| First off, you can have a lot of fun with mail order | | | | But you will waste your money and this particular |
| even if you don't make a lot of money. It is | | | | activity does nothing to increase your fun and |
| something that can be done at home, by anyone | | | | opportunity mail.) |
| regardless of their physical condition as long as they | | | | Another thing to beware of is multi-level marketing. |
| can read and write. I don't mean that you have to be | | | | You will receive hundreds of schemes from simple |
| an intellectual. Most of mail order is conducted in | | | | ones to schemes so complex you can read the offer |
| simple easy to understand language. | | | | for hours and still not comprehend what they are |
| Let's take the example of a bed ridden person, still at | | | | offering. There are some legitimate multi-level |
| home with his or her family. This example has very | | | | schemes but they are based on the old pyramid |
| little money to spend, is bored to tears with | | | | structure. In order for you to actually make money |
| television, either does not want to or cannot read | | | | with them you have to devote hours and hours and |
| novels or non-fiction. | | | | dollars and dollars in postage building up what they call |
| ...Or, it could be the person taking care of an invalid | | | | downlines - people you are supposed to sign up to |
| who cannot leave the house just anytime they want | | | | sell the same thing. Beware of these. They always |
| to and who also is not loaded with cash to spare.. | | | | fail in the end and many people have lost a lot of |
| ...Or it could be the housewife with little kids who | | | | money on them. Save any participation in multi-level |
| needs an interest in life. | | | | marketing until you have really absorbed mail order in |
| ...Or it could be the retired person with too much time | | | | general and read the articles written by experts, pro |
| on his or her hands. | | | | and con. |
| ...Or it could be the shy bashful person who has | | | | If you have decided to get your feet wet, I suggest |
| difficulty in dealing with people face to face. | | | | you start by trying to sell information. I did not intend |
| ...Or it could be the physically repulsive person, or | | | | this article to be a sales presentation and I am |
| handicapped person who dreads facing the public. | | | | making this offer only to help you get started. You |
| The one thing you can do is make your daily mail an | | | | can sell this report. Here are several ways to market |
| event to look forward to. You can do this cheaply. | | | | it: |
| One way is to just order something by mail. In your | | | | Place the following ad in as many ad sheets and |
| newspaper, usually on Sunday there are often inserts | | | | newsletters as you can afford. Place several in |
| from companies like Sunset House, Walter Drake Co. | | | | publications that offer to print and mail your ad for |
| etc. that offer inexpensive items. Order something | | | | $1.00. Place at least one in a publication that is mailed |
| from them even if it barely meets their minimum | | | | to 5,000 or 10,000 circulation. |
| order. | | | | HOW TO HAVE FUND WITH MAILORDER. AND |
| These companies eventually sell their Address Lists | | | | MAYBE MAKE SOME MONEY. Send $2.00 to: (your |
| to other companies and you will start receiving | | | | name and address) |
| catalogs and offers. I ordered some inexpensive | | | | Start with the advertisers mentioned earlier and if |
| address labels in September. It is November now and | | | | you can afford to do so, also place this ad in several |
| so far I have received catalogs for clothing, cheese, | | | | publications. It will be a 2" ad and will cost $2.00 |
| fruit cakes, five mail order houses like Walter Drake | | | | instead of $1.00: |
| Co., office supplies, and several others. | | | | HOW TO HAVE FUN WITH MAILORDER AND |
| Place magazine subscriptions, as many as you can | | | | MAYBE MAKE SOME MONEY. Detailed report. Put |
| afford and for things that interest you. They too sell | | | | some FUN MAIL into your life. Make money too if |
| their subscription lists. | | | | you want to. Send $2.00 for report. (your name and |
| Just these two things will get you pounds and | | | | address). |
| pounds of what some people call junk mail and what | | | | If you can afford to do so, also place this ad. It will |
| I call fun mail. You don't have to order any of the | | | | be a $1.00 ad. |
| things you get offers for. Just when your fun mail | | | | HOW TO HAVE FUND WITH MAILORDER AND |
| slows down, order something cheap or place another | | | | MAYBE MAKE SOME MONEY. SEND FIRST CLASS |
| magazine subscription and your fun mail will speed up | | | | STAMP TO: (your name and address) |
| again. | | | | Attached to this report is a circular designed to sell |
| There is another way to make your mailbox more | | | | this report. In ad #3 above, when you receive a |
| interesting. There are thousands of mail order dealers | | | | stamp and a request you will then send them the |
| who publish newsletters or small ad sheets and sell | | | | circular with your name on it as the seller. Just insert |
| information by mail. Many of them offer classified ads | | | | your name and have copies made at your local copy |
| for anywhere from 5 cents to 10 cents a word. | | | | center. |
| Many of them offer to publish your camera ready ad | | | | You will also have copies of this report made to send |
| 1 inch size for $1.00. Placing an ad in any one of them | | | | to people who respond to ads #1, #2 or to the |
| will flood your mailbox with mail. Some of them have | | | | circular. Don't make the copies until you receive your |
| a "BIG MAIL WANTED" column. For $1.00 or $2.00 | | | | first order. Then make about 10 copies at a time. |
| they will list your name and address as a "BIG MAIL | | | | This exercise is just to get your feet wet. It shows |
| WANTED". The flood of mail will become a torrent. | | | | you that whatever you decide to sell, you carry a |
| Most of this mail will be offers of ways to make | | | | theme for your ads and circulars. The name of this |
| money, and copies of other newsletters and ad | | | | one is "How to Have Fun with Mailorder and Maybe |
| sheets sent in the hope that you will place an ad in | | | | Make Some Money". It is in every ad. It is the title of |
| their publication too. You do not have to respond to | | | | the circular. It is the tile of the report itself. |
| any of this flood of offers. Once again for a $1.00 bill | | | | You will only make $2.00 less copy and postage |
| and a postage stamp, you have increased your daily | | | | costs for each report sold but you are learning how |
| mail ten fold or more. Later we will discuss how you | | | | to handle paperwork and orders. You are seeing your |
| can use this flood of mail to make money yourself. | | | | Fun and Opportunity Mail turn into Money Producing |
| Right now we are just discussing the FUN of mail | | | | Mail. Every day you can't wait for the mail to arrive |
| order. | | | | with a few dollar bills in it. |
| Once again, when the flood slows down, palace an | | | | Will you make a fortune selling this report. NO. You |
| ad in any of the sample copies of newsletters or ad | | | | won't. You'll get most of your responses from ad #3 |
| sheets and the flood will start up again. | | | | and mot of your sales from the circular you send out. |
| For the purpose of fun mail it does not matter what | | | | You'll make a few dollars, yes. These dollars will trickle |
| your ad is trying to sell. Your intent is just to get on | | | | in over a period of months. Some will start arriving |
| people's mailing lists so that your daily mail is the | | | | within a month and they'll hit a peak and then go on |
| receipt of something besides bills from creditors. | | | | for about a year, one or two orders at a time.. |
| Following is some sample ads you might place that do | | | | You can now consider some of the other offers you |
| not require you to send them anything back. | | | | have received and seen in the various publications |
| BIG MAIL WANTED. Send me your best offers. | | | | you receive. If you have handled the paperwork with |
| (your name and address) | | | | the sale of this report you can add another offer. |
| Opportunities Wanted! All offers welcome. (your | | | | Maybe you'll sign up for a dealership to sell rubber |
| name and address) | | | | stamps or you'll try Print and Mail. Certainly the |
| It takes a while for the flood of mail to start but | | | | purchase of a rubber stamp with your name and |
| when it does you are going to receive so many | | | | address on it is not a lost money effort. You can use |
| offers of ways to make money that your head will | | | | it for your personal correspondence if you decide to |
| spin. You never have to respond to any of these | | | | forget mail order. With a rubber stamp you can offer |
| offers. If your purpose is just to have fun mail, the | | | | to mail circulars, etc. for other people. They send you |
| only thing you ever need to do is: | | | | their circulars, you rubber stamp your name and |
| Order something by mail like a magazine subscription | | | | address in the Order Form section and you mail them |
| or from anyone's mail order catalog | | | | out. |
| Place another $1.00 ad in someone's newsletter or ad | | | | You can mail four pieces of paper 8-1/2 x 11 for a |
| sheet. | | | | first class stamp. You should have at least four things |
| BUT MAYBE YOU WILL BECOME INTERESTED IN | | | | to offer so you don't waste postage. |
| TRYING TO MAKE MONEY IN MAIL ORDER | | | | The people who make money in mail order started |
| YOURSELF. | | | | this way. Some of you will go on to become full time |
| You certainly are going to see hundreds of ways | | | | mail order professionals. Some of you will just dabble |
| other people are trying to make money. Here is a | | | | around for the fun of it and keep the fun and |
| partial list of what you will receive if you place an ad | | | | opportunity mail going. How do you become |
| with the people listed above. If you think you will | | | | professional? |
| want to dabble in mail order yourself, I suggest you | | | | You keep adding things to your agenda. You can |
| place a $1.00 ad with all three people. They are from | | | | reinvest all the money you receive into more ads. |
| different parts of the United States and will have | | | | You sign up for more dealerships. You send for a |
| different mailing lists. Your ad will be seen by 1000 | | | | few books on mail order success and study |
| people in each newsletter or ad sheet. For $3.00 your | | | | everything you receive in the mail. You read all the |
| name will probably be picked up by at least 1/2 of | | | | articles published in the newsletters. |
| these people and probably more. | | | | You may decide to design your own circulars, |
| The offers you will probably receive are: | | | | prepare your own reports. You may sell recipes. You |
| Copies of other newsletters, and ad sheets. A copy | | | | keep getting more and more involved until you are |
| of each ad sheet or newsletter that your ad is in. | | | | offering as many as 50 to 100 different things in ads. |
| Chain letters Multi-level sales schemes Information | | | | You place ads in all the newsletters and ad sheets |
| sellers Ad sellers Offers for you to sell books Offers | | | | and have 10 to 12 ads running at any given time. |
| for you to sell information Offers to introduce you to | | | | Your mail box gets fuller and fuller. You may try to |
| mail order Requests for money Requests for | | | | publish your own ad sheet or newsletter. After |
| coupons, stamps, etc. Offers from other people who | | | | studying the field for a full year you may select one |
| what you to place ads with them. Offers to sell | | | | or two of the multi-level schemes to try. (Be sure it |
| magazines. Post office laws - you buy Offers to sell | | | | is one that sells a product of some kind that is drop |
| you BIG MAIL packets Offers to do typesetting | | | | shipped. Do not invest your money in a product that |
| Offers to sell rubber stamps Offers to sell labels Print | | | | will sit on your shelf forever if you can't sell it!) |
| and Mail offers Offers to sell name lists Offers to sell | | | | You join a few of the associations of dealers. You |
| "How to" books Offers to sell "How to" reports and | | | | correspond with other dealers. Some of them have |
| folios AND MANY MORE | | | | become so successful that they bought their own |
| At some point in time you will be tempted to stop | | | | printshop. Others at least invested in a copy machine |
| thinking of this flood of mail as fun mail and start | | | | and a computer. |
| calling it opportunity mail. (I still call it fun and | | | | You develop you own address list and maintain it. To |
| opportunity mail.) | | | | be professional, you just keep at it and if one thing |
| Let me warn you. Chain letters re illegal. Dave Rhoads | | | | fails you try another. If one ad doesn't get response |
| and Edward Green do not exist. You can not make | | | | you try another. |
| money with chain letters. A chain letter tells you to | | | | Remember, you develop your business as you go |
| mail $1.00 or more to three or four people and place | | | | along and as you can afford it in both time and |
| your name in number three of four position and mail | | | | money. If money runs out you can pause and |
| out copies to 100 or more people. You are told that | | | | continue again when you can. |
| when you name reaches #1 position you will make a | | | | What you do is entirely up to you. |
| fortune. Don't believe it. You will spend $29.00 in | | | | If you want fast response place ad #3 in The |
| postage to mail 100 copies and you will never receive | | | | National Enquirer, Star or Globe scandal sheet. It |
| even one dollar back. (Jason Robards doesn't exist | | | | costs a lot but you should get lots of requests to |
| either.) | | | | send your circular to and many of them will result in |
| Some of these will include an offer to send you 100 | | | | orders. |
| names and addresses to mail your circulars to, for a | | | | Copyright 2004 by DeAnna Spencer |
| price. Don't fall for it. Some of them will request | | | | Note to editors: |
| stamps instead of dollars. The stamp chain letter | | | | To show my appreciation to the editors that use my |
| activity is very high right now. People think it is not | | | | articles, I offer a free soload. Simply send an email to |
| illegal because no money is involved. | | | | me by using the form on the contact me page on |
| You wouldn't get into any trouble by trying these | | | | mywebsite to tell me the url the article was used on |
| schemes. The Post Office can't possibly catch | | | | or send me a copy of the ezineit was used in. |
| everyone doing it and doesn't prosecute participants. | | | | |