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When they receive your direct mail piece, notice your car signs in their neighborhood, see your TV ads, find you in the yellow pages and on the internet, youve hit all the bases. Chances are youll be the first company they consider when they need a cleaning service. Branding A brand is the memory created through a person’s collective experience of a company, product or service. Therefore, your logo; verbal and written promises; physical appearance of cleaning technicians, cleanliness of cars and equipment; customer testimonials — both verbal and written; and finally the personal experience in each home and on the phone brands your company image into the publics mind. Every experience you provide must be consistent with the image you want to create. Branding is marketing, and marketing includes every aspect of public contact. Timing In order for your marketing to succeed your prospects must be exposed to it when theyre in a receptive frame of mind. 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If you are determined to produce a TV commercial do some research first: Contact all of your local TV stations and ask for samples of commercials they have produced for local companies. Be aware that the stations will not send sample tapes without first determining if you are a valid prospect you will have to meet with advertising salespeople. Set aside at least two hours each for the appointments and related phone calls from sales people. After you have met with a few salespeople you will know if your budget can handle TV advertising. If you decide to continue with this venue ask each salesperson for samples of commercials their stations have produced, you may have to insist that this is a preliminary step to their gaining your business. When you view the commercials, note the names of the companies which are service oriented then call each one and inquire about the results of their TV ad campaign. 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If at the last minute your ad is bumped, it may become a filler ad at 2am on a court-TV rerun. Finally, record the time slots you have pre-approved so that you can determine if your advertising budget has been working for you or against you. If your ad did not run as specified in your contract, you have proof use it! Call the salesperson, and if necessary speak to the station manager in order to have the ad run during appropriate programming and if your contact states such, do not pay for ads which were not properly run. Direct Mail We have found that direct mail gives the highest return per dollar, and is guaranteed to reach all who you target — if your mail piece is cost effective and your mailing list is accurate. Your choices for direct mail are letters, brochures or postcards. Letters are most likely to be considered junk-mail and will be unopened, and brochures can be expensive to produce. Therefore, the most cost effective direct mail piece is a postcard. Postcards are non-invasive, quickly read, easily saved or carried to work, and are economical. Whether or not the cards are read, they display your logo on both sides; therefore, repetitively sending postcards instills name recognition. Your postcard should state the customer satisfaction guarantee, services you offer, insurances carried, your website address, and phone numbers. You can have an advertising firm create a postcard for you, or save money by using the pre-formatted cards from MaidDocs. Send your customers and dormant customers a marketing piece at least twice each year. During months that business is slow, offer discounts on deep cleaning services for your current customers. Spring cleaning and pre-holiday specials are the best vehicles to renew business with dormant customers and to reach new prospects. Direct mail lists are available through a number of sources. The most economical lists we have found are the City Search discs offered by Hill-Donnelly. Telephone assistance is provided by Hill-Donnelly to teach you how to extract information from the discs and save it as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Other lists are available through many sources which you can locate on the internet. Also, most companies offer the information pre-sorted onto mailing labels, ready to peel-and-stick. Visit your local post office and purchase a First Class pre-paid mailing permit. The USPS representative will provide instructions on how to set up the permit block. When your postcards are printed you simply count out the number to be mailed, and then deliver them to the bulk-mail representative at your local post office. This saves time (no applying stamps by hand) and looks more professional. Door-Knockers Door-knockers are marketing pieces that are pre-cut to hang on a door knob. Although they are inexpensive to produce, paying your employees to deliver them can be costly. 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By Sharon Rushen So you Wanna Go to Grad School? Unlike undergrad studies, getting into a graduate school may prove more complicated. Before you jump into the application process, there are some things you should know. Make sure you are financially, mentally and academically prepared. Many post-grads enter the real world and realize its not all its cracked up to be. Considering the less than desirable pay for many entry level jobs and the menial tasks, many hopeful grads choose to go back to school. It isnt as easy as it sounds, many grad schools require GREs (Graduate Record Examination), which equates to the college version of the SATs. So, before jumping on the grad school band wagon, make sure you know what you are getting yourself in to. First you need to evaluate your current situation. Although you may not be happy with your current job there is always the option of shopping around. But, if you realize the career field youre in isnt right for you, maybe its time to go back to school. According to Do masters degrees really pay off? an article on Colleges.com, the U.S. Census Bureau shows that masters degrees recipients between ages 25 and 64 earn about $240,000 more than someone with a bachelors degree. So, yes, the pay increase is significant and may be worth it. Keep in mind that, like your bachelors, your masters is going to cost you a pretty penny. According to Kiplinger.coms article Free Money for Grad School, the average cost of grad school can range from $17,000 a year to $56,000 a year. So, if you already owe money for your undergrad loans, you are going to rack up some more debt. Kiplinger.com also reports some good news in the manner: 4 out of 5 full time graduate students earn financial aid. With all the pros in mind, you should also consider the application process. Besides the $90 application fee, most grad schools require the GRE. Although you may have received a great education from a top-notch school, the GREs arent as easy as you think. The GRE general test is made up of three sections: Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytical. And like the SATs, the Quantitative section is Math problems. Since many undergrad programs allow their students to swap college level math courses with Computer Science and such, this section may prove to be difficult for many students. To shed some light on the what seems to be hush-hush process of taking the GREs, here are some statistics. According to www.fairtest.org, the average score in the verbal section of the GREs is 465, the average score for the quantitative section: 578 and the average score for the analytical: 562. Right now, these are just numbers so heres a bit of perspective. To fall into the 96th-99th percentile, you must receive a 720, to fall into the 79-90th percentile: a 630, and to fall into the 61st-75th percentile: a 570 (www.800score.com). What does that say for average test-takers? Well most of us may very well place in the 70th percentile, and for most graduate schools that isnt very promising. Many graduate schools expect GRE scores in the 80th to 90th percentile. What to do? If you want to go to grad school and have to take the GREs, buy some books and take some practice tests. For an extensive review and reader friendly tips try The GRE for Dummies by Suzee Vlk or Word Smart for the GRE by Anne Curtis. But seriously, dont take the test blindly, because no matter how many times you take it you cant erase your initial scores. In review, unhappy post-grads may see promise in going to grad school. If you are one of them, make sure you know what youre in for. A better salary may be the result of a masters degree but nothing worthwhile ever comes easy. So, make sure you are prepared for the road ahead: do your research. Helpful GRE links: www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=11: a practice GRE without all the BS of creating a free account or downloading anything www.rea.com/tests/gre/test.cfm another easy to use, no BS practice GRE Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Sharon_Rushen http://EzineArticles.com/?From-Post-Grad-to-Grad-School&id=328899 cheap phentermine no doctor phentermine no prescription next day discount phentermine no prescription phentermine no prior prescription

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