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User status not activated? Check here. If you have registered but have not received notification that your user status has been activated, check here. In order for me to activate your user status, I either have to know you, or I need all of the following: a real name, your city and state, your web site or active email address, a valid phone number Moderator AdmiralRay	2	2	Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:43 am AdmiralRay
Welcome! Read this first. This site is for people serious about marketing, especially as it applies to small businesses. It is a fully moderated site requiring users to register. Posts once made may not be edited or deleted except by the moderator. Active discussion is encouraged, but bad sportsmanship, inapproprate language, etc., will not be allowed. The moderator is the final judge of what will not be allowed and might delete posts, threads, and/or forums without notice. If you find an objectionable post, please let the Moderator know. The best way to make money is to market relentlessly, persistently, and consistently. Now get to it. Happy marketing! Moderator AdmiralRay	3	41	Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:20 am AdmiralRay
Messages from Administrators and Moderators This area is reserved for administrators and moderators to post messages and information relevant to our entire User membership. Moderators AdmiralRay, Joe Michalski	9	19	Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:27 pm AdmiralRay
SOLUTIONS This is where I will be posting links to the SOLUTIONS PDF library files. You may ask questions about SOLUTIONS here. Moderators AdmiralRay, Joe Michalski	5	65	Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:24 pm AdmiralRay
Ask the Admiral This is where you can ask Admiral Ray anything about anything. If necessary, we can take a conversation private. Moderator AdmiralRay	34	241	Fri May 30, 2008 5:23 am AdmiralRay
Polls I thought it would be useful to have a place specifically for polls. Moderator AdmiralRay	1	9	Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:13 pm AdmiralRay
Books, magazines, and web sites Know of a great book, magazine, or web site with useful marketing information? Post it here. Moderator AdmiralRay	3	18	Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:47 pm andyfrost
Conventions, home & garden shows, and meetings This is an area where we can discuss the specifics about using conventions, home and garden shows, and meetings as part of our marketing programs. Moderator AdmiralRay	5	45	Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:29 pm AdmiralRay
Coupons, gift certificates, discounts, etc. This is a place where we can discuss coupons, gift certificates, discounts, and other similar marketing means. Moderator AdmiralRay	9	77	Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:09 pm AdmiralRay
Customer service This is an area where we discuss how to use great customer service as an integral part of our overall marketing program. Moderator AdmiralRay	2	21	Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:34 pm AdmiralRay
Databases This is an area to discuss how to create databases for use in customer service, marketing, mail merges, etc. Moderator AdmiralRay	5	35	Fri May 23, 2008 7:54 pm Rick Maday
Direct mail marketing This is where we can discuss the ins and outs of direct mail marketing—envelopes, postcards, contents, teasers, postage stamps, etc. Moderator AdmiralRay	11	118	Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:43 am AdmiralRay
Email marketing This is where we can discuss the ins and outs of email marketing, including spam laws, getting email addresses, establishing relationships, etc. Moderator AdmiralRay	10	185	Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:03 am AdmiralRay
General marketing Have a general question or comment that doesn't seem to fit in any other forum? Ask or post it here. Moderator AdmiralRay	48	165	Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:04 am AdmiralRay
Guerrilla marketing Guerrilla Marketing, a term coined by Jay Conrad Levinson in 1983, is marketing for small businesses that specifically takes advantage of your "time, energy, and imagination." You don't have to have the budget of a Wal-Mart to implement great marketing. This forum also includes a list of Guerrilla Marketing books by Jay Conrad Levinson. Moderator AdmiralRay	9	47	Wed May 09, 2007 11:23 pm AdmiralRay
Home inspectors This area is where home inspectors can discuss marketing that is specific to their industry. Moderator AdmiralRay	38	343	Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:07 am AdmiralRay
Internet marketing This is where we can discuss how to most effectively use our web sites as an integral part of our marketing program. Moderator AdmiralRay	21	216	Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:17 pm AdmiralRay
Marketing materials for free This is where we can post marketing materials that others can use at no cost and without needing any copyright permissions. The best way to use these is to post them on your web site and then send your audience a link. Moderator AdmiralRay	4	20	Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:43 am moldman
Marketing presentations This is where we can discuss marketing presentations for various groups, such as Realtor offices, networking groups, etc. Moderator AdmiralRay	4	27	Mon May 28, 2007 8:17 pm davidnice
Miscellaneous Stuff that could be useful but doesn't fit anywhere else Moderator AdmiralRay	2	2	Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:25 pm AdmiralRay
Network marketing This is where we can discuss networking, networking groups (BNI, Le Tip, etc.), and network marketing. Moderator AdmiralRay	13	80	Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:46 pm AdmiralRay
Planning This is an area where you can discuss business and marketing planning. Good business and marketing planning will lead to success. A failure to plan is a plan to fail. Or, as George Harrison sang, "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." Let's take the profitable road! Moderators AdmiralRay, Joe Michalski	14	81	Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:23 pm AdmiralRay
Prices and pricing This is where we can discuss the ins and outs of pricing our products and services, publishing our prices, and discounts (gift certificates, gift checks, referral rewards, etc.). Moderator AdmiralRay	4	32	Sat Apr 14, 2007 4:24 pm AdmiralRay
Print advertising This is where we can discuss phone books, hotel magazines, newspapers, magazines, ValuPaks, etc. Moderator AdmiralRay	7	43	Fri May 11, 2007 6:50 pm AdmiralRay
Product and service niches I think this topic is sufficiently important to small businesses just getting started that it deserved its own Forum. Those who have been in business for a while, what, if any, niches did you create? Moderator AdmiralRay	4	30	Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:06 pm AdmiralRay
Report writing I've always believed that one's work is an excellent way to market oneself, and the result of our work as home inspectors is our reports. This is a forum where we can discuss how to document the condition of a property without being an "alarmist" but still protecting our Clients, not to mention our own liability. Moderator AdmiralRay	12	19	Thu May 29, 2008 9:03 am AdmiralRay
Telephone marketing This is where we can discuss techniques for answering questions from prospective Clients when they call, including voice mail and on-hold marketing. Moderator AdmiralRay	2	7	Fri Mar 23, 2007 3:38 pm AdmiralRay
Vendors — good software, products, service, etc. This area is to discuss vendors who have helped you market yourself, either through their personal help to you, their service, their software, their products, etc. For example, if you've found a great web host, or a great online printer, or anything similar, share their names here so that others can check them out. Guerrilla Marketers love to share! Moderator AdmiralRay	9	31	Thu May 01, 2008 5:16 am AdmiralRay
Vendors and their products This is an area where vendors can post information about their products, and this is the place for you to ask them questions about their products. Vendors are encouraged to share their marketing advice and experience, but reserve actual promotion of your products to this Forum. Moderator AdmiralRay	2	8	Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:03 pm Larry
Video and audio marketing This is where we can discuss the specifics related to video and audio marketing, i.e., television, radio, slide shows, films, youtube.com, etc. Moderator AdmiralRay	4	29	Mon May 07, 2007 7:52 am Chris Duphily
NACHI Marketing Archives These are links to the various marketing forums over at NACHI that I've created over the years. They are in the members only area, so Users here who are not NACHI members won't have access to them. There's nothing I can do about that. Moderator AdmiralRay	1	1	Sun Feb 25, 2007 1:44 pm AdmiralRay