Find Some Help
Back in the day I thought I was super-haxxor n' could save the world in a single bound… But couldn't so Here is one of those ideas I had that never took off.
If homeowners need services provided to them they just look the stuff up in yellow pages or get a word of mouth suggestion. Even with that you still have to get ahold of the people and get bids or quotes on the service you need. The service provider needs to know
I always thought it would be brilliant to have a website that provides forms to fill out with detailed information about services needed which in turn gets faxxed, emailed, SMS->cell phoned to the list we gathered of local service providers that cover that given area. Provide the service free to consumers so they can be informed of general costs, knowledge, and information about the services their looking for while skimming a little $$ from the service providers who end up doing the job. Then you hope customers returns to post an evaulation of the service.
With that “save the world” idea you'd build gauranteed track record, make money becuase no contractor says no to more plausible leads, and help consumers find out what they need to know for any given service in their local area. I still think it's a good idea.
The problem realy just lingers around the fact that I'm only one person. The project itself is to cumbersome. To be done effectively you'd want a small team of spam telemarketers to contact service providers n' whatnot. It would take forever to grow into a huge thing but if it was kicked off as a local deal I'm pretty sure it'd catch on…
.. hurm. I have a client running a business with a healthy team of telemarketers..
Maybe I'll end up taking the half-assed site where Bob Dobbs PwNz your ass at FindSomeHelp.com that I've never realy put enough time into & motivate the original cause.
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