Off line/ online low cost business models which work.

It is safe to say, most Warriors really don't want anything OFFLINE, even though it can be extremely lucrative. The reluctance is about having to deal with people. It makes me a bit sad, really.

Most of my life dealing with people has been the FUN part, even when it was make a sale or starve times, and most of us have had a few of those times too, eh?

I get it, times are different, talking to people is hard for many, we may have had Incels back in the day, but thankfully, they were silent sitting in the basement getting high.

I want to post about an idea, a concept, which has been my NORTHSTAR guiding principle for decades, and you will see that reflected in my responses to newbies in the BEGINNER'S sub forum...and that is, what do you bring to the table? What do you have to GIVE to the world, what is your offer?

We see decades of how can I get, how can I make money, how can I...me, me, me...and my response has always been, what do you bring with you that you can convert into a product or service that people want and will pay for?

Back about the time this forum started, one old member, Don Alm, had a program about selling MENU boards to restaurants, and I got into that heavily, even finding a woodworker to make my version of the DAILY MENU BOARD, and it was lucrative, albeit a lot of calling on businesses and TALKING to them.

So, would it surprise you to know a variation of that program, although almost identical to what was presented 25 years ago, is still going strong and producing recurring profits for some still in that game?

I'm not surprised. Any good idea you have that can HELP a business to get and to retain customers is going to find a welcome audience. It is a GIVE first, then get sort of concept.

How can you help that Pizza shop get more business? How can you help that restaurant sell more profitable meals? How can you HELP the business first, and by doing so, you have a happy and appreciative customer.

It is a simple concept, and I don't see much of it today at the Warrior forum.

Just yesterday, I talked to an older Warrior (and like many, he hasn't been here in years) about his latest program...and I felt like a time traveler.

Today, August 29, 2024 he is giving FREE flyers to Pizza shops and Take out restaurants to help them get and keep customers. Good golly Molly, that is so 1995, in this sub forum alone, you will find tons of pizza box top ideas, and the Warrior Forum had many many people jump on that band wagon...but I doubt if many are still doing it.

Evolution is what takes place, and today, maybe QR codes or customer rewards, or mms, or something high tech on the flyer, or maybe just a simple coupon. But it is a dirt simple idea, help the shops get and keep customers.

Someone in USA can go out in his/her community and be a STAR by giving away free flyers and the PIZZA shop (restaurant) pays nothing and gets customers, meanwhile, the ads on the flyer put thousands of dollars into the pocket of the GIVER.

Give first, get second.

Hopefully, that is still food for thought today, and is as good advice as it was back in the 20th century.

What do you have to give? What value have your brought to the Warrior forum?

GordonJ