Re: [WISPA] Selling to businesses

2009-10-06 Thread 3-dB Networks
White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com >-Original Message- >From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >Behalf Of Bret Clark >Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:42 AM >To: WISPA General List >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Selling to business

Re: [WISPA] Selling to businesses

2009-10-05 Thread RickG
Chamber, Rotary, BNI, and other local business events. Businesses can be tough because most go with who they know. -RickG On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Jerry Richardson wrote: > Other than cold calling (this has been the most successful for us) and > referrals, what other methods are you using

Re: [WISPA] Selling to businesses

2009-10-05 Thread Robert West
o:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Bret Clark Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 1:42 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Selling to businesses Direct mail works, but generally 3 mailings usually need to occur before the person you are sending too starts to notice it. We find the old 4x6

Re: [WISPA] Selling to businesses

2009-10-05 Thread Brian Webster
Title: Thank You, It might also help to direct mail only to the addresses that fall within your network footprint. I can do that with GIS tools. Thank You, Brian Webster Bret Clark wrote: Direct mail works, but generally 3 mailings usually need to occur before the person yo

Re: [WISPA] Selling to businesses

2009-10-05 Thread Scott Reed
Yard signs have been the most effective for us. Other than when the local newspaper ran a front page story about us that included a 1/2 page color picture of our red and white tower. That generated 50 calls the first day. Bret Clark wrote: > Direct mail works, but generally 3 mailings usually n

Re: [WISPA] Selling to businesses

2009-10-05 Thread Curtis Maurand
#1 morning and afternoon drive in Portland, Maine is NPR (or Maine Public Broadcasting). AM and FM radio is full of drivel and pretty annoying, especially loud in your face commercials which get me changing the station. --Curtis Bret Clark wrote: > Direct mail works, but generally 3 mailings

Re: [WISPA] Selling to businesses

2009-10-05 Thread Bret Clark
Direct mail works, but generally 3 mailings usually need to occur before the person you are sending too starts to notice it. We find the old 4x6 postcard works well, not expensive and many people see it since it's not in an envelope. Put an eye catching graphic on one side and then and some bullet

Re: [WISPA] Selling to businesses

2009-10-05 Thread Patrick Leary
: Motorola Canopy User Group; WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Selling to businesses Other than cold calling (this has been the most successful for us) and referrals, what other methods are you using to sell to businesses? If you are using a direct mail piece that has had some success, I'

[WISPA] Selling to businesses

2009-10-05 Thread Jerry Richardson
Other than cold calling (this has been the most successful for us) and referrals, what other methods are you using to sell to businesses? If you are using a direct mail piece that has had some success, I'd be interested in what it looks like. We have not had much success there. We are adding vo