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Craigslist is the place I would start. Then build a site offering your services. Don't overlook your local newspapers classified ads. People read them.

Seo and ppc advertising for targeted leads. Also become a writer with job forums etc.

Find the closest college campus to you, and put up some flyers. Quick and easy money if your stuff actually proves to be valuable.

I ran a resume writing service for several years. Suzanne and Joe both gave you good ideas. Craigslist and local colleges are both great places to advertise.

Another idea is to offer to do a free class on resume writing for your local library or at local churches. Hand out your business cards to everyone who attends. Even when you've gone over all the basics of writing a good resume there will still be some people who prefer to have you do it for them. Send a press release to your local paper about the classes.

You can also contact local businesses who are laying people off. They are often willing to pay you to help their employees locate new jobs.

Rose

Exactly. Resumes and cover letters are like sales copy, where you are the product.

Thanks, Rose. Some really excellent ideas there.

Kind regards,

John

*Facepalms*

Thanks, Alyona The Publicist, I'll give it some thought.

Personally, I don't see the point of advertising a resume service as a WSO. But that's just me.

However, a product on "How to Start and Run an Online Resume Service" might work.

Higgey, you might want to visit the offline part of this forum since some of the business in this industry is local.

Rose

Some people sell resume writing services as click bank products and get affiliates as well.

Here are a couple of offline suggestions for flyers:
1 Bulletin boards at unemployment offices, state and federal benefits offices.
2. Community Center bulletin boards
3. Job placement centers
4. Job training centers

Odesk, fiverr, mostly any freelancing website will help your promote yourself

Has anyone suggested advertising through local radio stations yet?
Does anyone still do that? I'm planning to, actually.

Another option is LinkedIn.com

I see a lot of projects buyers looking for resume writers on freelance sites.

You could also consider becoming a resume writer for one of the larger firms who already offer this service. This way you don't have the marketing overhead.

Thanks, Mac.

You might want to try and get a joint venture going with some of the vendors at clickbank who sell cover letter and resume related products. They will have thousands of buyers on their list who have already paid for cover letter tips etc....

On their download page they could link to your service etc....

Can't get any more targeted buyers than this although I don't know if they will agree to JV of course.

Here is an example product
Amazing Cover Letters - Cover Letter and Job Application Letters

You haven't even given enough information for anyone to answer you properly.

What kind of service are you offering? Will YOU be writing the resumes or are you an affiliate for a service?

You say you want to offer the service in the USA and UK! Very different places. We don't call them resumes in the UK for a start.

I used to write CVs as part of my service when I first became self employed 17 years ago. It isn't easy and it isn't something you can do in a few minutes. I insisted on meeting my clients face to face and interviewing them properly.

I had clients from school leavers to senior management in major companies. Which do you think would be the longer CV/resume and why? Think about it. The answer to that is important.

An effective resume cannot be written just using the content someone has sent you from a previous resume or the information they send you in an email. If you think it can then you will be failing your clients.

You need to research what prospective employers want to know, how they want resumes to be laid out. That might be very different in the different countries. I don't know, I only worked with local, UK clients.

How I got my clients? Built relationships with local employment agencies. I even wrote their own staff's CVs. Advertised in local shops, local hospitals (I had several nurses as clients), local large companies.

I agree with the newspaper ad idea. In 1985 I ran a resume writing service in a medium sized city in the Deep South during the oil bust. I ran a quarter page ad in the local newspaper and most days I had to literally push my way into my office because there were so many customers at nine in the morning. People wanting resumes seem to want to talk about their work lives to another person face to face. The ad cost me a pretty penny every month, but it generated an overwhelming response. It paid for itself from the first day it appeared in the newspaper. I think you will do quite well by investing in a newspaper ad in addition to all of the free advertising opportunities on the Internet. In fact, I think your biggest problem will be more work than you will be able to handle by yourself.

use newspapers classified and test your copy and see which gets the better results.

Also I know a guy that uses social media for this, and laser targted ads and does well. As he is collecting leads. That is another option.

Some great ideas above mine - just a couple of things that I would like to add.

Everyone knows someone who has lost or is about to lose their job - many post about this via social media - advertise using your local circle of friends offline (tell everyone you know), and post an offering on your facebook page or tweeter, google+ or whatever you like.

Get in touch with the following professionals:
Employment Attorneys/Workers Comp Attorneys - why? because they represent folks that have lost, are about to lose, or are fed up with their jobs and have been wronged, whether it is age discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, gender, etc. The attorneys are of course trying to help their clients and would like to gain a recovery for them, but the litigation process takes a long time (usually upwards of two years) to conclude, and in some cases much longer; tell the attorney that you offer a resume writing service for a reduced fee to their clients. This should work quite well as it costs the attorneys nothing to promote you and it gives them a way to help their clients get back on their feet.
Physical Therapists/Chiropractors - folks who go to see the above allied health practitioners due so for a variety of reasons - some due to employment related difficulties, personal injuries, some of which may have been sustained at work. For the same reasons that you will be meeting with employment attorneys, you will do same with the above professionals.

Your Local Chamber of Commerce
Now remember, this is a lot like a local offline version of LinkedIn - there is nothing like networking - get a list of the local Chamber's directory of businesses, call up some of the businesses and offer to cross promote each other's services.

All the other good advice I wanted to give you has been given by the above warriors - good luck and be blessed.

Warmest Regards,

- John Tzor

It honestly depends how you price yourself. At fiverr at $5 per resume you will get loads of orders from customers who don't value you and make you work 12 hours a day to earn $50 a day.

If you market yourself through cold calling, offline or other means you may even get $250-500+ for a basic resume which may not even be a day's work if you are lucky.

PPV and PPC come to mind.



Have you thought about doing a cheap commercial? You can buy cheap TV time now adays with a commercial outsourced on Fiverr lol

i would say advertise on craigs list for free.Also try national papers in your country to run classified adverts

Craigslist would be the great for you. If you have little bit knowledge about Craigslist then you would also make some handsome money.

Agree with the others, don't waste time offering a Resume writing service in the WSO section. The fact that people register here and have found the warrior forum suggests that they will be able to write their own resume if required. Of course you may write a better one but it's a hard sale I think to this group of people looking for ideas in mostly self employment.

Another angle, target the content network in PPC networks and only select jobs websites that offer ad placements.

And here is an offline method but you really need to live in a decent size city to get a lot of leads.

Stand outside or close to every job agency office or employment center, almost every person going in and out is looking for the job. Tell them you can help them get a job with your resume writing service and hand out a business card with a leads page opt in for more information. Don't try and sell your service on the spot, chances are most people will already have a resume , but are they getting interviews ?

I assume your work is good but if they still can't get a job once you have their opt in details you can recommend a few ethical affiliate offers that may help them start working online, you may even help them get a domain and web hosting sorted etc....

But only offer a good service either way, treat them well.

Many years ago I bought a report with a similar method targeting casinos where you would stand outside the casino and hand out CD's with free poker sign up offers etc... Back then people were curious enough to put the CD into their computer and check it out.

Bottom line, go where the job seekers crowd hang out.

Logically, any place where job hunters submit their CV to find jobs. Try contacting jobs engine (eg Monster in the UK) and ask how much they would charge for a solo...

I suggest flyers are a good way to attract those for your service. I have a service where I offer to print and post flyers for $5 at fiverr.com/bsharpe. To get out and mingle with society is a huge step.

Craingslist, fiverr, classified ads, and also write about your service and publish articles to article directories, you can get good business from there.

Basically, if we search in google then we can see may be advertising site. But i do not know how it's works good. And i see some one talk about freelancer. I did not got any good result from freelancer. I love Google adwords. I will suggest you to advertising your resume writing service on Google adsword. I hope you will get good traffic and good service. Thanks