illbeback "Wow... hope this wasn't directed at me. " - Doubt if anything was meant, and who cares.
:scratchch
The reason I was thinking the 2AM method was that I had no intention of talking to anyone. Someone picking up the phone to hear a recorded message has busted you for illegal marketing and a quick $500 fine here in sunny CA. They DO know it and complain, but sans the cleaning lady, no one could prove I didn't just get drunk on absinthe and start cold calling.
On a more serious note, If you still want to throw around some ideas with a peon, IM me.
I am very interested in local marketing, especially for directory advertising. I know of a hot local niche that is spending a lot of money on Ads, so I have a target in mind.
I'm playing with buddypress and WP directory plugins to find a good, open source clone for niche directory sites. I want to add local niche themed news and of course encourage social activity.
I figure OpenX for additional upsell Advertising and image serving. (be as naughty as you want to be).
Filling a directory with non profits by permission initially has been mentioned in other threads and seems like a good practice.
Just more ideas. Any of them good?