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- From: regmad@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Michael de Kraker)
- Subject: Re: Money Making scheme
- Message-ID: <regmad.722257040@gsusgi1.gsu.edu>
- Organization: Georgia State University
- References: <1egl43INNfas@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <Bxz8r8.FJq@fc.sde.hp.com> <REB.92Nov19121214@punch.EBay.Sun.COM>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 10:57:20 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- reb@punch.EBay.Sun.COM (Bob Brown) writes:
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- >>>>>> fritz@fc.sde.hp.com (Gary Fritz) writes:
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- >fritz> Even writing your own book, it's no cakewalk. I tried doing
- >fritz> that a few years ago. You can bankrupt yourself advertising,
- >fritz> and still not pull any orders.
-
- >Really?! Great-- what was the book about.
-
- >I found writing the book was not a major challenge, though it did take
- >quite a bit of discipline to sit down and write and re-write each day.
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- >My biggest difficulty was writing a good ad, testing it, rewriting it,
- >comparing it, rewriting it, getting advice, rewriting it..... And
- >still, some publications would make money and others wouldn't.
- >Targeting your audiene is so important in direct advertising and
- >direct mail.
-
- >Joe Karbo (_Lazy Man's Way to Riches_) originally wrote a full page Ad
- >and then wrote his book after it pulled tons of orders. (Of course
- >that is now illegal but.... it stress the importance of a good ad.)
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- Not illegal if you do it within 30 days or send the money back
- FTC rules
-
- >bob
-
- >--
- >--Bob
- >Systar Technologies, Inc. Sun: robert.brown@EBay.Sun.COM
- >1712 Picasso Avenue, #B & #C Office: reb@systar.com
- >Davis, California 95616 Phone: (916) 753 - 2611
-