Building a Mail Order Business

Learn how to run a mail order (direct marketing) business from home. Mail order firms span everything from the sale of how-to books, to catalogs containing specialty food products, to selling clothing over the Internet. It is a business that can easily be started on a shoestring from your kitchen table, but can also grow into a full-time occupation. Learn how to choose profitable products, locate suppliers, create advertising that attracts buyers, and fulfill orders quickly and easily. For more information about using Blackboard, visit http://www.harford.edu/Online/About/distance.asp?FA=Distance and click on "complete the mandatory HCC Blackboard Orientation". Prerequisite: Internet expertise assumed. Textbook required. Transcript available. This is a Blackboard online course.

Materials Needed:
Textbook(s): Building a Mail Order Business by William Cohen, ISBN #: 0471109460 Multiple Streams of Internet Income by Robert G. Allen, ISBN #: 0471410144 To view specific class dates, visit: www.harford.edu/Schedule/U_noncrweb.asp?FA=ContEd&SelectionType=4&GroupChoice=OL

Institution: Harford Community College

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Building a Mail Order Business

Contacts

• Name: Rod Bourn
• Phone: 443-412-2173
• Email: rbourn@harford.edu

• Name: Toni Mitchell
• Phone: 443-412-2317
• Email: tmitchel@harford.edu

• Web: http://www.harford.edu/faculty/WFlood/Starting_Mail_Order_Business.htm