Have you got junk in your trunk?

What is junk mail?

Well, the definition of junk mail is similar to the definition of “weeds.” A weed is any plant you don’t want, right?

And most people feel the same way about junk mail. If you get a piece of mail you don’t want, you pretty much consider it junk.

There are a number of reasons why you get junk mail: Mostly, it is because often a company will send out offers to people who buy one kind of product, because usually they will also buy another kind of product. For instance, if you purchased some sort of information or product about high blood pressure, you’re probably going to get offers about other vitamins and herbs that offer health and wellness for your heart and other cardiological benefits.

In a situation like this, the mail usually isn’t junk mail because the match is pretty related. But… other times the match will NOT be so closely related and that’s when the “junk” factor comes in.

For instance, loads of men who smoke cigars, often are likely to buy loads of other items. So if you are a cigar smoker (like me) and you order your cigars via mail order, you’ll get lots of other offers for golfing equipment or golfing magazines… for sexual enhancement products (I hope I never have to accept those offers)… for back pain… and for other outdoorsy-types of things like camping, backpacking and other kinds of activities for people who like to rough-it.

For me, roughing it is not being able to find good New York City pizza here in Lutz, but that’s another story altogether.

The thing is, you need to learn from the junk mail you get. You need to start thinking in terms of affinity relationships, so you can expand your target market and find new prospects who you’d otherwise miss, simply sticking to the folks who have purchased only what you’re selling.

Because although those are definitely the best prospects, there is a lot of other low-hanging fruit out there for you to pick. All you need to do is dig a little bit to find out where the trees are located, and then you’re in.

Now go sell something, Craig Garber

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About the Author

Craig GarberAuthor of "How To Make Maximum Money With Minimum Customers, " and publisher of Seductive Selling - an offline marketing newsletter currently read in 15 countries, world-wide. In a nutshell, I do two things: 1. I show you how to attract a reliable, steady stream of pre-qualified leads who are ready to do business with you NOW... 2. And I increase your net profits and cash-flow, by increasing your customer, client, or patient value -- often, dramatically. How do I do this? By developing, and helping you implement, unique, personalized lead generation and marketing strategies... using compelling sales messages that push your customers emotional buy-buttons. I've worked with over 300 clients in more than 104 different industries, since March of 2000, and I really enjoy what I do. I'm a stable, reliable, happily married family guy with three kids who loves life and always follows through on my commitments and promises. I love to listen to music, workout, read, travel with my family, take pictures, and go bass fishing. I always say "Yes," when it comes to good cigars, good books, and good coffee :-)

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