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.

I was just talking with Les and the movie, Glengarry Glen Ross came to mind. If you need motivation, or just want to see a great movie for salespeople do yourself a favor and watch or rewatch. Enjoy your steak knives, and... "put that coffee down, coffee's for closers only" ABC, Happy Holidays!

Hey everyone! I hope you all are having a fantastic day. Here's a video on ChatGPT organization. Also here's short list of AI tools I personally use: otter.ai Transcribe any video for when you just didn't hear things clearly the first time or use it as your personal secretary in your own meetings. zapier.com Automation for beginners, no coding, and connect any app. Zapier is the OG of automation building. I actually learned about it from some top players in GHL before GHL was really a thing. Use this AFTER you have done your first postcard. https://www.prompthackers.co/chatgpt-prompt-generator Another prompt generator. I use this when I don't necessarily want to start a new chat in ChatGPT. You can save these as well and/or add yours to the public library of prompts on their site. There are more AI Tools I use faithfully, but they require some coding knowledge (stay away from the rabbit hole, lol). The ones listed here are beginner and user friendly. Link to the chatGPT video: https://www.loom.com/share/316e055425ce45a0af93372bad0e1c15

Here is a recording of a zoom call I had with a potential advertiser earlier this week ... Les thought it would be helpful to share with this group. https://youtu.be/U0CuBA3DOkk?si=Va91OlfPuDry11iy&t=38

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