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e-ret@iler
December 2002
Sent at your request by Profits+Plus Seminars
& Tom Shay
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The article of the month on the Profits+Plus
website: Are We Having Fun Yet?
2. e-ret@iler advisory of the month: Signs and
displays sell more merchandise
3. The December 2002 e-ret@iler contest and
the prizes
4. AMP calculator now available and with a
special price for those who act today!
5. Our Power Promoting Idea of the Month:
A New Year resolution about bragging
6. Your free subscription to the e-ret@iler
7. Contacting Profits+Plus Seminars & Tom Shay
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1.
Are We Having Fun Yet?
The December article is somewhat of a reflective,
article, (good for this time of year) inviting you to
ask your self if you are still going to work each day
with a smile on your face looking forward to what you
do. The title of the article is, "Are
We Having Fun Yet?" .
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December 2002 e-ret@iler advisory: Signs and
displays sell more merchandise
We
found a report in Do It Yourself Retailing, a magazine for hardware
and home centers that has some fascinating information about the use
of signs and point of purchasedisplays. While you may not be in the
hardware business, I bet the information will still have a high percentage
of return for your time and efforts.
Merchandise
in a temporary dump bin display showed a sales increase of 427%
Merchandise put in a permanent dump bin display
showed a sales increase of 197%
Items placed on a rolling rack with signage had a
sales increase of 134%
Merchandise that was a part of a power aisle stack
display had a sales increase of 98%
For businesses that placed merchandise on a
service counter, there was an increase of 81%
A check out counter display increased sales by 39%
Feature endcaps increased sales by 25%
Cross merchandising increased sales by 15%
In aisle feature/benefit signs increased sales by 6%
The
report has a lot more information to it. We would be glad to share
it with you, or you can click on this link to visit the article online.
"Making
Your Merchandise P-O-P".
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3.
Our December e-ret@iler contest and the prizes:
Santa is coming a bit early this month. The prize for
our winners in December is a copy of a new book
entitled, "The One Minute Millionaire" by Robert
Allen and Mark Victor Hansen (the Chicken Soup
author). Their goal is to help one million individuals
in the world become millionaires and suggest the new millionaires
donate to charities. We have only 18 copies to give away so get your
entry in quickly.
To
win your copy of "The One Minute Millionaire", visit the
link below, and answer this question, "What is the name of our
new teleseminar series?"
Teleseminars
When you know the answer, send us an e-mail,
and be sure to include your name and mailing address so we can send
your copy of the book.
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4.
New product from Profits+Plus: AMP Calculator
Our
AMP calculator (which stands for Advertising,
Marketing, and Promoting) is now available
as an online service. If you have struggled to develop an annual plan
for your business with regard to these three aspects, then we have
the tool for you! The AMP calculator will guide you through a series
of questions (Do you want to create an advertising budget as a percentage
of gross revenue? How many radio stations will you use? Do you want
to set aside a part of this money for last minute opportunities and
donation advertising?) As you answer these questions, the AMP calculator
will develop this plan for you and even assist you in creating themes
and names for your events.
Better
yet, the plan can be revised as often as you
need to. Your information will be stored online,
and secured by a code that only you will know. All of
this service is available to you for only $40 per year.
We have a special for the first 25 respondents.
Call our office at 727-464-2182 with your credit
card information, and you can get your first year
of AMP calculator for only $25. What a great way
to start 2003, develop the plan you know you
need to have and save $15. But hurry, only the
first 25 people get this special offer.
Resources Page
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5.
Our Power Promoting Idea of the month:
A New Years Resolution for Bragging
Don't
you just love it when a customer sends
you a letter and lets you know how they
appreciate a product or service they purchased
from your business? How about a letter stating
how much one of your employees has done for
a customer?
Experience
has shown that when you post one letter from a customer,it prompts
another customer to write. When you create a "brag bulletin board"
you will actually see people wandering over to the board
to see what is posted. The more that is posted,
the more customers have confidence in your
quality staff, products and services.
The
Power Promoting Idea of the month comes from the pages of Tom Shay's
100 Profits+Plus Ideas for Power Promoting. You can click on this
link to visit the resources page to order this book and the other
three in the series. Resources Page
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6.
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7.
Contacting Profits+Plus Seminars
and Tom Shay
This issue marks the completion of our
3rd year of sending you our monthly
newsletter. We do sincerely thank you for
taking time from your busy work day to
read the e-retailer. We work hard to write
this newsletter, always looking to find more
information that can help you make your
business more profitable.
You
can click on this link to send an e-mail:
Make
an effort to locate and do business
with other small businesses! Let's keep
our money "in the family".
God
Bless America!
Get
Your Profits+Plus,
Tom Shay
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