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Becoming a big-box supplier

I am an undergarment manufacturer (peisylee.com). How can I sell my product to Wal-Mart or another big company?
-Peisy Alamsjah, Ann Arbor more
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Re: Becoming a big-box supplier

Check their websites; they usually have a place to submit product proposals. For Walmart, here is their link: http://walmartstores.com/Suppliers/. The big companies have a long list of requirements before they would even consider a supplier, such as insurance, inspections of factories ...
-David, Bentonville, Ark. more

Low-cost marketing moves

I own a five-year-old Internet business that sells about $100,000 worth of printer toner a year. Our clients stick around due to the savings we provide - they typically cut 30% to 50% in costs - and our customer service. We'd like to stay small, but we also want to attract more customers. How can we accomplish this without spending much money? Advertising doesn't seem ...
-Tom Dunlap, La Verne, Calif. more
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Re: Low-cost marketing moves

Really focus on the blogging. Think about blogs as organic landing pages. You can have as many as you like, all titled with the keywords you are targeting. The key is to make each blog very focused on only one thing. If you sell a specific toner for a specific machine for example create a blog just about that. Write about your customers, the savings etc...
-Chris Baggott, CEO, Compendium Blogware more

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