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Can you turn the high price of driving into a business?

March 9, 2012 by Paul Edwards 21 Comments

Have increasing gasoline prices changed the amount of driving you do? If you own or are employed by a business that depends on customers coming to you, have you noticed a slump in the number of customers?

A way of dealing with this is to use services that come to you or turn your business into one which takes your goods or services to your customers. For example, instead of taking your dog to the groomer, the groomer comes to your home, or if you’re a massage therapist, you go to your client’s home or office. Other services that can be taken to customers include auto glass repair or replacement, auto body repair, bicycle repair, dent removal, hair salon services, knife sharpening, medical services like mobile mammography, notary services, and screen repair. Almost anything can be turned into a mobile service, for example, traveling wedding chapels and churches. There’s a service that provides portable staging, seating, sound and lighting equipment, and all types of support and transportation equipment for mobile churches. Food trucks are mobile kitchens are growing in popularity. You can learn more about them in a recent article Costco Connection.

The trend toward mobile services is being enhanced by the availability of technology like Square and Intuit’s GoPayment that enables accepting Credit Cards on a smart phone or  iPad, or Android.

Providing mobile service can be a new delivery method for your present profession or something completely new resulting from an expertise developed in your pursuit of an avocation. Going mobile will appeal to you if starting late is your preference.  Mobile providers can, for the most part, make their own hours.  If you like to drive, this is certainly for you.

Here is a link to see why gasoline prices are so high.

We invite you to take the accompanying poll “Has the rising price of gasoline changed any of the following behaviors?”

For an initial free consultation, explore this or another sustainable livelihood that bests suits your personality and your community, contact us.

Comments on the substance of the blogs are welcome. If you have other questions, please contact me directly for a consulting appointment.

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Filed Under: Sustainable Home Businesses Tagged With: auto body repair, auto glass repair or replacement, bicycle repair, dent removal, dog grooming, hair salon services, knife sharpening, mobile mammography, mobile medical services, mobile services, notary service, rising price of gasoline, screen repair, traveling church, traveling wedding chapel

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