Selling information is one of the most established and most
powerful
businesses in our information society.
With the continuing growth of
the computer revolution, selling information in electronic form offers
you outstanding profit opportunities. You can provide people with valuable
information and earn yourself 1000's of dollars/pounds in the process.
The objective of this material is to provide you a collection of carefully
selected money-making information that can help you start and succeed
in
your business, whatever it may be.
If you are planning to start your own information marketing business,
this
software will show you how to set up your business, show you which types
of
information sell the best, how to prepare or obtain the information you'll
be marketing, how to promote your products, and how to fill your orders.
Most important of all, this material will take you one step ahead of the
conventional info-by-mail business. This material will show you how to
sell
information in "ELECTRONIC FORM" - using computer floppy disks
- which are
the most efficient and most profitable means by which information is now
being packaged, sold, and delivered.
*****
Information in electronic form has quickly become one of the hottest selling
products of the nineties. Recent figures indicate that over a billion
dollars worth of books
are sold by mail every year. The easiest way to profit from this expanding
market is to provide customers with valuable information they can put
to
immediate use. Many publishers are pulling in a fortune by selling useful
publications right out of their own homes. People get involved in this
business for many different reasons.
There are few businesses left that have all the above benefits. Selling
information, either in printed form or in electronic form, allows you
to
start on a shoestring and quickly reinvest your earnings. Some information
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marketers have been known to start with less than $100 and have quickly
gone
on to build million dollar businesses.
If you buy information from wholesalers and resell it, you can make a
profit
from the same information material over and over. If you write and print
your own informative publication, profit margins will even be better.
While
a publication may only cost a couple of dollars to professionally produce,
it can contain thousands of dollars worth of information. It is usually
NOT
the size or length of a publication customers are interested in, it is
the
valuable information contained inside that they will gladly pay for.
Likewise, the manner by which you package and deliver the information
to
your customers will determine your profit margins and how big you can
build your business.
You can start your business all by yourself. Not having to hire any employees
will save you time, effort, money, and bureaucratic government regulation.
As you will soon see, no special education or skills are required. In
fact,
by using this software, you will probably know more about the industry
than
most of the people out there.
SETTING UP YOUR BUSINESS
*********************
One of the best features of owning your own information-by-mail business
is
that it is fun and easy to start and operate. You probably already own
much
of what you will need to begin operations. Whether you live in an apartment
or house, you will need to set aside some space that you can designate
as your
office. While there is no reason why you can't start from your kitchen
table,
you should try to dedicate some space where you can set up a desk and
chair
that you can operate your business from.
1. Business Name And Organization
Choosing a name for your new business should be your first step. This
is an
important step because a well-chosen name can help you generate more sales
for your business. It is important to choose a business name that accurately
represents your business and gives an impression of trust and confidence.
For example, would you feel comfortable ordering a financial guide from
a business called "Wallace Book Company" or "Wallace Financials"
?
Simply pick a name that you would feel comfortable ordering
a publication
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from. If the business name is anything other than your own name, you will
need to file for a Fictituous Business Name (also known as DBA) registeration.
Choosing a form of legal entity or structure for your business should
be your
next step. You can organize your business three ways:
PROPRIETORSHIP.... A proprietorship is the least expensive to form and
usually requires nothing more than a "D.B.A." (doing business
as) name and
possibly a local business license.
This type of ownership allows you to have the maximum control over the
operations of the business, but also creates maximum liability. You will
be
personally liable for all debts incurred by your business.
Since Proprietorship is the least expensive and easiest to form, it is
recommended for anyone going into the information marketing business for
the first time. You will make all final decisions and be responsible for
all
aspects of your business. This is a popular choice for a one-person
operation.
PARTNERSHIPS.... If you need a business partner, either for financial
or expertise reasons, the best way to outline your business relationship,
from a legal standpoint, is to form your business as a Partnership.
CORPORATION..... A corporation is the most formal form of business that
one
may consider. You can have a coporation whether you are the sole owner
of
the business or you have partners.
This form of ownership is more expensive, but offers the least liability.
You must consider this form of business after your business has successfully
begun and reached consistent profitability. It is also advisable to consider
forming a corporation before applying for expansion capital through a
bank or
other lending institution. The services of an attorney are recommended
when
forming a corporation. The attorney can assist you in filling out the
proper
forms and submitting them to the correct government agencies.
2. Mailing Address And Phone Number
Your mailing address can be either a P.O. Box or a street
address. It is
recommended that you use a street address for your business. Studies have
shown that customers are more likely to order from an information-by-mail
business with a street address than from one with a P.O. Box. Customers
feel
more confident about sending their hard earned money to someone they feel
is
at a relatively permanent address. This is probably because of the few
"fly
by night" con artists that have historically used P.O. Boxes as their
storefronts. If you must use a P.O. Box it is recommended that you at
least
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list a phone number in your advertisements. If you work out of an apartment,
using the word "suite" before your apartment number will make
it sound more
professional.
If you prefer not to use your own street address, there
are companies that
will rent you the use of their street address for mailing purposes. Some
companies can provide more than just mailbox rentals. These extra services
may include, sending and receiving faxes, voice mail, pagers, copying,
notary, packaging services and supplies and authorized shipping outlets
for
some national shippers. Check your local yellow pages under "Mail
Receiving
& Forwarding Services."
You should also consider getting a separate phone number for your new
business. It will help you keep in touch with the people who can make
your
new business grow.
3. Bank Account & Merchant Account
After you have chosen a name for your business, properly
formed and
registered your business, and decided on a business address and phone
number,
you will need to open a business checking account at your local bank.
You
will need to bring in a copy of your fictitious business name application
that you received from the county clerk.
Shop around to see which local bank offers the most services
with the least
service fees. An important service feature that you should inquire about
from all the banks is how soon you can set up a credit card merchant account
and what the requirements will be. As your business grows, you will want
to
be able to offer your customers flexible payment terms, including accepting
credit card orders. Most banks do not like to offer this service to
businesses that obtain the majority of their sales by mail or phone.
If you can't get a credit card merchant account, don't
worry about it.
Once your business is more established and profitable, the banks are more
likely to work with you. Most banks should allow you to set up this kind
of service a year or two after opening the account -- the sooner the better.
WHAT INFORMATION TO SELL
**********************
Veteran informatiom marketers know that information on
just about every
conceivable subject can be successfully marketed, specially if sold in
electronic form. Look at most direct-response magazines and you will probably
find companies offering valuable information on numerous topics.
The most profitable by far are How-To information, particularly those
financial in scope. These types of information products provide information
based on people's natural wants, desires and needs.
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One type of information product is specialized knowledge of a particular
subject. This knowledge may be obtained through personal experience or
detailed research of a certain subject. The most practical strategy is
to write about something that you have personal experience with. It may
be a
hobby, job, sport, vacation, recipe, or whatever you are knowledgeable
about.
If you want to provide information about a particular field you have little
or no personal experience in, you will need to do some research. When
doing
research, look for information in magazine and newspaper articles and
books
on your chosen subject. Read as much information as you can until it begins
to sound repetitive. This is a good indication that you have read all
that
there is to know about that subject. Take excellent notes and organize
them
accordingly.
The second type of information that can be successfully sold through the
mail
are self-improvement products. These products help by providing timely
and
valuable information on a variety of subjects.
Marketers have found the subject of financial wealth and physical health
to
be the most sought after topics in the mail order industry. Everyone has
an
interest in excellent health and wants to learn how to increase his/her
financial status.
Practically any national publication with classified advertisements will
have offers selling information on these subjects. This type of information
is best provided by those who have professional experience in the respective
fields. However, if you do enough research, you will be able to write
your
own informative publication.
Many of the most successful financial topics sold by mail relate to starting
one's own business. Global competition has caused many major companies
to
downsize their workforce. This has resulted in many unemployed individuals
in search of new ways to earn a living. By providing information on how
to
start one's own business, you can help these people get their lives back
in
gear and make a profit in the process.
One particularly popular health related topic is how to
lose weight and stay
physically and mentally fit. With health costs going through the roof
with
no end in sight, many health minded individuals are in search of ways
to
become healthier. By becoming healthier, expensive visits to your doctors
can be avoided. By providing accurate and timely information on how the
health minded individual can improve their lives, you can earn a healthy
profit.
Promoting Your Publication
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Once you have obtained a software product that you can sell, you are ready
to tell the world about it. No matter how valuable your information is,
you
will not make a penny from it unless you tell the people who want your
information how they can get it. This is the most critical and most often
misunderstood step in running your information marketing business.
Information sellers have tried to reach their target markets with many
different techniques. No matter what technique is used, information sellers
all try to cost effectively reach those people most likely to buy their
publications. Some of the most popular ways are listed below:
> Selling through magazine or newspaper advertisements
> Getting free publicity from magazines and newspapers
> Selling through book distributors, dealers and resellers
> Selling through radio and television advertisements
> Selling over the phone through telemarketing
> Selling through book stores or libraries
> Selling through direct mail packages
> Selling through computer bulletin board systems (BBSs) and online
services
The above techniques have consistently shown cost effective
results.
Dollar for dollar the best methods for selling your publication are by
advertising in magazines, sending direct mail packages, getting free
publicity, and using On-line services.
Direct Mail
***********
The subject of direct mail cannot be ignored when discussing
how to make a
profit in mail order. A properly designed and implemented direct mail
campaign can often outperform a classified advertising approach. The main
advantage of direct mail is that it is less expensive than classified
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advertising to generate qualified leads. Whether you do a two-step,
combination, or telemarketing approach to generate inquiries for your
publication, it is important to remember that your only objective is to
obtain a name and address of a potential customer. The time, cost, and
effort in placing the advertisements and possibly setting up an 800 number
are often questioned when the only objective is to get a name and address
to
put on your direct mail package. This is why many publishers rent mailing
lists of prospective customers to lower their costs and spend less time
and
effort in getting orders.
In its simplest form, direct mail involves mailing the
direct mail packages,
explained in the two-step advertising approach, to a mailing list of names
and
addresses of prospective customers. Many mailing list brokers are willing
to
rent you names and addresses of prospective customers, usually grouped
by
their field of interest. These lists are usually rented for one time use.
Most brokers will put a few secret names and addresses in their list that
actually end up at one of the broker's addresses. By doing this they can
check to see if you have used the list more than one time.
Mailing list rates usually run between $40 to $75 per
1000 names. The names
and addresses usually are on peel and stick labels that you attach to
your
direct mail envelopes. Some mailing list companies may offer their names
on
computer disk for those who have a computer. If your mailing is small
and
you have the time, you may want to hand address your envelopes. Hand
addressing is more personal and has been proven to increase the chance
of
having your mail opened. Since the main cost in direct mail is the postage,
many direct mailers obtain a third class bulk rate permit from their local
post office that will allow them to save significantly on their postage
costs.
This permit currently costs $75. If you get a bulk rate permit, make sure
to
buy the lists that are sorted by consecutive zip code. This will help
you
organize your mailing to comply with the bulk rate mailing requirements.
Mailing lists are usually created in one of three ways.
They can be compiled,
built, or purchased. Compiled lists contain names that have been obtained
from published sources such as telephone books, directories, and newspapers.
These lists are good for reaching easy to categorize professionals such
as
attorneys, accountants, and doctors. Built lists contain names that have
been obtained from exclusive sources such as a company's list of repeat
customers. These lists are good for reaching buyers of products that are
similar to your own line. Purchased lists contain names that have been
obtained based on their buying habits such as mail order buyers. These
lists are good for reaching people whose buying habits are similar to
those
of your customers.
Usually, the more specific the list, the better the response
rate will be.
Let's say you want to sell a directory of golf courses in the United States.
A mailing list containing names and addresses of golfers over the age
of 55,
who make over $100,000 a year, travel, or are retired, will be a better
list
to send your direct mail piece to than a generic list of sports enthusiasts.
The more specific the mailing list the more it will cost. It is also
important to specify that the lists have names and addresses less than
90 days
old. This will insure fresh prospects who have not seen many other book
offers. It is even better if you can get a list less than 30 days old.
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The day on which your direct mail offer arrives is important. You do not
want your mailing to arrive during the weekend or at the end of the month.
People usually plan activities during the weekend and may not have time
to
read your entire direct mail package. At the end of the month, people
usually have to pay bills and thus may not have enough money for your
offer.
One other time of the year to avoid are the holidays. If possible, try
to
have your mailing arrive Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.
Let's take a quick look at the advantages and disadvantages
of a direct mail
and classified advertising campaign. Particular attention should be paid
to
the cost, time, and effort required to obtain the inquiries. This is because
once the inquiries are obtained, the cost to mail your direct mail packages
is the same. The only exception to this is if you have obtained a third
class bulk rate permit to reduce your postage costs. Since mailers are
currently required to mail no less than 200 pieces at one time or 50 pounds
to qualify for bulk rates, those who use mailing lists can easily qualify.
If you are using classified advertisements to generate your names and
addresses, you will need to receive 200 inquiries every few days to
successfully utilize a third class bulk rate permit. This is only possible
in a major classified advertising campaign. An example of the costs of
a
direct mail approach and a classified advertising approach follows:
Using BBSs And Online Services To Promote Your Publication
**********************************************************
Using a computer bulletin board system (BBS) and online service to promote
your publication is the newest and most exciting method to get sales for
your
business. The best part about it is that you don't have to own a computer
or
even know anything about computers to take advantage of this explosive
method.
Before the method is explained, you need to first understand what BBSs
and
online services are and how they operate. Let's first take a look at BBSs.
What Are BBSes
BBSs are computer systems that are accessible through
the phone lines by
those who have a computer and modem. There are over 50,000 BBSs in the
United States. Most BBSs are owned and operated by individuals and small
companies. While many are free to access, other than the cost of the call,
others charge small yearly subscription fees in order to have unlimited
access. These subscription fees are usually $10 to $20 a year. Users who
have a computer and modem connected to a telephone line can connect to
these
BBSs to perform a variety of actions.
The main reason people connect to a BBS is to download
and upload computer
files between their computer and the BBS. Downloading means copying a
computer file from the BBS to your computer while uploading means copying
files from your computer to the BBS. Some information on the BBS can be
read while connected online. Usually BBSs have computer files that are
related to a certain field of interest. Some of the larger and more advanced
BBSs allow users to send electronic messages to each other, known as
"e-mail." Other BBSs allow users to communicate in real time
with others who
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are connected. This communication is done by typing messages on the screen
that other users can see and respond to. These additional features are
what
begins to separate BBSs from online services. Check your local library
for
a directory of BBSs.
What are Online Services?
Most online services contain all the features of traditional
BBSs. Some
online services actually began as small BBSs. For one reason or another
they
developed into major operations, many with over 500,000 subscribers.
Currently there are fewer than 10 major online services in the United
States.
The appendix contains a list of some of them. Some of the most popular
ones,
include American Online, Prodigy, CompuServe, GEnie, and Delphi. Many
offer
free trial periods to let you test their service, so call them for details.
Besides transferring files, sending e-mail, and "chatting"
in real time with
others, online services offer users access to more information than
traditional BBSs. Many major newspapers and magazines have recognized
the
power of online services and thus have made their articles electronically
accessible on some of the major online services. Some online services
offer
users the ability to access stock quotes, make travel arrangements, purchase
products, and read the day's news, sports, and weather. Some companies
offer
technical assistance through online services. Most of the online services
offer users forums in which users with similar interests can "chat"
online
and transfer relevant computer files. These forums, also known as Special
Interest Groups (SIGs), are a proven way of targeting your market. Most
online services charge about $10 a month for a limited amount of connect
time. Online services are one of the first usable services to evolve from
the much talked about "Information Superhighway." Now that you
understand
what BBSs and online services are and how they work, let's see how you
can
use them to help sell your publications.
First of all, while BBSs can be used to help promote your
publication, it is
recommended that you concentrate your marketing efforts on the online
services. The reason is the quality of the customers. Many of the users
of
free BBSs don't have credit cards, are young, and are only interested
in free
information. There are three advantages to online service subscribers:
1) Since credit cards are usually required for service,
most subscribers own
a credit card.
2) Most subscribers are professional people with annual incomes above
$30,000.
3) By being a subscriber, they've proven their wiliness to pay for access
to
information.
There are a couple of different ways to use online services
for your
publishing business. The most popular involves the placement of electronic
classified advertisements on one or more of the online services. While
some
may charge, others include this feature in your monthly fee. Let's take
a
look at one of the ways you can use this technology to your advantage.
It is
assumed that you own or have access to a computer and modem. If you don't
own or have access to a computer and modem, there are individuals and
companies that can do everything for you.
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You sign up as a subscriber to the online service, paying about $10 per
month.
This will allow you to use the online service for about five hours of
connect
time a month. Although more time is available for an extra fee, five hours
is
more than enough. First, you take a few minutes and simply write a classified
advertisement online. Although the online services call them classified
advertisements, there is often no rule as to how long they can be. Thus
you
can type your entire sales letter in as your classified advertisement.
When
you are done writing your advertisement, you post it under an appropriate
category. The categories are similar to those in newspaper's and magazine's
classified sections. Within hours, possibly minutes, millions of people
can
access your advertisement! It is that simple!
The majority of electronic marketers use the two-step
approach to getting
orders for their publications. Their classified advertisement generates
inquiries, and then these inquiries are sent additional information to
generate an order. Some publishers report getting 100's of inquiries
a day using this approach. Other publishers have successfully used the
one-step and combination-approaches.
As mentioned earlier, most online services give users
the ability to send and
receive e-mail to other users of the online service. Thus if you want
to get
inquiries, you can request readers of your classified advertisement to
send
an e-mail to you with their name and mailing address. You can then either
mail them more information or respond by sending an e-mail back to them
with
more information. You can send and receive your e-mail anytime you log
on to
the online service with your computer. You can also list your mailing
address
and phone number in your classified advertisement for customers who prefer
not
to use e-mail. If they want to place an order, they can e-mail you their
credit card information, if you accept credit cards, or they can mail
in
their payment. Once paid, you can mail them your publication.
Advertising on an online service is advantageous for a
number of reasons.
The most obvious is that you can write and post your advertisement in
minutes,
not weeks or months as with conventional magazines. It is also often free
or
inexpensive to place electronic classified advertisements. Finally, it
can be
instantly accessed by millions of buyers, often 24 hours a day.
Although some online services do not allow advertising,
the majority are
beginning to offer advertising. For those that don't allow advertising,
you
can usually upload files containing informative free reports or articles.
These files should contain newsworthy topics written like publicity releases.
When properly written they can help generate names and addresses that
you can
mail advertising information to. Users of the online service can download
these files to their computer and read them after logging off the online
service. If they are interested in more information or in other related
reports, they can respond by calling or writing the author of the report.
These files can usually be any length. The longer it is, the longer it
will
take a user to download to their computer. A report of 5 pages or less
is
usually sufficient for most free reports.
These reports can be posted in what the online services
call forums. Forums
are areas of the online service where people with special interests meet
to
discuss relevant topics. These forums usually also have message and file
areas where more information can be read and downloaded. The file areas
are
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where you can upload free reports for others to download. These reports
can
include your name and address where people can get more information. Posting
one free report may get you 100's of inquiries. Best of all, it will cost
you
only a few minutes of your time to create and post the report.
The real power of an online service is its ability to
cut or eliminate your
business expenses. Selling information by mail has three major expenses:
advertising, postage, and printing. Placing classified advertisements
on
online services significantly reduces or eliminates your advertising costs.
Online services may also help you almost eliminate postage and printing
costs.
Your publication, if created on a computer, can usually
be attached to an
e-mail that you send to your customer. For example, no matter how your
customers pay for your publication, if they have an e-mail address, you
can
send them an e-mail with your publication attached as a file. When the
customers receive your e-mail, they simply download the attached file
to
their computer and read it after logging off the online service.
To show you how powerful this method can be, let's look
at one example. This
example assumes that you can accept credit cards for your publication
orders.
In less than 30 minutes, you can post an advertisement on the online service,
receive an e-mail for more information from an interested reader, e-mail
them
back more information (maybe a four page sales letter), receive their
credit
card information back in an e-mail from them, and then send them an e-mail
with the publication attached as a downloadable file. Other than your
monthly fee of about $10, you have spent no money on the advertisement,
postage, and printing. You eliminated all these costs! What other business
can offer that!
Although it is recommended you begin with online services,
these same methods
can work for BBSs that offer posting of advertisements or free reports,
e-mail, and the ability to attach files to e-mail. Your publication, if
created on a computer, can also be uploaded to a BBS as a downloadable
file.
This assumes the BBS owner allows you to store your file on his/her computer.
When BBS users place an order, they can simply download your entire
publication through the BBS. Your only real cost is the original phone
call
to upload the file to the BBS. You are probably wondering what will stop
an
individual from downloading your publication without paying for it. There
are two safeguards you can use.
First, you can encrypt the file with a password. Without
the password, the
user cannot open the file and read it. When the customer pays you, you
give
the customer the password. Software companies sell programs that will
encrypt
your file so that it requires a password to be read. Second, you can upload
half of your publication that users can download for free. If they like
it
and want the rest, they can order it by mail. You simply send them a computer
diskette that contains the rest of your publication.
-- Credit Card Services, Voice Providers, 800 Providers, & Online
Services --
If you are unable to find a company that can secure you
a merchant account,
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record your sales message, provide an 800 number, and provide access to
an
online service, there are some listed below that may be able to help.
Make
sure to compare rates between companies until you get the best combination
of
price and service.
- Credit Card Services -
Getting A Merchant Account:
- Voice Providers -
Walker Server Productions
800-533-3230
Barbara Khristi Voiceovers
718-846-0205
Lip Service
818-799-5478
Berkeley Productions, Inc.
800-333-8108
Marketing Messages
800-486-4237
Wordly Voices
800-286-4237
VOX
818-905-1703
- 800 Number Providers -
Accelerated Voice
415-543-2773
American TelNet, Inc.
302-651-9400
Alert Communications
213-254-7171
Almarc Communications Inc.
818-773-2080
Answer America
800-255-8783
American Voicemail Network
800-743-5339
Audio Communications
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800-527-5353
Automated Telecom
619-776-9628
Automated Voice Production
215-953-0201
Bei Communications
803-727-3801
BFD Productions
800-444-4BFD
Brite Voce Systems
800-733-2748
Call Interactive
800-428-2400
Cook Communications
800-FON-CALL
Custom Mailing Services
603-924-9441
Data Voice Technology
713-783-0123
Flex Communications Inc.
800-726-FLEX
Gigaphone, Inc.
310-374-4313
LO/AD Communications
818-304-7750
Michigan Message Center
616-382-2800
Network Telephone Services
800-727-6874
Prestige Voice Mail Service
310-325-9866
Simtel Communications
818-706-1921
Telecompute Corp.
800-USA-VOICE
Teleshare
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801-377-9830
Voice Connection Inc.
503-222-7211
Voice FX
215-941-1000
VoiceNett Technology Inc.
404-564-5442
Voice-Tel Enterprises Inc.
216-360-4400
West Interactive
800-841-9000
West Interactive
800-841-9000
Western Wats Direct Inc.
801-374-0779
- Online Services -
American Online
800-827-6364
Delphi
800-695-4005
CompuServe
800-848-8199
Prodigy
800-PRODIGY
GEnie
800-638-9636
-- Copy Stores & Book Printers --
The following companies can assist you in printing your publication. For
information that can be published in short reports, your local copy store
can
probably provide all the services you will need. For more lengthy
publications and professional looking books, contact any of the following
book publishers. Most of them specialize in short runs, some as few as
50
copies. For a more complete list, visit your local library and request
a
directory of book printers.
- Copy Stores -
Alphagraphics
3760 N. Commerce Drive
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Tucson, AZ 85705
602-293-9200
American Speedy Printing
2555 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
800-726-9050
Business Cards Tommorow
300 N.E. 30th Place, 5th Fl.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306
800-627-9998
Kinko's Service Corporation
P.O. Box 8000
Ventura, CA 93002-9928
800-743-COPY
Kwick-Kopy Corp.
One Kwick-Kopy Lane
Cypress, TX 77429
800-231-1304
Minuteman Press
1640 New Highway
Farmingdale, NY 11735
800-645-9840
PIP Printing
27001 Agoura Road
Agoura Hills, CA 91301
818-880-3800
Sir Speedy Printing Centers
23131 Verdugo Drive
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
800-854-3321
- Book Printers -
Adams Press
500 N. Michigan
Chicago, IL 60611
American Literary Press Inc.
8019 Belair Road, Ste 10-WZ
Baltimore, MD 21236
800-873-2003
Ananta Printing & Publishing
2827 S Rodeo Gulch Rd, #10
Soquel, CA 95073
800-894-5588
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Apostrophe Publishing Services
1523-C Deer Park Road
Finksburg, MD 21048
410-848-2490
Artex Publishing, Inc.
1924 North 7th Street
Sheboygan, WI 53081
Bell Publishing
6608 Six Forks Rd., Suite 103
Raleigh, NC 27615
800-544-2355
Book Masters
638 Jefferson Street
P.O. Box 159
Ashland, OH 44805
800-537-6727
Camelot Book Factory
39-B Coolridge Avenue
Ormond Beach, FL 32174
904-672-5672
Carlton Press Inc.
11 West 32 Street
New York, NY 10001
212-714-0300
Cypress House Press
155-1A Cypress
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
707-964-9520
Dorrance Publishing Co. Inc.
643 Smithfield Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2505
800-695-9599
Evanston Publishing, Inc.
1571 Sherman, Annex C
Evanston, IL 60201
708-492-1911
Gilliland Printing, Inc.
215 N. Summit
Arkansas City, KS 67005
800-332-8200
Hamilton
Box 15-927
Falls Village, CT 06031
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Harlo Press
50 Victor
Detroit, MI 48203
800-237-9385
Maverick Publications Inc.
P.O. Box 5007
Bend, OR 97708
800-800-4831
Morris Publishing
3312 East Highway 30
Kearney, NE 68848
800-650-7888
Network Printers
205 West Highland Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53203
414-271-0710
Professional Press
P.O. Box 4371
Chapel Hill, NC 27515-4371
800-277-8960
Publishing Solutions
P.O. Box 4386
Wheaton, IL 60189-4386
708-462-1446
Sharp Printing
3477 Lockport Road
Sanborn, NY 14132
800-466-8920
Vantage Press
516 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
Windsor Associates
4655 Cass Street, Suite 314
San Diego, CA 92109
619-270-1000
-- Direct Mail --
Should you decide to promote you publication by direct mail, you will
need to
obtain some mailing lists to send your direct mail package to. There are
1000's of lists available and 100's of list brokers that can help you.
following is a list of brokers that specialize in mailing lists for direct
mail book offers. Also there are a couple of associations listed that
you
may want to contact for more information.
- Mailing List Companies -
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Direct Response
P.O. Box 300
Decatur, IL 62525
800-373-9954
National Lists
411 Deese Road
Ozark, AL 36360-2558
205-774-7717
Quality Lists
P.O. Box 6060
Miller Place, NY 11764
516-744-7288
Datatech Communications
P.O. Box 818
Daleville, AL 36322
205-774-0990
List Associates
116 Kellogg Avenue
Ames, IA 50010
515-232-6789
- Direct Mail Associations -
Direct Marketing Association
11 W 42 Street
New York, NY 10036-3861
212-768-7277
Advertising Mail Marketing Association
1333 F Street NW Suite 710
Washington DC 20004-1108
202-347-0055
National Mail Order Association
5818 Venice Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019-5097
213-380-3686
National Advertising Service Association Intl.
1421 Prince Street, Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22314-2814
703-836-9200
- Direct Mail Trade Publications -
Direct Marketing Magazine
Hoke Communications
224 Seventh Street
Garden City, NY 11530
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516-746-6700
DM News
Mill Hollow Corporation
19 W. 21st Street
New York, NY 10010
212-741-2095
Direct Magazine
Cowels Business Media
Six River Bend Center
Stamford, CT 06907
203-358-9900
Catalog Age
Cowels Business Media
911 Hope Street
Six River Bend Center
Stamford, CT 06907
203-358-9900
- Mailing & Office Supplies -
Viking Office Products
800-421-1222
NEBS
800-225-6380
American Printing
414-548-9025
OfficeMax
800-688-6278
Office Depot
800-685-8800
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