The Simplest $10K+/M Business You've Never Heard Of

Synopsis

Guest Rachel Smith and her husband put free restaurant specials boards in local restaurants, then sell advertising spots to nearby businesses and earn about $3,200 in profit per board, scaling the business to $10-15K/month. The boards become a foot in the door to upsell websites, reputation management and AI automation services. The episode covers finding host locations, selling ad spots and using referrals to grow.

Ideas in this episode

• Cold outbound sales agency

  Rachel Smith's restaurant specials-board business shows how an offline advertising asset can become a foot in the door for website, reputation-management, and AI automation upsells.

• AI bookkeeping for SMBs

  Restaurant specials boards produce about $3,200 profit per board and open the door to websites, reputation management, and AI automation upsells.

• Local newsletter media business

  Rachel Smith's specials-board business shows how free restaurant boards can create a local advertising foothold, then lead to website, reputation management and AI automation upsells.