Billboard advertising (Dec 1896)

BILLBOARD ADVERTISING. THE DONALDSON LITHO. CO. week passes but what we Has the largest Hoe of Stock Commercial Posters in the world. Not a add a new and salable design to our list. We now have, by actual count, 382 BILL POSTERS Who sell our Posters, and act as our Sole Agents in their respective cities. We pay them a hand some commission on all orders they send us, and we give them the exclusive sale of our wares in the town or city in which they arc located. WE WANT MORE AGENTS That is, we want more bill posters to represent us in that capacity. It will pay YOU to read this advertisement carefully. wo. aia. for hswsparer. W Kl | L UJ We will send yoo P^d, Free oi Charge. Then do you take il tc ie people all day long, and how they keep v... j^uung.uitlessly, incessantly, week in and week ou!. Then quote the prices and-send us the order. HOW TO GET THERE It is really a fact There are actually three hundred and eighty-two bill posters acting as our agents in var- ious cities throughout the country. Some are in cities and some in real small towns, but they all sell a big number of posters every month. We pay them, in with. That is, we pay that on (he average. Some tew average higher, especi- ally those who are located in live, bustling cities. Oc- casionally, too, a bill poster in a small town will have an exceptionally good month, and esm over two hun- dred dollars. This is in commissions alone. Of course he profits also by the posting, and his income from this source is correspondingly increased. It will pay every bill poster who has not yet attempted it. to give it a trial. Do not be deterred by the idea that your local merchants are not enterprising, or tht fear that you do not possess the qualifications of a salesman. Our posters are So pertinent, applicable, and splendidly executed, that they sell at sight. Vou have only to show them and quote the price. The design does the rest You selves. After you have su others may be induced to try them. Then too. you may safely estimate thai at least one out of every five that tries tliem will become a steady patron; that is, he will keep paper up the year round, or at least through- living in a very large town, either) recently wrote us as follow -Before I tried to sell your paper I had no idea that 1 could be a successful salesman. I had only the opera house, tiggetl & Myers, and w make a tour of the stores. My success was very poor at the beginning, but 1 finally succeeded in getting a few . started, and I now have eleven firms who are steady customers. They pay me seven cents a sheet per month, while I only get two cents per week from the opera house. My boards are full, and 1 am building new ones all the time." That bill poster does not have to solicit his trade now. It comes to him. Merchants consul! him on all points and questions. They call on him these days. And be has got such a firm bold on that town, that no e will send you samples free of charge, together with is devices that wil It will only cost you the two cent KIOTIf F — Any A 8 ent of ours wuo does not'receive from us at I^IV^ I IV-I—« least three or four new samples a month is not properly registered on our mailing list, and should write us at once. ? We handle Posters for every conceivable purpose under the sun, from Wrestling Matches to Oyster Suppers, S from Amateur Entertainments to Excursions. Our new Catalogue describes them all. Sent free to applicants who ^ mention in what paper they saw this advertisement. Address, THE DONALDSON LITHO. CO., Cincinnati. LONDON omcc: 46 Chandos St., Charing Cross.