Home Business Idea: Sell Online Back Up Services

In my blogroll I list Dan Sherman as “Busy but ingenious”. I love reading his ideas.

Here he takes an online affiliate program and links them to an offline business concept.

It may not be your cup of tea, and it would be a tough way to earn a living, but when you see how close many people are to the edge financially, you might want to keep track of simple ideas and store them away for a rainy day. And you might wish to combine this with other ideas for back end profits.

For instance, instead of directing people to your website where they find a LINK, capture their email first with an autoresponder. Then direct them to the affiliate link so you keep their email and name for future marketing opportunities.

People interested in this may be interested in a variety of services.

Or apply the concept with a DIFFERENT affiliate program.

From Dan Sherman

I wrote about this idea a long time ago. Since then, backup services have become cheaper and cheaper. They are now so cheap, it really doesn’t make sense to rely soley on an inhouse backup system that is susceptible to theft and damage during natural disasters, along with the main computer.

Check out this $5, unlimited online backup service. That’s right… unlimited backup for $5 a month and it’s continually secure from theft or damage because it’s on the web. It’s also VERY automated and very hands off. Set it once and never worry about backing up again. It’s truly remarkable that computer storage space has gotten so affordable.

But read my original computer backup idea and then apply it to this new program. Just go door to door, with a nicely done business card that just says, “Unlimited Online Backup – $5/month” then the URL to your own site that forwards to your affiliate link. On your site, offer to help them if they have any problems at all (giving your personal number and email address.) If no one is home, leave it at the door. Or just leave it at the door without knocking. Whatever. If you could manage to get 25 people a day to enter their email address and name and download the software, you’ll be making $75 a day. I would imagine you’d have to pass out about 500 cards a day to do this and with business cards being so cheap now a days, it’s doable.