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Page Seventy-One



advice
Sat Nov 10 15:27:15 2001


I am putting a press release out in this coming thursday,I need advice on what to say to lure people to want the service.I have passed flyers and business cards out and still not one client about ready to throw in towel i think this town is to small.I have been around to petsitters and veteranarians and still no response after prees release and lettering my truck if that dont work on at least getting a start.I will give it up but thank you very much on all your help.
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NIMBY
Keep trying, you'll land one eventually. Nimby
Sat Nov 10 17:43:10 2001
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alameda scoopers
credit card payments
Sat Nov 10 20:46:45 2001


Well, since the last one I sent apparently got lost in cyber-land, I'm going to try again. And no, just because everyone ELSE is having their babies, I'm still waiting and scooping. . .

Anyhow, do any of you take paypal or some other internet-based credit card payment system? Do you like it? Does it help generate business? I'm hoping it would cut out both the late checks and the possibility of bad checks.

How do the costs stack up against a bank or other credit card company?

Thanks, y'all.

And please send "Come, baby" thoughts to California. I'm _tired_ of this.

Stefani
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Amanda
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Sun Nov 11 01:09:26 2001


Hi. Well although I am not a scooper (I'm a web developer)... I use ProPay. I like them alot. Have had no problems with them at all. It is propay.com, but just in case you sign up and want to use my affiliate link :) it's https://epay.propay.com/cgi/appProcess1.exe/signup?AXBVIMDD

Have a great day and good luck!

Hope you don't have to wait much longer....

Amanda Arias - Arias Web Creation
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Leslie
Buy list from town
Sun Nov 11 16:08:37 2001


Has anyone bought a list of dogs that were registered from their town? How much did it cost you? Thanks
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the bomb squad
Re: Buy list from town
Tue Nov 13 11:59:02 2001


Got my list from the Dog License Department...$200 for 16,000 names, addresses and breeds! they gave it to me in Excel.
~Melinda
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Dog-Gone-It Robert
Re: Buy list from town
Sun Nov 11 21:54:25 2001


yes, we did get a list of licensed owners from the county, it was about $60.00. That was only for certain counties and townships that we wanted. I would guess that we got about 700 names and addresses. The only really bad thing is that we sent out about three hundred cards, and we only got two phone calls. They only wanted information.

Good luck!!!

Dog-Gone-It
Robert
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Red
2 calls is REALLY GOOD! EOM
Mon Nov 12 01:18:37 2001
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Anonymous
dog list
Sun Nov 11 20:48:15 2001


dept agriculture 25.00
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Anonymous
63,000 names
Sun Nov 11 20:48:52 2001
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Jim DOO-TY CALLS
Buy list from town
Sun Nov 11 16:42:17 2001


Leslie
I bought a dog list. The cost was $85.00 that was on a disk in excel. He was going to e-mail it at no charge but with over 10,000 names I thought it would br better to have it on disk. hope that helps.
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judy dogpile patrol
howd you figure out who names were on which side of town?...
Sun Nov 11 20:16:55 2001


an e-mail at no charge of over 10,000 names sounds more in my range ,, He ...he who.. health dept.. goverment office,, animal control??? if you dont mind me asking..
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Leslie
Re: Buy list from town
Sun Nov 11 16:57:23 2001


Thanks.
$ 85 seems reasonable. Did you find that direct mailing to dog owners more effective than other advertising means?
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jimDoo-tycalls
dog list
Sun Nov 11 19:19:35 2001


I went to my city they dont keep track of the licenses dogs. Is there another way to get a list.?
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Pete
Re: dog list
Mon Nov 12 18:06:46 2001


Try the county. If you buy a dog license, who sells it? That's who should have the info.
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Anonymous
dept of agriculture
Sun Nov 11 20:43:39 2001
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nimby
mark
Sun Nov 11 19:26:57 2001


Thank you just discouraging working hard and not even one customer.Can my town be to small,it sounds like where scoopers live is heavily populated.
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Nimby
Mark
Sun Nov 11 23:56:50 2001


I don't think your town of 40,000 is too small... remember if 10% were dog owners that is 4,000 now if only 10% of them need your service, that is 400. The problem really is getting to those 400 people while sifting through the 40,000. that is 39,600 no's to get through to find 400 yes's...
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Anonymous
Re: Mark
Mon Nov 12 00:30:38 2001


Boy, 10% of 10% is 1% of the population. 2 million folks would be 20,000 customers. Instead of 10% of dog owners, use something more like 0.5% and you will have good saturation.


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Red
Re: Mark
Mon Nov 12 01:17:15 2001


I agree with the previous person who refuses to give us their name. As much as I wish you success and desire for everyone to succeed in this crazy biz, I whole-heartedly believe that a coverage area with a population under 100,000 will not sustain even one full-time scooper.

Hope to be proved wrong but never have yet don't think I will be any time soon.

Best wishes,
-Red
PS: Pet sitting/walking is a much bigger business and easier to promote - especially in smaller territories.
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PoopScoopKing
I agree with Red
Mon Nov 12 05:57:34 2001


I usually use .01% of a total population which would be 4 customers in a town of 40,000. With a town that small, you'd need to offer other services like pet sitting, cuz the town is too small to make a good living just scooping. In fact, I have less than .01% of my area's population as clients at the moment. I'll get back up slightly over .01% in the Spring. I've heard of other companies (like Pet Butler of Columbus) penetrating to .08%, but that's still just 32 customers for a town of 40,000.
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Erin, Dirty Work
Ditto on the agreements of Red/PSK
Mon Nov 12 16:50:59 2001


Atlanta has 4 million folks and our saturation is very, very low after 3 years. Luckily our base is large enough that it's still good for us, but if we had 100,000 - well, I am sure we'd have to offer other products/services
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minesweepers
database
Sun Nov 11 20:51:51 2001


i have a list in word pad that i need to transfer to a usable data base any idea how word pad sucks it won't let me do anything
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Jacob
Help
Mon Nov 12 12:44:44 2001


I understand-

Do you have MS Access or MS Excel? Are your columns generally aligned? Do they have commas seperating them?

I understand if you want to keep your info private, however, if you send me your list I will try to put it into MS Access or MS Excel. Try saving your file as a text file and then importing it directly into excel or access.

good luck-
Jacob