I have been reading all over the place and I haven't seen this topic covered extensively here. I attended a Antares "Financial Freedom" conference knowing that the machines would be heavily over priced (which they were) but I think I learned a lot from that experience.

The presenters claimed that they use direct mail with a "targeted mailing list." The mailing list is easy to come by because many cities post a list of businesses with the number of employees on their web site or they have it available in some other form. Now Planet Antares has a beautiful mailer that they put together as part of that package. While I certainly can't copy their mailer I should be able to make my own that is good quality.

The presenter claimed that he has tried 4 different mailings of 200 each and received 5, 5, 5, and 4 responses respectively. That would average around 2 - 2.5 per 100 mailed. I could live with that kind of return on a direct mailing since the cost of that would be substantially less than a professional locator.

The question is: How many leads have you all gotten from your direct mail attempts? I believe the presenters really were actual operators of the system and so this might not be a bad estimate. However I just want to know your general experience with this.

If this has already been covered in the forum I apologize. I did several searches and could not find the post.

If you have experience and don't mind posting what kind of mailer you used and how you asked for responses (visit your web site, call your number, or send back a business reply form) I would also appreciate it.

Thank you in advance.

Hi all

Has anyone attend Vendnet Training School?

mdm

Walk away from this deal, save yourself some money and just walk away.