Join your local community communication groups (WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, whatever else is out there) and advertise when allows to. Reply to any and every post looking for something you can do, and actually show up when making arrangements. I can't tell you how many people I contact, make arrangements, and they just never pitch.
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I make my living as a handyman. What I did when I was starting was advertise on my local Facebook page.
But, you need to be a part of that community, not just show up with your hand out. So you show up regularly and answer people's questions. If you have a great supplier, post their picture on the page and tell people how they helped you. I also ran a few "contests" I asked the community who did the most for the community. My post became this giant "love in" for the people who were doing great things for the community. So big that someone reached out to me and offered to pay for a second hour of work. And they chose the person..
You want to establish yourself as a helpful person.
Don't be cheap. When I raised my rates by 20 percent, I got rid of all the "price shoppers" you are far better off not dealing with people who just want the cheapest price. They will never be happy.
Join all the local FB groups for your area and use the Nextdoor App and put yourself out there. Be clear who you are what you can do. May take time to get traction. I see post all the time if people that need store bought stuff assembled like gazebos, kids play set and random things. Also presentation matters. I called one of the posters for electrical work and the way he presented himself I could wait to get him to leave plus I felt he was over charging me. As we casually talked he kept lower and lowering the price and I hadn’t even asked. We did not do business
Join neighbourhood Facebook pages to advertise. Also join apps like task rabbit and be on top of responding - the people to respond asap and be timely often land the jobs (and will help build your reviews and reputation)
"Job isn't cutting it because they don't allow overtime. It's stupid it's a rule and I can't change."
That's not stupid. Companies also have budgets. If they go over their budget then you & others may lose the full time job due to budget cuts.
Anyways you can your services as a handyman on craiglist.
Also if you are good at fixing a lot of things inside of a home and outside then apply for jobs at a local apartment complex.. A lot of handymen who are renters where I live go work for apartment complexes to get a discount on their rent or the rent is compensated in their pay.
Hope this helps.
Best to you
I find it to be stupid because they were apparently in the budget for a not needed $500,000 building makeover which needed to get approval from the board. Nothing was broken the manager just wanted fancy new tvs. While i'm here asking for OT constantly and they push me 40 hours no more no less.
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