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Posted By: Mike Jolley <mjolley@onlinehonesty.com> In Response To: Tossing around local biz ideas.... (and one I just found if you like making things).... (MaaMaw)
Sunday, 17 July 2005, at 10:35 p.m.
> "There's nobody any good around here; they're all terrible!"
> Where there is one unhappy customer, there are other unhappy customers,
> and my daughter has agreed to deliver flyers and bid on jobs for us, which
> takes a huge load off.
You said before that you hate selling. I can't even sell $9.95 dialup to my own sister who swears she's fed up with NetZero. Of course, if your whole family is working on it I'd be willing to bet you'll get some customers.
I sense that you're a proud woman, but even some of the highest earning blogs on the Internet accept donations through PayPal. I think the service you're doing by running this site is more than worthy of such a thing.
> I personally am going back to my old business to some degree -- not
> medical transcription (perish the thought!), but EDITING AND PROOFREADING
> because (1) I enjoy it more, and (2) it's one job, all done, next
> job, all done, as opposed to a flood that never goes away. (You'll
> be seeing my ads here shortly.)
If you like something and are good at it, do it. It sounds like you can get in a position where your price determines how many people use your limited amount of time, like a good lawyer.
> Well that's more than you wanted to know, but there's something about
> saying it in public that strengthens the commitment -- because all I
> really want to do is keep working on my internet businesses.
And that's what we want you to do, but you can't keep doing that if you go broke.
> Here's what I would like your opinion about:
> I knew a lady many years ago who had a "bagel route." She bought
> bagels wholesale, spread them with cream cheese or lox or whatever, and
> hung them on her customers' doorknobs between, I believe, between 5 and 7
> a.m. each Sunday morning. She didn't actually cook anything so she never
> had to have her kitchen inspected (at least she never did) -- she just
> bought, spread, and delivered.
> She did quite well with it (extra money, not a living obviously) and said
> she knew she could do much better if she made the effort to grow the
> business, which she did not (she bought the route from someone and ended
> it up selling it eventually; in between she only serviced the existing
> customers).
> As I recall, she picked up a check each week from "under the
> mat" when she dropped off the orders.
> Between my daughter and I, this would be a snap -- and once the
> "living wage" is covered elsewhere, it could provide money for
> all the fun things the kids once enjoyed.
> Any thoughts on this?
This sounds like the paper routes I used to have as a kid. It was grueling work and I only got paid by half the customers. However, I did make a lot of money, for a kid.
Is it possible that someone will give you a loan to support your Internet business? You could mention that you control one of the largest business forums on the Internet, and could leverage it at any time to gain customers and joint venture partners for your next big project. You might feel funny saying this to a banker, but it's the truth.
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