Re: ADT Essential Wireless Package

["alarman" <alarman2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

The only calls I ever got from the yellow pages were from people shopping
for free alarms. Phuck that.
js
"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:44ceab55$0$42190$815e3792@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I've been doing this for 20+ years and only advertised in yellow pages one
> year and it was the biggest waste of time and money. Word of mouth and a
> good rep. may be slower but the quality of my clients speaks for itself. I
> have some clients that I've done 6 houses for...and I never have to bid
> it...just install and collect.
>
> There are better ways to spend time and money to get clients than to
> publically advertise.
>
>
> "Frank Olson" <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message
> news:UFXyg.272961$iF6.203267@xxxxxxxxxxx
> | Everywhere Man wrote:
> | >> Robert L Bass wrote:
> | >>
> | >>
> | >>Anyone running a local installation company, looking for business from
> the
> | >>general public, who does *not* advertise in the yellow pages is an
> idiot.
> | >>The first place most potentioal buyers of residential security systems
> look
> | >>is the yellow pages. <
> | >
> | >
> | > You are a moron. The first place most potential buyers look is the
> | > internet.
> | >
> | >
> | >>
> | >>I ran a small, modestly successful alarm company for many years.
> | >
> | >
> | > Which wasn't licensed until 1989 and had a central station operated
> | > from your garage. Yeah that just smacks of success
> | >
> | >> We ran
> | >
> | > To Florida when Consumer Protection in CT caught up with you
> | >
> | >
> | >>1/4
> | >>and 1/2-page ads in the yellow pages in the greater Hartford, CT area.
> | >
> | >
> | > Another fairy tale.
> | >
> | >> Virtually every competitor in the region
> | >>ran YP ads for one simple reason.  They work.
> | >
> | >
> | > More nonsense. CT yellow pages gave a free standard listing to
> business
> | > owners.The enhanced ads in the burglary section was limited to ADT,
> | > Safehome, Home Technologies, Home & Life Security, Security Services,
> | > and the DIY guy out of Milford.
> | >
> | >> Every knowledgeable
> | >>businessman knows this.
> | >
> | >
> | > Which would exclude you
> | >
> | >
> | >> Done right, YP advertising can be extremely
> | >>effective.
> | >
> | >
> | > This would be true if this post was dated in 1985
> | >
> | >
> | >>The only alarm companies that did not run YP ads were the con artists
> like
> | >>Fowler who used deceptive telemarketing to run their scams.
> | >
> | >
> | > And yet I won't get turned down for a Florida license. Can you say the
> | > same?
> | > How about you and me contact the Florida licensing board and see who
> is
> | > eligible for licensing and who is shown the door?
> | >
> |
> |
> | What's really funny is that there are a lot of alarm companies that
> | *don't* advertise in the Yellow Pages and are every bit as successful
> | (if not more so) than the ones that do.  Robert seems to forget that
> | there are more ways than one to "skin a cat"...  :-)
>
>