ELSE! You are a unique individual.
      Express your own individuality in your Mail Order business.

      - CREATE SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING!

      - CREATE SOMETHING USEFUL AND WORTHWHILE!

      - CREATE SOMETHING YOU YOURSELF WOULD WANT TO BUY!

      Copyright by DeAnna Spencer 2004

      This article may be reproduced and redistributed freely on the Internet as long as the resource box remains intact.

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      I first became interested in selling by mail,
      this dealer was running small ads in mail dealer magazines,
      selling mailorder manuals!

      Here are some of the other information manuals which dealers
      have written and are selling by mail:

      - How the Maya Indians Foretold the Future - $15.00

      - Powerful Words to Be Recited Daily to End Your Money Worries
      - $4.00

      - How to Spiritually Heal Your Pets - $5.00

      - A Manual on Etheric Astal Projection, written "especially for
      the Neophyte" - $3.00

      Can you create a WORTHWHILE manual for this market? (I predict
      that the first dealer who writes a good manual on Bio-Rhythm
      will make a fortune!) If you need ideas for manuals, study the
      subjects being offered in the Astrology magazines. Remember --
      the readers are interested in those subjects! In the issue of
      ASTROLOGY - YOUR PERSONAL HOROSCOPE which I read, the following
      information articles appeared. (This is only a partial list.)

      "Yearly Forecast for Sagittarians"
      "Basic Astronomy for the Astrologers"
      "Sybil Leek Analyzes YOUR Dreams"
      "How to Make Your Dreams Pay Off"
      "How Mercury Inspires Your Creativity"

      A study of OLD Astrology magazines will provide you with a
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      If there is one thing people who read Astrology magazines love,
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      Here are some of the headlines form ads offering such services:

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      - "Now there is a Horoscope written for the TWO OF YOU! . . .
      One for you, one for your loved one! It could mean the
      difference between a Happy Marriage and a Painful Divorce!"

      - "1976 - 1977 - 1978! Is one of these YOUR Year of Destiny?"
      (This had been running in Astrology magazines for at least ten
      years. Every year, the advertiser simply changes the dates!

      Other services being offered in this magazine include:

      - Personal Questions Answered by Psychics and Mystics
      - Spiritual Readings
      - Tarot Readings
      - Palm Readings
      - Handwriting Analysis
      - Questions answered through Astro-Extra Sensory Perception

      Are you trained to offer such services through the mail? Or are
      you interested in receiving such training? (You will find many
      such offers to train you in a newstand magazine called FATE.)
      If you answer is Yes . . . this is where you should begin your
      mailorder career.

      The next magazine I analyzed was the November 1975 issue of
      FIELD AND STREAM. Since this magazine is aimed at two mailorder
      markets, hunters and fishermen, I analyzed only those ads
      pertaining to Hunters.

      HUNTERS (MERCHANDISE)

      Men who hunt for wild game spend a lot of money on their hobby.
      They buy top quality hunting clothes. (Who wants to go hunting
      in a CHEAP pair of jungle boots?) They spend a lot of money on
      their guns, their hunting knives, and on top quality binoculars.
      There are several dozen well-established mail order companies
      selling this kind of merchandise to hunters. If you ar planning
      to establish a one man mail order operation, you would be well
      advised not to try to compete with these companies. Instead,
      look for something unique that a hunter can USE, and begin you
      mailorder business there.

      Here are a few merchandise offerings being made by enterprising
      dealers:

      "Deer Hunter's soap" (Bathe in soap scented with the aroma of a
      female deer and you will attract a Buck. Only $1.50 per bay!)
      Notice how a smart dealer ADAPTED a commonplace item to a
      specialized market. Notice too, that he adapted it to ONLY ONE
      KIND OF HUNTER. HE DIDN'T OFFER IT TO BEAR HUNTERS, TO COON
      HUNTERS, TO QUAIL HUNTERS, OR TO GAME HUNTERS IN GENERAL. He
      offered it to deer-hunters! If you are a deer-hunter, you would
      notice that ad!"

      "Curtain rods for HUNTING Vans - $3.95 a pair." (Sure, you can
      buy curtain rods in any dime store, but not curtain rods for
      HUNTING VANS! Another excellent example of taking a commonplace
      item, adapting it to a specialized market, and creating a new
      mailorder product.

      Also offered:

      - Gun cleaning cloths (10 for a dollar)

      - Brass Nameplates for HUNTING DOGS (not for just any old dog!)

      - ID Tags for Your Hunting Dogs

      - Handwarmers and Bodywarmers (Boy, could you use these when
      you get lost in the snow!)

      - There was a small classified ad offering "Fish and Game
      Rubber Stamps." I hope this dealer got a lot of orders, but if
      he didn't, I suspect it was because his offer was too general.
      First of all, it would have sold better with an illustrated
      display ad. But even better . . . let us go back to the Virgo
      and Scorpio concept above. How about rubber stamps for Coon
      Hunters? Or for Pheasant Hunters? Or rubber stamps for
      Taxidermists? You will always get more orders if you direct
      your ad to specific people.

      HUNTING (INFORMATION)

      Frankly, I was amazed at the amount of Information Folios being
      sold to Hunters. Here are some examples:

      "How to Build Your Own Gun Cabinet"

      "Duck Calling Instructions" (30 minutes on tape!) A lot of
      information, in every field, is now being put on cassette tape
      and sold by mail. If you would rather talk than write, this
      could be an aspect of mailorder selling for you to consider.

      "Chart showing Life-size Tracks of 38 Animals in the Adirondack
      Mountains" (Incidently not all information is written. A lot
      of people buy plans, diagrams, etc. To digress, recently a
      dealer advertised plans to build your own flying saucer
      detector!)

      "How to Build Box Traps - $1.00"

      "My Secret on Coon Trapping, after 50 years. Guaranteed, $1.00"

      "Mount fish for Fun and Profit - Easy instructions - $1.00"

      "Tan Your Own Hides - Hair on or off - Complete, easy to follow
      instructions and Formulas - $1.00"

      "Build (meat, fish, sausage) smoker! Inexpensive, protable..
      .. easy plans, $1.00"

      "Wild Game and Fish Recipes - Deer, Bear, Rabbit, Trout, Salmon
      and dozens more - $1.00"


      Can you write an information manual for hunters? Can you tell
      him how to shoot ducks? Or how to hunt buffalo? . . . Or what
      to do for snake bites? . . . Or how to sign up for a Big Game
      Safari in the wilds of Africa? If you can, write a good manual
      (or put it on tape!) and sell it by mail!

      HUNTING (SERVICE)

      Unlike the readers of Astrology magazines, Game Hunters don't
      give a damn about being analyzed or counselled! But if you can
      teach his hunting dog how to chase a bear up a tree, then he
      will probably pay you for your services. Can you repair his
      gun? Or can you stuff and mount his catches? If so, you can
      build a mailorder business offering such services.

      The final publication analyzed was the WRITER'S DIGEST of
      November, 1975.

      WRITING (MERCHANDISE)

      If you are interested in the craft of writing (or if you have
      done well in creative writing classes) you might decide to build
      a mail order business catering to the needs of hundreds of
      thousands of persons who dream of becoming professional writers.
      here are some of the merchandise offerings being made to
      writers:

      - "Copyright and Related Laws for Writers"

      - "Grants and Aids to Individuals in the Arts - 1500 Sources."
      (What writer isn't looking for a grant?)

      - "I receive checks every week for features, fillers, news.
      Free details."

      - "Gagwriters Guide"

      - "Secret Way to Make Money Writing - $2.00"

      - "Make Money Writing Fillers! Up-to-Date Filler Directory."

      - "International Directory of Little Magazines and Small
      Presses."

      If you can produce an information manual showing writers how to
      write better, or how to sell their manuscripts, then write it
      and sell it by mail. You will have CREATED a new mailorder
      product! (To get ideas for subjects of interest to writers,
      study the articles in such publications as the Writers Digest,
      The Writer, Saturday Review, etc.)

      WRITERS -- (SERVICE)

      Some of the largest mailorder business in the world sell
      correspondence courses teaching people how to write for a
      living. There are also a dozen or more large printing companies
      (called "Vanity Publishers" in the trade) whose sole business is
      printing books for authors, whose works have been rejected by
      the regular publishing houses.

      If you are a serious literary person, with a gift for writing,
      you could very possibly establish a business offering your
      services to writers. Here are some of the services which were
      being offered in the November 1975 issue of Writer's Digest:

      - Literary Counseling
      - Literary Criticism
      - Literary Editing
      - Short Story Evaluation
      - Manuscript Analysis
      - Article Evaluation (No Fiction)
      - Ghost Writing
      - Newspaper and Magazine Reference Service (Authors often need
      such a service.)
      - Manuscript Typing

      Are you qualified to offer any of these services by mail? If
      you are, you have found a service to sell by mail! If you are
      not now qualified, why not acquire professional training . . .
      and then offer your services by mail?

      IN CONCLUSION

      I realize that I have just touched the surface of three
      different mail order markets. There are hundreds of other mail
      order markets for you to explore! Analyze yourself and then
      select the market that is best for you.

      Study your market thoroughly . . . AND NEVER STOP STUDYING IT.
      Most successful mailorder people read dozens of magazines every
      month. They KNOW what their customers are thinking about, what
      they need, and what they will buy.

      Successful mailorder people are interested in the NEEDS and
      WANTS of their customers FIRST. They understand that if they
      concentrate on those, profits will flow naturally. Those who
      think only of profits soon pass by the wayside.

      In the beginning of this manual, I asked you to write to every
      magazine in your chosen field. Subscribe to as many as possible.
      When you have created your first product, then start
      advertising in those magazines (which is why I said to keep
      their rate cards.) Never run an ad unless you can run it in
      three consecutive issues. Then CONTINUE running it for as long
      as it continues to produce new customers for you. Slowly add
      new (but related) items to your line. Whenever possible, expand
      your business by inserting your ads in new publications.


      Remember these simple guidelines:

      - DON'T COPY ANYONE ELSE! You are a unique individual.
      Express your own individuality in your Mail Order business.

      - CREATE SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING!

      - CREATE SOMETHING USEFUL AND WORTHWHILE!

      - CREATE SOMETHING YOU YOURSELF WOULD WANT TO BUY!

      Copyright by DeAnna Spencer 2004

      This article may be reproduced and redistributed freely on the Internet as long as the resource box remains intact.

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      Managing Your Career Change
      What really does not change in the world is the need for change. It is this bug in you or the environment around you which is constantly after you for a change. If one changes her career 3-4 times in her life time, that much she needs to carefully manage her career change. Mind you, career change is synonymous to changing boats in the middle of a storm.Managing Your Career ChangeYou have to evaluate your need for a change pragmatically. This way, you can stop yourself from falling prey to impulsive actions. Being pragmatic or practical means thinking in the way that both you and your detractor think about you. This gives you the advantage of multidirectional thinking.1. Develop Career Goals Early In Life: Broadly speaking, this is deciding where you want to be at each key stage in your life (making goals measurable). Your first step more or less decides most of your career path. You must also commit yourself to your goals.2. Prepare The Ground: You have to acquire new skills and education. Knowing exactly what the employer is looking for should guide you here. Make the right connections. What organizations you belong to tells a new employer a lot about who you are and what your future potential is. Keep your network and resume updated.3. Assess Where You Stand: At this stage you will understand where you stand with respect to your career goals. How do you know that you are lagging behind, if you are? Most career goals are a combination of having dreams and being realistic. Lack of either or both of these often shows up as frustrations in both work and at home. It is this that paves way for readjusting your pace with respect to your career change.4. Readjusting The Pace Of Your Career: This is the most important step. It is this middle phase of your career change that decides whether you can change jobs easily and whether you succeed at the new one. As a career change is a well-defined goal, identify the next 2-3 job prospects at this stage. For this, you need to ask yourself a few questions:a. Can you grow in your present job or industry as a whole? If you are in the middle of your career, you should continue in your chosen profession. If you are in a small organization you probably have reached the top very early but that may be the highest that you can go.b. Am I going to stick to this salary, if this is the top? If your salary is not at least comparable with your peer group, this is a red flag. These two facts are proof that there is opportunity beckoning outside your organization.c. Is it easy to find another job for a higher salary now? This is the essence of career change for most people.d. Will the change take you closer to your personal goals? Does it increase your stature or help buy a new home or a car. The same logic also holds true for reducing any debt you may have.Managing your career change also involves making a smooth exit from your present job and entry into the new one. It ends with getting acclimatized to the new environment.
      BR>information, in every field, is now being put on cassette tape
      and sold by mail. If you would rather talk than write, this
      could be an aspect of mailorder selling for you to consider.

      "Chart showing Life-size Tracks of 38 Animals in the Adirondack
      Mountains" (Incidently not all information is written. A lot
      of people buy plans, diagrams, etc. To digress, recently a
      dealer advertised plans to build your own flying saucer
      detector!)

      "How to Build Box Traps - $1.00"

      "My Secret on Coon Trapping, after 50 years. Guaranteed, $1.00"

      "Mount fish for Fun and Profit - Easy instructions - $1.00"

      "Tan Your Own Hides - Hair on or off - Complete, easy to follow
      instructions and Formulas - $1.00"

      "Build (meat, fish, sausage) smoker! Inexpensive, protable..
      .. easy plans, $1.00"

      "Wild Game and Fish Recipes - Deer, Bear, Rabbit, Trout, Salmon
      and dozens more - $1.00"


      Can you write an information manual for hunters? Can you tell
      him how to shoot ducks? Or how to hunt buffalo? . . . Or what
      to do for snake bites? . . . Or how to sign up for a Big Game
      Safari in the wilds of Africa? If you can, write a good manual
      (or put it on tape!) and sell it by mail!

      HUNTING (SERVICE)

      Unlike the readers of Astrology magazines, Game Hunters don't
      give a damn about being analyzed or counselled! But if you can
      teach his hunting dog how to chase a bear up a tree, then he
      will probably pay you for your services. Can you repair his
      gun? Or can you stuff and mount his catches? If so, you can
      build a mailorder business offering such services.

      The final publication analyzed was the WRITER'S DIGEST of
      November, 1975.

      WRITING (MERCHANDISE)

      If you are interested in the craft of writing (or if you have
      done well in creative writing classes) you might decide to build
      a mail order business catering to the needs of hundreds of
      thousands of persons who dream of becoming professional writers.
      here are some of the merchandise offerings being made to
      writers:

      - "Copyright and Related Laws for Writers"

      - "Grants and Aids to Individuals in the Arts - 1500 Sources."
      (What writer isn't looking for a grant?)

      - "I receive checks every week for features, fillers, news.
      Free details."

      - "Gagwriters Guide"

      - "Secret Way to Make Money Writing - $2.00"

      - "Make Money Writing Fillers! Up-to-Date Filler Directory."

      - "International Directory of Little Magazines and Small
      Presses."

      If you can produce an information manual showing writers how to
      write better, or how to sell their manuscripts, then write it
      and sell it by mail. You will have CREATED a new mailorder
      product! (To get ideas for subjects of interest to writers,
      study the articles in such publications as the Writers Digest,
      The Writer, Saturday Review, etc.)

      WRITERS -- (SERVICE)

      Some of the largest mailorder business in the world sell
      correspondence courses teaching people how to write for a
      living. There are also a dozen or more large printing companies
      (called "Vanity Publishers" in the trade) whose sole business is
      printing books for authors, whose works have been rejected by
      the regular publishing houses.

      If you are a serious literary person, with a gift for writing,
      you could very possibly establish a business offering your
      services to writers. Here are some of the services which were
      being offered in the November 1975 issue of Writer's Digest:

      - Literary Counseling
      - Literary Criticism
      - Literary Editing
      - Short Story Evaluation
      - Manuscript Analysis
      - Article Evaluation (No Fiction)
      - Ghost Writing
      - Newspaper and Magazine Reference Service (Authors often need
      such a service.)
      - Manuscript Typing

      Are you qualified to offer any of these services by mail? If
      you are, you have found a service to sell by mail! If you are
      not now qualified, why not acquire professional training . . .
      and then offer your services by mail?

      IN CONCLUSION

      I realize that I have just touched the surface of three
      different mail order markets. There are hundreds of other mail
      order markets for you to explore! Analyze yourself and then
      select the market that is best for you.

      Study your market thoroughly . . . AND NEVER STOP STUDYING IT.
      Most successful mailorder people read dozens of magazines every
      month. They KNOW what their customers are thinking about, what
      they need, and what they will buy.

      Successful mailorder people are interested in the NEEDS and
      WANTS of their customers FIRST. They understand that if they
      concentrate on those, profits will flow naturally. Those who
      think only of profits soon pass by the wayside.

      In the beginning of this manual, I asked you to write to every
      magazine in your chosen field. Subscribe to as many as possible.
      When you have created your first product, then start
      advertising in those magazines (which is why I said to keep
      their rate cards.) Never run an ad unless you can run it in
      three consecutive issues. Then CONTINUE running it for as long
      as it continues to produce new customers for you. Slowly add
      new (but related) items to your line. Whenever possible, expand
      your business by inserting your ads in new publications.


      Remember these simple guidelines:

      - DON'T COPY ANYONE ELSE! You are a unique individual.
      Express your own individuality in your Mail Order business.

      - CREATE SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING!

      - CREATE SOMETHING USEFUL AND WORTHWHILE!

      - CREATE SOMETHING YOU YOURSELF WOULD WANT TO BUY!

      Copyright by DeAnna Spencer 2004

      This article may be reproduced and redistributed freely on the Internet as long as the resource box remains intact.

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      Bad Credit Business Loans - When Your Credibility Becomes Secondary to Bad Credit
      A business stands firm on the ground with the help of funds. Every business man would know that without finances one can’t establish or advance a viable business plan. Not everyone is born with the kind of money required for furthering a business plan. Bad credit is so prevalent and this is the reason why we have bad credit business loans.In practice, bad credit cannot prevent you from having bad credit business loans. Bad credit business loans can be difficult to find but they are certainly not impossible to find. Writing a good business loans application is key to getting it approved. There are a few things that the lender won’t neglect while providing you with business loans for bad credit. Business plan and its feasibility are crucial for bad credit business loans. Along with that lender will look for equity, collateral and repaying ability.Now credit history is fundamental to getting a business loan approved. Since you have bad credit, you should start with your credit score. Obtain your credit report from any of the three credit reporting agencies – Experian, Trans Union and Equifax. Many people are unable to understand what the report and credit score signify. Credit score is given after studying the data in the credit history –• Late payments• The amount of time credit has been established• The amount of credit used versus the amount of creditavailable• Length of time at present residence• Employment history• Negative credit information such as bankruptcies, charge-offs, collections, etc.A Bad credit business loan lender will usually use a FICO score to identify your bad credit. Fico score ranges from 340-850. The lower your score is the chances are you might be seen as a greater credit risk. Any business loan borrower with a credit score below 600 is considered as bad credit. Here the business loans application will be approved with the added compensation of higher interest rates and down payment. Higher interest rate is attached to bad credit business loans. Research would be an investment worth it while finding a bad credit business loan. Comparatively low interest rates are possible for bad credit business loan.You should be aware of your exact credit score before you apply for bad credit business loan. In case you have improved your credit score since you last saw, you can get lower interest rates. Credit repair may be a good step before you apply for bad credit business loans. Bad credit will not vanish immediately but there will be a gradual improvement. Don’t make credit repair without thinking for it may backfire. For shutting down a credit card because the interest rates are high, can harm your credit score.Bad credit would not be the only criteria for getting business loan. If you can prove the ability to repay in spite of bad credit your loan will be approved. Bad credit business loan application should have• nature of your business • the objective of using the business loan • business name • Your social security number • proof of ownership • letters of reference • contracts, tax returns • financial statements, credit references • Incorporation or LLC organizational documentIt is important that a lawyer reviews your bad credit business loan application. Read the fine print and check carefully for things like hidden charges, including annual fees, bank charges, closing costs, commissions and balloon payments.?50,000-?200,000 is the range for bad credit business loan. This will depend basically on your loan repayment ability. Try to make a claim that is practical for your situation. Failure to repay will have serious repercussions on your credit which is already marred.A business loan works in
      viduality in your Mail Order business.

      - CREATE SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING!

      - CREATE SOMETHING USEFUL AND WORTHWHILE!

      - CREATE SOMETHING YOU YOURSELF WOULD WANT TO BUY!

      Copyright by DeAnna Spencer 2004

      This article may be reproduced and redistributed freely on the Internet as long as the resource box remains intact.

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