This is the type of e-mail’s I get from others in the industry

Dan,

I need your help.

None of this crap works. I just finished reading posts on Technibble and Podnutz for the past few years and haven’t made a dime. I bought e-books, video courses, audio courses, key word tools, and complete businesses in a box and NONE of them work.

I am a member of some of the community groups in my town. I thought about going to a Chamber of Commerce meeting, but I bet they already have people there who are providing the exact same services I offering.

So, I thought about building websites, but everyone I know already has one. I thought about offering SEO services, but I can’t even remember what SEO stands for, so that’s probably not the service for me. Plus, I never update my own website, so I guess it really does not matter.

I was thinking off-site backups was a solution I could provide, but I looked at a whole bunch of them and too many to choose from so probably not worth doing it. Plus, nobody told me exactly how much I can make. I am not going to put any effort into it unless I am told specifics on how much money I will make.

Mobile marketing sounds really cool, but since I don’t have a cell phone I don’t know how I would show someone how to do it, or take advantage of it. Plus, Domino’s, Pizza Hut, Coca-Cola and all those companies that use it probably don’t know what they are doing.

A newsletter seemed like a good idea, but then I have to have the time to create it every month or every few months. I am sure after the first time it is a real hassle and not really worth doing. Plus, if I send them to my customers they don’t need to read them, if they ever have another computer problem I’m sure they will remember me from last year or the year before and just call me again.

I was going to get a list of businesses in the area and make myself go to a few of them each and every week. But, then I remember I am not good with talking to people so I’ll just either mail them something or I am sure if they are having problems they will call me. Plus, if I go there then I have to have some material to give them or some business cards and that’s just a waste of money.

Even thought about getting some certifications but I am sure that the one proposal I did for a possible business contract really did not care if I had any certs or not. I think they were looking at experience. I guess I could of asked them, but did not feel like bothering them even tho I did put a few hours into that proposal. And if this business thing does not work out and I have to get a job somewhere I’m sure they will pay for my certs.

I am thinking maybe I will start keeping a planner or scheduler and each week I’ll try to plan my upcoming week and putting things in there to do such as area canvassing, working on marketing materials, meeting people, going to luncheon gatherings of small businesses, working on my website, and a variety of other things. But, now just looking over what I typed if I do all those things I’ll never get anything accomplished. I sort of like just getting up each day and seeing what happens and playing it by ear…

Oh never mind, forget it. Think I’ll go back to the tech section and see if there are any other ideas out there I might try.

Thanks!

Yoda