Opinions wanted....Word Processing services

CaptainBOHICA · 12-10-2007, 08:48 PM

so i thought of another possible side thing for myself.... and i wanted to run it by some of you since a lot of you are professionals in the daytime...

through my job i've become pretty proficient and pretty good at making Forms on MSWORD.

my idea was to advertise that service on craigslist.. charge 15+ bucks depending on complexity.. take 1/2 of the payment up front, and the rest when i deliver the product.. and to ensure full payment, email the document password protected and once payment is made, email the pw to unlock it.

easy for me to make them, hard for others. i dont know. it was an idea that popped in my head after i spent 2 hours making a form this morning for work.

opinions?

hockeyjunkie99 · 12-10-2007, 09:03 PM

CAP,

Why don't you become a Hockey Referee?? I do it to try and keep in as much shape as I can(not gain weight that is) and it gives me an extra $500-$1000 a month depending on how many games I want to ref a month. Just a suggestion.

CaptainBOHICA · 12-10-2007, 09:04 PM

i dont know the rules of hockey.. and knowing my temper.. if one of those punk parents come at me with their whining and bs, i'd break them LOL.

hockeyjunkie99 · 12-10-2007, 09:08 PM

LMAO....Scratch that idea then!!!

swerve · 12-10-2007, 11:17 PM

I have been thinking I may get into reffing when I get back to Texas, either Baseball or Basketball. Just not sure how to go about it. My dad was a basketball ref for 20-30 years but I am sure the process of getting started has changed significantly.

csun22 · 12-10-2007, 11:32 PM

Capt, I actually thought about doing the same thing for MS Excel

I thought about the idea for a while and posted 1 ad on craigslist to try it out. I had forgotten I had posted anything there and about a couple weeks later I had a couple of inquiries. It actually turned out a lot better than I thought since I didn't really put a whole lot of time into the ad and I kinda forgot I even posted one lol

CaptainBOHICA · 12-10-2007, 11:51 PM

what did you do for them using excel?

csun22 · 12-11-2007, 01:17 AM

One of them just wanted a vlookup function sheet. He ran some type golf vacation site. I guess he bartered merchandise for rounds of golf and sold the rounds of golf to his customers. He wanted an easy way to figure out how many rounds of golf he should get based on what the pro shops at the golf courses wanted and the prices he was giving them. It was pretty easy to do

I ended up making a profit margin spreadsheet for another eBay seller as well a while back.

Come to think of it, I should probably start posting more ads on craigslist to see if I can drum up anymore side business.......

CaptainBOHICA · 12-11-2007, 01:22 AM

did you take a full payment up front? i have an ebay profit margin spreadsheet i could peddle around lol...

csun22 · 12-11-2007, 01:46 AM

I took 1/2 up front and 1/2 upon completion. I had only done it twice and both people seemed to be okay with it. I spent a few hours on mine because I'm so anal about things and then when I figured out how I wanted to do something, I either figured out a better way to do it, or I changed my mind lol. I originally started one for both eBay sales AND amazon, but it got way too complicated and I only ended up doing one for eBay. This of course was before I knew there was a free site to figure this out :P but at least the one I made looked pretty decent.

We should trade sheets

lol

CaptainBOHICA · 12-11-2007, 01:48 AM

there's a free site for it? WTF lol.guess i'll have to hope that my target customers are too lazy to look up that kind of stuff too LOL.

sure, send me your email and ill shoot you what i have

csun22 · 12-11-2007, 02:03 AM

Yeah, someone posted a thread about it on here. I already forgot the site :P lol

I'll shoot you a PM and send you what I have too

martyogelvie · 12-12-2007, 10:06 AM

Oh Captain, my Captain,
good idea. Also consider free lance web sites (getafreelancer.com) for this type of work.
I have bought services like this and also bid on projects from this site. I once wrote 600 word articles on each pro team from the NFL, NBA and MLB. I was paid close to $300 per league..

12-10-2007, 08:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
CaptainBOHICA Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 9,888 captainbohica	Opinions wanted....Word Processing services so i thought of another possible side thing for myself.... and i wanted to run it by some of you since a lot of you are professionals in the daytime... through my job i've become pretty proficient and pretty good at making Forms on MSWORD. my idea was to advertise that service on craigslist.. charge 15+ bucks depending on complexity.. take 1/2 of the payment up front, and the rest when i deliver the product.. and to ensure full payment, email the document password protected and once payment is made, email the pw to unlock it. easy for me to make them, hard for others. i dont know. it was an idea that popped in my head after i spent 2 hours making a form this morning for work. opinions?

12-10-2007, 09:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
hockeyjunkie99 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa Bay Area, FL Posts: 11,169 hockeyjunkie99 hockeyjunkie99	CAP, Why don't you become a Hockey Referee?? I do it to try and keep in as much shape as I can(not gain weight that is) and it gives me an extra $500-$1000 a month depending on how many games I want to ref a month. Just a suggestion. __________________ -NICK checkoutmycards.com/Users/hockeyjunkie99

12-10-2007, 09:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
hockeyjunkie99 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa Bay Area, FL Posts: 11,169 hockeyjunkie99 hockeyjunkie99	LMAO....Scratch that idea then!!! __________________ -NICK checkoutmycards.com/Users/hockeyjunkie99

12-10-2007, 11:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
swerve Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: AUSTIN, TX Posts: 2,842 0023	I have been thinking I may get into reffing when I get back to Texas, either Baseball or Basketball. Just not sure how to go about it. My dad was a basketball ref for 20-30 years but I am sure the process of getting started has changed significantly. __________________ checkoutmycards.com/users/0023

12-12-2007, 10:06 AM	#13 (permalink)
martyogelvie Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 93 jmweb2010	Oh Captain, my Captain, good idea. Also consider free lance web sites (getafreelancer.com) for this type of work. I have bought services like this and also bid on projects from this site. I once wrote 600 word articles on each pro team from the NFL, NBA and MLB. I was paid close to $300 per league.. __________________ martyOgelvie always buying Dallas Cowboy football cards Send me a PM if your selling.

12-10-2007, 09:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
CaptainBOHICA Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 9,888 captainbohica	i dont know the rules of hockey.. and knowing my temper.. if one of those punk parents come at me with their whining and bs, i'd break them LOL.

12-10-2007, 11:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
csun22 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,200	Capt, I actually thought about doing the same thing for MS Excel I thought about the idea for a while and posted 1 ad on craigslist to try it out. I had forgotten I had posted anything there and about a couple weeks later I had a couple of inquiries. It actually turned out a lot better than I thought since I didn't really put a whole lot of time into the ad and I kinda forgot I even posted one lol

12-10-2007, 11:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
CaptainBOHICA Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 9,888 captainbohica	what did you do for them using excel?

12-11-2007, 01:17 AM	#8 (permalink)
csun22 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,200	One of them just wanted a vlookup function sheet. He ran some type golf vacation site. I guess he bartered merchandise for rounds of golf and sold the rounds of golf to his customers. He wanted an easy way to figure out how many rounds of golf he should get based on what the pro shops at the golf courses wanted and the prices he was giving them. It was pretty easy to do I ended up making a profit margin spreadsheet for another eBay seller as well a while back. Come to think of it, I should probably start posting more ads on craigslist to see if I can drum up anymore side business.......

12-11-2007, 01:22 AM	#9 (permalink)
CaptainBOHICA Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 9,888 captainbohica	did you take a full payment up front? i have an ebay profit margin spreadsheet i could peddle around lol...

12-11-2007, 01:46 AM	#10 (permalink)
csun22 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,200	I took 1/2 up front and 1/2 upon completion. I had only done it twice and both people seemed to be okay with it. I spent a few hours on mine because I'm so anal about things and then when I figured out how I wanted to do something, I either figured out a better way to do it, or I changed my mind lol. I originally started one for both eBay sales AND amazon, but it got way too complicated and I only ended up doing one for eBay. This of course was before I knew there was a free site to figure this out :P but at least the one I made looked pretty decent. We should trade sheets lol

12-11-2007, 01:48 AM	#11 (permalink)
CaptainBOHICA Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 9,888 captainbohica	there's a free site for it? WTF lol.guess i'll have to hope that my target customers are too lazy to look up that kind of stuff too LOL. sure, send me your email and ill shoot you what i have

12-11-2007, 02:03 AM	#12 (permalink)
csun22 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,200	Yeah, someone posted a thread about it on here. I already forgot the site :P lol I'll shoot you a PM and send you what I have too

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