totally made it with word of mouth and his business has doubled every
year. Initially I designed a business card on the computer and would
print them as he needed them, but last year I found
www.vistaprint.com and I use them now. They are very reasonable and
often have things you can try for free. I have been very pleased
with their work. I think they added magnetic signs to their product
line, but I haven't tried that. I'm not an affiliate for them, just
a customer.
The hardest part is keeping a reliable crew, but it sounds like you
have that built in! Just keep telling everyone you know about your
services and do quality work!
Estimating is hard at first, but practice and under-estimating your
time makes you learn fast!
Good luck!
Kathy
--- In entrepreneursathome@yahoogroups.com, "lssgtark"
<mommaof10@...> wrote:
>
> I think most of y'all are not into service industries, but I thought
> I'd throw this out there just in case someone might have some
> experience and input for us.
>
> My husband's job position was cut from the company that he worked
for
> 3 weeks ago. For the past 6 months he's been supervising our 15 &
17
> year old boys from afar in a lawn/yard/handyman business trying to
get
> a business up and running as he knew he wanted to get a business
going
> with them and get out of the work place. God's timing was just a
> little ahead of ours : )
>
> My husband is a jack of all trades. He can build anything, fix
> anything, design anything, figure out anything. The one thing he
has
> trouble doing is bidding and estimating time and $ for jobs, which
is
> essential for providing for our family via a handyman business.
Does
> anyone know of any resources out there that would give a standard of
> how to bid and charge for these types of services?
>
> So far our advertising has been through fliers on bulletin boards
and
> word of mouth. We'd like to get magnetic signs for our vehicles.
Any
> suggestions on where to get those? My son would like to get plastic
> road signs to put up as well. Money IS an object so we're trying to
> spend as little as possible at the moment.
>
> We've thought of going to local real estate companies and asking to
be
> a service for their listings. Any tips on how to present ourselves
> and sell our services in this venue? Sales would be my husband's
> other difficult area. He's great at building/fixing things, just
not
> the bidding and selling of his services.
>
> Does anyone have any other advice or resources that might be helpful
> just going into a service business?
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Laralee
> http://www.PlymouthRockRanch.com
> Recording the Faithfulness and Provision of God for Future
Generations
>
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