Anyone use mailers

[PI&L]

Anyone use mailers to generate business?

[DanaMac]

I send 1300-1500 postcards 2-3 times a year to existing customers, but never a mass mailing to the general population.

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

Timing is everything with mailers. Like Dana says I'd focus on mass mailings to existing customers. Right after Easter I find that women are in a good state of mind and ready to spruce the house up.

[Mike Leary]

Never.........

[DanaMac]

I feel if you send out mailers to the general population, do door hangers, ads in the coupon books, you're going to get all the tire kickers, the coupon clippers, the penny pinchers.

[Mike Leary]

Not to mention the fools. :rolleyes:

[bcg]

We do a lot of direct mail. Our pricing is flat rate and we list most of those on the postcards so we don't have to deal with tire kickers, the people that call already know the price. We get a return of 3 - 10 per thousand, depending on the timing but again, since everyone knows the price already, we sign up pretty much everyone that calls.

Postcards are the most effective method I've found for the lawn care side of the business, adding irrigation repairs to that postcard was really a no brainer. We mailed 60,000 postcards last year and plan to do 120,000 this year.

[Kiril]

Not to mention the fools. :rolleyes:

Just so I can be part of the "in" crowd, I have to say
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[Mike Leary]

You just don't get, do you, Kirl. Humor is not a part of your business model, huh?

[Kiril]

You just don't get, do you, Kirl. Humor is not a part of your business model, huh?

Humor is for fools

[Mike Leary]

With a avatar like that, I'm not suprised by anything you say.

[Kiril]

With a avatar like that, I'm not suprised by anything you say.

Surprise is for fools ...... and coco rocks.

[Mike Leary]

The spelling was intentional, dorkma.

[Wet_Boots]

Kiril is going to be suffering Coco withdrawal. :(

[Mike Leary]

Could be that lunch of nails and wall board mud has affected him; again.

[1idejim]

Surprise is for fools ...... and coco rocks.

who's coco? i don't do tv...........never owned one...

[Wet_Boots]

Conan O'Brien is Coco, and his career as Johnny Carson's heir is over by tomorrow, and he gets an eight-figure severance payoff.

I'll quit Lawnsite for a six-figure payoff :) {and no decimals, Magnet Boy}

[Mike Leary]

Like anyone cares who's on late night T.V.

[Wet_Boots]

Sometimes the best way to get the news is to let the comedy guys work it over.

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

Sometimes the best way to get the news is to let the comedy guys work it over.


Q: What do you get when you offer a Liberal a penny for his thoughts?
A: Change.

Q: How do you confuse a Liberal?
A: You don't. They're born that way.

Q: Why is it good to have a Democrat passenger?
A: You can park in the handicap zone.

Q: What's the difference between Elvis and a smart Liberal?
A: Elvis has been sighted.

A Democrat died and a friend went around collecting for a fund for his funeral. A woman was asked to donate ten dollars.
"Ten dollars?" she said. "It only takes ten dollars to bury a Democrat? Here's a hundred - go bury 10 of them!"

Q: How do you keep a Democrat busy?
A: Write 'Please turn over' on both sides of a piece of paper.

Q: How do you keep a Liberal busy all day?
A: Put him in a round room and tell him to wait in the corner.

Q: What do you call a Democrat with an IQ of 130?
A: A foursome

Q: How do you get a one-armed Liberal out of a tree?
A: Wave to him.

Q: What do you call a basement full of Liberals?
A: A whine cellar.

Q: What is the definition of gross ignorance?
A: 144 Democrats.

Q: What is foreplay for a Democrat?
A: Thirty minutes of begging.

Q: What is the Democrat doing when he holds his hands tightly over his ears?
A: Trying to hold on to a thought.

Q: Why did the Liberal have blisters on his lips?
A: From trying to blow out lightbulbs.

Q: Why do Liberals work seven days a week?
A: So you don't have to retrain them on Monday.

A Democrat found a magic genie's lamp and rubbed it. The genie said, "I will grant you one wish." He said, "I wish I were smarter". So the genie made him a Republican.

Q: What the difference between a Democrat and the rear end of a horse?
A: I don't know either.

Q: How is a Liberal different from a sewer rat?
A: Some people actually like sewer rats.

Q: How many Democrats does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They prefer to walk in the dark.

Q: Why do so many Liberals live in L.A.?
A: It’s the only city that is easy enough for them to spell.

Q: What's five miles long and has an IQ of forty?
A: A Democrat parade.

Q: What is it called when a Liberal blows in another Liberal’s ear?
A: Data transfer.

Q: Why don't they let Liberals swim in the ocean?
A: Because they can't get the smell out of the tuna.

Q: How do you plant dope?
A: Bury a Democrat.

Q: What's the difference between a Liberal and a sack of manure?
A: The sack.

Q: What's the definition of a Democrat running for Congress for the first time?
A: A mouse trying to become a rat.

Q: What's the difference between God and a Democrat?
A: God knows He's not a Democrat.


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[Wet_Boots]

Now, for extra credit, name the person who stated that the best way to get news was to read novels.

[Mike Leary]

I'd suggest (demand) everyone read any of :
wickedepedia.or/Raymond _Carver

[Wet_Boots]

(sips nineteen-year-old zinfandel and considers clicking the link)

[DanaMac]

Was this really necessary Pete? In this thread?

Q: What do you get when you offer a Liberal a penny for his thoughts?
A: Change.

Q: How do you confuse a Liberal?
A: You don't. They're born that way.

Q: Why is it good to have a Democrat passenger?
A: You can park in the handicap zone.

Q: What's the difference between Elvis and a smart Liberal?
A: Elvis has been sighted.

A Democrat died and a friend went around collecting for a fund for his funeral. A woman was asked to donate ten dollars.
"Ten dollars?" she said. "It only takes ten dollars to bury a Democrat? Here's a hundred - go bury 10 of them!"

Q: How do you keep a Democrat busy?
A: Write 'Please turn over' on both sides of a piece of paper.

Q: How do you keep a Liberal busy all day?
A: Put him in a round room and tell him to wait in the corner.

Q: What do you call a Democrat with an IQ of 130?
A: A foursome

Q: How do you get a one-armed Liberal out of a tree?
A: Wave to him.

Q: What do you call a basement full of Liberals?
A: A whine cellar.

Q: What is the definition of gross ignorance?
A: 144 Democrats.

Q: What is foreplay for a Democrat?
A: Thirty minutes of begging.

Q: What is the Democrat doing when he holds his hands tightly over his ears?
A: Trying to hold on to a thought.

Q: Why did the Liberal have blisters on his lips?
A: From trying to blow out lightbulbs.

Q: Why do Liberals work seven days a week?
A: So you don't have to retrain them on Monday.

A Democrat found a magic genie's lamp and rubbed it. The genie said, "I will grant you one wish." He said, "I wish I were smarter". So the genie made him a Republican.

Q: What the difference between a Democrat and the rear end of a horse?
A: I don't know either.

Q: How is a Liberal different from a sewer rat?
A: Some people actually like sewer rats.

Q: How many Democrats does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They prefer to walk in the dark.

Q: Why do so many Liberals live in L.A.?
A: It’s the only city that is easy enough for them to spell.

Q: What's five miles long and has an IQ of forty?
A: A Democrat parade.

Q: What is it called when a Liberal blows in another Liberal’s ear?
A: Data transfer.

Q: Why don't they let Liberals swim in the ocean?
A: Because they can't get the smell out of the tuna.

Q: How do you plant dope?
A: Bury a Democrat.

Q: What's the difference between a Liberal and a sack of manure?
A: The sack.

Q: What's the definition of a Democrat running for Congress for the first time?
A: A mouse trying to become a rat.

Q: What's the difference between God and a Democrat?
A: God knows He's not a Democrat.


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[FIMCO-MEISTER]

Sometimes the best way to get the news is to let the comedy guys work it over.

I was responding to Boots..........

[Wet_Boots]

For him it is. http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/2549/smileyshrug.gif

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

For him it is. http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/2549/smileyshrug.gif

You know that I know what you meant. Pretend to be a Saint all you want.

[Wet_Boots]

There's a politics forum for a reason..... :nono:

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

There's a politics forum for a reason..... :nono:

You know That I know you were making a political comment.

[Wet_Boots]

...and for my next trick, a seventeen-sided conversation with Sybil...

[Kiril]

Sometimes the best way to get the news is to let the comedy guys work it over.

You know That I know you were making a political comment.

Really Pete? That is a serious stretch if not down right absurd .... and FYI, I hate watching the "news" .... just pisses me off ..... so I do get the "news" to some degree from late night comedy ... which is (was) best done by coco.

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

You know that I know that boots knows that he was making a political comment. Most of late night comedy is political. I've talk to people who repeat John Stewart as if it was real news. The image we developed of certain political figures has been developed not by real news reporting but by comedy. Most if not all of that Comedy tends to be very left leaning. I just pointed out in a sharp way to Boots that there is plenty of comedy about his political ideology. If he is developing his opinion of me through comedy routines. I'll develop my opinion of him through on-line jokes.

[Kiril]

You know that I know that boots knows that he was making a political comment. Most of late night comedy is political. I've talk to people who repeat John Stewart as if it was real news. The image we developed of certain political figures has been developed not by real news reporting but by comedy. Most if not all of that Comedy tends to be very left leaning. I just pointed out in a sharp way to Boots that there is plenty of comedy about his political ideology. If he is developing his opinion of me through comedy routines. I'll develop my opinion of him through on-line jokes.

Wow Pete, you just can't leave it alone. You are right .... it is a massive plot by "liberal" comedians to take over the world. :rolleyes:

Furthermore, why highlight the Daily Show? Personally I don't watch it, but considering it is on Comedy Central .... what do you expect? You might as well make the same argument for Robot Chicken or Superjail.

So what does this have to do with Conan? To this day I still don't know what his "politics" are, nor do I care. Why must you bring stoopid politics into this forum?

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[AI Inc]

I buy mailing list , in the towns I want of homes sold for over $400,000. I get about about a 4% return rate. 75% new installs , 25% service.

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

I like Conan. He is moving to FOX. I wasn't referring to Conan. I was referring to Boots.

[AI Inc]

Why must you bring stoopid politics into this forum?

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Because he is a political junkie , trying to break the habbit.

[Wet_Boots]

Because he is a political junkie , trying to break the habbit.Back to the twelve-step program..... :drinkup:

[DanaMac]

Back to the twelve-step program..... :drinkup:

My 12 step program
1 drive to liquor store
2 find appropriate beverage
3 pay clerk money for said beverage
4 drive home
5 open beverage
6 drink and enjoy beverage
7-12 repeat steps 5 and 6 over and over

:)

[Wet_Boots]

doesn't your local boozeatorium deliver?

[AI Inc]

He could always head north to WY , for a drive thru bar room.

[DanaMac]

He could always head north to WY , for a drive thru bar room.

I know of a couple drive thru liquor stores in CO. But really, if I can't get out of my truck to get some beverages to take home, maybe I shouldn't drink.