Working from home is a dream shared by millions. There have been thousands of books written about how to start your own home business.
Deep inside of us there a wish that we could suddenly be rich and live a life of ease and comfort. The con artists understand this very well. Maybe that is why we are bombarded with so many sure things that offer unbelievable riches with little or no work. Arent you a little tired of being conned?
So, is it possible to make a living from home? Absolutely, yes. There are legitimate things you can do to make a living from home. Please, do not think that I am some rich guy looking down my nose at others from my gilded chair. On the contrary, I am just like you. I want to pay my bills and take care of my family. I just prefer doing it from home. I like the convenience and personal benefits, but I do work from home.
Since the late 1960s my wife has operated an intermittent sewing business from our home. Now she did not get rich, but the extra money did help. As a small church pastor for over 30 years, we had to pinch every penny. By working only a couple of hours per day, Donna was able to bring in a few hundred dollars a week. When she didnt want to work, she didnt. Her business activities were a bit hit and miss. She would go for a year or so, and do no business at all. If she was teaching school, she did less sewing. It was her choice. When we needed extra money, she would let her friends know and maybe run a small classified ad in the newspaper. In a matter of a few days, she would have work to do.
When we moved to Texas in 1992, she decided to build up her business. Soon she had loads of work, but she kept getting requests for sewing machine repair. I thought I can do that. So, in 1992, I started learning how to repair sewing machines. I ran a little ad in the local newspaper, and soon had half dozen machines to repair every week. Over time, we opened a sewing store, and the repair business grew. We expanded and the repair business grew. We now own three sewing stores and do about 150 sewing machine repairs each month.
I took a repair course with Allyn International in Denver. I found a repairman in Austin who would mentor me. I collected service manuals. Essentially, I learned to repair sewing machines so I could collect the dollars people were trying to push on me. Yes, within a few months I was repairing five to six machines every week all from my garage part time. Eventually, we opened a small store, then expanded, and expanded again. Currently, our company repairs about 150 sewing machines monthly.
I was flying to St. Louis for a training conference a few years ago, and the fellow seated beside me asked what I did for a living. When I told him, he responded, I didnt people still used sewing machines.
I explain that there are some 85 million sewing machines in use just in the United States. Another 5 million new machines are sold every year. And guess what. Every one of those sewing machines requires sewing machine service and repair annually. That is a lot of sewing machines to fix.
I am not going to tell you that you can make a bundle of money without doing any work; but from my own experience, I will tell your there is a big opportunity in sewing machine repair. Here are some advantages: you can learn it in a matter of weeks; you can do business from your kitchen table, shop, or garage; you need no big overhead; you need no large investment; and you need no employees.
Begin by servicing machines for a few friends free of charge. Then repair a few more at a nominal fee. Let word of mouth advertizing work for you. Then print up and distribute a thousand or so business cards to let people know what you do. Run a small ad in the classifieds. Send special offers to community clubs, churches, sewing shops, etc. Let people know you do sewing machine repair. If you have competition, and most communities you wont, find out what they charge and charge a bit less. Increase your pricing as your skills and numbers grow.
Lets be practical. I make no promises because you set your own rates and you do all the work, however, what if you could earn an additional $300 per month or $4,000 per year and only work a couple hours a week? He is how it works. Say you do one machine each week. You charge $80 for each one. It takes about 2.5 hours to do a service. You have no overhead, no employees, no big investment; so you keep all the money. Do the math: $80 time 1 machine times 4 weeks = ______ or times 52 weeks = ______. Not too shabby for a couple of hours a week at home.
But what if you get aggressive. Maybe you are not satisfied with one machine a week. Maybe you decide you want to work your business say ten to fifteen hours a week and do say 5 machines a week. The numbers stay the same, but you multiply them times the added machines you do. In short order, you could be earning a part time income of better than $20,000 a year.
Now if you were to expand and set up a few collection sites in quilt shops, fabric stores, and other repair shops; what kind of potential do think you could achieve?
What is your maximum potential for full time sewing machine repair? Without opening a sewing store and without hiring employees, you will find that you max out between fifteen and twenty sewing machines per week. The more demand for your services, the more you can charge. The better job you do, the more you can earn. The faster you are, the more machines you can do. At $99 per machine and averaging 20 machines per week, you might see as much as $100,000 a year. Of course, this is really a pie in the sky estimate, however, you are in control. You set your own potential.
This is not get rich quick scheme. There no empty promises here. This is a working business that you can work. If you are good with your hands and mechanical things, you can do this. If you learn the secrets of sewing machine repair, you can do this. If you have common hand tools, you can do this. If you have half a dozen hours a week to work, you can do this. Forget about overhead, large investments, employees, and opening a store front until you decide that is what you want. - 2364
Deep inside of us there a wish that we could suddenly be rich and live a life of ease and comfort. The con artists understand this very well. Maybe that is why we are bombarded with so many sure things that offer unbelievable riches with little or no work. Arent you a little tired of being conned?
So, is it possible to make a living from home? Absolutely, yes. There are legitimate things you can do to make a living from home. Please, do not think that I am some rich guy looking down my nose at others from my gilded chair. On the contrary, I am just like you. I want to pay my bills and take care of my family. I just prefer doing it from home. I like the convenience and personal benefits, but I do work from home.
Since the late 1960s my wife has operated an intermittent sewing business from our home. Now she did not get rich, but the extra money did help. As a small church pastor for over 30 years, we had to pinch every penny. By working only a couple of hours per day, Donna was able to bring in a few hundred dollars a week. When she didnt want to work, she didnt. Her business activities were a bit hit and miss. She would go for a year or so, and do no business at all. If she was teaching school, she did less sewing. It was her choice. When we needed extra money, she would let her friends know and maybe run a small classified ad in the newspaper. In a matter of a few days, she would have work to do.
When we moved to Texas in 1992, she decided to build up her business. Soon she had loads of work, but she kept getting requests for sewing machine repair. I thought I can do that. So, in 1992, I started learning how to repair sewing machines. I ran a little ad in the local newspaper, and soon had half dozen machines to repair every week. Over time, we opened a sewing store, and the repair business grew. We expanded and the repair business grew. We now own three sewing stores and do about 150 sewing machine repairs each month.
I took a repair course with Allyn International in Denver. I found a repairman in Austin who would mentor me. I collected service manuals. Essentially, I learned to repair sewing machines so I could collect the dollars people were trying to push on me. Yes, within a few months I was repairing five to six machines every week all from my garage part time. Eventually, we opened a small store, then expanded, and expanded again. Currently, our company repairs about 150 sewing machines monthly.
I was flying to St. Louis for a training conference a few years ago, and the fellow seated beside me asked what I did for a living. When I told him, he responded, I didnt people still used sewing machines.
I explain that there are some 85 million sewing machines in use just in the United States. Another 5 million new machines are sold every year. And guess what. Every one of those sewing machines requires sewing machine service and repair annually. That is a lot of sewing machines to fix.
I am not going to tell you that you can make a bundle of money without doing any work; but from my own experience, I will tell your there is a big opportunity in sewing machine repair. Here are some advantages: you can learn it in a matter of weeks; you can do business from your kitchen table, shop, or garage; you need no big overhead; you need no large investment; and you need no employees.
Begin by servicing machines for a few friends free of charge. Then repair a few more at a nominal fee. Let word of mouth advertizing work for you. Then print up and distribute a thousand or so business cards to let people know what you do. Run a small ad in the classifieds. Send special offers to community clubs, churches, sewing shops, etc. Let people know you do sewing machine repair. If you have competition, and most communities you wont, find out what they charge and charge a bit less. Increase your pricing as your skills and numbers grow.
Lets be practical. I make no promises because you set your own rates and you do all the work, however, what if you could earn an additional $300 per month or $4,000 per year and only work a couple hours a week? He is how it works. Say you do one machine each week. You charge $80 for each one. It takes about 2.5 hours to do a service. You have no overhead, no employees, no big investment; so you keep all the money. Do the math: $80 time 1 machine times 4 weeks = ______ or times 52 weeks = ______. Not too shabby for a couple of hours a week at home.
But what if you get aggressive. Maybe you are not satisfied with one machine a week. Maybe you decide you want to work your business say ten to fifteen hours a week and do say 5 machines a week. The numbers stay the same, but you multiply them times the added machines you do. In short order, you could be earning a part time income of better than $20,000 a year.
Now if you were to expand and set up a few collection sites in quilt shops, fabric stores, and other repair shops; what kind of potential do think you could achieve?
What is your maximum potential for full time sewing machine repair? Without opening a sewing store and without hiring employees, you will find that you max out between fifteen and twenty sewing machines per week. The more demand for your services, the more you can charge. The better job you do, the more you can earn. The faster you are, the more machines you can do. At $99 per machine and averaging 20 machines per week, you might see as much as $100,000 a year. Of course, this is really a pie in the sky estimate, however, you are in control. You set your own potential.
This is not get rich quick scheme. There no empty promises here. This is a working business that you can work. If you are good with your hands and mechanical things, you can do this. If you learn the secrets of sewing machine repair, you can do this. If you have common hand tools, you can do this. If you have half a dozen hours a week to work, you can do this. Forget about overhead, large investments, employees, and opening a store front until you decide that is what you want. - 2364
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