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Hi BasilAwad...these are simple balloons that you can carry in your hands, not the big ones that go on top of retail buildings.

thanks -Samir

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The reason I was asking was to see if there are any unique sites or online communities you could target yourself, but I'm still not sure which ones those would be. That type of advertisement costs money as well, but maybe there would be a higher click and buy rate.

Is there any way you could create a brand and make it a franchise? Then you could list it at franchise listing websites and maybe take a small royalty with a fixed payment.

If there any way you could structure your balloon selling expertise as a quasi employment/entrepreneurship opportunity, you could post job ads, which can be free (for example, my university job board is free). If this business is not very time consuming, maybe you could target college kids looking for good side money.

The idea is actually so simple, it would be difficult to turn it into a franchise or a quasi employment opportunity. The secret behind the business is What type of balloons to sell and which businesses to sell them to.

I read your about page and it looks like you would be privy to such a solution but I still think people really value branding, deliverables and personal training because of risk-aversion. If the idea is so simple, that's perfect. You could decorate it a bit and sell your support. Your experience selling balloons is probably much deeper than two sentence that share why type to sell and which businesses to sell to. And I'm sure you can think of a number of conveniences and types of support you would have valued in the beginning. And you don't have to share your secret upfront. You could probably get a down payment higher than $10 and then share.

Just because you wouldn't take the franchise or quasi employment opportunity (you've been doing small businesses since college!) doesn't mean the vast majority of people are like that.

I was hoping to actually create a brand out of a whole bunch of "easilydoable" ideas but even with this being my most successful idea, I am having so much trouble marketing it that it's truly frustrating.

I read just about everything on the website, but I still don't understand what kind of business it is. Is it basically a delivery service for birthday parties and to hospitals? or are you purposely hiding the concept?

I suggest giving as much detail as you can about the business and what kind of work is actually involved... i.e. driving around delivering stuff or standing on street corners selling to tourists?

Hi...good point. Some people may require a little more information before deciding whether this business is for them. Since you've brought up the question, I can tell you that the business is basically about delivering/selling a certain type of balloon to a certain type of business on wholesale. It does require driving within a 5 mile radius of your neighborhood.

Thanks -Samir

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