{"id":9575,"date":"2015-02-18T06:30:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T14:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=9575"},"modified":"2015-02-18T06:30:27","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T14:30:27","slug":"tales-from-the-3rd-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tales-from-the-3rd-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales From The 3rd Hole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday my pal Tim Allen and I played some golf, and on the 3rd hole\u00a0I dropped some info that, if implemented, will likely bring him an\u00a0extra 4-figures (and 5 over time) per month in revenue.<\/p>\n<p>His business?<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s in equipment.<\/p>\n<p>(Renting and selling equipment for contractors, home improvement,\u00a0yard maintenance, and everything in between.)<\/p>\n<p>And, he just hired a new guy to run the front counter.<\/p>\n<p>(Register, answer the phone, that sort of stuff.)<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here was my advice:<\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to Dan Kennedy, read this in one of his books&#8230;)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Have your new counter guy get the name and address of *everyone*\u00a0who calls in for any reason. Tell callers they will be entered into\u00a0a drawing or something of that nature as a carrot for doing so<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Give the counter guy a couple bucks\u00a0for each name\/address he captures (as\u00a0an incentive so he is eager to do it &#8212; 20 names per day, for example, would be an extra $40 per day, not too shabby for a counter worker&#8230;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>At the end of each day, have him email the list to a\u00a0mailing\/printer\/fulfillment company where they will shoot out a\u00a0post card immediately for you<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Have the post card offer the person $20 &#8220;Allen Bux&#8221; &#8212; money good\u00a0for anything in the store &#8212; equipment sales, rental, etc, with a\u00a0deadline attached to it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More:<\/p>\n<p>Keep the names in a database.<\/p>\n<p>And, mail them various offers each month with a reason to come in\u00a0the store right away. Of course, when the come in the store capture\u00a0their email address on a note pad computer or laptop so you can\u00a0bless them with your offers, opinions, commentary, etc via email,\u00a0too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tim,&#8221; I said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then there will be peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And, I meant it.<\/p>\n<p>Then, I sent him here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.EmailPlayers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.EmailPlayers.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday my pal Tim Allen and I played some golf, and on the 3rd hole\u00a0I dropped some info that, if implemented, will likely bring him an\u00a0extra 4-figures (and 5 over time) per month in revenue. His business? He&#8217;s in equipment. (Renting and selling equipment for contractors, home improvement,\u00a0yard maintenance, and everything in between.) 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