I would like to know if you know anyone that has a fulfillment company they use they absolutely love. I have used 2 of them so far and am very unimpressed.
One I was working with I had it set up for them to go into my shopping cart, take the orders, and make the product in small batches when needed. It was very cool, except their billing was off and I believe they overcharged me often after I did an audit.
The other one i use is only for when I buy the product and stock it at their warehouse. Problem with that is it’s a lot of money up front. I’m looking to create some new products.
This is an ongoing problem. I’ve yet to find anyone who is thrilled with their fulfillment company. But I do know some who feel the one they use does a good job as long as they have a contact person to work with on a regular basis. I’ll list some below that a majority of the info marketers and Internet Marketers are satisfied with.
Since I don’t know your exact needs, you’ll need to contact them to see if it’s what you want as they each serve a different type of business need.
- Speaker Fulfillment Services
They got their start handling orders for professional speakers who were on the road a lot. As their reputation grew, the info marketers started using them. They are reliable and fairly priced. They do both print on demand and storage of pre-made materials.The biggest problems seem to be upfront when you start. Request a contact person you can develop a relationship with and be patient as they get you into their system.
My experience with them (working for my client accounts) is once they get used to how you do business they are solid. But the first few months you need to watch them very closely to iron out mistakes.
Note: If you have a big launch they need a ton of lead time.
- Fulfillment Central
These guys are strictly print-on-demand. Probably the best choice if you do smaller amounts. Definately the best choice for people new to selling products. Downside is higher cost per unit, but you carry no inventory.
The also provide a free consultation 877-745-9343 – free consulation
- Direct Marketing Solutions
I’ve no experience with them, but the leader of my Mastermind Group uses them and he is very selective about his vendors. The comments below are from my notes on what was said about them.
Rich Selby – Founder (minimum batch sizes, 5 units) I use him currently, the service is good, but billing is often wrong.
- Disk.com
One of the most successful Internet Marketers I know of uses these guys, so they must be on the ball. Next time I need a fulfillment company they are on my short list to talk to.
All of these are full service fulfillment houses, meaning they print, assemble, ship, and take returns. There are others who only pack and ship. You have to provide them completed products and you handle returns. For myself and my clients, the time savings of the full service fulfillment is worth paying a little extra.Technorati Tags: FulfillmentService, Fulfillment, InfoProducts
PRWeb.com is now charging $80 for a release. Do you know of any other sites for free web press releases?.
Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, PRweb can be worth the $80. I use it all the time for my clients.
You not only get guaranteed injection into Google News & Yahoo News, it gets promoted to the blog-o-sphere and depending on how many pick it up, can provide a lot of links back to your site.
And they do some SEO work behind the scenes to optimize your release for maximum web exposure.
Plus, they have a list of media people who get notices from PRWeb.
That said, if you just want to get the release out on the web and into Google & Yahoo, there are a few services you can use:
(these are from my Quick & Easy Guide To Getting Your Press Release Out)
They have both free and paid release services. For $20 they will put your release in Google news.
2. www.PR.com
I notice that many press releases from this service end up in my Google news feed.
They also format the releases nicely and have an option for PDF output.
They seem to be getting the majority of the free press releases since PRweb stopped their free service, and PR.com looks to be a very high quality service.
I’m not too excited about these guys, but it might be worth a shot after you have used some of the better services.
This site appears to be using a Content Management System to host press releases. Not sure if they do much more than that. But if you are looking for back links, they have a page rank of 5.
Same folks as above but this is their German language press release site.
6. www.FreePressReleases.co.uk
For Hypnotists in the UK, this is another option.
My Recommendation: Of these my choice would be to use is www.PR.com
Note: PRLeap.com no longer offers a free press release service. In past articles I recommended them as my #1 choice.
And, since it is FREE to send a press release online, every hypnotist on this list should send at least one a month.
Why should you send out press releases? How about this…
While I was teaching my workshops at the National Guild of Hypnotists conference this year, Tim Shurr told me he wrote and sent out a press release as I taught on the teleseminar earlier this year and the story netted him $30,000 in sales!
If this isn’t motivation to send out a release, check your pulse.
You can hear another teleseminar I did with Elsom Eldridge on here on the blog. You can find it here:
Google is changing it’s quality score formula again.
This will mean another shake up in the online advertising world, affectionately referred to as a “Google Slap”
If your ads are highly targeted, your keywords match your ad copy, and your landing page copy matches what your ad promises, then you probably have nothing to worry about.
But since Google will never say what the exact changes are, you should be sure and watch your adwords account closely over the next few weeks to see if anything changes.
Here’s what we do know from the Adwords Blog:
- The Quality Score will now be calculated at the time of the search query. (real time quality score)
- Keywords will no longer be marked “Inactive for Search”
- They are changing “minimum bids” to “first page bid”
For full details, see this post on the Adwords Blog:
