I see people on here a lot looking for business ideas. I come up with a new business idea just about every week, but I don't start these because my current business is where I want to be.
So I thought I'd start a thread to pass on business ideas to anyone who wants them.
Here's two I thought of this week:
1. Google Analytics consulting. Google has made the reports you get in Analytics more and more complicated. Set up a service where the customer pays you $200, and they give you read-only access to their Analytics data on Google. Then, you actually go over it and provide a 1-page report of hte key takeways (like executive summary). It could be stuff like "X search term generates 5x as much incoming traffic as all others" or "X% of your visitors are on a mobile device" or "Y% of your traffic comes from Europe". People who don't have time to mess with or learn Analytics would find it cheaper just to pay to get an executive summary of what they really need to know.
2. Home caretaking service. There are companies like AHS that offer a home warranty service where you pay $500/year or something like that and they will come and fix your broken furnace, sink, etc. What I'm thinking would work is a level above that, kind of like what the superintendent of a building does. So the company would charge a fixed monthly fee to the homeowner, and then be reponsible for overseeing all maintenance. They'd come by on request or monthly, and see what is in need of repair, and then do it if it's easy or find trusted vendors to do it (with the customer paying for the vendor's fees).
Any other business ideas people want to share?
So I thought I'd start a thread to pass on business ideas to anyone who wants them.
Here's two I thought of this week:
1. Google Analytics consulting. Google has made the reports you get in Analytics more and more complicated. Set up a service where the customer pays you $200, and they give you read-only access to their Analytics data on Google. Then, you actually go over it and provide a 1-page report of hte key takeways (like executive summary). It could be stuff like "X search term generates 5x as much incoming traffic as all others" or "X% of your visitors are on a mobile device" or "Y% of your traffic comes from Europe". People who don't have time to mess with or learn Analytics would find it cheaper just to pay to get an executive summary of what they really need to know.
2. Home caretaking service. There are companies like AHS that offer a home warranty service where you pay $500/year or something like that and they will come and fix your broken furnace, sink, etc. What I'm thinking would work is a level above that, kind of like what the superintendent of a building does. So the company would charge a fixed monthly fee to the homeowner, and then be reponsible for overseeing all maintenance. They'd come by on request or monthly, and see what is in need of repair, and then do it if it's easy or find trusted vendors to do it (with the customer paying for the vendor's fees).
Any other business ideas people want to share?