BluePlate Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 It seems like my Vending locators Bill of Rights was not taken too well. How about this idea. Starting a vending locators Co-Op. Say 6 vendors each throw in $100. We hire a 40 hour a week telemarketer. We pay the telemarketer $15 an hour. Set an expectation the telemarketer gets 30 locations in 40 hours. Each vendor gets 5 locations. If the telemarketer meets their goal, it will cost $20 per location. No guarantees, take what you get. If the telemarketer misses their goal, they get a reduced pay per hour. This would go as low as $9/hr. The telemarketer meeting the goal would also mean more work. We would need to work out the details. There is risk, but anyone in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer980 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 It may work out but I don't have the machines to locate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antoniocinisi Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 I dont have any machines either since I finally placed my last 2 racks today.I want in though because this idea seems good to me.I will buy machines if I have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kai1836 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Even though I have spewed a little venom about locators....due to this one working only for a set number of vendors.....I would be in for this as well. Let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T BIRD Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 I am in Blue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidsurvz Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 HMMMMMMMM!!!?? I'll think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePlate Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 OK, let my dabble in finding a telemarketer. I have a few sources from another business I run. I will keep everyone updated and set a goal of April 13th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserri Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I'm in as well Blue. Since we operate in some of the same zip codes, we will need to make sure that the locator does not give us both the same locations. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Vending Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I am in if they do full line locations.I got a goal of 20 right now.If all works out might want to grow to 50 machines in 2 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1375 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Blue, I'm in and looking forward to hearing more about the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyssamma Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Blue, I've been lurking on this thread trying to gather my thoughts. In general I think this is a good idea. Interestingly enough, my brother does telemarketing and I tried to get him to throw me a couple of guys to do this very thing. For reasons that don't have anything to do with the feasibility of the idea we never could get it off the ground. That being said, a few comments... 1) Some area will be easier to locate than other areas. If the TM finds 30 locations (the min expectation you set), how will they be spread out? Also, is it fair to penalize since it is easier to get some areas than others? 2) Ditto with different types of machines. 3) I understand "take what you get", but sometimes this won't work. For example, it might be a location you already have a machine in, or the owner might not take the machine, etc. How will this work? 4) There is also an expense associated with getting a list of businesses to call. Who would pay for this? 5) If everyone kicks in $100, but only 5 of the 6 get locations, what happens to the 6th? Are they SOL? I have some other thoughts too, but don't want to sound like I'm bashing the idea. I actually like it and would love to see a way to make it work. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kai1836 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Kevin really raises some good points. I really didn't consider some of this, not so sure about it now. How will we be given the locations and who goes first? Also who pays for the lists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePlate Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 I have posted some ads on Craigslist, I have post some help wanted ads in other places telemarketer hang out. I contacted some telemarketers who have done work in the past for me. My response has been a little cold. The people who did respond, either I did not like them, or they did not like the project. I'm not giving up, but I don't see making my time frame. I agree there are some variables that could unbalance things. This will not work unless a top notch TM signs on. I think then we need to do a pilot program. That may mean $20 each for the pilot program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T BIRD Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I am in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewm451 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 If you are willing to find a way to do it in Canada i am in for sure. I think another problem is that if a telemarketer is going to sign on, he is going to want work for more than just one or two weeks. I also think it may be a better idea to promote rewards for getting sales rather than penalties for not selling enough. As for contacts, when i did a bit of charity telemarketing in highschool we used the phone book! now we were calling residences, but it would be fairly eais to pick 5 types of locations you want, say, salons, pizza shops, restaurants, car lube's and laundry mats. Look them up in the yellow pages, tear out the whole section and say here start with this. I realise when you buy sales leads you often get managers names, but this could be a start. IF you wanted to take it to another level we could co-ordinate through you and i could buy say 10 hours at $15 per hour, and extra say $10 bonus per location. If my area sucks to locate in then i am the only one loosing money. and $25 per location sounds ok to me! I hope that made sence, sometimes i type faster than i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewm451 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Ok I had time to eat and scrap the goo off the walls of my mini-reef. I think another problem will just be volume of locations we will have to place to employ one person full time. if they are good they will want atleast $250 a day in salary and bonuses. If we want to pay $25 per location do we have the machines to put up 10 locations per day, 40 per week? Right now it seems like a good idea, split between 4 people 10 machines a week each, wow my machine count would sky rocket! could my bank account keep up? are there enough used machines to buy! and how many machines do we actually want to service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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