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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2006Success!
A little over a year ago, I started a cover letter consultation company. But I haven't been advertising it, so no clients. Well, by pure chance, I met someone who was looking for a job and gave them some advice on applying ... while I was doing so, it came up that I had started this company. Long story short, she was my first client! She seemed very happy with what I was able to do for her (mostly because she kept saying she was), and I even got paid and everything! Just don't ask me how many of these I would have to do to pay off the laptop and more than a year of web hosting fees, post office box, etc. (I think it's about 15, actually.) She's also a graphic designer. I'm looking into having her do my business cards. I've wanted to get some for a while, but don't want them to look cheesy.  Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Congratulations! Joy >A little over a year ago, I started a cover letter consultation > company. But I haven't been advertising it, so no clients. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > business cards. I've wanted to get some for a while, but don't want > them to look cheesy. > A little over a year ago, I started a cover letter consultation > company. But I haven't been advertising it, so no clients. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > my business cards. I've wanted to get some for a while, but > don't want them to look cheesy. Congrats Monique! Every small business starts with one customer. We wish and purr you many many more. How exciting! SignatureCheryl > Congrats Monique! Every small business starts with one customer. We > wish and purr you many many more. How exciting! It's definitely renewed my interest in the business. It was kind of off my radar for a while. Well, my real job's been busy, and very rewarding. Not much mental space left over. But the cover letter thing is cool, because I flex completely different parts of my brain for it than I do during the day. DH asked if I was going to save the check instead of cashing it -- I just looked at him like he was crazy =P Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > DH asked if I was going to save the check instead of cashing it -- I > just looked at him like he was crazy =P Like the good old Dagobert Duck saved his first self-earned coin (in Germany it is translated as "Kreuzer") as a good luck charm? Why not? Take a dime or a quarter from this first cheque and put it in a frame as a memorial to the first self-earned money. Something to tell your (fur)kids later on eventually. Squarely Yours Michael SignatureSquare Dance is friendship put to music Andrea and Michael with fluffy-cats Blacky and Merlin More detail at: http://www.curschmann-sachsen.de >> DH asked if I was going to save the check instead of cashing it -- >> I just looked at him like he was crazy =P > > Like the good old Dagobert Duck saved his first self-earned coin (in > Germany it is translated as "Kreuzer") as a good luck charm? Exactly. Although in the US we call him "Scrooge McDuck." Confused the heck out of me as a kid. When I was a kid in Germany I was constantly reading the German comics about the whole Duck clan. > Why not? > > Take a dime or a quarter from this first cheque and put it in a > frame as a memorial to the first self-earned money. Something to > tell your (fur)kids later on eventually. Maybe, maybe. Since this is a side job and I have a software career I don't plan to give up, it doesn't seem like such a big deal. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > >> DH asked if I was going to save the check instead of cashing it -- > >> I just looked at him like he was crazy =P [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > -- > monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully I know what you mean. My "side job" wasn't about making money. It was about being creative and doing something I loved to do and was pretty good at. It evolved into writing resumes, typing term papers, etc. I even had an elderly woman bring me a huge box of recipes she wanted done up into a cookbook so that she was gone, her family's favorite dishes wouldn't be gone, too. I really enjoyed that one. I ended up having to turn down work. There was really a market for business cards, flyers, event programs, posters, etc. back then, before desktop publishing really took off. Sherry > I know what you mean. My "side job" wasn't about making money. It was > about being creative and doing something I loved to do and was pretty [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Sherry My "side job" - being a square dance caller and doing it for 24 years now - also is not intended to bring me money. I call for two clubs and they pay me some money to cover expenses for driving, PA-system and music. But when I got unemployed in december 2005 I seriously considered developing it into a true source of income. Squarely Yours Michael SignatureSquare Dance is friendship put to music Andrea and Michael with furballs Blacky and Merlin More detailed info: http://www.curschmann-sachsen.de > My "side job" - being a square dance caller and doing it for 24 > years now - also is not intended to bring me money. I call for two [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > But when I got unemployed in december 2005 I seriously considered > developing it into a true source of income. In the US, there's a tax distinction between a company and recreation, and the distinction is intent to make a profit. There's a legal difference between running a horse farm and making a bit of money by letting people occasionally stable their horses there, and running a commercial horse farm, even if it makes only a slight profit. If I were just noodling around and didn't really intend to ever make a profit with this business, I couldn't legally take tax deductions for my expenses. My intent is absolutely to make a profit with my cover letter business. But because I have another job that earns plenty of money, it's not an urgent need. I am okay with taking a while to build up momentum. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> Maybe, maybe. Since this is a side job and I have a software >> career I don't plan to give up, it doesn't seem like such a big [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > business cards, flyers, event programs, posters, etc. back then, > before desktop publishing really took off. Er ... I agree that I wouldn't pursue this "side job" if I didn't enjoy it, but that being said, I do intend to make money from it eventually. But earning my first dollar in this job ... it just doesn't seem like such a big deal. Not like, "Wow, I put all this sweat and blood and tears into opening my own restaurant, and now I've had my first customer." I can understand that. This business didn't require much in the way of investment, monetary or emotional. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > A little over a year ago, I started a cover letter consultation > company. But I haven't been advertising it, so no clients. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > business cards. I've wanted to get some for a while, but don't want > them to look cheesy. Congratulations! SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe > A little over a year ago, I started a cover letter consultation > company. But I haven't been advertising it, so no clients. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > (I think it's about 15, actually.) Well, at least in the meantime you can write off those expenses. I used to do graphic design work at home, IIRC I had to keep track of what % of the hard drive was used for the business, and a portion of that could be deducted, plus other expenses of having a 'home office' when their criteria is met. My tax guy told me the IRS really flags "home business" expenses so I thought I had to be diligent about keeping records. But it did pay off. Sherry Sherry Congratualtions!! Here's to many more!! >A little over a year ago, I started a cover letter consultation > company. But I haven't been advertising it, so no clients. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > business cards. I've wanted to get some for a while, but don't want > them to look cheesy. > A little over a year ago, I started a cover letter consultation > company. But I haven't been advertising it, so no clients. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > business cards. I've wanted to get some for a while, but don't want > them to look cheesy. Congrats! Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek |
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