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Originally Posted by Andy_B
Guys due to this economic crap going on i am going to be made redundant early-mid next year..I have been with my company for 20 years since i left school employed as a multi skilled engineer..so as i have loads of experience in electrical/plumbing and engineering ...i have decided to try a handyman service..Now ...i work a 4 on 6 off pattern so i would like to try it for 6-8 months on my days off to see if it would be a viable thing to plough some of my redundancy into ...i have done a basic flyer on the pc but its BASIC i would like it to be a bit more eye catching and professional...has anybody any experience on starting this kind of thing up ??
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Go for it you won't regret working for yourself, yes it can lead to some long hard hours but it's for you and not lining someone else's pocket.
Advertising doesn't really work, being referred by others ie word of mouth is far better as is doing the job 110% with no slip ups.
The thing is folk only remember the mistakes or cock ups no matter how trivial or genuine they are so do you upmost to ensure cockups are sorted or avoided. cock something up...bin it, don't offer it cheaper as it undermines what you are trying to do and cheapens your product or service.
after all that.......do it and you will wish you did it years ago.
Good Luck with it
Mark.
9th September 2011, 08:12 AM
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