Author: Donald N LombardiA recent review of eReaders by an internet product reviewer has brought up some revealing points. Don Lombardi, an internet product reviewer conducted his study on line last week or eReaders. More information on his study can be found on his website. Lombardi found that E-readers have been growing in popularity since the emergence of the e-reader around 2006 from Sony. More and more versions of eBook...more
How to Keep Post Cards Low CostThe other advantage of postcards is the relatively low cost. A small postcard - black text, white card, no graphics, nothing fancy - will be anywhere from about 25 or 30 cents at the low end to about 40 or 50 cents at the high end. So they are relatively inexpensive.The larger postcards are going to be anywhere from about 40 cents to maybe a dollar. That is still pretty cost effective.The cost is dependent on a...more
Manage Your Lists in ExcelWhat I recommend is after you purchase a list I would get it in Excel spreadsheet format. Typically you can get it in what's called comma delimited. The software we're going to go through tonight is able to handle that. It uploads it.The nice thing about getting in on Excel is you can then delete the list or delete bad addresses so you can save time and money when distributing the postcards to the list. We're going to go through this.The Importance of Mailing First ClassTypically the first time you get the list you would spend a few extra dollars and make sure you send the postcards first class. The advantage of this is that any postcard they cannot deliver because of a bad address they would send back to you. You would then collect all these postcards that are coming back to you - takes a little bit of time - and go into your Excel spreadsheet and delete out all the bad addresses. Then the next time you use that list it is cleaned up which will save you time and mailing costs.You might typically see 20-30 percent bad addresses the first time through. What I would do is use that the next time because you've refined and cleaned up your...more
MappingOne of the things you've got to spend some time on is what's called mapping. Make sure you do this correctly. When they upload it they pretend they know where the Mr. goes and where the first and last name and all that end. Make sure that the columns that they assume match up properly with the appropriate columns. If it's the...more
Targeting Your AreaThe other great thing about postcards is they're targeted. We can target postcards to a particular neighborhood.Let's say you want to do a particular zip code. You can break it down further. You can do part of a zip code. The post office has maps you can get that will break down a zip code into different areas and you...more
Fear of loss of job combined with more than ten thousand dollars to credit card issuers and other unsecured lenders may sound like a terrible thing. However, this can actually work to your benefit. You can actually save a lot of money if you owe money to credit card issuers and other lenders. Reason? Debt settlement!The large number of bankruptcies has forced credit card issuers and unsecured lenders to change their approach. Lenders realized that they could not simply intimidate their customers into repayment. They realized that those who owe more than a particular amount would prefer declaring bankruptcy than struggling to repay the debt in full. Consumer confidence is low and people are scared of doing anything that may hit their savings and affect their cash flow. Hence, lenders decided to offer debt waivers and other debt relief assistance to those who owed beyond a particular limit.Today, if you owe more than ten thousand dollars to your credit card issuer, chances are high that you will be offered a waiver. The original offer may range for 30% to 40% of the original amount owed. If this is not high enough, you can negotiate and bargain for a higher waiver. If the issuer does...more
Unless you have been hibernating for the past six months, you would know what debt settlement is and the benefits it offers to ordinary individuals. You would also know the fact the attorneys general of various states have taken penal action against...more
Would it not been nice if you could find debt relief programs for free? However, chances of finding solutions to your problem of excessive debt on the World Wide Web for free are remote. In fact, there are many service providers who charge for merely...more
If you owe more than ten thousand dollars to your credit card issuers, you must be losing sleep worrying how to repay the debt. Well, your credit card issuer too would be losing sleep over the same issue. In such a scenario, would it not be great if...more
Seeking credit card debt services is not hard particularly when settlement companies have gained such popularity in the recent times. The main cause for this the overall economic condition. In the United States, various companies have been present...more
It is nearing the end of 2009 and Xmas will be with us in around a month from now.Christmas is of course an important event in the annual calendar of Christians as it is when the whole of the Christian world celebrates the birth of our Lord, Jesus...more
Two Types of PostcardsTypically there are two kinds of postcards. There is the 4 ¼ x 6 inch postcard. This is what we will call the small postcard. There is also the 5 x 8 postcard and we'll call that the large.There is a jumbo postcard...more