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Posts: 740 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Milwaukee Rep Power: 3 | A contest put to REST -
04-23-2006, 02:47 PM
OK.....time to admit. Not a single response from fliers handed out. Its not your fault. I was trying to match the results of a snake charmer. At least half way anyway. Nada. I get better results from innocent bystanders than from the fliers. Sorry to say, no income from any fliers whatsoever. Time for me to spend my time on something else. But I have no end of gratitude for all the entries. You's guys really put in some effort. Good work all!
- "Sky" Masterson
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This is flier will be handed to people as they come in to Home Depot
with a piece of chocolate taped on the right side. (Hey, It works.)
I'm offering you the chance to Let me have it.
I deserve it. Make it sting!
NO WAIT----I tell you what.
I WILL USE YOUR copy!
I WILL TEST ALL RE-WRITES AGAINST MINE.
ALL Submissions will be split tested against mine!
The Winner of the split test gets 20%.
I will pay-pal the winner 20% of one weeks pay.
No, that's not good enough. 80% !
That could be 100's. Depends on the results.
Its all on the honor system, and all for fun.
Here is the Flier: http://tinyurl.com/symlq
I will send a paypal to somebody!
- SKy
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Posts: 3,186 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Houston (area), Texas, USA Rep Power: 8 | 
04-23-2006, 03:42 PM
I wish you would have waited til next week on this one.
As you know some of us are tied up right now with JP's "showdown" contest. | | | | | Grand Master
Posts: 1,386 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bejaia, Algeria Rep Power: 4 | 
04-23-2006, 03:46 PM
so oki this is mine Quote: How to get wonderful moment with your wife this summer
it is summer and you prefer to be with your wife, but no way you have to repair this damned furnace.
your niegbourgh enjoy what he see, he is relaxing position watching what damn you are doing under this temperature.
do you want to know how to keep out these problem?
do you want to take profit from unusual offer without investing a penny?
unbeleavable yeah!
so look at this one and read it well, you know in summer you have better to do then repairing the damned furnace , i guess you should do better with your wife.
so, here is the The Home Depot has cool offer for you:
a New, Quiet, High-Efficiency Furnace with Central Air Conditioning, take it NOW and pay us next year! - Trane Heating/Cooling Comfort System is Highly rated by consumer groups and has headquarters in Wisconsin. This means, they are a local company you can count on for Trouble-Free Comfort.
- The Home Depot – Home Installation Dept.
is only setting up 5 FREE home evaluations per day.
- You can be cooler than everyone else.
Make a free evaluation appointment NOW while the best time slots are still open.
Home Depot/Trane Home Installation Consultant
(offer valid Only for April 20th to the 30th)
So hurry up if you don't want it for your self, think to your wife, children.
family comfort is all what is about. take it NOW and pay us next year! | this is mine there is some mistakes but i hope that the core message is clear ps: this is the first draft i know it is not too explosive but i hope that it is a readable one PPS: the disclaimer it too tiny (small) i wrote this before reading it.
so skywriteing Iam not asking for money, i prefer critics  waiting for yours, thanks. 4PS: i deleted the sub headline "isn't hard to repear this damned furnace?" i don't want to be misunderstood, i don't want any one to associate his wife to a furnace  thank you primo. The beginner.
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Posts: 243 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Somewhere South of Baghdad, Iraq Rep Power: 4 | 
04-23-2006, 04:44 PM
Sky,
Here's something I quickly put together. http://yfoster.googlepages.com/homedepotflyer
Cheers, Yancey Foster Copywriter / Marketing Consultant 877-828-4927 | | | | | Grand Master
Posts: 1,386 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bejaia, Algeria Rep Power: 4 | 
04-23-2006, 04:50 PM
really nice, please tel me what you think about mine  . PS: I enjoyed one word : 1)"You can replace your old money-sucking furnace!" 2)"Of course there's no obligation and no hard sell" The beginner.
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Posts: 3,186 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Houston (area), Texas, USA Rep Power: 8 | 
04-23-2006, 06:00 PM
Quote: |
Originally Posted by abdellah really nice, please tel me what you think about mine  . PS: I enjoyed one word : 1)"You can replace your old money-sucking furnace!" 2)"Of course there's no obligation and no hard sell" | If you were trying to sell this in Houston, I wouldn't even mention the word furnace (unless in small print and as an added bonus).
Most folks here only care about staying cool!  | | | | | Junior Expert
Posts: 243 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Somewhere South of Baghdad, Iraq Rep Power: 4 | 
04-23-2006, 07:16 PM
abdellah,
I like the angle you're coming from.
It is too long for a one-page flyer. And difficult for me to follow.
Stephen,
Yeah, probably shoulda used heating/cooling unit or something else. But they are in Wisconsin.
And I wrote it in less than a 1/2 hour.
How's your "shoot out" project coming? Yancey Foster Copywriter / Marketing Consultant 877-828-4927 | | | | | Grand Master
Posts: 1,386 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bejaia, Algeria Rep Power: 4 | 
04-23-2006, 07:22 PM
Yancey Foster wrote: Quote:
abdellah,
I like the angle you're coming from.
It is too long for a one-page flyer. And difficult for me to follow
| thank you, ok, it just in one page , i will try to make an other one , and i have also to think about women who will be interessted by such material, you are right , think you.  The beginner.
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Posts: 105 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Rep Power: 3 | 
04-23-2006, 07:48 PM
Sky,
I decided to be brave and jump in on this one too. I've just sent
it in to you.
I have a live radio show coming up a little later tonight so don't have time to retype it out here right now.
Thanks for giving us a fun little contest.
Alan | | | | | Master
Posts: 740 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Milwaukee Rep Power: 3 | UPDATE # 1 -
04-23-2006, 11:48 PM
Hey, glad your all enjoying it. The pages are FLYin in here. My partner is a the #1 apointment creator in the US. So I'm learning from him, but on my own, I use fliers instead of stopping busy folks.
Plus there are 5 others who could use the flier technique to get things moving so there are a lot of folks who will benifit from this contest. And I see no reason not to re-run the contest on a regular basis.
Keep em coming. Looking good. First results tomarrow night. | | | | |
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