Comments on: More On Not Shooting Yourself in The Foot http://retiredpay.com/make-money/more-on-not-shooting-yourself-in-the-foot/ Seniors and Retirees Making Money Online Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:05:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: RP http://retiredpay.com/make-money/more-on-not-shooting-yourself-in-the-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-7652 RP Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:22:20 +0000 http://retiredpay.com/make-money/more-on-not-shooting-yourself-in-the-foot/#comment-7652 @Don’t shoot yourself in the (sales) foot | Reverse Cash Flow Now!: Thank you sooo much for reading and commenting. I have been preaching this technique for yerars now ... there are only a couple ecommerce sites who have ever caght on to this. It is such a simple idea, i guess, that people can't see the forest for the trees. Just switching to asking for the zip first will have the same effect as adding horsepower to your server, and it will decrease data entry/corrupted data files dramatically and automatically ... at no additional cost. Free money for the taking, courtesy of your local post office. @Don’t shoot yourself in the (sales) foot | Reverse Cash Flow Now!: Thank you sooo much for reading and commenting. I have been preaching this technique for yerars now … there are only a couple ecommerce sites who have ever caght on to this. It is such a simple idea, i guess, that people can’t see the forest for the trees.

Just switching to asking for the zip first will have the same effect as adding horsepower to your server, and it will decrease data entry/corrupted data files dramatically and automatically … at no additional cost. Free money for the taking, courtesy of your local post office.

]]> By: Don’t shoot yourself in the (sales) foot | Reverse Cash Flow Now! http://retiredpay.com/make-money/more-on-not-shooting-yourself-in-the-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-7643 Don’t shoot yourself in the (sales) foot | Reverse Cash Flow Now! Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:11:38 +0000 http://retiredpay.com/make-money/more-on-not-shooting-yourself-in-the-foot/#comment-7643 [...] stumbled onto this post at Retired Pay World about dumb things companies do with sign-up forms, especially not taking advantage of ZIP (postal) [...] [...] stumbled onto this post at Retired Pay World about dumb things companies do with sign-up forms, especially not taking advantage of ZIP (postal) [...]

]]> By: RP http://retiredpay.com/make-money/more-on-not-shooting-yourself-in-the-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-5568 RP Fri, 09 May 2008 23:19:41 +0000 http://retiredpay.com/make-money/more-on-not-shooting-yourself-in-the-foot/#comment-5568 Hello Jim, Welcome and a big thank you for dropping by and for your useful comment. The phone number points up a couple useful points. First, it really, really gets under people's skin ... so if you are planning to ask for it, you need to be sure your reason is going to net you more profit than the sales you will lose. Second, if there is a real reason (other than telemarketing, which drives me crazy too), then take the time to explain why and assure what you _won't_ do with that number. Especially if you are never going to _use_ that nu,ber, why even take the chance of chasing a customer away? Hello Jim,

Welcome and a big thank you for dropping by and for your useful comment.

The phone number points up a couple useful points. First, it really, really gets under people’s skin … so if you are planning to ask for it, you need to be sure your reason is going to net you more profit than the sales you will lose.

Second, if there is a real reason (other than telemarketing, which drives me crazy too), then take the time to explain why and assure what you _won’t_ do with that number.

Especially if you are never going to _use_ that nu,ber, why even take the chance of chasing a customer away?

]]> By: Jim DeSantis http://retiredpay.com/make-money/more-on-not-shooting-yourself-in-the-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-5567 Jim DeSantis Fri, 09 May 2008 16:05:01 +0000 http://retiredpay.com/make-money/more-on-not-shooting-yourself-in-the-foot/#comment-5567 Right on! Plus, the minute they ask for my phone number, I'm gone! I made the mistake of giving it one a couple of sites and, can your guess?, yep, they phoned. Never again! Jim DeSantis fellow BIP'er and Retiree! Right on!

Plus, the minute they ask for my phone number, I’m gone! I made the mistake of giving it one a couple of sites and, can your guess?, yep, they phoned. Never again!

Jim DeSantis
fellow BIP’er and Retiree!

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