| A great business idea for a person who likes getting | | | | argument, let's say it is thirty dollars per hour. If you can |
| out and walking is a flyer delivery service. This type of | | | | deliver to about 190 homes in that hour than you know |
| service delivers advertising flyers for local restaurants, | | | | you need to charge about sixteen cents per flyer. |
| real estate agents, grocery stores, and any other | | | | If you break every job down into its individual |
| business that looks to the general public for their | | | | components and determine how much you need to |
| customers. To help get you started, this article will | | | | make per hour, you should be able to come up with a |
| discuss options to work alone or with others, what | | | | pretty good idea of what to charge per piece. Do not |
| areas to operate in, how to price your services, and | | | | fall into the trap of charging too little though. If you want |
| how to approach potential clients. | | | | to stay in business, you must charge enough to make |
| The first decision you need to make is what form you | | | | a profit. |
| want your business to take. You can do all the work | | | | Once you decide where you will operate and how |
| yourself or operate with a partner or two where all of | | | | much you will charge, it is now time to approach |
| you are responsible for finding clients as well as | | | | potential clients. Make up a brochure or a flyer |
| delivering the flyers. You might want to make an | | | | describing the services you offer with pricing |
| arrangement with a partner where one of you will do | | | | information included. You may be tempted to leave this |
| the delivery while the other concentrates on acquiring | | | | last out, but business owners are likely to make a quick |
| new business. A more formal alternative would be for | | | | decision whether to use your service and leaving out |
| you to run the business and acquire the clients, and | | | | the most important item they need to know will give |
| then direct employees to do the actual delivery. | | | | them a perfect excuse to say "no thanks." As in all |
| As to the question of what area you will operate in, | | | | sales copy, remember to discuss how they will benefit |
| this may not be as simple as it seems. Will you deliver | | | | from hiring you. They are not interested in what you |
| to apartment complexes or single homes or both? | | | | do; they are only interested in how they will benefit |
| You can usually deliver more flyers in less time at an | | | | from what you do. |
| apartment complex but many have a restricted | | | | With your sales literature in hand, and with extras to |
| access policy. Before you approach any potential client | | | | pass out, stop at every business that could |
| you should have already researched these areas so | | | | conceivably use your service. Start with local |
| you are sure of what you can offer. | | | | restaurants, especially ones with home delivery such |
| Knowing what to charge for their services is what | | | | as pizza and Chinese. Real estate agents and grocery |
| people usually have the most problem with, but this | | | | stores are also good since they are likely to need your |
| does not have to be the case. Try to think about the | | | | service. Contact chiropractic, medical, and dental |
| whole thing as a series of connected bits of logic. You | | | | offices, as well as hair and nail salons, day spas, even |
| need to charge enough so you make enough money | | | | hardware stores. Use your imagination and show each |
| to stay in business but cannot charge so much you will | | | | of these businesses how you can help provide them |
| not get any clients. You need to decide on an hourly | | | | with the one thing they really want - more customers. |
| rate you are comfortable with. For the sake of | | | | |