The $500 A Month Plan

One way to make extra money or start a business

of your own is by placing advertising which will

pay a good profit. Selling printed information by

mail can be financially rewarding. Classified

advertising is the cheapest way to get into mail

order and it is often possible to raise a fortune

from these small ads. Just check any large

publication, such as Exchange and Mart, for their

classified advertising section and you can see

for yourself the many ads.

These small ads, running month after month, would

not be there if they were not profitable and

making money. According to some of the

promotional materials being sent around the

country you could make up to $500 or possibly

more by running the following classified ads over

your name and address. They ask you to pick up a

top national publication and test either one or

both under 'Money Making Opportunities' heading

and watch the pounds come in. I doubt if you can

make this kind of money from such a project but

for your information here are the programs and

the advertisements they are talking about:

How would you like to receive $25 daily and keep

all the money? For complete set-up rush $1

to...(your name and address).

OR

$500 monthly, work at home, receive money daily.

For complete set-up send $1 to.....(your name and

address).

You are supposed to fill the orders you receive

with a copy of this guide you are now reading,

perhaps changed somewhat to delete the negative

tone I have injected. You would make photocopies

or get a supply printed to send out as needed.

There are other variations of this plan, but all

serve the same purpose: to sell printed

information to people who are interested in

making some extra money.

If you study the many classified ads in the big

national publications, you may get a better idea

of what the leading companies in mail order are

doing. You will get a better idea of how

classified advertising works. If you have limited

capital, it would be wise to run your ads in

smaller publications such as small newspapers,

small mail order publications and adsheets.

If you have sufficient capital, some good pulling

national magazines or tabloids are:

The Dealer

Exchange and Mart

Winner

Jacklow

Profit

The New Entrepreneur

The Trader

and many others to numerous to mention here.

Many such magazines, tabloids and other good

publications are available at your local news

stand, library or through mail order. Many of

them require a copy of the material you are

selling with your ad and reserve the right not to

print certain ads they feel may be injurious to

the public or to the image of their publication.

YES, you can start your own advertising and

mailing business sat at home and keep your

finances ahead of inflation but be sure you are

involved in the kind of program that gives you a

reasonable chance to be a winner.

All you need to know about PROSPERITY PLANS

We are including these plans as general

information only. There are many different ones

going around the country but the basic method is

about the same in all of them. There are

thousands of mail-order enthusiasts taking up

their time with such plans. Apparently most are

legal and they may be educational, or they may be

used to gather name lists etc. but you can spend

a great deal od time and effort for very little

return.

At any rate, they go something like the

following:

1. Make extra money by running the following ad

over your name:

Amazing prosperity plan, pays eight ways. Up to

$6 all profit. Rush $1 for your copy today (your

name and address).

Fill your orders with a copy of this guide.

That's all there is to it.

OR advertise as follows:

Receive $250 from $10 investment. Method and

sample $1 (your name and address).

Or advertise as follows:

Receive $1,000 from $25 investment. Method and

sample $1 (your name and address).

Fill orders with the following information: 250

copies of this prosperity sheet can be bought for

$10 and sold for $1 each ($250). Or 1,000 copies

can be bought for $25 and sold for $1 each

(that's $1,000). Order from........ (The

promoter, dealer or printer initiating this

program would have his name and address here).

2. Here's a $2 to $10 All-Profit Deal: Run the

following 21 word ad over your name and address:

Choice Mailing List; 1,000 prospects wanting

money making offers, 1p each. Minimum order 250

($2.50). All 1,000 for $8. (your name and

address).

Continuing with example 2: (Your name and

address) fills orders FREE for a first class

stamp plus first class stamped envelope addressed

to your customer for each 250 names. Be sure to

state how many names were ordered and to be sent

to your customer.

3. More All Profit Ads and the information they

sell: Run the following ad over your name and

address in whatever publication you choose. When

you receive orders, send your customers this

prosperity guide with the answer:

AD: Name of company that will put you in business

for only $5. Dignified work, no ringing

doorbells. Full information $1. (your name and

address).

ANSWER: Send $4 to..... (Again as above, the name

of the dealer or printer promoting this program,

who has such an offer available, would be placed

here), and ask for complete Mail Order Business.

They will send you the program and full

instructions. It's 100% guaranteed and if you wish

to return the same in good condition, your full

$5 will be refunded immediately with no questions

asked. For 50 of these prosperity plan sheets

send $5 to....... (Again, the name and address of

the promoter who will fill the order for you).

As you can readily recognise, this could be a

good deal for the dealer, printer (promoter)

having others drum up business for them without

any expense involved themselves.

The $100 A Day Plan Plus 6 Formulas

Insert the following advert in the classified

sections of local papers, in mail order magazines

etc. It is represented by many of those in the

mail order business as a quick pound-pulling

advert, but you be the judge.

MAKE $100 A DAY. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE

100 LETTERS A DAY, EACH CONTAINING $1? IT'S EASY.

PLAN WITH DIRECTIONS PLUS 6 MONEY-MAKING FORMULAS

FOR ONLY $1....(your name and address)

When you receive an order from this pound-puller,

fill it yourself by mailing the customer a copy

of this information sheet. (you can get 100

copies printed from as little as $5). This is an

old time mail order advert and is represented as

one of the better pullers.

The Six Formulas: make them yourself and sell

them for big profits.

1. Eye glass cleaner: mix together 8 ounces of

ammonia and 32 ounces of denatured alcohol. Put

up in 2 ounce bottles to sell for somewhat less

than eye glass cleaner in your local drug store

or department store. Or if you have the

opportunity, sell the cleaner with your own label

on it, in volume, at less the wholesale price to

various retailers for resale to their customers.

2. Mosquito Remedy: mis oil of citronella with

common Vaseline. Apply to hands and put on shirt

collar, or on a cloth handkerchief which may be

tied around the neck.

3. Liquid Hand Soap: dissolve any good powdered

soap in boiling water. Add one part alcohol to

each 30 parts of soap solution. A perfume spence

may be added when the mixture cools.

4. Powdered Hand Soap: put ordinary tri-sodium

phosphate in sifter can, or mix seven ounces of

the same with three ounces of fine powdered

pumice. Retail 4 oz. bottles, or boxes for $1 or

so.

5.  Insect and Roach Exterminator: mix the

following: 1 pound Borax and 6 ounces powdered

sugar. Add 1 oz. cocoa powder and 2 oz. sodium

fluoride. Mix well. Sprinkle around places pests

are known to frequent. Keep away from children.

6.  Athlete's Foot Remedy: mix 4 ounces of Borax

with a gallon of water. Put up in 8 ounce bottles

and sell for $1 to $3. Helps to get rid of sores

on feet as well. For use on feet only.

Any or all of these formulas may be used to build

an excellent home business. They are all good

sellers. By mixing and packaging them yourself

you can sell them to wholesalers in large

quantities.

How to make it in the Mail Order Wholesale Book Business

The real profit in selling books by mail is by

having dealers sell for you. Rather than mailing

out thousands of your own mailing packets, at

today's high postage cost, get hundreds of

thousands mailed out through your own dealers.

This can generate steady orders and profits and

is one of the secrets to a successful mail order

book business.

There are a number of prime source mail order

firms offering good mail order distributorships.

They offer high quality books, reports and folios

that appeal to the public; the kind of

publications that have generated consistently

high profits in the mail order business. You

should give wholesale book selling a try.

Recognise the profit potential and determine if

this method fits in with your other programs.

Most of the better prime source firms offering

distributorships have a simplified program which

includes instructions, profit tested literature,

sales letters, brochures, order forms and return

envelopes that do the selling for you. The simple

instructions can be followed even by the

experienced person. The old-timers in mail order

can use the wholesale book selling programs to

supplement their other projects, in many

instances combining book selling with their other

mailing activities with very little added

expense.

Imprinted sales literature, to solicit dealers

and for the dealers to use in selling to the

consumer, is furnished at reasonable prices; or

camera ready copy is usually available so that

the printing can be done locally. The literature

for dealers is priced a little higher than the

cost to pay for processing the order.

The prime source will ship your customers' orders

for literature, brochures, etc, under your

shipping label. They will also drop-ship the

books and publications direct to your dealers,

using your name or label.

Your wholesale cost for publications will vary

depending on whether you have the prime source

drop-ship direct to your dealers, or in quantity

to your place of business. The amount you charge

your dealers will also vary depending on

dropship services or quantify purchases. You,

as the wholesaler, should make every effort to

purchase the publications for a minimum of four

times below retail price.

In other words, you purchase 100 booklets for $1

each = $100; you sell to your dealers at $2 each

= $200; your dealers must realise at least double

his cost when selling to the consumer, or $4 each

= $400.

You must ascertain that the prime source carries

sufficient inventory with a number of different

titles and that titles may be assorted in making

up quantity when you purchase in volume.

Determine if they are posted promptly and if the

prime source pays postage and charges so that

your cost is net. Even though your cost is net,

you must pay for shipping to your dealers; they

must absorb the cost of mailing to their

customers.

The price you have to pay the prime source often

is the determining factor in the success of your

program. If the book retails at a price too low,

considering the high postage and mailing costs,

no profit can be realised by your dealer, nor by

yourself, unless orders are limited to a minimum

number of titles for each total purchase. Be

certain that the program offered by the prime

source allows sufficient margin to pay for all

your costs, and your dealers, while generating a

fair profit for you both.

To find the right programs for your operation

write to a number of firms offering book selling

wholesale programs. These can be found in any of

the hundreds of mail order ad sheets, magazines

and publications available today. (some call it

junk mail, but if they only knew the money-making

potential of the right program, Gold Mail would

be more appropriate).

Get their literature, then order a minimum

starter pack of the programs that interest you

and fit in with your mail order schedule. Make

tests to prove the value of each program. Drop

those that do not prove out after a reasonable

test. When you find one that is hitting, multiply

it cautiously until you know it is a winner, then

go full blast in every direction to make it pay

off BIG. For more details of wholesale programs

and publications on disk, contact the publisher

of this title.

How to make $100 mailing 100 envelopes by using the Exchange Mailing Plan

Regarding this plan they have been telling you to

have 5,000 3 x 6 commission circulars printed,

the circulars offering $1 items and paying 50%

commission on every order received. Then mail 100

each to 50 Exchange Mailers in 50 envelopes

marked X-100SY (which means Exchange 100 - send

yours). When you receive 100 circulars from each

of the exchange mailers, mail out one each in 50

envelopes. This way 100 envelopes mails your

5,000 circulars. If you have a good circular

offering a popular seller, and the exchange

mailers you sent yours too, are honest and

dependable, you should receive at least 2%

return. Then they state that this plan will bring

$50 profit.

This is the complete plan and they say it works;

that it is working every day for many mailers and

that it will work for you. I have no doubt that

it works. However, the $50 profit they mention is

gross profit before any expenses. Figure it out;

by the time you purchase the printing, the

envelopes and the stamps, your expenses will

leave you little if any net profit.

Of course, if the exchange mailers send you top

pulling circulars for their 'fast selling

products' and you receive 50% or more commission

on orders from these, you can make a substantial

net profit, perhaps enough to pay for your time

and effort.

If you are serious about making money at home,

commission mailing is one way to do it, but you

must have circulars that offer top selling items.

In this day and age of inflation and high postage

costs it is difficult to make much by mailing

circulars selling only $1 products. You should

have a very minimum selling price of from $5 to

$8 in order to pay you a reasonable amount.

For just the postage and handling, many mail

order firms will send you commission circulars

and the names of other mail order dealers who

will send you all the names you want for FREE.

There are other dealers who are happy to send you

their circulars without cost in order to defray

their mailing expenses. All you have to do is

write and request their circulars or place a

small display ad in various mail-order advertisers

and ad sheets indicating that you mail good

commission circulars for free.

You can get the names of a number of printers in

the mail order business who print commission

circulars for a very reasonable fee. I would

suggest that you order 6,000 3 x 6 circulars

rather than 5,000 as suggested on the prior page

for the simple reason most printers like to keep

their printing formats and price schedules in

round figures and 6,000 3 x 6's will fit on 1,000

sheets of the standard A4 size paper (in fact the

3 x 6 is just a little under this actual size to

fit 6 up on an A4 sheet of paper).

If you handle your commission programs on a

conservative basis until you have tested and

proven the value of each program, you can very

well make $100+ by mailing 200 envelopes with an

exchange mailing plan.