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D.BLOOMFIEL1 [DAVE]          at 15:25 EST
 
My name is David Bloomfield.  I did not get any response to my previous 
[A[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C
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messages on starting a telemarketing business from home.  Is anyone doing
something similar?  Appreciate and am grateful for all help.  Dave
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Message 75        Sun Dec 02, 1990
R.MUSGROVE1                  at 15:48 EST
 
Kent...Didnt mean to shout. After reading 20 or so meaaages i see  what you
mean.....Thx, Russ
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Message 76        Sun Dec 02, 1990
C.RIFENBURG                  at 19:16 EST
 
Hi I'm Connie, I also have a small home business called (what-else) COMPUTERS:
CAN-DO.  I am a Secretary by day, and after hours I become Super Computer. 
You name it and I can do it (or at least I try). Began my business (legit) in
August and by past reputation (non-legit) consulting, hardware, small business
set up, software training, etc. I have successfully transferred my clients
(and future ones I hope) to a legit 1099 form of business.  I Love it.  My
goal...independence in two years!  Dreamer?  Maybe, but so far, so good.  Have
any of you reading this found a good source of advertising (cheap pref) for
services such as mine.  I have as much work now as I can handle with a full
time job, but need to progress to the point of letting go of the security of
the full-time job and going-for-it and would like to know of some advertising
experiences with local papers, stuffers, bulletin board posting, flea market,
etc.  Any advice?  I'm new on GEnie and am really enjoying myself browsing
around in all the bb and other goodies.  Leave me a message...gives me
something to look  forward to...(exciting life that I have...right?) bye for
now. will look for messages soon.
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Message 77        Sun Dec 02, 1990
J-V-K [Joni]                 at 21:52 EST
 
Hi there Connie.... welcome to the world of Entrepreunership (WOW I did
it).... anyway... WELCOME to HOSBurger Land!  You'll find lots of helpful info
here and in the library, and do stop by when a conference is in session and
say hi to us!

= Joni =

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Message 78        Sun Dec 02, 1990
R.OWENS9                     at 22:20 EST
 
Hi!  My name is Ray Owens and boy is this scary or what? I live in Columbus
Ohio and this is the first time I've ever beenbeen on a BBS.  I currently am
working for an employee leasing company and would be interested in "educating"
those who would like to rid themselves of the hassles of adminstering
employees. I will probably need all the help I can get on this bulleting
boarboard -- please bear with me while I try and figure this stuff out! Thanks
for reading!
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Message 79        Sun Dec 02, 1990
T.SMITH99 [SANDRA]           at 22:26 EST
 
R.Musgrove

Welcome. No need to shout.  We can hear you just fine.

Sandra
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Message 80        Sun Dec 02, 1990
C.HOWARD11 [Craig]           at 23:21 EST
 
Sandra. I hate to be cynical but the best way to get free publicity is to
"know" somebody on the local newspaper -- the higher the better.
 Cheers, Craig
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Message 81        Sun Dec 02, 1990
T.SMITH99 [SANDRA]           at 23:21 EST
 
Dave,

We have trouble reading your messages.  The arrow keys don't do anything
except make "garbage" letters.  Use your backspace for corrections.

R.Owens9
 I'm in Toledo.  Nice to know you're in the same state.  I was beginning to
feel that New York and California had it locked.

Sandra
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Message 82        Sun Dec 02, 1990
T.SMITH99 [SANDRA]           at 23:25 EST
 
Craig,

You must be from a bigger town than I am.

Sandra
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Message 83        Sun Dec 02, 1990
G.MOHELSKI1                  at 23:41 EST
 
Greetings... M My name is George and I'm 30 years old. I own a small business
in Virginia Beach VA selling/servicing business equipment such as Cash
Registers and Calculators. We are also an authorized service center for
Commodore computers and an agent for Fujitsu fax machines.

We will be 3 years old this April, and I would appreciate any advise that
someone would like to offer concerning the business.


                                 George...
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Message 84        Mon Dec 03, 1990
COMPDESIGN [W.Moore]         at 00:16 EST
 
Connie

Welcome to the consulting business!  Owning your own business can be  an
exciting, (scary), and profitable venture.  The part I enjoy most  is that
your future is unlimited and is not controlled by other  people.  YOU control
it!  If certain methods work well in your  business, then you keep them, if
they don't work too well, then you  move on to other methods to accomplish the
same goal.

Consulting is primarily a word-of-mouth business if you are wanting  a lot of
business customers as clients.  They tend to use people  they know about, or
have heard about.  Word-of-mouth business is  also free, and the one who
referred you has already pre-qualified  you to your prospective client.

As for advertising sources, go to you local Chamber of Commerce and  purchase
their member directory.  It may cost you anywhere from $10- $25 and includes
the business name, contact person, address, phone,  etc.  The Better Business
Bureau also has a membership directory  available for the general public.

Join a leads and prospects club.  I know I've said this before in  this topic,
but, these clubs only exist so that their members can exchange business leads
and help each other out.  Networking is the  name of the game, isn't it? 
These clubs usually meet in the  mornings at 7 or 7:30 am and last about an
hour.  You'll also make  lots of friends here.

Send out publicity packages to local papers, journals, magazines,  etc. for
their next issue.  Be excited about your business, because  it is YOUR
business.  Your excitement will shine through when you  talk to people and
does make a difference.

Don't get bummed out...  I was always too impatient, I wanted  results
NOWNOWNOW.  I advertised my business, made cold calls, sent  out mailings, and
had enough business my first year to sustain me,  but definitely didn't set
the world on fire.  Then all of a sudden,  one client from 8 months earlier
called in a panic, wanted me to  start yesterday, and the 10 week job that was
proposed, turned into  3+ years of work.  I am still doing work for that
client, and have  received referrals by them to others along the way.  You
never know  where business comes from, or exactly when but it will happen!

Hang in there, hope some of this helps!

-- William
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Message 85        Mon Dec 03, 1990
COMPDESIGN [W.Moore]         at 00:21 EST
 
George,

Welcome!  You'll find lots of info here.  What type of advise are you looking
for... advertising/marketing advise for selling your services, or for
promoting the servicing end of your business.  Be specific! The more specific
you are, the more we learn, and can help...

-- William
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Message 86        Mon Dec 03, 1990
G.HAZELL [GORDON]            at 01:55 EST
 
Hello, my name is Gordon Hazell (G.Hazell).  I have a company here in
Anchorage called Bonanza Realty.  Although I am a real estate broker my
primary business is management of community associations (condominium,
townhome and single family subdivisions).  I have been doing this since 1978
and currently manage 22 different homeowner associations.  This is not rental
management and we typically do not deal with the individual unit owners.  We
work through the various boards of directors in managing the corporate affairs
of the associations.

I have been on GENIE for about 2 years now and have just recently signed onto
your RT.  To be honest I am quite impressed. I am looking forward to meeting
many of you and am eager to share information. Again hello, and thank you for
the welcome.

                                Gordon Hazell

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Message 87        Mon Dec 03, 1990
J.ATTARD [Janet(sysop)]      at 12:37 EST
 
Dave, I'm sure I left you a message some place .. either here or in category
2. GEnie software doesn't alert you that you have messages waiting. That might
be the problem?
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Message 88        Mon Dec 03, 1990
J.ATTARD [Janet(sysop)]      at 12:41 EST
 
Hi, Connie, and welcome! The best form of advertising for consulting work is
going to be word of mouth and participation in professional organizations..
chamber of commerce or other business people's organizations,for instance. 
The other way to  get more business will be by asking satisfied cusotmers for
referrals.

Check out category 6 on marketing and category 13 on computer consulting for
more info. --Janet
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Message 89        Mon Dec 03, 1990
J.LICHTENBE1 [AuPlater]      at 19:19 EST
 
   Sandra...>> Nah!!... we'all is down here in Dayton, way down south a y'all
up der in Toledo....hehe

John(AuPlater)

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Message 90        Mon Dec 03, 1990
J-V-K [Joni]                 at 20:25 EST
 
Hi Ray.... your post came through just fine!  You are off and running and when
you feel comfortable, take a look in the library and do join us for RTC
discussions.  We often have an informal one on Sunday unless a "formal" one is
scheduled <--- speaker!

Connie.. that's exactly as William said... the client who just popped in for
very small job could be the catalyst for your biggest project of the year, or
in William's case 3+ years!

Welcome Gordon... sounds like you will have LOTS to share with us! :)

= Joni =
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Message 91        Tue Dec 04, 1990
J.ATTARD [Janet(sysop)]      at 01:54 EST
 
I started answering a few messages this morning from one computer while
another was printing a job out, and see I should have read all the new
messages before starting to answer any.. William's suggestions on finding
customers for a consulting business are excellent.

Ray, as Joni said, you're doing just great for being new to GEnie! You already
look like an "old pro" at bbs messaging.

Craig, you generally don't have to know someone on a local newspaper  to get
publicity, but sometimes you have to be persistent.. in a nice way.  Give them
info that will interest THEIR READERS, get that info  to the right editor,
contact them often enough to be friendly without being a pest, and pretty soon
you will not only know someone on staff at the paper, but will get publicity
if you can show the editors why their readers will want to know about your
business (in other words, what they'll gain by learning about it.)
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Message 92        Tue Dec 04, 1990
J.ATTARD [Janet(sysop)]      at 02:01 EST
 
Sandra, we do have users from all over the US and Canada who regularly visit
the HOSB.. I think it's just that us New Yawkers and them CA nuts tend to be
more vocal than others <grin>

George, Look around and I think you'll find lots of tips you  can put to use
in your business.. and hopefully you'll share some of your success secrets,
too. BTW, don't miss the Commodore RTs on GEnie. They are not only a good
source of information, but could be a useful source of business contacts for
you as well.

Gordon: glad you finally found us, and glad you've found what you've been
reading here informative.  BTW, have you also discovered the  Real Estate
RoundTable? It's another you may want to visit if you  haven't already done
so. --Janet
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Message 93        Tue Dec 04, 1990
T.SMITH99 [SANDRA]           at 07:24 EST
 
Gordon,

Check out the Real Estate RT.  There are people on there who are very
interested in finding out about the managment of condo and PUD projects.

Sandra
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Message 94        Tue Dec 04, 1990
T.SMITH99 [SANDRA]           at 20:28 EST
 
I have relatives in Dayton, but most of my family is in Tennessee. Your
employment rate is better than Toledo's. And you are a larger city.

The company I used to work for used to lend me to the Dayton branch
occasionally.  I like it there.  Too cold and wet up here.

Sandra
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Message 95        Tue Dec 04, 1990
R.MARSHALL17 [Joanne]        at 22:23 EST
 
Hi,
 I'm Joanne Marshall.  On the advice of Mark Hiatt from GEnie, I've opened a
topic here (for some reason it came in as topic 1) for Autocad users.
 I'm employed as a drafter with a consulting engineering firm, and have used
CAD for two years.  GEnie has no other topic for CAD users.
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Message 96        Tue Dec 04, 1990
J.ATTARD [Janet(sysop)]      at 23:58 EST
 
JOanne, welcome. I'll look for the topic. Not sure where it came up as topic
one, but it isn't in this category.   --Janet
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Message 97        Wed Dec 05, 1990
J-V-K [Joni]                 at 00:37 EST
 
Hi Joanne, nice to see you've stopped in and started a topic.

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Message 98        Wed Dec 05, 1990
SEITZINGER [Kent]            at 01:25 EST
 
Hi all of you new folks. Glad to have you aboard. Hey Rocky, did you notice
what the "boss" called you?
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Message 99        Wed Dec 05, 1990
E.GIRON                      at 02:32 EST
 
Hi everyone[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[DE[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[D, I'd like to
thank Janet for welcoming me to HOSB at her
suggest[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[Don[C[C[C[C[C[C[D        
suggestion I am here giving my greetings and informing you slightly about 
myself. I currently work as a field service rep for Mettler Instruments. 
Between my brother a[D[D-inlaw and I we have five computers [D, and
tr[Dhree printers.  We hope to start a business in DTP and consulting
although all we done so far is  far is aquire the hardware and software. My
wife has done one DTP job so  far so I guess we didi[D go one step further.
Is there a market for color
DTP[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D[D
[D[D[D[C[C[C  [Dmarket for color DTP there[D[D[D     there now as
[D[D[D[D? That is the approach that we would like provide.
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Message 100       Wed Dec 05, 1990
L.MERRICK [Lew]              at 06:39 EST
 
Joanne,

Generic CADD has an area on GEnie!  It's CADD from the system prompt.  I am a
design engineer, but I turn out 20-30 E size drawings each week.  Does that
qualify me as a draftsman (or as I learned it draughtsman)?  Generic is owned
by Autodesk.  The compatability between the two IS getting better.  I convert
Generic drawings to AutoCAD, CATIA, Medusa, and others all the time.

Lew Merrick Tangent Engineering
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Message 101       Wed Dec 05, 1990
J.ATTARD [Janet(sysop)]      at 07:44 EST
 
Lew, thanks! I didn't realize we had a CADD RoundTable! Time to print out the
index again. --Janet
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Message 102       Wed Dec 05, 1990
D.BLOOMFIEL1 [DAVE]          at 09:38 EST
 
Hi everyone, Still waiting for someone with home Telemarketing experience to
share some experiences with me.  Is there noone out there that is in home
Telemarketing?  Let me hear from you.  Thanks  Dave
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Message 103       Wed Dec 05, 1990
W.REYNOLDS2 [WendySue]       at 10:00 EST
 
Timin:

To be honest with you, I prefer other communications programs over Windows
3.0's Terminal, but it's not that bad!

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Message 104       Wed Dec 05, 1990
L.MOORE14                    at 18:52 EST
 
Greetings...I'm half-owner of a business that does computer training in the
programming language MUMPS. If you haven't heard of MUMPS, don't feel bad;
it's hard for me to explain it even to those in the computer field!  Anyway,
our biggest customer right now is the Veterans Admin. My partner and I
maintain separate offices in each of our homes. We're interested in tax tips,
where to get good prices on business products, etc.  We also have a special
intrrest in distance learning. Just happy to be here!
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Message 105       Wed Dec 05, 1990
L.STRAYER [Lee]              at 18:52 EST
 
Hello, dedicated followers of the American Dream! I'm new to GEnie, but I've
been hangin' around local bulletin boards for some time now. My name is Lee
Strayer, and I wear two hats working for my wife's company, and a group known
as Dark Horse. My wife's company, Patricia Anne, Inc., is a manufacturer of
high-end specialty women's clothing. I handle marketing and advertising for
her. It originally ststarted as a home-based business, and only recently has
moved into  larger quarters (6,000 sq. ft.). With Dark Horse Group, I'm
continuing to work with small businesses and start-ups, doing market research
planning and copywriting. I'll be uploading profiles of both companies soon.

I look forward to learning much from everyone's experiences, and I hope I
might be of help to some of you in areas of starting, marketing advertising
and growing a small business. 

Keep in touch, and I'll try and do the same!
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Message 106       Wed Dec 05, 1990
J-V-K [Joni]                 at 20:18 EST
 
Hi Lee... does sound interesting... you and your wife must lead very busy
lives... we'll look for more from you...

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Message 107       Wed Dec 05, 1990
HOLLY2                       at 23:22 EST
 
L.MOORE14... have you visited the MUMPS RT?  At any prompt type MUMPS   I got
there by accident one day, thought it had something to do with the "other"
kind of mumps!

Welcome to GEnie and to HOSB :)
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Message 108       Wed Dec 05, 1990
R.MARSHALL17 [Joanne]        at 23:38 EST
 
Janet --
 I found my stray topic.  It came in as Topic 38.  I'm hoping to get a
discussion started on Star Services about Autocad, and CADD in  general.

Lew --
 Thanks for the information about Generic CADD.  I'm new to GEnie, and try to
stay away from the pay areas.  I didn't realize that Generic is owned by
Autodesk.  I was looking for an inexpensive program to use at home.
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Message 109       Thu Dec 06, 1990
J.ATTARD [Janet(sysop)]      at 00:02 EST
 
E.Merin, Hi.. I think I missed your note last time through the bbs. We have
some information here in the HOSB on running desktop publishing businesses,
but I think you might find more on the market for color  DTP in the DTP
roundtable.

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Message 110       Thu Dec 06, 1990
R.JANECKA [Russ]             at 00:13 EST
 
Hmmm, Garding, now there's an interesting activity.  But serially,
 before you can attempt to start a business you'll need to target your ideas a
little more specifically.  You need to decide what you want to offer exactly
and then discover if there is a market for that product or service in your
area.

That's what I'd do anyway.  A business plan consists of those basic
principals.  What do you really want to be when you grow up? chuckle!

Uh oh, there are two Russ's around here.  Can I go by Russ J?
 But never, please never, Rusty!  (I'm a blonde).




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Message 111       Thu Dec 06, 1990
J.ATTARD [Janet(sysop)]      at 00:38 EST
 
Joanne, I found the topic you started and it really does not belong in the
HOSB.  While you'll find some software discussions in the HOSB, they primarily
concern what factors to consider in choosing software for your business.  How
to use software is a topic for hardware or  software roundtables on GEnie.

GEnie's Star*Services areas aren't meant to be used to avoid discussing
subjects in the RoundTables they belong in. I think it might help if you think
of GEnie more or less as a department store or restaurant with a variety of
products (meals) available. The store or restaurant might offer certain
products or foods at a special price or free with the purchase of something
else. For instance, a department store might have it's own brand of appliances
they sell less expensively than  national brands in the store, or a restaurant
might offer it's customers a free shrimp coctail appetizer.  But if the
customer wants the national brand appliance or a shrimp scampi dinner, he or
she has to pay the regular price for those things.

The same is true on GEnie.  --Janet
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Message 112       Thu Dec 06, 1990
J.ATTARD [Janet(sysop)]      at 00:56 EST
 
L.Moore and Lee.. welcome to the HOSB. Glad you found us, and hope you'll both
helpful, and a place to pass on some of what you've learned in your businesses
as well.   --Janet
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Message 113       Thu Dec 06, 1990
L.HARGAN2                    at 01:34 EST
 
Hi!

Janet, thanks for the nice letter.  I currently work for the State of 
California as a Data Processing analyst, and have done some contract 
programming work from home.  My current interest in the home office is in
telecommuting - working from my home office.  The State  has just completed a
successful pilot project, and is in the process of expanding it.  I don't have
a formal arrangement with my department yet, but hope to in the near future. 
I haven't scanned all the topics to see if that subject is covered in this BB,
but I think it might be worthwhile.

Good luck to everyone.
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Message 114       Thu Dec 06, 1990
J.ATTARD [Janet(sysop)]      at 01:44 EST
 
I think there was a topic a long time ago, but it hadn't gotten  much use
then. YOu might want to start a new one now.
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Message 115       Thu Dec 06, 1990
J-V-K [Joni]                 at 20:10 EST
 
Hi L.Hargan.... nice to see that California is progressive with telecommuting
* from home *... you will find lots of helpful info both here and in the
library.

- Joni -
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Message 116       Thu Dec 06, 1990
M.LAWLOR1 [Marty]            at 20:39 EST
 
Gerry,

Your request for info on InfoText '91 gave me a good reason to try out
Eventline, a database of forthcoming trade shows, symposia, conferences, etc.

Despite the 1,200 + records added monthly, I couldn't find even a trace of it.
I also tried several variants on the name, to no avail.

Maybe next time.

                                        Marty
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Message 118       Thu Dec 06, 1990
R.MARSHALL17 [Joanne]        at 23:23 EST
 
Janet --
 I found the area where I was supposed to enter my Autocad topic. I totally
disagree with your comments about Star Services and Roundtables.  You are the
first person I ran into who felt that way.

Everyone else:
 If you are looking for the Autocad topic, it is on the GEnius BB, Category 8,
Topic 13.
  So long!
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Message 119       Thu Dec 06, 1990
A.WAIT                       at 23:55 EST
 
Hi all! I've looked around here a bit before, but am certainly new to this RT
and just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Arthur Wait, living in the San
Francisco area and currently trying to start a home-based, one person (me)
desktop publishing business. I work part time for a Non-profit music
conservatory and thought I could use the rest of my time doing dtp work, as I
worked my way through college that way.

You've got a HUGE range of topics and information, so it'll take me awhile to
get settled in, but I look forward to meeting you all and exchanging
advice/experience.

Thanks, Arthur
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Message 120       Fri Dec 07, 1990
J-V-K [Joni]                 at 00:46 EST
 
Hi Arthur... nice to see you here in HOSBurger land... yep, you've met me
before in the DTP area... you WILL find lots and lots of helpful info here and
in the library.  If you get a chance, do stop in Sunday night for the
conference... you get to chat * live * with friends from HOSBurger land as
well as others you meet online, in addition to all the great info you will
learn from the speaker!

= Joni =
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Message 121       Fri Dec 07, 1990
SEITZINGER [Kent]            at 03:22 EST
 
Hi Arthur and wellcome from someone just about 100 miles east up I-80 in
Sacramento.
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Message 122       Fri Dec 07, 1990
MACLEE                       at 04:34 EST
 
Hi Arthur!!  You are gonna love this HOSB stuff.  Good luck at DTP and please
keep us informed re: your successes and those things that are less successful
too.

Lee]
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Message 123       Fri Dec 07, 1990
CAPT.NEMO [Rocky]            at 10:45 EST
 
 Careful about passing on your less successful things, Arthur, Lee is
 working on his autobiography, but he's so boring he's borrowing stuff
 from other lives.

                              \
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                              /        Zing!

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Message 124       Fri Dec 07, 1990
A.WAIT                       at 21:23 EST
 
Hello again all! Kent: I just graduated from UC Davis, so I was even closer to
Sac five months ago!

Rocky & Lee: People magazine would be a great source of info for an
autobiography, if you're really hurting for material. Talk
 a lot about drugs and your relationship with your mother. Great material
also, from what I've recently seen in the autobiography section of the local
bookstore. You're sure to have a bestseller. :-) Arthur
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Message 125       Fri Dec 07, 1990
A.RICHARDS10                 at 21:32 EST
 
Hi! I'm Ann Richardson and I live in West Hartford, CT.  I'm looking foreward
to being active on this bb because I would like to start a home office
business.  I have been a data entry/word processing operator for over 20 years
now.  I have enjoyed being an office temp for going on 9 years.  I enjoyed the
freedom and the variety of living and working in the insurance capitol of the
world, until the recession hit this state that is.  The Greater Hartford area
had been very good to me in my field, with at times getting more than one
agency to bid higher in my wages to get me to go on their assignment.  The
bidding days are over and it has been for the past year more like a begging
war. For the past six months I had been on unemployment insurance and everyday
I would phone 4 temp agencies to hear there is no work.  I would like to have
the home office business so I could eliminate the middle man in  my field. 
This particular area is loaded with colleges.  We have the  University of
Hartford, the Law and Med Schools of UCONN, Trinity College Central
Connecticut State University, Greater Hartford Community College, and Hartford
College for Woman, and I almost foregot St. Joseph College. I know that the
opportunities are here.  There are plenty of college  students that go part
time for their degrees and work full time and don't have the time to type
their term papers.  My problem is that I don't know how to reach the market. 
I'm working full time right now for a temp.  agency, but it is a special
project that will end with the beginning of the new year.  I need help in
marketing.  After being laid off for sooo long I don't have the capitol to
spend a lot on marketing, but I do have the hardware and the software to get
going.  I could improve both but I don't see that that is necessary at the
present.  Well thanks for reading this message and I hope to utilize this bb
as much as possible.

Ann
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Message 126       Fri Dec 07, 1990
R.MUSGROVE1                  at 23:33 EST
 
Russ J....Rusty never worked for me ether,welcome...Russ
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Message 127       Sat Dec 08, 1990
J.ATTARD [Janet(sysop)]      at 00:44 EST
 
Welcome Arthur and Ann! Arthur, good luck with your DTP business.  Ann, if you
are really interested in the college market, advertise in campus newspapers..
but plan the ads to run a little before/through term paper time. You might
also send notes to professors on campus, and put fliers on bulletin boards
(the old fashioned cork kind) on campus if allowed.
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Message 128       Sat Dec 08, 1990
A.WAIT                       at 02:06 EST
 
Ann-- As a recent college grad, I can tell you that in our university (a large
one, granted) there was a temp pool. If any of the colleges in your area have
such a system, you might want to look into it. At least you could get to know
some students and obtain an "insider's" view of 'the college that way.

Arthur
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Message 129       Sat Dec 08, 1990
R.GOYER [DICK]               at 10:11 EST
 
Since I have enjoyed and benefitted from HOSB advice for about a month, it
seems appropriate to introduce myself.  As I approach 60, corporate changes
make a new career a wise consideration if I wish to continue buying toys and
eating.  For 33 years I have run/managed a large private business college in
upstate NY, and have lately been exploring self publishing and marketing "How
To" booklets.  I am also very seriously exploring starting a Temp  Placement
Agency.  If any one is involved in this type of business, I would appreciate
hearing from them.  E'mail is safer until I win my personal war with Aladdin
and the GEnie messaging system.  People call me "Dick" and my address is
R.GOYER
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Message 130       Sat Dec 08, 1990
J.ATTARD [Janet(sysop)]      at 14:07 EST
 
Dick, glad you took the time to introduce yourself.  Seems like you've at
least mastered using Aladdin to get a message on line!  That's one  big step..
There are two categories in the HOSB that would be good places to read/ask for
suggestions.  The first is Category 6 where there is a topic on  selling how-
to information by mail and a lot of other information on  mail order.  When
you are comfortable using GEnie, check out the library, too, and do a search
for the keyword Mail order.  YOu'll find a number of files that will help you.

For info on Temp placement services, see Categories 12 (office services) and
14 (recruiting). You might also want to look in Category 2 (starting a
business.) Quick tips:  Type SET # to move to a category if you log on
manually. (SET 2  or SET 6 for instance to move to category 2 or category 6).
Then to see a list of topics just in those categories, type TOP. If you spot a
topic you want to read, type REA # plugging in the  topic number. --Janet
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Message 131       Sat Dec 08, 1990
W.DO