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Budding Entrepreneurs Personal Assistant A Low Cost Businesses To Start In A Recession
Written by: Lee ListerArticle Overview: Its a recession and you have lost your job or you just have that entrepreneurial spirit and want to start a business. You dont have much money and in these awful times a business loan is out of the question, so what kind of business can you start? Well here are some business ideas that have very low start up costs, but have the potential to make you enough money to live off of.
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Budding Entrepreneurs Personal Assistant A Low Cost Businesses To Start In A Recession
Its a recession and you have lost your job or you just have that entrepreneurial spirit and want to start a business. You dont have much money and in these awful times a business loan is out of the question, so what kind of business can you start? Well here are some business ideas that have very low start up costs, but have the potential to make you enough money to live off of.
In recessionary times, those that have a job are keen to keep it. They are probably being asked to work longer hours and they will certainly be more stressed. Longer working hours means that there is not time to do some things. These might be small things like shopping or bigger things like walking the dog, feeding the cats or even looking after the children after school. Here is where you come in. Market yourself as a personal assistant, willing to step in and help out with these tasks.
First of all decide if you want to charge by the hour of the task. Remember that times are hard, so dont make our costs too high. The object here is to get lots of work at a fair price that is repeated every week or month. This will be better for you than an occasional one off job at a higher price. Here is an idea of the type of assistance you can offer:
Light cleaning
Shopping
Baby sitting
Ironing
Dog walking
House sitting
Pet feeding
House organisation
Picking up dry cleaning
Collection packages/Mailing packages
Light gardening/clearing the yard
Ferrying children to/from clubs, sports, shows, parties etc.
So how do you start up this kind of business? Get together some flyers and a brochure. Both of these you can do on Word or similar. They need not be glossy, just professional looking. You can set a brochure up by folding an A4/Letter page in half. You design it in landscape using 2 columns then print it on both pages. Dont forget to put on your contact details on both of them.
Take your flyers round such areas as the school gate, the supermarket, relevant notice boards etc. Always get permission to post your flyers. Put a small classified ad in your local paper or your local free ad papers. Contact your local paper about your new service and see if they would like to write about you. If you are able to write a press release then send this off to relevant papers. Contact your local radio and let them know about you as well.
When you get an enquiry, offer to meet them and take your brochure round. Be safe by letting someone know where you will be or take someone with you. Get confirmation of what is wanted, how often and what price will be charged. Always ask for recommendations of who else may need your services. Then get working on your new business!
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About the Author: Lee Lister RSS for Lee's articles - Visit Lee's website Lee Lister is a Business Consultant with more than 25 year's consultancy experience for many household names. She is known as The Bid Manager or The Biz Guru. From an early age she began an unparalleled journey through business consulting that continues to span across the UK, USA, Europe and Asia. She has consulted for a considerable number of companies all over the world. Specialising in business change management, start up consultancy and trouble shooting. Lee's experience in marketing and internet marketing is also keenly sought after. She is a prolific published writer of books, ebooks and articles and can easily be found on major search engine and Amazon. Her books include: FastTrack Bid Management, Proposal Writing For Smaller Businesses, How Much Does It Cost To Start A Business, Entrepreneur's Apprentice and a series of Start My New Business books that do as they say in the title! Her major web sites are: Click here to visit Lee's website The Recession Means That Your Need To Open Up Your Cafe Or Restaurant On A Sunday Why Buy An Established Business Rather Than Start Your Own Business Mmmmm Entrepreneurs What Should Be In Your Business Plan Want To Know Why You Are A Failing Entrepreneur You Know What You Want to Do With Your Business So How Do You Do Achieve It |
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