A business opportunity lurks in the ruthless corporate cost cuttingbusinesses and institutions are doing just to stay afloat. Note how one electrician was called to help slash a huge electric bill. Was he wise enough to say to himself… “If one of my customers needs this, maybe ALL of them do?”
Then he might have been able to provide a package of services to many clients who otherwise would gripe about the electric bill but never think “I’ve got to get an electrician in here!”
Businesses – colleges are mentioned here – have huge fixed costs in payroll expenses and benefit costs. Even traditional brick and mortar schools are opening online divisions. They are using ADJUNCT professors to serve those students because they don’t represent overhead unrelated to income. Can you take advantage of this trend? It might pay to read the book Make Money Teaching Online: How to Land Your First Academic Job, Build Credibility, and Earn a Six-Figure Salary
Also businesses are moving more of their marketing online to places like Facebook that, in theory, offer cheap access to 100 million people. If you are a virtual assistant and specialize in this area, you may find your services wildly popular in coming days. Don’t know a thing about it? Get a book like Marketing to the Social Web: How Digital Customer Communities Build Your Business
Some businesses aren’t using the Post Office anymore to send invoices. One company saved $13,000 this way. But many are probably afraid to do that. They don’t have the database of email or fax contacts to do that. Could you help them? I’m sure you could.
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