HOW TO MAKE BIG MONEY WITH YOUR OWN NEWSPAPER CLIPPING SERVICE

 This is a very wealthy business, and it ' s growing in demand and
 deification. There are thousands of people in all parts of the
 world who are making hundreds of dollars each date, just rendering
 and clipping report item in the privacy of their own homes!

 The press - clipping business is very much indefinite by most
 people, and therefor there are a lot of people who are very
 questioning about it as a way for ordinary people to make extra
 money at home. If you tell to friends or neighbors that you
 operate a press clipping business, most of them will think you
 pore through the obituaries, funeral notices, ad conjugal
 announcements. Clipping these out and sending them to people or
 kin of the people being written about.

 In reality, this is but a very small part of the home - based
 newspaper clipping service. The really successful press clipping
 services have contracts with companies and organizations that
 want to keep current on any number of matters reported in the
 papers.

 Some companies hire clipping services in order to keep path of
 what their competitors are doing. Other companies, including
 businesses of all kinds, use clipping services as a means of
 locating sales leads and new customers. Governmental magazines and
 newspapers are a; ways in ned of different or interesting
 material, and frequently occupy home - based clipping services.

 To set yourself up in this kindly of business, you ' ll need only a
 duo of scissors and as many different newspapers and magazines
 as you can subscribe to. A weekend to your local public library
 should be most informative relative to newspapers and magazines
 available to subscribers.

 You should also evening your local wholesale paper house, or make a
 deal with te local stationery store to buy labels at a discount
 price. You ' ll want to lump together these labels to the top of each
 clipping you send to your clients. On these labels, you ' ll want
 to print the name of the publication th clipping came from, and
 the date it appeared, as well as your on name and address.

 The next step is simply to start clipping articles that mention
 or talk about specific companies or people. File you clippings in
 envelopes or boxes according to industries or types of
 businesses, by company name, ad according to the names of the
 people mentioned.

 Once you have ten or more clippings that talk about a particular
 company or person, put them in a envelope and send them to that
 company ' s owner or public relations director. You should include
 a short note with the clippings, explaining your service and your
 fees.


 Your should try to get your clients to agree to pay you a monthly
 " reader ' s fe, " for which you agree to look for anything in the
 newspaper about him or his company or industry. Every time you
 spot such an article, you of course clip it, and send it to him.
 A minimum monthly " reader ' s fee " is usually $25, but it can vary
 according to the number of publications you read, and thee number
 of clippings found.

 Generally, a clipping service that scans statewide publications
 charge about $50 per client, or $100 per client for those wanting
 clippings from national publications. These fees, of course, are
 monthly fees, and you can easily see how you could make very good
 money with just 20 or 25 clients.

 To promote and build your business, you can scan your local
 business services directory and send out a solicitation letter to
 each of those listed. A couple days after you ' ve posted your
 sales letter, you should follow up with a phone call.

 A short, to - the - point ad under " Business Personals " in your daily
 newspaper will also bring in new clients for you. And as soon you
 can afford it, go with at least a small display ad in the yellow
 pages of your telephone directory.

 You should definitely contact relations firms, advertising
 agencies, and civic organizations in your area. Explain your
 services and ask them if they have any special clients or needs
 you can help them with. You ' ll find many of your local political
 and " cause " groups very interested in receiving clippings about
 their opponents.

 Clipping services in one form or another have been around since
 the advent of the printing press, and as stated earlier, they ' re
 becoming more in demand. It ' s definitely the kid of business
 anyone who knows how to read can set up ad operate with an
 absolute minimum investment.