$300+ per day selling tacos?

14 years ago

More to the point, sometimes you should put your mind to selling tacos.

Most of us, when asked how to make $300 a day, would not think of selling tacos. But what we do think of, for many of us, isn't pulling in that $300 a day. We have all kinds of reasons why it doesn't, and the line between reasons and excuses can get pretty hard to find.

Thinking outside the box depends on what box you're in. So if you're in the IM box, and it's not working for you, maybe what you really need to do is... sell tacos.

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bG90

14 years ago

a product + a hungry market = money

I made $500 my first day selling I <3 Michael Jackson shirts that I had made, in New York City.

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sbucciarel Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by bG90

a product + a hungry market = money

I made $500 my first day selling I <3 Michael Jackson shirts that I had made, in New York City.

lol ... this is the best description of a hungry market I've read thus far.
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BrainCopy

14 years ago

Your exactly right CDarklock. There is so much opportunity out there.
Sometimes we just have to step outside our comfort zone.

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Shannon Herod

14 years ago

Thats awesome... Funny thing is when I was in college I bought everything from hot dogs to gyros outside of bars at 2 am.

Shannon

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Bill_Z

14 years ago

mmmmm tacos

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Sean Alexander

14 years ago

Great post Anthony! Really reminds me (as well as many others I am sure) that there are business opportunities hiding behind every corner! All we need to do is find them and then take action

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eflo 14 years ago

sweet - a WSO on how to make $300/day selling tacos. I can smell it already. If not, uh... wanna do an interview? .

In all seriousness though - Congrats on finding a business model that worked for you.
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- CDarklock 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by eflo
  
  If not, uh... wanna do an interview? .
  
  Ooh, a Jason Fladlien follower.
  
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Michael Oksa

14 years ago

You could also come up with a twist on the place in Atlanta that only sells 2 dozen cheeseburgers a night (10pm sharp); first-come, first-served. These are supposed to be some of the best cheeseburgers in the country, but the absolute cut off is 2 dozen.

Just thinking outside the bun here.

How about a "gourmet taco" or some other specialty taco? But charge $10 for it. DO the scarcity angle, and the price angle. This would be in addition to the normal tacos of the night.

Even a "challenge" taco, something extra big, or extra spicy. Then make a fanfare when somebody buys it.

Then again...

I could be way off base here, but just wanted to throw some of those fun ideas your way. Whatever you're doing seems to be working, and I hope you see even more success come your way.

All the best,
Michael

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BrainCopy

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael Oksa

You could also come up with a twist on the place in Atlanta that only sells 2 dozen cheeseburgers a night (10pm sharp); first-come, first-served. These are supposed to be some of the best cheeseburgers in the country, but the absolute cut off is 2 dozen.

Just thinking outside the bun here.

How about a "gourmet taco" or some other specialty taco? But charge $10 for it. DO the scarcity angle, and the price angle. This would be in addition to the normal tacos of the night.

Even a "challenge" taco, something extra big, or extra spicy. Then make a fanfare when somebody buys it.

Then again...

I could be way off base here, but just wanted to throw some of those fun ideas your way. Whatever you're doing seems to be working, and I hope you see even more success come your way.

All the best,
Michael

Yeah, I like the challenge taco idea a lot. Perhaps we can do it in the bar - who ever can eat 5 of our spiciest tacos in 5 minutes will get a t-shirt and a free beer.. Idk just thinking outside the shell, Thank you though Michael I might just have to do that and name the taco after you

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Michael Oksa

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Anthony La Tour

Yeah, I like the challenge taco idea a lot. Perhaps we can do it in the bar - who ever can eat 5 of our spiciest tacos in 5 minutes will get a t-shirt and a free beer.. Idk just thinking outside the shell, Thank you though Michael I might just have to do that and name the taco after you

Perfect!

If you split my last name into two parts and then say the letters out loud, you get O-K...S-A, or...

You ready to take the challenge? OK, ese! Time to prove it!

It's a natural.

The "OK SA", or "Okay Ese Challenge".

All the best,
Michael

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DrewClement

14 years ago

keep an eye out for the Burger Baron folks...

Itll be on the road soon...no joke.

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Hackbridge 14 years ago

Do you have franchises in the US?. Or perhaps you could hire people to sell in other bars in your town/city?

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Steve Sanchez

14 years ago

I was in Pittsburgh one Saturday night and in the warehouse area with all the bars there was a hole in the wall. Literally a hole in wall or window I guess if you had to be technical. Anyway, that place sold pizza slices until the early hours of the morning and there was always a line!

Same thing happened in Billing. At about midnight the roach coach showed up selling burritos, tamales, chips, Doritos and they were selling out of everything.

The $/hour in these little ventures is killer!

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kvnkane

14 years ago

another good 1 is selling umbrellas outside nightclubs in the winter. when it rains they sell almost instantly. and people are drunk you can charge pretty much what ever you like, because they will pay it.

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Rus Sells

14 years ago

Now all you need to do is build a tacotwitter list and expand to other bars and just tell your taco loving fans which bar you'll be at.

Once you have a following you have leverage to use on other bar owners. Oh hey, we have a 300 local followers who follow us because of our tacos. You want them to come this monday night? hehe

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Pete Egeler

14 years ago

And, the same thing can be done by Hot Dog vendors! $300-$500 a day isn't at all uncommon.

Pete

PS: I'm talking a 4-5 hour day!

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candoit2

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Anthony La Tour

Hey warriors, I know the tittle sounds dumb but I have to tell you guys what happened. My mother and I are great friends with a local bar owner here in town. His bar gets very busy on Thursdays through Saturdays. My mom and I used to make tacos and give them away for special charity events every year that the bar owner used to run. Well, one just passed about a month ago and he came up with the idea that we should come by one night and sell tacos to the bars customers.

So we did! We got there around 11:00PM and left around 1:50AM We were pretty busy. The total amount we did was just under $400 minus expenses. We are legit and do have the required permits and license to be out doing this.

We will now turn this into a full time business... Thursdays through Saturdays of course. I'm even thinking about turning it into an e-book... Why not? Perry Belcher made an e-book about starting a hot dog business. :rolleyes:

Long story short, you can do whatever you put your mind to.

Best Regards,
Anthony

Now hire some people, set up more stands in more locations and scale it up.

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enterpryzman

14 years ago

congrats to you, the only thing that worries me is eventually the bar owner "may" think he/she can do it without you and you will be looking for another bar.

You should set up a flip-type cam and ask a few customers to give you a taste testimonial and then launch a site about your food at the bar, that will give the owner some publicity as well.

Once again, congrats.

Enterpryzman

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dwatkins

14 years ago

Originally Posted by enterpryzman

congrats to you, the only thing that worries me is eventually the bar owner "may" think he/she can do it without you and you will be looking for another bar.

You should set up a flip-type cam and ask a few customers to give you a taste testimonial and then launch a site about your food at the bar, that will give the owner some publicity as well.

Once again, congrats.

Enterpryzman

Now that's a great idea! Give back to the bar owner, it's a win-win.

Here in Florida, we had hot dog carts on the side of the road. The owners hired curvy young girls to man the carts in their bikinis. Rumor was they were pulling in 100,000+. They finally had to outlaw it because it was causing too many accidents. I wouldn't try it at a bar after 11pm though. I did read about a drive through coffee place that was doing something similar.

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skorpion

14 years ago

Wow, congrats!

Now you should come up with an upsell (do you want fries and a coke with that)

Or a limited One Time Offer (In the next 5 minutes only, you can buy 5 tacos for the price of 3...save over 75%)

Reminds me of the time I sold strips of gutter guard that I purchased for 1 cent and sold for $8 a pop to auto enthusiests who were looking to get that "factory look" for their ride. That damn gutter guard looked good on an Escalade. lol

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dave stahly

14 years ago

There are a couple of guys here in Indy that have a truck and all they do is sell tacos, etc out of it. They will send out a tweet about 1 hour before showing up at different locations in the Broad Ripple area ( bars, clubs,etc) They have quite the following i have heard.

dave in indy

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Rus Sells

14 years ago

Yup,

Twitter and a mobile business with a following equals success if done correctly.

Originally Posted by dave stahly

There are a couple of guys here in Indy that have a truck and all they do is sell tacos, etc out of it. They will send out a tweet about 1 hour before showing up at different locations in the Broad Ripple area ( bars, clubs,etc) They have quite the following i have heard.

dave in indy

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discrat 14 years ago

Nice job Anthony !
I know I was laid off my job over 12 years ago. And I was looking to make some money. I started an address curb business on the fly. Charged $15 per address painted on their curb of their homes for identification purposes. I did 50 to 60 of them every week. And you know that little business I did for 3.5 years on my own, full time.

My Dad kind of shook his head that this is what I was doing with my college degree. But when he saw the full time money come in he quickly changed his mind !!
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abednego

14 years ago

Originally Posted by skorpion

Wow, congrats!

Now you should come up with an upsell (do you want fries and a coke with that)

Or a limited One Time Offer (In the next 5 minutes only, you can buy 5 tacos for the price of 3...save over 75%)

Reminds me of the time I sold strips of gutter guard that I purchased for 1 cent and sold for $8 a pop to auto enthusiests who were looking to get that "factory look" for their ride. That damn gutter guard looked good on an Escalade. lol

Actually - that does look pretty sweet haha.
Is that your ride?

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skorpion 14 years ago

Originally Posted by abednego

Actually - that does look pretty sweet haha.
Is that your ride?

haha...no, I actually don't like escalades. Too big and bulky for me...but my #1 customers owned escalades
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Cash37

14 years ago

I see these carts EVERYWHERE I party at.

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CharlieMan

14 years ago

That's a pretty decent way to make money.

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vstar00

14 years ago

so many niches

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BrainCopy

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Rus Sells

Now all you need to do is build a tacotwitter list and expand to other bars and just tell your taco loving fans which bar you'll be at.

Once you have a following you have leverage to use on other bar owners. Oh hey, we have a 300 local followers who follow us because of our tacos. You want them to come this monday night? hehe

That's exactly what I am going to do. I read a report about a roach coach in L.A. that does twitter and their followers love it! they update every few minutes. This is definitely on my 'to-do list'

Originally Posted by enterpryzman

congrats to you, the only thing that worries me is eventually the bar owner "may" think he/she can do it without you and you will be looking for another bar.

You should set up a flip-type cam and ask a few customers to give you a taste testimonial and then launch a site about your food at the bar, that will give the owner some publicity as well.

Once again, congrats.

Enterpryzman

Wow, now there is an idea! I like that a lot. Thank you very much for that I appreciate it.

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JohnMcCabe

14 years ago

Anthony, you might want to check out the clips from The Great Food Truck Race, which recently aired on the Food Network.

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...ruck+race&aq=0

Often, the key to success was finding a busy bar that the trucks could serve.

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BrainCopy

14 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

Anthony, you might want to check out the clips from The Great Food Truck Race, which recently aired on the Food Network.

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...ruck+race&aq=0

Often, the key to success was finding a busy bar that the trucks could serve.

Wow, that's great stuff. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I appreciate it.

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