I have been reading many threads about advertising but this one is kind of different because its looking at a bigger picture. Business connections. So before I present my plan let me give you a little background...
For those who do not know I am 15 years old, about to turn 16 in February. I am trying to come up with good plans for advertising when I turn 16 and can finally do scrapping full time in the summer, and part time when I am in school. I plan on pursuing this in the future along with other add-ons like junk hauling, demo, and other small things. I have a couple things on my side when it comes to getting connections so I wont be starting totally in the dark when I am able to do a lot of pickups. My dad does fire/water restoration so I have the ability to get many connections in that and with contractors involved in that, Also much of my other relatives are in the construction, free-lance business and get me hookups with that and can continue too. But other than that I am looking for more hookups because I can not rely on just that and random finds to keep me going so here is the start of my plan, and any input/advice would be awesome to help me out.
My plan is to create informative packets that contain many things that I can hand out to small business's and contractors and possibly get their business.
My ideas for these are for them to be normal laminated folders with pockets on each side and have a catchy business logo on the front.
I want these to contain anything and everything I can to really catch there business's and heres some of the things I think I could put inside
A sticky note pad with my logo in the background lightly
A couple pens with logos and my #
A few business cards
A flyer
A small list of some of the things we take
My plan would be to go out to local business's personally and deliver these or possibly mail them out. I think these would cost A LOT more than just some flyers but also they are so much more professional and its easier to throw away a flyer than it is to throw away a thick shiny folder with contents like pens and sticky notes. If I made 50 of these it would probably cost $10 each so I would be looking at around $500 to market to 50 business's.
Would this be better than spending my $ on seperate flyers and door hangers and such? Any input is welcome and thanks in advance!
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