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Last Post By: tadkil ON: Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:17 pm
Topic By: tadkil ON: Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:17 pm
Big Fan of AMR myself. Barry O'rourke is the contact. His number is 651-255-5858. Also really like Telereach. Mike Prince is the contact: 814-676-3773. Tell them Tad from Atlanta sent them your way.

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Last Post By: tadkil ON: Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:17 pm
Topic By: FreeAgentNewsGuy ON: Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:47 am
So, if I want to do a round of telemarketing through my market, what's the best company out there to use and do you have contact information?

Thanks!!!

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Last Post By: circmandjh ON: Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:32 pm
Topic By: circmandjh ON: Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:32 pm
Does anyone know where I can find a display rack like the old HD-385 that shorack used to make? It is metal, has wheels The frame is 2 inch round steel with wire shelving? Please let me know ASAP

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Last Post By: circmandjh ON: Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:31 am
Topic By: circmandjh ON: Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:31 am
I do not need them but you may want to mention what type and model rack they fit

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Last Post By: circmandjh ON: Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:31 am
Topic By: gapaperboy ON: Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:27 am
Don't know if anyone still uses faceplates for $.35 and $1.00, but I have 28 of them I can sell you for $25. These are generic and have the 2 slots for the dime and quarter combination.

If you are interested, give me a call at 678-316-4101.

Phil Schroder
Audience Development Manager
The Telegraph
Macon, GA

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Last Post By: circmandjh ON: Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:27 am
Topic By: circmandjh ON: Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:27 am
I do agree with your points. And at $30 they are getting paid enough. Carrier starts are tough to get.

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Last Post By: circmandjh ON: Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:27 am
Topic By: Righty ON: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:09 am

circmandjh wrote:Actually I find a quality crew leader and set them up in business. I pay them decent and they can hire and pay their people less or do all the selling themselves. I know it costs a company money to bring in a crew and out them up. I just dont think their expenses make the order worth more. Perhaps if you paid the local person as much as you pay the outside crew you could get people who are quality and stay. I have seen this all the time a paper pays a fortune for outside sales as much as $60 an order. Then pays DMs and carriers $6 an order. Then they say you cant sell in house because the carriers are not turning in many orders, They see no conflict between $6 and $60 an order or why production would change. Currently I have my DMs sell ing one day a week. last month the 2 of them got 150 paid orders. Since they were discounted pretty well I paid $10 an order. Had I outsourced why should I pay a company more than this just because it costs them more? Frankly If you pay local people well they can sell all year long as opposed to hit and miss traveling crews.

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Last Post By: circmandjh ON: Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:27 am
Topic By: circmandjh ON: Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:19 pm
Actually I find a quality crew leader and set them up in business. I pay them decent and they can hire and pay their people less or do all the selling themselves. I know it costs a company money to bring in a crew and out them up. I just dont think their expenses make the order worth more. Perhaps if you paid the local person as much as you pay the outside crew you could get people who are quality and stay. I have seen this all the time a paper pays a fortune for outside sales as much as $60 an order. Then pays DMs and carriers $6 an order. Then they say you cant sell in house because the carriers are not turning in many orders, They see no conflict between $6 and $60 an order or why production would change. Currently I have my DMs sell ing one day a week. last month the 2 of them got 150 paid orders. Since they were discounted pretty well I paid $10 an order. Had I outsourced why should I pay a company more than this just because it costs them more? Frankly If you pay local people well they can sell all year long as opposed to hit and miss traveling crews.

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Last Post By: circmandjh ON: Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:27 am
Topic By: Righty ON: Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:05 pm
More power to you if you can contract locals from your area who are dependable, will show up, and sell all Ez orders on straight commission. Unfortunately we haven't been so lucky here. And neither have the surrounding 10 newspapers who also use outside kiosk crews. As for as price per order it makes a big difference if the contractor is local or not. Again, if they bring a crew in town from elsewhere their expenses are a lot higher and they want more money to come. Just a fact of kiosking using outside firms. I'd love to find a local crew but in 3 years when we have run ads all we've received were calls from people wanting to work per hour. And those calls weren't worth returning the call back anyhow.

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Last Post By: Paper Pimp ON: Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:04 pm
Topic By: Paper Pimp ON: Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:04 pm
I am looking for two wheel carts like the ones seen in the link below>

http://www.shorack.com/DistributionEqui ... elCart.htm

If you have any for sale please contact me via e-mail at mike.muszall@macombdaily.com

Thanks

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Last Post By: circmandjh ON: Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:27 am
Topic By: circmandjh ON: Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:38 am
What diffewrence does it make if the crew is local or from far away? A paid 3 month or is a paid 3 month order. Frankly I would prefer a local crew who knows the area and people. In my experience quite a few traveling companies send a crew leader and they hire local sales people. As far as their expenses go that is of no concern to me. If an employee comes to me needing a raise he better justify it by his work not that he spends more than he makes. Or if I buy a car I do not care if the seller needs more because he paid sticker for it. An item or service is worth what it is worth the cost of making it has no bearing on worth. Look what happened to US car manufacturers. They kept giving unions more and more until finally $5000 of every car is for retired workers health care and they could no longer produce a quality car that could be sold for a competitive price.

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Last Post By: circmandjh ON: Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:27 am
Topic By: Righty ON: Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:20 pm
I wouldn't pay anyone local the same that I pay a kiosk crew that you bring into town. The outside kiosk crew has hotel and travel expenses that your local kiosk crew doesn't have. That's part of the reason why their price for new starts are higher than if you contracted someone local yourself. We pay $45 for all EZ pay starts and $32 for a 3 month PIA order. We do not accept any "bill me" starts. Because of this, we may pay a little more than some papers our size but I do know some newspapers that we pay less than. And I'm willing to pay a little more for a good dependable kiosk crew that sells GOOD orders with only a few NGs and shows up on a date we agree upon! Good luck on "local"!!

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Last Post By: circmandjh ON: Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:27 am
Topic By: FreeAgentNewsGuy ON: Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:50 pm
Does anyone have a sample of a contract you use between the company and an independent kiosk crew chief?

Also, (and you may not want to share this...I understand) what commissions are you paying your kiosk operation for new starts?

I'm thinking about trying to form a local, independent, kiosk crew to work all of our local fairs and festivals.

Thanks for the info!

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Last Post By: Righty ON: Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:01 am
Topic By: Righty ON: Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:01 am
I've found PDI plastics and Schermerhorm Bros. to be the cheapest and quickest service. If you can order large quantities and 3 months in advance you will get great prices!

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Last Post By: Righty ON: Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:01 am
Topic By: gapaperboy ON: Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:23 pm
PDI Plastics for the last 6 years now at 3 newspapers - great to work with and very reliable