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                              RON VAN HOOSE
                      4291 Holland Road,  Suite 534
                        Virginia Beach, VA  23452
        
        
                              SPECIAL OFFER
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         HOW TO START AND OPERATE YOUR OWN PROFITABLE HOME BUSINESS
        
        Join the hundreds of successful beginners who are prospering 
        in their own profitable businesses at home!
        
             Are you getting tired of your nine to five job just  to 
        make  ends meet?  Have you tried to start your own  business 
        at home and failed?
        
             Now,  at  last, for those who seriously want  to  start 
        their own profitable business at home there is a way.   This 
        incredible  book  I am going to offer you is  complete.   It 
        covers  everything from "A" to "Z".  It's easy to  read  and 
        explains  everything you need to know - STEP BY STEP   -  to 
        start your own successful business at home.
        
                            THE POSSIBLE DREAM
        
             For many people, starting their own money-making  busi-
        ness  seems like a dream that never comes true.  They  think 
        it  requires special talent and lots of capital and  only  a 
        few  can succeed.  But nothing is further from reality  than 
        this thought.  Just look around you.  You see lots of  self-
        made millionaires with no formal education who started  with 
        nothing.   One thing they all had in common, however,  is  a 
        strong  BELIEF.   They believed in THEMSELVES and  in  their 
        IDEAS.  I know you believe in yourself, too.  Now you,  too, 
        can start any one of these SEVEN most profitable  businesses 
        revealed  in this incredible book.  Hundreds of people  have 
        made  thousands of dollars through each one of  these  busi-
        nesses.
        
                     SEVEN MOST PROFITABLE BUSINESSES
        
             These  are  the most profitable home  based  businesses 
        that can be found in America today.  The amazing thing about 
        every one of these ventures is that it does not require much 
        capital.  Unlike the majority of businesses where you need a 
        large  capital  outlay  of $10,000 to $15.000  just  to  get 
        started,  you  can start on a shoe string and make  a  great 
        deal  of  money in a short period of time.   Another  unique 
        feature  is  that you can work at home.  You don't  need  an 
        office,  you  can start at your kitchen table.   And  you'll 
        probably  make so much money that you can quit your  job  if 
        you want to.
        
             None  of these enterprises are get-rich-quick  schemes.  
        They  are, however, proven get-rich-slow programs.   If  you 






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        ever dreamed of the freedom of operating your own profitable 
        business, then this is for you!  While you are reading this, 
        hundreds  of  people are making thousands of  dollars  every 
        month  - part time - with these fascinating  ventures.   Now 
        you have the opportunity to do exactly what they are  doing.  
        You too can easily be the proud owner of your own successful 
        business, earning thousands of dollars in your spare time  - 
        and best of all - in the privacy of your own home!
        
                                START NOW
        
             This amazing book gives you step-by-step instruction on 
        how to start your own favorite business at home and  prosper 
        in  the  years  to come.  There are  seven  hot,  profitable 
        programs you can choose from.  Pick the one which  interests 
        you  most.  Every one of them is PROVEN to make  you  money.  
        They've made thousands of dollars for their owners. And now, 
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        Don't wait to get in on this incredible opportunity!  Simply 
        fill  in the handy order form, enclose your check  or  money 
        order, and mail it to me today .
        
                                 CONTENTS
        
        1.   How to Start and Operate Your Own Profitable Mail Order 
             Business at Home
        
             a.   Acting on Opportunity
             b.   What do you need?
             c.   How to find What Sells
             d.   What to Sell
             e.   Don't Cheat
             f.   Your Product
             g.   What Price?
             h.   Placing Classified Ads
             i.   Running Display Ads
             j.   Use an Address Code
             k.   Direct Mail
             l.   Testing Results
             m.   Keeping Records
             n.   Expanding
             o.   The Profit Margin
        
        2.   How to Make a Fortune With Classified  Ads
        
             a.   What Should I Sell?
             b.   The 2-Step Approach
             c.   Why Not Charge in the Classified?
             d.   Where to Place Classifieds?
             e.   What is Testing?
             f.   Types of Ads
             g.   Keying the Address
             h.   Writing Classifieds
             i.   Save Money Placing Ads
             j.   Responding to Inquiries
             k.   The response Package
             l.   How to Prepare Sales Literature






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             m.   Order Forms
             n.   Printing a Brochure
             o.   Mailing
             p.   Keeping Records
             q.   How to Calculate Profit
             r.   Expanding and Growing Richer
             s.   Extra Appeals
             t.   Satisfaction Guaranteed
             u.   Making More From a Winner
             v.   You and the Law
        
        3.   How   to   Set  Up  Your   own   In-House   Advertising 
             Agency ...and Save up to 17% of Advertising Costs
        
             a.   Starting your Business
             b.   The Insertion Order Form
             c.   How to Determine Rates
             d.   Take Your 15% Discount
             e.   Take Another 15%
             f.   Take Yet Another 2%
             g.   Where to Place Ads
             h.   Buying Space
             i.   Display Ads
             j.   Keeping Records
             k.   Writing Copy
             l.   Choose an Appeal
             m.   Show the Advantages
             n.   Ask for Action
             o.   How to Use Illustrations
             p.   Working With Artists
             q.   Doing the Layout
             r.   Camera Ready Copy
             s.   Where to Go From Here
        
        4.   How to Sell Information by Mail
        
             a.   Why Sell Information?
             b.   What Can I Sell?
             c.   You Have Imagination
             d.   You Know Something Special
             e.   Who Will Buy?
             f.   You Have Something to Sell
             g.   You Have Something to Say
             h.   Preparing a Manuscript is Easy
             i.   Can Somebody Help?
             j.   Tips on Writing
             k.   Go Slowly at First
             l.   What About Cassettes?
             m.   How to Protect Yourself
             n.   Running the Business
             o.   Selling Wholesale
             p.   Just Testing
             q.   Running Classifieds
             r.   Display Ads
             s.   Direct Mail
             t.   Writing Ad Copy
             u.   You're Successful
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             w.   Going to Press
             x.   What are the Laws
             y.   What to do With All This Money
             z.   Building Repeat Business
        
        
        5.   How to Publish Your Own Newsletter
        
             a.   What is a Newsletter?
             b.   Why are Newsletters Popular?
             c.   What it Takes
             d.   What to Write About
             e.   Who Will Buy?
             f.   What to Call It?
             g.   Style and Format
             h.   What to Include
             i.   Finding the Facts
             j.   Writing Copy
             k.   Getting Ready for Printing
             l.   Printing
             m.   How Often to Publish
             n.   Getting Subscribers
             o.   Mailing
             p.   Bookkeeping
             q.   What's Legal?
        
        6.   How   to   Start  and  Operate  Your   Own   Profitable 
             Import/Export Business at Home
        
             a.   How it Works
             b.   The Basics
             c.   Making Contacts
             d.   Analyze the Market
             e.   Where to Finds Help
             f.   Getting the Goods
             g.   Making and Agreement
             h.   The Sale
             i.   Terms of Shipping
             j.   The Freight Forwarder
             k.   The Letter of Credit
             l.   Delivering the Goods
             m.   Importing
             n.   Promotion
             o.   Expanding the Business
             p.   Making it Work
        
        7.   How to Make Up to $700 Next Weekend

             a.   What Will Sell?
             b.   Get Involved
             c.   At a Swap Meet
             d.   The Art of Buying
             e.   Buying in Lots
             f.   Recycling
             g.   Refinishing
             h.   I'll Take it Away
             i.   Creative Crafts
             j.   Letting People Know






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             k.   Holding a Rummage Sale
             l.   Reselling
             m.   Selling From Home
             n.   What's Legal
             o.   What's the Profit
        
        
        FREE BONUSES
        
        This  disk book also includes the following  three  valuable 
        and informative bonuses.
        
        1.   How  to Accomplish Anything You Want In Life  (You  al-
        ready have this ) See the menu entry  "BONUS BOOK"
        
        2.   How to Get Free Publicity for Your Business
        
             a.   What is Publicity?
             b.   Know Your Product or Service
             c.   Survey the Market
             d.   Where to Publicize
             e.   Make it Newsworthy
             f.   Your Best Angle
             g.   Making Contact
             h.   News Releases
             i.   Writing the Release
             j.   Promotional Literature
             k.   Pitch Letters
             l.   Use Your Telephone
             m.   Column Releases
             n.   Press Kits
             o.   The Biography
             p.   Photographs
             q.   Merchandising
             r.   Promotion
             s.   Hiring Other People
        
        3.   Secrets of the Richest People
        
             a.   What Are Riches?
             b.   Who is Successful?
             c.   On Your Own
             d.   Forming Conviction
             e.   Seize the Day
             f.   How They Think
             g.   Do You Have What It Takes?
             h.   Establish a Goal
             i.   Keys to Success
             j.   Work Towards Your Goal
             k.   Ask Yourself
             l.   Taking Responsibility
             m.   Accomplishment
             n.   The Hidden Asset
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             You  may  be wondering why I am offering this  book  to 
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             The  reason  is simple.  I want you  to  succeed.   The 
        information  offered is so valuable to anyone  entering  any 
        business,  that it is impossible to describe.   Just  browse 
        through  the subjects listed above.  It is easy to  see  how 
        they relate to the Piano Service Business.
        
             I'm sure you have heard of the philosophy that believes 
        that  the  "QUEST" is more rewarding than  the  capture.   I 
        believe that up to a point, but I also believe Sophie Tucker 
        summed  it  up best when she said "I've been Rich  and  I've 
        been poor - Rich is better!
        
             I  service pianos because I love the work.  I love  the 
        "one-on-one"  relationship between me and the piano.  It  is 
        very relaxing to sit in front of this tremendous  instrument 
        and make it bend to my will.  When I am finished, I like  to 
        think that not only do I feel better, it does too.
        
             I  also get some of my best ideas while tuning.   After 
        you  tune for a while, it becomes so automatic that you  can 
        let your thoughts diversify.  You are capable of doing  many 
        things  at  the same time within your brain.  It  is  almost 
        like  your  subconscious is tuning the piano and  your  con-
        scious is prodding you on to other accomplishments.
        
             As a matter of fact, I came up with the idea of putting 
        my Tuning Course on computer disks while tuning a very infe-
        rior spinet piano.  In that hour or so I mentally wrote  out 
        the  outline  and the "Welcome to STRICTLY TUNING"  file  on 
        this  disk.   I guess my mind needed something  to  keep  it 
        occupied  other  than the poor instrument that  didn't  need 
        much attention.
        
             Another time, while sitting in front of a tremendous 9' 
        grand,  I thought - this is so great it's too  bad  everyone 
        can't  have  this experience.  This thought  somehow  trans-
        ferred to the computer sitting on the desk across the  room.  
        Later while packing up my gear, I got into a discussion with 
        the  owner about computers.  She said they bought it  a  few 
        months  ago and didn't know anything about it except how  to 
        turn it on - and then it wouldn't even work.
        
             After  I  got home, this thought  that  had  originated 
        while  tuning  her  piano, all of a  sudden  became  a  full 
        fledged  business  idea.  Why not teach  beginning  computer 
        owners the basics of how to get going?  To make a long story 
        a little shorter, in about two months this idea  resulted in 
        my  teaching a three hour course on Saturdays for 14  house-
        wives who  wanted to experience the pleasure their  husbands 
        were  getting out of sitting in front of the computer.  This 
        was  only  a  two week (6 hour) course, but  at  $20.00  per 
        person, I made $280 for six hours work - and it wasn't  even 
        work.   I already knew the subject and just had to  put  to-
        gether  a  logical sequence to present it to them.   At  the 
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             The  lesson  to be learned here is  that  KNOWLEDGE  is 
        POWER.  This is what you can get from this great  collection 
        of ideas presented in this book.
        
             Sure,  I want you to become one of my students, and  of 
        course  I will derive compensation if you do.  But YOU  will 
        gain  much  more.  The combination of my Tuning  Course  and 
        this book will open your mind to so many possibilities  that 
        it is just impossible to imagine.
        
             As  I  said before, I love to service pianos.  I  gross 
        over  $80,000  yearly on this enterprise alone  (I  have  at 
        least  two apprentices at any one time).  However,  remember 
        the  "QUEST"?  I am always looking for something ELSE -  not 
        to take the place of Piano Servicing, but to experience  the 
        feeling  of knowing that I can make as much money as I  want 
        or need AND have so much fun doing it!
        
             If you are not convinced by now, I hear that  McDonalds 
        and Burger King are always hiring for minimum wage.
        
             I have successfully advertised and sold this book in  a 
        hard copy format for $29.95 + shipping/handling.  I offer it 
        on disk to anyone reading this file for that price.
        
             However,  If  you  register as a student  in  my  Piano 
        Tuning  Course, you can have this disk for cost - the  price 
        of the disk, the time to make a copy of it, and compensation 
        for the lady who will prepare and send it to you.
        
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        as  a  piano  student  at  the  same  time,  disregard   the 
        shipping/handling charge.  Just include this charge on  your 
        Piano Course application and send in both order forms.
        
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