Have you ever heard that it takes money to make money? Have you perhaps invested several hundred dollars in a business opportunity only to realize it really did not offer results? There are literally thousands of books, courses, and programs promising a dream of working from home, but how many really pay off?
There are probably more scams promoted under this theme than any other. Some purport fantastic guarantees. Some insist there is no selling needed, no product needed, no work involved; just rake in the money. Perhaps you have tried some of those MLM, Network Marketing, or Home Business ventures only to end up broke and disappointed. I understand because I have been there too.
Yet, I assure you there are legitimate business opportunities that you can run right out of your home. I have done a few of these myself. While I do not claim to be some super rich business guru, I can tell you that you can work from home and make a living.
Working from home is exactly what my wife did for many years. Especially, when our five children were small, she would earn an extra hundred dollars a week or so sewing. We found that when she was teaching 7th grade, it just put too much pressure on the family for Mom to be gone so much. Her work from home really paid off.
By the time our youngest child was entering middle school, Donna wanted to do more than just an occasional project. So she started running a small ad in the classifieds. She passed out business cards, and generally let everyone know she was available to do custom sewing. She was already an expert and well known through church circles, but the advertising did help. Soon work was coming in by the bag full. An interesting thing happened, however, we also started getting requests from sewers 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.
Not everyone sews today. Those who do, however, do so with such passion that it overwhelms. When I talk with non sewers, and mention what I do, they sometimes look at me as if to say, You arent Amish are you? Many people just do not realize how big the sewing business is in America.
We did over a million dollars in sewing machine sales last year, and did not even scratch the surface of our potential. Across the nation there are over 85 million sewers. Over 5 million brand new sewing machines sell each year. That is a bunch of sewing machines to service every year. The potential is awesome.
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.
Getting started is easy. Once your learn your trade, all you really need to do is let sewers know you are available to help them. You might service a few machines for free to get people talking about your new service. Then you might repair some machines at a special introductory price. Find out what your competition is charging if you have any. Usually, the larger towns and cities will have repair shops, but most suburbs and medium to small towns do not. Pass out business cards. Contact churches, clubs, sewing groups, quilt guilds, retirement groups, everybody who might sew. Offer specials. Run a small classified ad. Generally, let the whole world know you now do sewing machine repair.
Nobody can guarantee you will make any money at all in your own business. It is certain that if you do not work at it, you will make no money. On the other hand, the potential for your own sewing machine repair business operated from your home is very real. For example, lets say you decide to charge $80.00 per standard service. Since you have no overheard, employees, or other major expenses the $80.00 is yours. If it takes you 2.5 hours to complete the service, what is your hourly rate? Now can you live with better than $30.00 per hour? If you did just one machine a week you would earn over $4,000 per year. All this for working about 2.5 hours per week at home.
Just imagine if you repaired say 5 sewing machines a week. It takes about two to two and a half hours per machine. So you actually work only about ten to fifteen hours on your business each week. How much money would you make? Doing the math: 5 machines at $85 plus parts each times 52 weeks is $22,100 per year. All earned part time from the convenience of your own garage and with virtually no overhead.
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 if you could increase the number of sewing machines you service to 10 or 15 per week, what would that do? At 10 machines you would earn $850 per week or $44,200 annually. At 15 machines you would earn $1275 per week or . Perhaps you are getting the idea. To do ten machines per week would only require about 25 hours per week. To do fifteen per week would involve about 38 hours.
Sewing machine repair is a business you can do without ever opening a store, hiring employees, renting space, or investing thousands of dollars in empty promises. As long as there are people who love to sew, there will be a need for sewing machine repair.
There are probably more scams promoted under this theme than any other. Some purport fantastic guarantees. Some insist there is no selling needed, no product needed, no work involved; just rake in the money. Perhaps you have tried some of those MLM, Network Marketing, or Home Business ventures only to end up broke and disappointed. I understand because I have been there too.
Yet, I assure you there are legitimate business opportunities that you can run right out of your home. I have done a few of these myself. While I do not claim to be some super rich business guru, I can tell you that you can work from home and make a living.
Working from home is exactly what my wife did for many years. Especially, when our five children were small, she would earn an extra hundred dollars a week or so sewing. We found that when she was teaching 7th grade, it just put too much pressure on the family for Mom to be gone so much. Her work from home really paid off.
By the time our youngest child was entering middle school, Donna wanted to do more than just an occasional project. So she started running a small ad in the classifieds. She passed out business cards, and generally let everyone know she was available to do custom sewing. She was already an expert and well known through church circles, but the advertising did help. Soon work was coming in by the bag full. An interesting thing happened, however, we also started getting requests from sewers 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.
Not everyone sews today. Those who do, however, do so with such passion that it overwhelms. When I talk with non sewers, and mention what I do, they sometimes look at me as if to say, You arent Amish are you? Many people just do not realize how big the sewing business is in America.
We did over a million dollars in sewing machine sales last year, and did not even scratch the surface of our potential. Across the nation there are over 85 million sewers. Over 5 million brand new sewing machines sell each year. That is a bunch of sewing machines to service every year. The potential is awesome.
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.
Getting started is easy. Once your learn your trade, all you really need to do is let sewers know you are available to help them. You might service a few machines for free to get people talking about your new service. Then you might repair some machines at a special introductory price. Find out what your competition is charging if you have any. Usually, the larger towns and cities will have repair shops, but most suburbs and medium to small towns do not. Pass out business cards. Contact churches, clubs, sewing groups, quilt guilds, retirement groups, everybody who might sew. Offer specials. Run a small classified ad. Generally, let the whole world know you now do sewing machine repair.
Nobody can guarantee you will make any money at all in your own business. It is certain that if you do not work at it, you will make no money. On the other hand, the potential for your own sewing machine repair business operated from your home is very real. For example, lets say you decide to charge $80.00 per standard service. Since you have no overheard, employees, or other major expenses the $80.00 is yours. If it takes you 2.5 hours to complete the service, what is your hourly rate? Now can you live with better than $30.00 per hour? If you did just one machine a week you would earn over $4,000 per year. All this for working about 2.5 hours per week at home.
Just imagine if you repaired say 5 sewing machines a week. It takes about two to two and a half hours per machine. So you actually work only about ten to fifteen hours on your business each week. How much money would you make? Doing the math: 5 machines at $85 plus parts each times 52 weeks is $22,100 per year. All earned part time from the convenience of your own garage and with virtually no overhead.
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 if you could increase the number of sewing machines you service to 10 or 15 per week, what would that do? At 10 machines you would earn $850 per week or $44,200 annually. At 15 machines you would earn $1275 per week or . Perhaps you are getting the idea. To do ten machines per week would only require about 25 hours per week. To do fifteen per week would involve about 38 hours.
Sewing machine repair is a business you can do without ever opening a store, hiring employees, renting space, or investing thousands of dollars in empty promises. As long as there are people who love to sew, there will be a need for sewing machine repair.
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