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Want To Start A Business For Under $5000.
By Brian Miner

How about "order taking". $5000 would be a great amount to start advertising. You place ads in newspapers , classifieds
and take phone orders from home at your kitchen table or home office. It would be like a answering service but you make
a commission for every order you get or appointment you set. A good example would be taking calls for a
roofing company. You place the add, take the call and set appointments with a pre arranged contractor and get a
percentage if the roofer gets the job. Most roofs take one or two days so you would not have to wait that
long to get your commission. Some alarm companies also pay you to get them customers. You may only get a few
calls a week so place lots of ads in newspapers , periodicals , phone directories and maybe hand out fliers. Some newspaper ads
are cheap and if your afraid of losing your $5000, start out small with a few hundred dollars until your confident that
you will get your money back and still make a profit. Whether you want to take orders for a small business or become a
private contractor to a corporate 500 , find the right order management software. They are made for small business ,
corporate and for individual industries. Visit other ordertakers websites and see what they are doing.
You can start out modestly as a semi ordertaker and anwering service with a pencil and pad. A good order taker
can make $28,000 a year. A ordertaker with professional sales ability can make $55,000 and more. A lot of people
start businesses that they know absolutly nothing about but the idea is if you dont know anything about
the business hire someone that can fill in your weak spots.
Good Luck

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