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

[stux@mstdn.social]

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

"Nerd At Home" or something, like the student one but better and cheaper!

Question however.. how do we reach such people, paper perhaps?

[luxmoore@mastodon.social]

@stux do you have a local library?

[fallsmom@mastodon.coffee]

@stux

Perhaps word of mouth? Is there a park or other places where folks gather? Face to face is good, where possible!

[stux@mstdn.social]

@luxmoore Hm.. I have a feeling we don't but im gonna check

Good idea!

[matt@oslo.town]

@stux Posters! And look up all the local elderly homes and see if they will let you put up posters / advertise inside there?

[spiezmaestro@social.spiezmaestro.ch]

@stux briefjes op prikbord van lokale supermarkten? het lokale suffertje?

[stux@mstdn.social]

@matt Hmm was also thinking about that but not sure it's allowed here, but in a retirement home i can ofc

We do have a massive one here

[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?