> Along with Auto Detailing, which I did...

> here's another quick cash maker especially
> this time of year.

> You need a carpet cleaner...and you can RENT
> THESE if you need them...I have the Dirt
> Devil model and it works great.

> You make up a flyer, knock on doors...charge
> that 49 bucks for a HOLIDAY TOUCH UP...and
> you can easily do the 2 in the morning/2 in
> afternoon.

> YOU are not a carpet cleaning service, you
> are doing a touch-up...if you spell it out
> right you can do it easily.

> About Auto-Detailing.

> This came about as I was selling a product
> called DYNA-GLAZE one product I had quite a
> bit of success with.

> From selling this car "wax" I got
> a call from a Doctor who wanted his car
> "waxed" at his office because he
> had an event he was attending that night and
> didn't have time to take it
> out...(CONVENIENCE)

> this led to a nice little side business and
> here is how I got customers:

> I sent Doctors and Dentists a POSTCARD...a
> PICTURE postcard (Akron,OH) in my own
> handwriting that read:

> Hi Doc Jones,

> Wish I was there. The forecast in Akron is
> for rain and mud. This means your car is
> going to need a good cleaning and polishing,
> which I happen to do well. All you need to
> provide is a faucet I can hook my hose up
> to, and I'll make your car shine like a
> diamond. I use DYNAGLAZE, which will cause
> the rain to bead and fall harmlessly off
> your car. Dr. Jones, call today for your
> appointment. I cater to busy professionals
> like you, and your friends and fellow
> Doctors are grabbing up the time slots
> quickly, they must have seen the forecast
> too.
> Call Jay Alexander at 216-555-5555

> This was one variation...I often would get a
> referral from one Dentist right on the spot
> and it was not uncommon to do EXACTLY what
> Don said, stay in one place and work your
> butt off and walk away with a few hundred
> dollars.

> Thanks Don for the reminder.
> DYNA-GLAZE, Victory Miracle Polishing Cloth
> and DEFENDER OF WOMEN put more than one meal
> on the old table for me.

> But, I did have to leave the house and talk
> to people.

> On the other hand, just the other day a
> complete STRANGER sent me an email asking
> about me doing a little work for
> them...creating a tag line/USP/catchy
> headline...

> and I'd bet there are a lot more jobs out
> there too.

> For QUICK and FAST profits, NOTHING beats
> knocking on doors and SELLING something.

> It is the oldest profession in the world.

> Gordon Alexander

Gordon and Don,

As always you are right. There are so many ways to make a quick buck, yet most people just won't get off their duff.

Many years ago I went to visit a potential landscape customer that called in response to a flyer I put on their mailbox, but I forgot to bring the phone message with the address.

So as I'm driving down the street I'm trying to remember the phone conversation thinking I might be able to find the house without an address. I remembered the guy telling me it was the last Ashphalt driveway on the left, so that's the house I went to.

When the lady came to the door I told her why I was there, and even though she seemed a little puzzled she took me around the house showing me everything they wanted done.

I left and told her I would call back with a firm price.

By the time I got back home her husband was on the phone and not at all a happy camper, and as I looked at the phone message still laying on the desk I knew why, I was on the wrong street!

I went to the wrong house!

This guy was hot! He was certain I was a scam artist. I explained what happened and apologized, and finally he said, "Well, we do need the work done, go ahead and call back with a price."

These people owned two businesses and some rental property. For the next five years I worked for them over and over landscaping and plowing snow.

They were excellent customers.

I never did sell the house I was supposed to go to.

Yes, you can make money knocking on doors, just don't lie to the people about why you're there!


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