Yes, "SOMEONE" will gladly explain that to you.

Employees of law enforcement (in fact, all protectors including military), healthcare and others can get up to $7,500 in Georgia down payment assistance to buy either their first home or a move-up home, but very few agents are promoting these programs and many officers to whom I've spoken rarely know anything about them. The strategy, of course, is to develop a relationship, hopefully gain agreement to present at a morning meeting and ultimately serve a worthy and needy client. So regardless about anyone's opinion about down payment assistance, we know that incentives work and will often get buyers off of the fence.

No one said anything about breakfast or lunch, just a quick pastry. "SOMEONE" will be a bit more clear next time.

A few boxes of donuts at your kids school for the staff goes a long way also. Teachers here get the same benifit.

I found sponsering a kids little league sport is effective also. A couple hundred dollars, show up at a few games with snacks, meet the parents, pass out cards.

I vote for giving it a try. It is only $700 and it is deductible, right? You never know what is going to work or not work until you pull the trigger. It's a visibility play and these generally work well over time. Just make sure the banner is absolutely good looking and professionally produced. If it's cheesy, it will actually hurt you.

Sometimes it's a long incubation period for this kind of advertising.

When my son was 8 years old, his LL team was sponsored by a roofing company. The grandson of the team owner also played on the team.

Fast forward 30 years later, my son needed a new roof and he called that company. Of course, now the grandson is the job site foreman. But he never would have known about that company if not for the LL team 30 years ago.

I believe my point would be if you have limited funds to generate cash TODAY long term branding is NOT going to do it for you.

The government statistics tell you the number one reason businesses fail is that they are under capitalized.

After that over time the reasons for failure are growth and spending aren't controlled properly followed by poor planning and direction.


So my point is if you have 8,000 as a budget now to spend on business then 700 would be less than 10% of that and worth a shot.

If 700 consumes most of your start up budget I believe it is a bad idea to drop that money into a long term branding medium.

How about a free investing seminar or home buying seminar??

Have people sign up for it and provide free pizza and drinks.
You can get a pizza in my area for about 5 to 6 bucks and order 20 of them.20 pizza times 8 slices is 160 slices.At 2 apiece you could feed 80 people that show up at a seminar.

With 700 you could do that 5 to 6 times.I guarantee people would remember you for it.To get the food they would have to sign up and you would reach a limit where you are full.


I sat at a free 50 dollar dinner at a high end restaurant the other night.Doctor was talking about knots in the muscles,massage therapy,back adjustments,etc. for his nearby practice.Great meal and I might go there one day and I certainly remember him.

For the pizza you could actually do it for less with a mortgage and title company to throw in some coin as well.

I agree with Super, as I usually do. If you don't put an offer on it that is great it will be a waste of time. Think about it, if you were joe blow in a gym thinking of buying or selling a house are you gonna go with the guy on the gym banner or ask a friend? You need to put a "unique value proposition" on it if anything. For an EXAMPLE ONLY, as mentioned in another thread..." Your home sold in 100 days or I'll buy it/or sell it for free" ..... Do Something...