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"They Laughed When I Said I Was Going To Be A Carpet Cleaner…"But their laughter turned to amazement when I starting making a six figure income.When I told my mother I was starting a carpet cleaning company, she looked and me funny and said, "Are you sure that's what you want to do?" My in-laws said I should get a real job…my friends were skeptical. My favorite Aunt tried to warn me that carpet was losing market share.They all meant well. I mean, here I was, a couple of semesters away from graduating with a degree in advertising. But I just wanted to start a business. Any business would do. I had worked with a carpet cleaning company for a couple of months. All my research pointed to the fact that a cleaning business had low start up cost and pretty good profit potential. So, I could have just taken a job at an ad agency. My Professors loved me and would've gladly recommended me. I could have made $40k per year at one of the agencies in my city. After all, that's what my family and friends thought I should do. I remember my wife's grandfather saying, "You went to college so you could be a carpet cleaner?" He was half joking. But he was trying to talk me out of doing it. I didn't pay any attention to them. I got out my new shiny credit card and put a HUGE dent in it. An $11,200 dent to be exact. I had never purchased anything that cost that much in my life. Now I was committed. It was go time. So there I was full of pride, excitement, and fear. I had a beautiful new truckmounted machine installed in a decent looking older Chevy Astro Van I picked up for $1,000. Then I got IICRC certified. I was ready. I took out a small yellow pages ad hoping the calls would pour in. Now, at this time I still had two full semesters left to finish my degree. I had already read a few advertising books and taken a couple intro to advertising classes. But in reality, I only knew enough to make myself dangerous. I remember writing headlines in utter frustration. I couldn't tell tell a good headline from a bad headline. There were too many guidelines and rules that contradicted each other. It was so easy to screw it up. I kept the the first salesletter I ever wrote just look back at it and laugh. I was pitiful! Although the response I got from those ads wasn't very good, I didn't give up. I was determined to make it work. I had to. I kept studying advertising and learning from other cleaners. Through a process of learning and error, I eventually cracked the code. Here's a little FREE tidbit: Just because someone has the education, doesn't mean you should trust them for advice. Formal education is great and often necessary. But it doesn't suffice for practical wisdom. That's why doctors have to complete an apprenticeship. I personally know at least a dozen people with advertising or marketing degrees that couldn't even write a newspaper ad that would sell generators to a city just hit by a hurricane. They have the knowledge on how to do it. They lack the wisdom of experience. That's exactly why I went out and put my money on the line to learn advertising. Sure, I lost quite a bit of money testng some crazy ideas. But I learned. Now, I want to pass all my wisdom on to you. You can steal all my secrets. You can take the learning curve out of the equation and start making money with your advertising tomorrow. I'll show you how. The first secret I want to pass on to you is my Advertising Planning Guide that I personally use to get as much as a 20 to 1 return on my advertising dollars. That means if I spend $100 on ad ad, I can get $2000 in return. Do you want to learn how to get HUGE returns like that? Call 888-xxxxxxxx right now and leave your name, address, city, state,and zip on my FREE recorded voicemail line. Your guide will be sent in the mail right away. Or, you can go to my website at www.CarpetCleaningAds.com to get your guide right away. Sincerely, John Braun The Ad Hitman P.S. Why waste years trying to get a profitable advertising system down when you can quickly learn it now. Your business will take off and fund the life you've always wanted. P.P.P.S. Get your FREE Advertising Planning Guide right now to start getting the most profit from your advertising. Call 888-xxxxxxx or go to www.CarpetCleaningAds.com right now.
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