101 Great Mail-Order Businesses, Revised 2nd Edition
by HICKS, TYLER G.Edition: 2nd
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2000-01-27
Publisher(s): Crown Business
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Summary
Make a Mint by Mail Order! Sell computers, vitamins, clothing, or gourmet foods. Create and sell newsletters on almost any topic. Make and sell your favorite arts and crafts. Would you like to join the booming mail-order business? You can! Bestselling authorTy Hicksshows you how. You don't need a lot of money, years of experience, or a college educationjust a mailing address and the desire to deliver products and services quickly for the best value your customers can get. Ty Hicks explains in clear, easy steps how to start your mail-order business today, including: Getting started quickly and easily Creating an e-commerce Web site to promote and sell your products or services directly Using proven marketing and promotion strategies Carving niche markets with unusual products and services Expanding your business for maximum profitability And much, much more!
Author Biography
Tyler G. Hicks made his fortune in mail order, real estate, publishing, and other business endeavors. The president of International Wealth Success Inc., he is also the director of a large lending organization in New York City. He is the author of many bestselling small-business books, including Mail Order Success Secrets, How to Start Your Own Business on a Shoestring, and How to Get Rich on Other People’s Money (all from Prima).
Table of Contents
| What This Book Can Do for You | |
| Know Today's Multibillion Mail-Order Scene | |
| See Why Mail Order is Such a Great Business | |
| To Start, Let's Get Our Names Clear Ten | |
| Ways to Make Mail-Order Millions Today | |
| Get in on Today's Billion-Dollar Mail-Order Wealth | |
| Pick Your Wealth-Building | |
| Product or Service Select a Product | |
| You Like Choose a Service to Sell by Mail Order Now | |
| Let's Get YOU Started in Business | |
| Printed Products Can Make You Rich—Soon | |
| Books for the Billions—Both People and Dollars | |
| Use Newsletters to Build Your Mail-Order Wealth | |
| Sell Small Pamphlets to Make Big Money Promote | |
| Cardboard Calculators by Mail Sell | |
| Magazines by Mail and E-Commerce for Quick Profits | |
| Get in on the Computer Boom—Sell | |
| Software For Lowest Cost Mail Order, Try Recipes | |
| Self-Improvement Courses Make Big Money Today | |
| Sell Videos by Mail to Prosper Quickly | |
| Serve Hungry People | |
| What They Want Pick the Food You'd Like to Sell by Mail | |
| Find a Supplier for Your Chosen | |
| Food Isolate the Food Feature(s) | |
| You Want to Promote Specialize Your Food Offers and Grow Fast | |
| See What Real-Life Food Marketers | |
| Do by Mail Order Expand Your Food Business As You Grow | |
| Cater to Gadget | |
| Enthusiasts Everywhere Get Gadget Alert Today | |
| How, and Where, to Find Gadgets | |
| How to Recognize the Sales Potential of Gadgets | |
| Pick a Specialty Field for Your Gadgets | |
| Start Selling Your Gadgets Today | |
| Provide Convenience and Earn Big Profits | |
| Pick the Convenience You'll Offer Use Convenience | |
| Features to Ease Ordering from Your Firm | |
| How to Set Up Your Convenience | |
| Features Offer Convenience and Your Wealth Is Assured | |
| Sell the Unusual by Mail | |
| Decide on the Unusual Items or Services | |
| You'll Sell Figure Out If You Can Sell Your Unusual Items | |
| Unusual Services That Can Make Money for You Pricing | |
| Your Unusual Product or Service | |
| How to Promote, and Sell, Your Unusual Offer | |
| Use Catalogs to Sell Year-Round | |
| Catalogs Can Make Millions for You Selling | |
| Fragrances from Home Gives Steady Work and Education | |
| How to Start Your Mail-Order | |
| Catalog Distribute Your Catalog and Make Sales | |
| Get into the Business-to-Business Market | |
| Expand Your Catalog Coverage and Distribution | |
| Use Overseas Sales Agents for Your Catalog | |
| Use a Catalog Distributor to Get Wider | |
| Circulation of Your Catalog Believe Me | |
| When I Say: Catalogs Can Make You Rich! | |
| What You Can Sell in Your Catalog | |
| Make Services Make Your Mail-Order Wealth | |
| Pick Your Moneymaking Service Good Moneymaking Mail-Order Service | |
| Businesses How to Make Big Money in Your Service | |
| Business Find, or Develop, a Needed Service— | |
| Step 1 Figure Out How, Where, and To Whom You'll Sell Your Service— | |
| Step 2 Set Up Your Marketing Plan— | |
| Step 3 Estimate How Many Sales You Can Make— | |
| Step 4 Compute Your Total Cost of Doing Business— | |
| Step 5 Push Ahead to Your Service Business | |
| Success More Service Businesses for You to Consider | |
| Offbeat Services Can Bring in Big Cash | |
| What Are Offbeat Services? | |
| Profitable Offbeat Services for All BWBs | |
| Develop Your Idea for an Offbeat Service | |
| Decide How, and Where, You'll Sell Your Offbeat Service | |
| Become the Leader in Your Field | |
| Mail-Order Marketing Success | |
| Methods for Making You Rich | |
| What's the Best Way to Sell | |
| My Product or Service | |
| When I First Start Up? | |
| Which Is Better—a Display Ad or a Classified Ad? | |
| How, and Where, Can I Get Ad Rates for Various Ad Outlets? | |
| What Unusual Sales Methods Can I Use? | |
| What Kind of Publicity Works Best for Products and Services? | |
| Will Electronic Marketing Pay Off Today? | |
| Will Full-Page Ads Pay Off for Me? | |
| Are Newspaper Ads Good for My Product or Service? | |
| Should I Ask for Money in a Classified Ad? D | |
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