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How To Start And Operate Your Own Successful Picture Framing Business

If you want to open your own store and don't know where to start, then keep reading because I have good news...

Starting a picture framing business is easier than you think.

Dear Internet Friend,

It's just incredible.

I stumbled onto this formula that sells picture framing like crazy. If you're interested in selling custom picture framing and earning hundreds and even thousands of dollars on some days, then listen up:

On the internet, it's tough to know who to believe. You don't know me from Adam. In a moment I'll tell you what I can specifically do for you, but for now...

Here Are Four Good Reasons
To Believe What I Say

One: I'm not going to promise that you can earn $10,000 a month or $1000 a day. I don't know you, your skills nor your background. How could I guarantee such a thing?

Two: I have a solid database of 6514 customers (at last count) who have bought from me in the last few years and that I market to on a continuing basis. These are customers who bring me business every day.

And over 234,000 frames sold to satisfied customers over the years. Not as many frames as McDonalds has sold burgers but you get the idea. :)

There are many ways to attract and pull in like a magnet all the customers you want. This report will cover the four basic ways you can attract customers into your business.

Three: I'm a real person and I practice daily what I preach.  I don't hide behind a phony address or a P.O Box. My office number is 323-931-8087 and I've had that same number for 23 years and my true address is printed at our contact page.

Four: Any one of the techniques that are revealed in The Ultimate Guide will bring you money day in and day out. I know. I still use them every day.

Look at this way:

I can show you how to get on a silver platter stuff
that took me years to figure out!

Join now for only $9.95.

    Here's some highlights from The Ultimate Guide letters.

      · The Top Five Questions to ask yourself before deciding on your
      location.

      · How to keep a steady flow of customers coming in your store.

      · How to price your frame samples. (most framers don't have a clue on how to do this).

      · How to upsell and make more money and profit on each sale. (You'll increase sales instantly with these seven magic words...)

      · How to develop your lifetime value customers.

      · How I earn between $7000 and $12,000 every month and more just from the new customers I get. I reveal the best four ways to get those customers right here in this report.

      · How to make money with a small web site on the internet. How I earned over $22,400 in twelve months with my average looking web site.

    ...and there's more

    · How to pick the perfect location. Why to avoid malls and real estate agents like the plague. Why you should look for free standing building spaces on the correct side of the street and strike a deal with the owner of the building or space. What to say to a prospective landlord in detail. Read the letter How To Choose A Location And Negotiate A Lease.

    · Why not to buy an existing business or franchise. If you have an extra $120,000 sitting in the bank and it's burning a hole in your pocket, by all means, buy a franchise.

    Personally, I don't have to give half my profits to some corporate goliath. Read this letter first before you decide.

    · Capturing your customer's names. If you don't, someone else will. This should be #1 on everyone's list. If you don't have a customer, who will be your market?

    · How to excite new customers to come back immediately after their first purchase.

    I'll show you how you can earn over $100,000 every year just from the new customers you'll get including their second return visit.

    And the exact sample letter you can use to make money with your customers is in this web site at the Ultimate Guide link.

    · How to bring in hundreds of dollars extra every month with your referral program.

    This referral program is easy to start and once you get the ball rolling you can easily earn hundreds of dollars extra every month by simply handing out a small card or a printed referral certificate to your customer when they pick up their framing.

    As a subscriber, you can copy my sample referral certificate that attracts customers like crazy. It's all in the Ultimate Guide letter: How To Make Money With Referrals.

    This has got to be the easiest, no brainer way to build your picture framing empire, one customer at a time.  

    · Pricing. Use my chart or create your own. This is a close look at how to realistically mark up your framing and WHAT your price chart should look like and HOW to use it.

    The good news is, there are no set prices in the framing industry, only guideline price charts that are set by "the framing industry" and even some of those charts are way out of whack with real world pricing of your frame jobs.

    Included in the Ultimate Guide is my price chart to copy and alter any way you want.

    ·  How to get FREE frame samples. Why pay for your samples when the moulding companies are using your valuable wall space to show their samples. I reveal how to get all the samples you want without paying a dime.

    ·  How To Bring In Sales Over The Telephone - This letter shows you how easy it is to do business over the telephone.  

    Every time I hear the phone ring, I shout the word "...Opportunity!"

    You never know who's at the other end of the next phone call that will bring you money and business for many years.

    ·  Your Unique Selling Proposition (USP).

    Why should anyone do business with you?

    Why do your customers frame with you instead of the frame shop down the street?

    When you subscribe you get dozens of examples of Unique Selling Propositions.

    This is a statement or slogan or logo that tells the whole world why you're the best and why everyone should be doing business with you. Sometimes called a Unique Selling Advantage.

    Use the examples given in the Ultimate Guide letters to create your own slogan and USP. And there are plenty of them.

    ·  Multi store locations. How to centralize your framing work. If you're considering more than one store in the future, this bonus is included in The Ultimate Guide. You get detailed instructions on how to handle the orders from another location and track any order at any given moment, without a computer!

    ·  Employees. Why NOT to hire a trainee for the sake of saving a few bucks in salary. How to avoid problems with employees. How to cure the always late employee.

    How to have a top notch HELP-RUN business, so you can concentrate on more important things like marketing, growing your company and let's not forget having time to take great vacations knowing your store is in good hands.

    ·  Why testimonials are important to the goodwill of your business.

    TIP: Post your testimonials in a frame at your front counter to instill confidence in your new customer.

    ·  Never sell a frame like you're buying it yourself. Do you or your employees have a poverty consciousness? Do you feel sheepish about asking $700 for one frame?

    ·   How To Make Money With Your Website. Yes, it really can happen! Include the right incentives at your site and you can have another stream of income.

    You'll learn the secret to getting your customer's opt-in email address. This is the most desirable list to have because your customer has asked to receive your "special offers".  An opt-in list is not spam.

    Let's face it, most people today have at least an email address.  

Imagine if you put into action just some of the ideas from The Ultimate Guide letters in your daily or weekly routine, you can propel you sales through the roof.

Join Now.   For only $9.95 you can have instant access within one minute to every feature and benefit this site has to offer.

All pages are printer friendly, so you can grab the information, put it into a binder and have everything at your fingertips discussed in this report . Or just keep coming back to the articles you like the most.

I'll reveal ideas to you that always guarantee me an inflow of money and sales. It's almost like magic, except it's real and it works everytime.

Just one visit and you'll be jumping up and down with ways to promote your store and make more sales.

Before we go any further, you have to ask yourself five questions.

1. Why do I want to go into this business?

Money...satisfaction... bringing dreams to peoples lives? Maybe you only want to work it part time to see if you like it or to see if it will take off. Are you getting into it as a hobby?

Are you ready to COMMIT! Do you really have that burning DESIRE, or just the feeling that maybe you'll try it and 'see what happens'.

Is your burning desire strong enough to melt steel or is it just a flicker on a candle?

You've heard the phrase a hundred times, "Do What You Love And Love What You Do".

Although big bucks happen every day in this business, when you love what you do, your chances of success increase rapidly.  

2. Do I want a store front or do I want to start part time out of my garage or back bedroom?

YES, you want a store front if you're at all serious.  And it must be in the right location. More on that later.

You can be successful operating a back door business out of your garage. I personally know framers who do that, but there is obviously more money to be made with an actual store location. You want traffic and recognition.

This is called building the "goodwill" of your business.

"Back door framers" will make enough to live on, but I think you want more money than that.

3. How will I attract my customers?

The bottom line in every business is Sales.

The Greatest Picture Framer In The World Will Be Broke Without A Steady Stream Of Customers.

You can attract customers several ways.

    ·  One - through your storefront, by just being there.

    ·  Two - through referrals (this is the strongest and ultimately the best method).

    ·  Three - through marketing with direct response mail outs to your existing customers.

    You'll discover how to keep your customers for life. As an example - do you ever visit the same store or shop week after week, year after year?

    ·  Four - yellow page ads are a great source for new customers IF your ad is written correctly.

    You don't want your yellow page ad to appear like the same old look-a-like ads that are so common in the yellow pages.

    Forget the look-a-like ads that say your Name at the top, maybe a few bullets of what you do and your address and phone number at the bottom.

    I call this a "look at me, buy from me" ego ad. This is commonly called image or identification type advertising. Not a good idea.

    You want your ad to pull a response, not just sit on the yellow page with all the other boringly written ads.

    Anyone looking at your ad wants an answer to one question only: What's in it for me?  

    You have to give the reader of your yellow page ad a benefit and a good reason to read your ad and frame with you.

    You'll discover how to make your ad pull like crazy.

4. How will I learn the tricks of the trade. Where will I get my training?

    ·  Schools - You can learn your craft through various schools located throughout the country.

    There are over two dozen school sources listed at this site that you may call for further information.  Most are one week courses and cover everything you need to know to start framing pictures like a pro.

    What you learn at this web site is how to start your business and market the heck out of it to bring in the money. Most framers don't practice one tenth of what you'll discover here when you join.

    ·  Work in an actual frame shop to get your best experience or you can learn by doing it yourself (albeit a slower method).

5. How do I run my business on a day to day basis? What kind of paperwork do I need to maintain my business?

Paperwork runs your business no matter what you choose to do. Keep it simple. I show you how to set up your office in a corner desk with a file cabinet in a matter of minutes.

You'll need to keep track of the jobs when orders start coming in. And the orders WILL come in.:-)

You want to work on a Deadline or Due Date System. Customers expect their work completed within a reasonable time. Fix an exact due date on the customer's invoice. More on this is revealed in the private letters, The Ultimate Guide To Picture Framing Success.

If you're not good at office routine or paperwork, then you'll have to hire someone or have your spouse help you in that department. Some people are better at different tasks than others.

If you're ready for a change, the information in The Ultimate Guide To Picture Framing Success can help you achieve your desired results.

As you read every word in The Ultimate Guide you'll discover how to shave off years of trial and error.

Find out how to avoid the usual pitfalls and mistakes every beginning framer makes.

Look, I already know this stuff works and can prove it. I walk my talk by actively promoting my business every day. It's easy and I can show you how to do it too.

So let's wrap this up.

Here's what you get when you subscribe today:

       Complete access to this members only web site where I've put up The Ultimate Guide To Picture Framing Success letters. You can read through each letter and print them out if you want.

        A highlighted listing of your frame shop in our Find-A-Framer listings. I'll even include a hyperlink to your web site if you have one. Only subscribers get the email and web site hyperlink free.

In addition, you'll get the following bonus e-book valued at $39.95.

      The e-book Create Your First Business Web Site In 10 Days

Yours free when you subscribe now. Use the information in this bonus book to create or fine tune your own web site. Make your site more interactive for your vistors. This e-book includes video tutorials.

      Access to our members only discussion forum and classified ad forum where you can buy and sell any picture framing or art related merchandise.

      You get my private list of dozens of frame moulding and picture framing supply sources.

Clearly, you can see how you can jump start your business by joining now.

I look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with you in the Custom Picture Framing business.

Success,

Steve Sztopek

323-931-8087

P.S.  Fact:  Everyone has something they want framed. Tap into this huge, unlimited market of customers and earn all the income you desire.

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