Building a Mail Order Business: A Complete Manual for Success - Hardcover

William A Cohen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047108803X ISBN 13: 9780471088035

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 1982

Synopsis

Thorough and completely up-to-date, this authoritative guide covers every aspect of the mail order business, from the basics of getting started to the details of product selection, preparing a marketing plan, copywriting, designing graphics, printing, protecting yourself from competition, telemarketing, and advertising through magazines, radio, and television. In addition, a handy appendix lists hundreds of valuable contacts with complete addresses. In this new Fourth Edition, you'll learn the latest trends in mail order - what works and what doesn't, the most effective look in ads and mailing pieces, how to put together the most attractive offers, and much more. For entrepreneurs, direct marketers, business owners, and others eager to get into the mail order business, Building a Mail Order Business has proven itself to be an indispensable resource for the ideas, techniques, and expert advice that will lead to success.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Building a Mail Order Business Fourth Edition With more than 60,000 copies sold, this amazing manual has become a classic in its field—and rightfully so. Nowhere else will you find—in one book—so much valuable information on achieving success in the mail order business. Dr. Bill Cohen has drawn on his decades of experience testing, researching, and constantly refining the mail order techniques described in this invaluable guide. Building a Mail Order Business offers a virtual treasury of techniques and methods guaranteed to work in the real world of selling through the mail. You’ll get practical advice and learn tricks of the trade that will get you started quickly, with the fewest missteps and greatest chances for success. Thorough and completely up-to-date, this authoritative guide covers every aspect of the mail order business, from the basics of getting started to the details of product selection, preparing a marketing plan, copywriting, designing graphics, printing, protecting yourself from competition, telemarketing, and advertising through magazines, radio, and television. In addition, a handy appendix lists hundreds of valuable contacts with complete addresses. In this new Fourth Edition, you’ll learn the latest trends in mail order—what works and what doesn’t, the most effective look in ads and mailing pieces, how to put together the most attractive offers, and much more. For entrepreneurs, direct marketers, business owners, and others eager to get into the mail order business, Building a Mail Order Business has proven itself to be an indispensable resource for the ideas, techniques, and expert advice that will lead to success.

About the Author

Dr. BILL COHEN is Professor of Marketing, Past Chairman of the Marketing Department and Director of the Small Business Institute at California State University, Los Angeles, where he teaches direct marketing. He has served ten years as a director on the board of the Direct Marketing Club of Southern California. He not only has had his own mail order business, but is a pioneer in teaching mail order to students, entrepreneurs, and other professors around the country. Thousands have used his methods to start their own businesses.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
• Publication date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047108803X
• ISBN 13: 9780471088035
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 456