Monday, October 20, 2008

Vendors worth Looking Into.

Funny how everyone has been finding this site and getting in touch with us about other sources of marketing. I guess, in my opinion, I'll post anyone that will make all of our businesses grow. If you are one of those people, go ahead and submit your information and we'll take a look at it. If it's something we think will work, we'll post it!

Sincerely,

Mike Weiland
http://readydvd.com

8 comments:

Mike at ReadyDVD said...

October 11, 2008 2:57 PM
chuck newton said...

I have had great success using Arin Kirch as my locator. He has placed all eight of my machines and I would recommend him. He is a hard worker.
October 11, 2008 8:19 PM
chuck newton said...

Mike,

Sorry for the delayed response but I wanted to make sure it was ok to talk about my deal with Ingram. Anyway, the pricing is not significantly less although every little bit helps. With VPD we were paying an average of $19.07 and with Ingram we are paying an average of $18.50 or so. Since we have machines in WI and IL, the biggest savings for us is having Ingram put on the RFID tags and load stickers. They are charging approx $0.30 per DVD but we are saving $60.00 per week in shipping costs. If you order more than $25.00 per week, Ingram waives the shipping charges and since they are now shipping the DVD direct to the WI and IL locations, we do not incur the additional shipping charges. So for us, it makes sense. Ingram does not currently have a newsletter but I have mentioned it to them and they are looking into it. Let me know if you have any additional questions.
October 11, 2008 8:24 PM

Anonymous said...

Kiosk Placement - Professional Business Locations

We are a locations and placement service. We have been working very closely with DVDNow Kiosks and place their machines exclusively. Our services cost $850 per location (half up front and half upon final approval). All locations are warranted for 1 year during which they can be relocated for 50% of our regular price.

We can be reached at (800) 741-1521


Or visit our website at www.kioskplacement.com

Mike at ReadyDVD said...

Could you provide us all with a link and some references that have used your business. Also, who are you and who should we be contacting. We want to be sure that you've been in business for awhile and are reliable.

Thanks for getting in touch on our Blog.
Sincerely,
Mike Weiland
http://readydvd.com

Xanthem said...

We are Xanthem Mobile Marketing and we provide an online software that enables our clients to instantly reach thier target market. We do this through the use of SMS text messaging (redbox currently offers this service). We are working with several kiosk owners and have seen great success in building databases and bringing customers back to your kiosk every week! With our online software you will be able to log in from anywhere and send messages in a matter of seconds. We'd love to help any owners out there. I'd be more than happy to offer a free demo account for those interested. Give it a try TEXT: show to the number 53318

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Jeremy Stucki
jeremy@xanthem.com
208-351-4504

Mike at ReadyDVD said...

IN MY OPINION FOLKS, I would trust these guys 100%. I think highly of the Gallners... They are good people.

Hey Mike,

Glad to hear you know my father. You should know he also speaks highly of you and how much he LOVES the blog. I posted to the blog last night and got your email in response. Kiosk Placement is a relatively new company that was formed on the recommendation of the people at DVDNow. Apparently there had been some prior frustration regarding some of the locators that were working with the company. For the past few months, I have been traveling with DVDNow to their seminars to gain a better perspective on their operations. I have developed strong relationships with the company’s executives and we have been working together to create a more efficient system for the distribution of their kiosks. This has included joint marketing efforts to generate inbound calls from interested locations. Kiosk Placement will now be managing a locations database to draw from that ultimately reduces the time required to locate. I appreciate your willingness to recommend our services, please let me know if I can do anything in return.

Thanks,

--
Alex Gallner
Locations Director
Kiosk Placement
(800) 741-1521 ext. 101
agallner@kioskplacement.com
http://www.kioskplacement.com

Anonymous said...

Hello...
I've recently purchased my first machine and have been running through the steps so I can get set up before end of January.

DVD Now Rep, Mr. Eddie M. recommends Dave Evans with Evans Consulting for site locating services. Dave Evans' number is (740)965-6772

Per Evans Consulting - they have assisted or secured contracts with 200 locations. I'll have more details on this hopefully within a week or two.

I can sell the locations, but having the ability to outsource the time involved is huge for me at this point.

Love the blog and the team building potential between authorized distributors.

Todd Harris
Texas

Mike at ReadyDVD said...

I'd be curious to anyone that has used him before I'd use him. I would ask for sources from others that have used him before I'd use him. I would use Alex Gallner because I know the Gallner's.. These are good people! I have a post above that I've asked for some references from and never got any. I'd be very careful with this.

Here is who I would endorse:
Alex Gallner
Locations Director
Kiosk Placement
(800) 741-1521 ext. 101
agallner@kioskplacement.com
http://www.kioskplacement.com

Pegasus said...

Hi, can someone provide Arin Kirch's phone number and email? I'd like to use him as my locator.
Thanks