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by justintocci 4287 days ago
When i first started out i didn't know anyone but i was a straight commission salesperson in the past. I figured, just go door to door. How hard could it be?

Practically impossible.

I got so much resistance up front that I could hardly process it. i solved the problem by designing a ruler with a bunch of Excel shortcuts on it. i put my card right in the middle. the ruler was just card stock. across the top was inches and across the bottom pixels(72dpi)

when i walked in i just held up the ruler inbetween me and the first person i saw and said "here, have a free ruler" etc... worked like a charm. contact me if you want the design, i get them printed on plastic now. customers love them