New Clients I'm Looking for Now: Social Security
Disability Lawyers, Other Lawyers, Denture Clinics, Other
Service Providers
1. Social Security Disability Lawyers.
Right now, I have seven clients who practice in this area
of law -- one each in the markets of Dallas-Ft. Worth,
Raleigh NC, Louisville, KY, Hartford CT, Jacksonville FL,
Salt Lake City UT and Seattle, WA.
I advertise their services on TV stations in Dallas/Ft.
Worth, Houston, Tyler, Waco, Raleigh-Durham, Greenville-New
Bern & Greensboro NC, Louisville, Hartford,
Jacksonville, Salt Lake City and Seattle. One of these
clients started with me in 1992, another in 1996, one in
late 2000 and four have started working with me within the
last few years.
My clients' prospects are people who has applied for Social
Security Disability payments and have been denied.
Secondary prospects are people who are considering applying
for Social Security Disability.
I am unlikely to take Social Security Disability lawyers in
any of the markets mentioned above but the rest of the
United States is wide open.
2. Other lawyers. I have recently run
campaigns for a client who has been very successful on TV
using spots with a somewhat different approach in the areas
of Medical Malpractice and Nursing Home Abuse. In its first
three-month run in one medium-sized market, his first
commercial produced scores of prospects, 9 new clients and
2 or 3 probable future clients.
I have one lawyer client who practices Personal Injury Law.
He has been on the air steadily for over 10 years and has
expanded his practice tremendously, moving into a second
market. His commercial mentions auto accidents, other
accidents and medical malpractice. This client has a very
unusual approach that makes his offer really stand out. I
think that's what you need to advertise an auto accident PI
practice, since that practice has been so over-saturated on
TV.
Another attorney who practices criminal law, primarily DWI
defense, brought in a steady stream of cases over many
years from a very small monthly advertising budget.
I have also produced successful TV commercials for a
consumer tax law attorney and for lawyers looking for
product liability cases.
3. Denture Clinics. At this time, I have
two denture clinic clients. Another client, in Austin,
advertised with me from 1994 until after he sold the
business in 2007. When we started on TV they were operating
out of a tiny office/ lab with 1 dentist, 2 techs, 1 chair
and a secretary. Within three years they had expanded into
a building 10 times the size of the old one, added two more
dentists, several employees and 4 more chairs. They
credited that mostly to their TV advertising.
My two current denture clinic clients are in Dallas and
Waco. The Dallas clinic, which advertises low-cost dental
services as well as dentures, has been my client for
several years and has expanded into a second location. My
Waco client, who advertises only dentures, has done very
well during his first few years on the air. All these
clients have been answering phone calls from their TV
advertising since the very first day we started running.
The target TV audience for these clinics is working-class
people who need to save money on quality work. The clinics
offer a full range of dentures, starting with a low-cost
"budget" denture. Other advertising points are one-day
dentures, denture repairs while-you-wait, low-cost general
dentistry, night-time and weekend hours and free initial
denture exams.
I cannot take new denture clinic clients in Dallas-Ft.
Worth or Waco at this time. Other markets are open.
4. Other Service Providers. Services, not
products: I am not really looking for new clients who want
to sell products, as distinct from services, on TV. In my
experience, the only advertisers who make any money selling
products via TV Direct Response advertising are the "old
pros" who really know what they are doing and are in a
position to spend an enormous amount of money researching
products, producing commercials and making wide-spread
media buys.
For you to be successful offering a service on TV, we need
to be able to make an offer for you in 30 seconds that is
enticing enough to get your prospects to call you for more
information. It probably needs working-class appeal. It
needs to be something you can advertise in daytime, when
the rates are lower, people are more likely to call, and
you are in your office to talk to them.
Before you get serious about TV, ask
yourself, "What if it works?" You may need to increase your
staff or install more phone lines. Are you prepared to
grow? Also, if you are a lawyer, it would be a good idea to
familiarize yourself with any state Bar rules concerning TV
advertising.
So, what can Gary Davis Media offer you?
Why would you be better off working with me than you would
be working directly with local TV station salespeople or
with a local advertising agency?
For one thing, I have a proven track record producing
profits from TV advertising in these particular areas. So
if you are considering starting from scratch -- either with
an agency or directly with TV stations in your area -- you
might want to consider that I have already-proven concepts
and already-proven TV spots for these kinds of practices.
Quite likely, they could be adapted for you. (Also, I won't
lie to you, try to cheat you or steal your money. You can
ask my other clients about that.)
I have existing scripts and production techniques, proven
to work over the years, that can probably be adapted for
your practice in your market. I know which TV shows produce
results and which ones are a waste of money. My existing
clients bring in lots of money using my techniques. What I
do works for them. Why shouldn't it work for you?
Will it be a problem for you to work with someone who may
be several states away from you? I don't think so. If we
tape you on camera in your office, then you may have to pay
for my airline ticket. (I will use a camera crew from your
city.) Or, if we shoot in the studio (more typical), you
might have to come here for a day. In some cases, I can
produce a commercial for you using an on-camera
spokesperson I have worked with in the past to produce
commercials that are running and work. You pay a reasonable
one-time talent fee but there are no travel expenses.
Actually, I don't see much difference in the client-agency
relationship whether my client is separated from me by
several miles or several states. In any case we communicate
primarily by email & phone. I post-produce commercials
here in Austin, email computer movies of them to my clients
for approval, then complete the productions and ship out
dubs to the TV stations after I get my client's OK.
You will want to look carefully at the information I have
posted on this website, especially the information about
how I work -- on the Gary Davis Media page --
before you contact me. But if you do contact me and we
eventually decide to work together...
Here's what you'll get from me:
1. I'll make a commercial for you at my actual cost.
2. We'll test your commercial with a limited test budget
and proceed at a level where you are comfortable and can
handle the calls the commercial produces.
3. You'll get as much assistance from me as you wish to
help you accurately track results and handle your new
prospects as they call.
4. You'll get regular to-the-penny statements backed up by
station invoices.
5. You can refer all sales calls from media reps to me, as
your ad agent and representative, if you wish. You don't
have to hassle with them; I will.
6. I'll be available for consultation at no charge for any
advertising or marketing questions that come up for you.
Since I only benefit when your advertising is successful
and you continue to advertise -- producing profits for you
and TV station commissions for me -- you'll have someone to
talk to whom you can trust -- no small thing in the
advertising business!
One of the great truths of advertising is that "nobody
continues to do it if it doesn't work". The clients I
currently have in these areas who have been with me for
years are not still here just because they like me and
think I deserve their financial support (although I hope
they feel that way!) but because I make their phones ring,
day after day, week after week, year after year!
Maybe I can make your phones ring, too! Take a look around
my website; read about how I work. Then, if you think you
might like to work with me:
Send me an email.
