Marissa May

Marissa May

The $76.99 Bail out!

The $76.99 Bail out!

This story of an almost out of business Locksmith, who spent $76.99 and turned his business around almost over night! His small business thrived in a depressed market to a top sought after locksmith, in a community that had fierce competitors all trying to survive in this service industry and slow economic times! Even the big boys where cutting into this market with their high customer traffic, Offering discounts that the independent could not match and make a decent profit!

How I got this success story was from the gal who introduce this $76.99 bail out program {which our government was not involved...hard to believe uh? "Private Money"} to CJ Locksmith Co.! Yes this little old gal a mother of 3. Who's husband was unemployed after working 20 years for a company, working her home business offering this inexpensive promotional program to small struggling business! Well that's another success story in it self!

CJ was one of the best in his field; there was not a job that CJ could not handle from a simple home front door lock, to a tiny lock on a woman's jewelry box! CJ was a "master locksmith". He knew how every kind of lock mechanism, dating back to the 16 century! You see CJ had a passion for locks from the day the small lock on his lunch box failed to work properly! CJ was 7 years old at the time! A master locksmith was born!

As Marissa relates this story to me, she says that CJ is only one of the many small business owners she has help out! In CJ case, she said here is a master at his craft with a fantastic track record of doing the job right, on time, neat, with very little callbacks! He built a solid reputation in his 25 years of doing business! Only to find his business failing from this lagging economy! He had to let go his 2 young trainees and the 3 full time journeymen locksmiths! Selling the company's 4 service vans and moving back to his old barn where it all began! This really hits home to have such a sad struggling once successful small company's to begin to go under "out of business"! She said no small business owner is exempt from these hard times!

                                                  The old ways do not work today!

Now CJ was a believer in using promotions and promotional items. Newspaper adds, give away items you know the pens, pencils, calendars! Yes even sponsoring little league teams! He knew that he had to keep attracting new customers every year, and keep his company's name in front of his customer's eyes! He said he never regretted all that money he spent, as his service was not the cheapest! No CJ was the most expensive locksmith in 200 miles of his home based location. He even did out of state service, shipping lock repairs all over the country! All CJ business was from word of mouth; the Internet was not his thing! As his company's slogan says "Quality pays not costs"!

　

However as the economy slowed and homeowners where facing foreclosures, his solid based builder customers where not starting new projects, his business owners where choosing cheaper services, the big guys where using contract flyby night locksmiths to keep prices low! Hence CJ Locksmith Co. was on the ropes; nothing from the old way of doing business was working, just eating up his working capital...till he became a one-man business again! Struggling month to month to stay above his operating cost! His bank account and savings where slowly depleting! CJ thought he could not survive another year! That is till Marissa gave him her business card that said" How would you like a free promotional program

That has 70 million customers who can use this program, and approximately 5 million added each year...that's almost 14.000 per week!

She went on to tell CJ that for 76.99, which is a refundable fee, he could build another stream of income above and beyond his own business income! CJ looked at her {as she tells me} with a "who you kidding look"...he makes a statement you know lady there is nothing for nothing "so what is the catch uh?" She looks CJ square in the eye and says "there is no catch", no hidden fee's, no scam to extract any money from him.... he gets back his 67.00 plus his 9.95 postage fee, and he is in business for zero dollars!

Marissa goes on to say that CJ can increase his customer base and his income by 1000% as other business owners and independents are doing right now as we speak! She explains that her company has been in this service business since 1989 and has a impeccable record in their industry {as he has} with a Dunn & Bradstreet rating to boot! CJ looked dumbfounded, with a far away stare! She could see his mind was looking into the future as this is the thing that could put CJ Locksmith CO. on solid profitable ground again...all for 76.99 what the heck to I have to lose!

In the following weeks Marissa helps CJ get on the Internet and he opts for the free web site that is offered, only costing him hosting fee's no site building expense!

Today CJ 's co. is back in the black; he has hired back one of his journeymen and both of his trainees.... CJ is the one who coined the phase; The $76.99 Bail Out Program!

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About the Author

I am US Veteran, retired small business owner! My salesmanship started from "hawking" fruit and produce, from a push cart at the age of 8 years old!My grandfather started using the Baker's Dozon" promo.13 not 12 !Selling newspaper's from a corner spot! Shinning shoes! Guess you can say I have a LLD diploma in life {Living and Learning}

Salesmen, from selling home fire detection systems,long before you could buy them for 9.99. Sales marketing manager for a large commercial tire manufacturer.

Marissa widow may lose family farm over $38 tax bill?

An 89-year-old, blind widow could lose her Marissa farm because she never received notice that she owed $38.08 in property taxes from 2003.
On Thursday, a lawsuit was filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court on behalf of Virginia A. Juenger after a tax buyer, Prairie State Properties LLC of Belleville, purchased her delinquent tax from 2003...

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I have to say that her age and blindness don't really matter - if you owe taxes, you owe taxes. If she is unable to care for her own financial matters, then she needs to have someone else who will notice tht she paid 2002 and 2004 but not 2003. Don't take that to mean that I don't feel bad for her - I do, and I'm sure there are hundreds of people just like me who would pay the tax bill. But the problem is, she didn't just get one bill. She got lots of bills. Also, when property is put up for sale like this, the public has to be notified. She had ample opportunity to pay the bill. If she didn't, then she probably has a case to try and keep her property. Otherwise, it's a sad story, but if the law has been followed, then there's nothing to be done. If I ran across the ability to buy a farm for $38 or so, you can bet I'd write that check. (They don't tell you you're taking a farm from an 89 year old blind woman. They just tell you that someone refused to pay their tax, and that you have an opportunity.)
Also, in this age of Political Correctness, should we even take into consideration her age and handicap? I mean, aren't we supposed to treat everyone equally? What if this were a 38 year old, physically able white man? Doesn't quite tug your heartstrings the same way, does it. But when we want tax law applied, we say we want it applied to everyone the same. Do we or don't we???

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