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

[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.

[an0key@chaos.social]

@stux fax

[ranx@mastodon.social]

@stux a flyer in the mailbox

[archeokluit@mastodon.chasalin.nl]

@stux Ik weet niet of briefjes in de supermarkt nog een ding zijn, maar dat lijkt me ook nog een optie.

[nico@ipv6.social]

@stux Visit in person. Once 1-2 people know your service, word spreads fast. But be aware: while a great service, the effort to money payment ratio in this business is low. However the effort / good memories ratio is very high.

[hdunagan@mastodon.social]

@stux @McHollander Seniors come in all kinds (when it comes to money). I didn’t set out to make money when I started volunteering with seniors, but some feel better paying me, so I don’t say no.

[frieke72@mastodon.social]

@stux ouderenbond, bibliotheek, lokale krantjes, seniorweb, posters in flats

[settima@zirk.us]

@stux Mooi initiatief. Ik las dit artikel kortgeleden, is misschien ook in jouw nieuwe buurt https://dvhn.nl/groningen/alle-ouderen-in-de-groningse-thuiskamer-wonen-op-zichzelf.-gezelligheid-vinden-ze-bij-elkaar-elke-week-48951152.html Sommigen zijn voor iedereen te bezoeken, dus misschien even je neus laten zien is genoeg. Zoek naar "huiskamer" of "thuiskamer".

[saltywizard@beige.party]

@stux

i connected with a local nonprofit (called vicap). their primary mission was providing transportation for the elderly, but they also offered handyman services & technology assistance.

met some very cool people, including a very butch, retired army staff seargent and her wife. she served during the don't-ask-don't-tell era and they had to navigate all of that as a couple. they were one of the first to get married when it became legal to do so.

she called vicap because she needed help putting up xmas lights.