In 2004, Bill Juices found his niche in the business. He makes a purchase through Peapod, Safeway and Albertsons, every week, because his customers do not want to do it yourself. Juice does not go to the grocery store, instead it makes an online purchase through its enterprise Lake Zurich-based Tele-Grocers Inc (Home company working with clients in the cities of the East Coast).
For example entrepreneurs Juice is the proof of the fact that the great idea of small businesses, which we all seek, we can have right before your eyes. Also, a 2-year enterprise Juice is proof that the construction business, even one that has clear goals and needs takes time and effort.
Tele-Grocers now have only 75 clients, although Juices claims that their number is increasing day by day.
The idea is simple Juices: the elderly, the disabled and others who want to avoid shopping in a supermarket, call the Tele-Groseriz and make their orders, and carries out their juices through sites Peapod, Safeway or Albertsons. Fee per order is U.S. $ 7.50
Juices was an employee at Peapod before opening his own business. His duties included taking orders by phone, but the company did not take orders from new customers. It made him think about opening their own businesses. The only thing he needed was for this - fax, computer and telephone. And the customers!
"Find a customer was actually harder than I thought," - says the juices. This problem finding clients facing all small entrepreneurs. He did list the sites and distributed flyers on the centers of the elderly in the vicinity of Illinois and the entire East Coast, visited the exhibition.
Now a bit of his own. In my opinion this idea is provided by small business completely delusional, but it illustrates a very important rule - every business can find its customers. Bill Juices enough 75 (who are willing to pay 7.5 dollars for his services)
Look for - and maybe you are lucky a little bit more. Long live the persistence and narrow specialization!