Since we live in an area with a lot of elderly people maybe I should start a tech help service 🤔

[stux@mstdn.social]

@spiezmaestro Dat is indd een goed idee!

[mchollander@mastodon.chasalin.nl]

@stux Road signs + Direct marketing (because outside visibility = reliability - you're investing in being publicly 'accountable'), and don't be the cheapest option. Be affordable + good.

[gemlog@friendface.kalum.ca]

Senior citizen 'clubs' exist here. In my small town of 12k people, there are just under 2k of us over 65. Two main clubs have well over half that number, but there is some overlap. Just put up a poster in those and you'll find your audience.

[potatosandwichjen@mstdn.social]

@stux Maybe you can post it at a local senior center.

[stux@mstdn.social]

@McHollander I wanna be the best but also not too expensive, since it's still elderly people..

And they do have a lot of money around here in general but still it feel like robbing

[luxmoore@mastodon.social]

@stux I follow @jessamyn who does this work and talks about the issues she helps with in thier community. Can't claim it as my own

[mchollander@mastodon.chasalin.nl]

@stux Hmm-m. Are they driving the cheap cars? Do they have the cheap laptops?

Then why would they hire cheap techs?

[carstenfranke@mastodon.social]

@stux very good idea! You might want to reach out to nursing homes and care services. And their kids may be interested in having help for their elderly parents.

[gemlog@friendface.kalum.ca]

Old people are the best customers of chemist/pharmacy shops too, if there's a bulletin board  for your poster.

[phlash@mastodon.me.uk]

@stux couple of folks in my area (Felixstowe UK, primary retirement zone!) run ads in the local community magazine, one gives talks at social clubs too.

[stux@mstdn.social]

@McHollander Hmm good point

I’m pretty sure we’re the poor ones here lol

[sortius@infosec.exchange]

@stux yeh, letterbox drops, maybe even door knocking. I did it for a while with businesses in my home town, just hit the footpath, and make connections

[legopink@mstdn.social]

@stux posters in waiting room of docters and at tennisclubs and golfcourts?

[stonebear2@hachyderm.io]

@stux yes, leafleting, and include email, sms, and signal addresses and proudly advertise "we are not on whatsapp"...

[pavlos_g18@mstdn.social]

@stux good idea !

[raphv@social.edu.nl]

@stux some of them are very active on that toxic cesspool of a social media that's Nextdoor. Or maybe some of them are part of a WhatsApp powered spying ring. You just need to find the one person who knows how to add people to the buurtapp

[jaicup@mindly.social]

@Taco_lad @stux @matt yes volunteer at the senior center become known to the workers and the clients.

[mchollander@mastodon.chasalin.nl]

@stux That wouldn't be an unreasonable assumption, unlike your assumption that making actual money for your labour is somehow robbing.

[erdhexe@mastodon.social]

@stux ja Hallo.
die Idee ist auf jedenfall gut. Aushang in Einkaufszentren. zum Teil Flyer in Briefkästen.
, Treffpunkten von alten Menschen viel Glück. lg Margret

[hdunagan@mastodon.social]

@stux Look for seniors’ groups to get started. I volunteer with a senior group that has drop-in tech workshops regularly.