My first food delivery franchise began when I was in grade three. At the tender age of 9 I began my first venture into the road of franchising. It all began one day by accident as I was walking home from school. An elderly lady beckoned to me to come to her door. I was a little reluctant to go at first. I stood there thinking about the cherries that I had previously borrowed from her tree without permission.
“How can I help you”, I asked. She kindly requested that I do her a favor. She wanted someone to go across the road to the vacant lot and pick some blackberries for her. She was willing to pay me 50 cents for a small bucket. 50 cents was a lot of money. I gladly obliged her request and thirty minutes later I had 2 shiny quarters to spend as I wished.
After a cool bottle of pop and a delicious chocolate bar, it suddenly came to me that I could make some good coin picking blackberries and selling them door to door. As fate would have it, my parents owned a business that had cardboard ice buckets that came in two sizes.
So off I started on my new business venture. It soon became apparent that the orders that I was receiving were coming in faster than I could handle. One elderly gentleman who produced homemade wine wanted as many buckets as I could pick. Also, the endless orders from those making jam soon made me realize that I needed help.
That is when my first food delivery franchise began. I recruited a couple of my closest friends and offered them a piece of the action. I would provide the buckets for 10 cents and the rest was theirs to keep. Soon we were delivering blackberries to the entire town. Life was good. The soda pop and candy bars were plentiful. Thus began a profitable career of food deliveries.
My next food delivery franchise was when I became much older and wiser. I was a mature 14 years old with years of franchising experience behind me. I still had my blackberry franchise business going but it was now time to spread my wings. This time however, it was not by accident.
In our small town we had two medium sized grocery stores. Most of the townsfolk were retired or close to it. As I had built up a large clientele of loyal customers… it seemed natural to utilize their trust in my new venture. Therefore, I approached these fine people and inquired if they would like groceries delivered to their homes. Almost all agreed.
I accumulated a list of their names and went into both of the grocery stores and presented my proposal. Both owners were happy to accommodate me with my new business plan. Once again I became so busy that I had to get friends to help out. So I started another food delivery franchise. I am now 18 years old and I wonder what is next?
Make Money with a Profitable Home Business
Are you finding it more and more difficult to make ends meet? Do you want to find another source of income that’s not going to break the bank to get started? If you answered yes to those two questions you should consider the option of starting your own online home business.
A home business offers a number of opportunities for those who want to either give up their full time jobs, or even just want to supplement their weekly income, and best of all you don’t need to be a technical guru to get started.
There are several different types of online home businesses available and a good starting point is to research all the available options to find the best business model to suit you. You only need to type internet marketing into Google to find a wealth of information that you can use to educate yourself on the different types of businesses.
Once you find something that suits you it is a good idea to develop a business plan. Many people make the mistake of just jumping in without stopping to consider an online home business is the same as any other business and needs to be treated as such. By following a business plan step by step you know what your goals are and have some direction and measures in place to measure your progress.
No matter what you read on the internet success does not happen overnight, but it does happen if you are prepared to put some time and effort into developing your business properly. Yes, there is no denying some work is required, but did you really expect something for nothing?
When you develop your business plan it’s important to include short term goals as well as long term ones. You also need to work out an action plan as to how you are going to achieve those goals. Affiliate programs are often a good place to start as they don’t require much financial outlay and the merchants provide a lot of the marketing material to make your life easier. The other benefit to these type programs is that you don’t have any of the responsibilities of dealing with customers or products. For these reasons you can use them as a starting board for building your internet business, without worrying about losing money through lack of knowledge.
As your confidence and knowledge increases you can expand to other avenue such as selling your own physical or information products. But the important thing is to get started somewhere and follow through on your decision. Many people will procrastinate or jump from one idea to another, this is why it’s important to have your business plan and follow it through.
Starting your own home business can be challenging and exciting, and the success will be dependent on you. A good business plan gives you a head start over many of your competitors, and selecting good products or services to promote is equally important. Once you get those two things sorted the world becomes your oyster on growing your business to the level you want.