Maintain an attitude of understanding and a sincere desire to help them out of their current ‘tight spot’. Don’t let them get going on a deprecatory tangent, either. Should they start down that path, simply tell them, ‘These things happen to everyone, and what’s done is done; the important thing now is working out the solution to the problem’.
As mentioned earlier, your only real investment to set yourself up in this business will be for advertising. Even that does not have to be a ’saved up’ cash outlay. You can start off by planning to run a two-column wide by three-inch deep advertisement in your most read area newspaper. Check with the newspaper office to get the best price on a bulk space contract. (more…)