3 Ways To Make Money In Your Town Nobody Talks About

Local business ideas and side hustles are everywhere, but most people overlook the easiest opportunities right in their own town or city.

Here’s 3 you could start doing this weekend.

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Show Notes

Ben and Jon walk through three local business ideas that can generate real revenue without experience, a big budget, or anything complicated.

They talk about how a local TV ad network works, where you place screens in bars, waiting rooms, and small businesses, then sell ad space to local companies.

They also cover building a local email newsletter that aggregates everything happening in your town and monetizes through ads.

Finally, they get into a simple service business helping restaurants fix bad photos that are costing them customers, and how that can turn into a higher value marketing offer.

These are not complicated online businesses.

They are simple ideas hiding in plain sight that most people ignore because they are not flashy or new.

Topics covered:

  1. local TV ad network business model
  2. how to sell ads to local businesses
  3. building and monetizing a local newsletter
  4. simple service businesses you can start quickly
  5. fixing restaurant photos for profit
  6. how to spot overlooked local opportunities

Timestamps

00:00 — 3 local business opportunities hiding in your city or town

00:52 — The bar TV ad business explained

04:45 — Startup costs and profit breakdown

09:21 — Sales Strategies for Securing Locations

16:45 — Alternative High-Traffic Locations

24:32 — The Local Email Newsletter Model

32:34 — Bundling Local Advertising Services

37:53 — Fixing restaurant photos as a service business

41:26 — Pitching Food Photography and Google Optimization

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