We need to do a zoom when Yvonne and Andrew can attend. And those of you struggling can attend to address your issues and you can learn from them and the other members that are filling cards. Those two names jumped out at me. @Scott Resnik @Will Bradwell @Erica Byrd-Ekhibise @Michelle Howard @Ryan Mohrmann and more of you.

Here is my email for today. Good afternoon, My name is Joe, and I own a local business in West Islip. I’m putting together a community co-op postcard that showcases trusted local businesses and is mailed to about 5,000 households within the West Islip area. Would you have any interest in being featured? Thank you,Joe Chianese 631-306-4052

@Yvonne Herbst She lacks about 5 spots of filling her card! She is Good . Very good. She gets referrals, she closes them. Y'all need to be picking her brain too. Do that like I did here. Make a post in general discussion Title: @Yvonne Herbst Question Body : ask your question That way everyone benefits. And she can answer as she has time since her goal is to fill the card in December. Check out this link of hers: Got this setup today too: https://herbstmarketing.com/enter-to-win-gift-cards/ .. try it out

I'm doing these campaigns on 20 different niches specific for shared postcard biz. A/B testing with long form and A/B testing short form. Ill be doing this for 3 days including A/B testing follow up emails sequence. My focus is getting cards filled thru e all in 30 - 60 days. This test will be added to the training materials on cold email marketing. So I'm not laying around doing nothing. Lol. I am going to cut back on my hours per day of working. Working defined as working on stuff for this group. I will monitor the group during all my awake hours though.

I want to feature 3-4 local restaurants on my card to ensure it is "sticky" and also to help build up my own email list ... so this is how I reached out today. Got a quick reply from the first one and waiting to hear back from the others ... My email pitch: I've dined at [restaurant name] several times with friends and family and I'm also on your email list. I stopped in yesterday and left some information about the local marketing co-op I'm putting together to help us all get more business from local Alexandria residents ... I also am the owner of the [facebook group I'm starting] which is a project I'm launching to connect local area residents with great local businesses like [name] Restaurant .. I invite you to join our growing Facebook group there. Right now I'm looking for 3-4 local family-owned restaurants/pizzerias/bakeries to feature on the Best of Alexandria mailing I'm sending out to 5,000 local Kingstowne residents in the [named] neighborhoods. I'd love to include [restaurant] as one of our favorite local restaurants and I'm wondering if you'd be open to being featured in exchange for providing me with eight $25 Gift Cards I can use as Giveaway incentives for local residents to join the Best of Alexandria email list. I know the restaurant business is a tough one with slim margins which is why I'm open to bartering a space for gift cards in lieu of requesting payment. Spaces are filling fast and I"d like to get this completed and off to print ASAP .. so if you could possibly let me know by Monday if this is something you're even interested in, I'd appreciate it! ======= And their reply within the hour of sending my inquiry: Hi Yvonne, Thank you so much for stopping by yesterday and for following up again today. I truly appreciate your support and the way you promote small, family-owned businesses like ours. It means a lot to us. I’m also very grateful that you’re offering this opportunity in exchange for gift cards — that is incredibly thoughtful and genuinely helpful for small businesses like [name]. I will have the eight $25 gift cards prepared today. You’re welcome to pick them up anytime, or I can mail them to you if that’s easier.