Wht would your dream service be to make your business life easier?

by sallan
6 replies
Hi All,

I'm new to the forum, well I did hang out here about a decade ago but it's been a long time. I'm looking to get back into online business and I'm currently researching ideas for a service business, as I have found in the past that this is the fastest way to make an income online.

I had a small web development business specialising in Joomla and Wordpress sites that provided a full time income for about 2 and a half years and have also done SEO, copywriting and a bit of affiliate marketing and ebay sales. I have been out of the online marketplace for about two years now and am just collecting ideas before I commit to starting a new business.

That's where you come in. I would be very interested to get your ideas about services that you would find useful as internet marketers.

I became disheartened with my web development business as I would have such enthusiastic customers who would spend up to $5000 on a great website and have all these plans for their business but then at least 80% would be abandoned within 12 months as the task of actually making the website profitable was more that most people realised.

So this time round I am looking to start a business that will help people make their business more profitable, or easier to run or less time intensive.

So the question is: what could I do that would help you?
#business #dream #easier #life #make #service
  • Profile picture of the author sallan
    Doh! Dumb title typo!
    *What * not wht
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  • Profile picture of the author elexmedia
    Service that I would find useful:
    Email Answering Service

    Answering Customers emails is very very important, but it's also time consuming. It is easy, but it take times. It would be great if this task could be outsourced.
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    • Profile picture of the author Stripe
      Originally Posted by elexmedia View Post

      Service that I would find useful:
      Email Answering Service

      Answering Customers emails is very very important, but it's also time consuming. It is easy, but it take times. It would be great if this task could be outsourced.
      I should think you can outsource this. I personally would look to hire a virtual assistant, or VA, from the Philippines. How much it is worth to have someone respond to your emails? You can hire them to work a few hours a day or full time.

      I would want an assistant full time and assign them other tasks as well. The going rate for a VA for full time would depend on a few factors, but I have a friend in real estate who uses a VA to do almost everything in his business.
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  • Profile picture of the author The Star
    maybe you can make to the product creation services, virtual assistants and or manufacture of like a mini site and ecover salespage.
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  • Profile picture of the author infomaniacs
    someone to do all my follow up would be great. I love the marketing aspect of my businesses but I am crap at follow up
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  • Profile picture of the author sallan
    Thanks for the ideas guys. It sounds like there are a number of people who require administrative help. I will have to think about that. Maybe there is an opportunity providing that service to people who can't afford their own full time VA.

    Any other suggestions?
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