Books
Books Written by Larry Lehman
Larry Lehman has written three books specifically for the Mail & Parcel Center industry.  Each
grew out of a specific need in his own multi-store operation.  Today these books are marketed
through the
Vision Alliance Network, the industry's leading provider of training materials for the
independent Mail & Parcel Center store owner.  These books can help you
save expenses,
they can quickly help you
increase revenues, and in some cases they can do both.  Each
comes with a
CD that includes helpful and adaptable forms for your use.
The Art of Renting Mailboxes

The Art of Renting Mailboxes trains you on how to rent PMB
mailboxes (Private Mailboxes) correctly and how to keep those
mail boxes rented.

If you rent mailboxes at your store,
this is a book that will help
you to make money
!  Included you will find information,
procedures, ideas, and a CD with useful forms on renting mail
boxes and establishing in-house charge accounts.

The emphasis of this book is on selling,
actively selling, PMB
mailbox rental service. The easy to master skills you will learn
from this book give you a strong competitive advantage over
other mail box renters in your area because most people in
this industry simply take orders; they don't sell.

This book trains you on a method of setting-up hard copy,
paper files to compliment your POS system complete with a
sample folder.  The book also provides you with sample PMB
forms on a CD in Microsoft Word format that you can begin
using immediately.
The Art of Renting Mailboxes gives you
important step by step information on how to properly
complete the necessary paperwork for the U.S. Postal Service.

The Art of Renting Mailboxes sells for $39 and is available at
the Vision Alliance Network web site which you can reach by
clicking on the picture of the book above.
Supplemental Profit Centers
for Mail & Parcel Centers

Supplemental Profit Centers for Mail & Parcel Centers is a
guide to adding
additional revenue and profits to your store. It
gives you ideas and suggestions on products and services to
offer, how to market these, what they cost, and where to buy.
Each product and service has its own chapter which covers:

-A discussion of the costs and profits.
-How to price so that you can make money.
-How to check your competition.
-How to market and sell each product and service.

You may already provide some of these products or services.
This manual gives you the opportunity to improve what you are
doing already, and it assists you in adding more.
The list of
vendors alone can save you thousands of dollars
. To be
successful, you have to make a profit, and profit is the theme
of this book.

Supplemental Profit Centers for Mail & Parcel Centers sells for
$39 and is available at the Vision Alliance Network web site
which you can reach by clicking on the picture of the book
above.
Employee Handbook

Larry wrote the Emplyee Handbook specifically for the Mail &
Parcel industry.  This book helps you to easily design your
own custom employee handbook, which is a "must have"
document in today's business environment.

The
Employee Handbook includes a hard-copy book that
provides you with an example of an employee handbook
which was used in a multi-store environment.

The CD has a MS-Word® file of the entire handbook which
allows you to customize the book to your state and local
requirements, as well as to suit your individual preferences
and the way that you operate your store.

There are sample forms for:
-Application for Employment
-Employee Performance Appraisal Report
-Employee Warning
-Letter of Resignation

With the
Employee Handbook you can make sure that your
employees fully understand your expectations and your
policies at the beginning of their employment
.

Employee Handbook sells for $39 and is available at the
Vision Alliance Network web site which you can reach by
clicking on the picture of the book above.
Did I Make Any Money Today?

Currently a new book, Did I Make Any Money Today? is in
development.  This book will show the typical store owner
how to review daily, weekly, and monthly reports in order to
understand the results of the business.  The thrust of
Did I
Make Any Money Today?
is not to teach one accounting,
rather it is to teach one how to better manage a business.  
This book should be available on the Vision Alliance Network
web site by the Summer of 2005.