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HIDALGO COUNTY HERALD FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2013 3 SBDC Start a business for under $1,000 By SBDC STAFF You may have heard it takes money to make money, but that's not necessarily true. Here are 3 kinds of businesses you can start without a lot of cash. The key to a building a busi- ness without losing your life sav- ings is to make sure you choose the right type of business to start• Many people want to run their own business, but most never take the leap because they assume they need a lot of money to get started. That's a shame, be- cause you don't have to spend much to build a successful busi- ness. Here are three examples of how you can do just that. 1. Build an events-based business. Running any type of event -- classes, clinics, confer- ences, seminars, races and so on -- is a great way to build a profit- able business for cheap. This is because everyone is used to pay- ing for tickets to an event before- hand. This means you get paid upfront and you can use the money you make from ticket sales to pay for the event itself. If you don't make enough, then re- fund everyone's money and try again. Here's a real example. Tough Mudder is a 10- to 12-mile race where contestants climb over ob- stacles, jump over fire pits and splash through the mud and muck. It's an alternative to Obituaries John T. Woodard John T Woodard, 75, died at his home on June 13, 2013. John was born in Georgia and served in the United States Army. He had worked as a grocery clerk and he was a teacher for 25 years at the Lordsburg Public Schools. Survivors are his wife, Shirley Woodard, son John H. Woodard, daughter Sheryl Adcock and her husband Joe; two grandchildren and five siblings. A graveside service will be Thursday June 20, 2013 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at Mt. View Cemetery in Deming with Pastor Joe Byers of First Baptist Church officiating. Entrusted to the care of Baca's Funeral Chapels. Exclu- sive provider for "Veterans & Family Memorial Care". To sign the online guest book or to send a card, please visit our website at www.bacasfuneralchapels.com. 811 S. Gold Ave., Deming, NM 88030. Phone: 575.546.9671 triathlons and marathons. As Tough Mudder's organiz- ers did, you could use a platform like Facebook to get your mes- sage out to the world.., or you could pair up with local organi- zations, businesses or clubs to spread the word. 2. Offer freelancing, coach- ing or consulting services. Start- ing a freelancing, coaching or consulting seice is another way to build a successful business on the cheap. This strategy appeals to writers, designers, life coaches, business experts and anyone else who can provide a useful service. A frequent complaint of freelancers and consultants is that it's hard to find customers. But if you structure your business the right way, you can often avoid this issue. For example, when Tom Reed decided to start his business consulting business, Velocity Consulting, he didn't know how to attract customers. So instead of trying to do it on his own, he partnered with a larger, more es- tablished company as a subcon- tractor. This savvy move saved him the hassle of finding new clients and almost immediately turned his business into a six-figure con- suiting practice. This approach of creating mutually beneficial partnerships where you bring a skill and the other side brings paying custom- ers is what I call The Remora Method. This method seems to work for anyone who wants to offer a product or service and it makes it much easier to build a profitable business from scratch• 3. Become a self-published author. The prevailing wisdom about writing for a career is that it's not a good move because it's too hard to become a published author and too low-paying if you're self-published. Once again, it doesn't have to be that way if you take the right approach. For example, Seen Platt and David Wright wanted to be successful authors, but they didn't want to go through the hassle of finding an agent, land- ing a book deal and working for a few years before their book was printed. Instead, they decided to self-publish their thrilling horror Story "Yesterday's Gone" as an Amazon Kindle e-book series. The authors chose a series be- cause they knew that they could publish short episodes much faster than an entire book. Addi- tionally, they figured that more people would buy individual episodes for $0.99 and then up- grade to the whole series if they enjoyed the first episode. The strategy paid off. The writers spent a few months creat- ing the first episodes. As ex- pected, many people decided to purchase the single episodes be- fore upgrading to the full series. Even better, once the series got rolling, Amazon started promot- ing to the site's millions of cus- tomers. Six months after launch- ing, the series had more than 100 five-star reviews on Amazon• As these three examples clearly illustrate, it's possible to make money in both big and small amounts without spending much to get started. Building a success- ful business without breaking the bank is largely about the type of business you choose. An archive of SBDC Busi- ness Reports can be found at htttn://www.grantcounty beat.com/index.php/archived- items The Small Business Devel- opment Center (SBDC) is pre- senting a workshop Monday, July 1, "How to Start a Business." Prac- tical information will be dis- cussed about several topics and strategies in starting a business. The workshop will be held at the SBDC offices in Watts Hall lo- cated at 500 18th Street, at the intersection of Swan and Silver Heights Blvd. The $10.00 regis- tration fee covers materials and light refreshments'. Call 538-6320 for more information. Call the SBDC office at 538- 6320 and make an appointment to get started on your dream busi- ness! Email us at sbdc@ wnmu.edu and visit our web site http://www.nmsbdc.com silvercity/index.html. Check with the SBDC office for more information about the following workshops. • July 1 - How to Start a Busi- ness • July 24 - How to Write a Business Plan • August 26 - General Book- keeping for a Small Business • September 25 - IRS Work- shop for Nonprofits • November 18 - End of the Year Tax Preparation 00enior Citizens Lunch Menu Monday, June 24 Spaghetti & Sauce W/Parmesan Cheese Steamed Broccoli w/Cheese Sauce Garlic Bread Tuesday, June 25 BBQ Chicken Creamy Coleslaw Green Beans Ww Roll/Margarine Chocolate Pudding w/Topping Wednesday, June 26 Beef Taco Lettuce/Tomato/Onion Spanish Rice www.smith fordlordsburg, com October 20, 1957--June 19, 2006 Those we hold in our arms for a while... We hold in our Hearts Forever. Elks celebrate Flag Day at SHNH Members of the Lordsburg Elks Lodge who participated in the 2013 Flag Day program at Sun- shine Haven Nursing Home in- cluded Joe George (Trustee), Annette George (Esquire), Ernesto Renteria, Christine Ortiz (President), Maria Sanchez, Manuel Renteria, Carlos Duarte, Glenda Greene (Lecturing Knight), Dana Arredondo (Trustee) and Julie Montenegro (Loyal Knight). At right, the SHNH "choir" pro- vided musical accompaniment, Among those pictured (stand- ing) are Barbara Jenkins and Nick Paulos. Leftover deer and javelina licenses to go on sale June 26 online Submitted by NM DEPT of GAME & FiSHSanta Fd More than 2,500 deer hunt- ing licenses and almost 900 jav- elina licenses that were not allo- cated during the annual drawing for 2013-14 big-game hunting licenses will go on sale at 10 a:m. MDT June 26, only on the De- partment of Game and Fish LMSSummer website. New Mexico residents will get first shot at the licenses dur- ing the first-come, first-served sale. License sales will be open to residents only for the first 24 hours. The sale will be opened to everyone, regardless of residency, at 10 a.m. June 27. To be eligible to buy a left- over license, hunters are reminded that they must previously have purchased either a Game Hunting or Game Hunting and Fishing li- selecting "My purchases." For more information about the leftover license sale or other Department of Game and Fish matters, please call the Department's toll-free informa- tion line, (888) 248-6866. Left- over licenses will not be sold over the phone, however. ! I ! ! :1.1 '1"!!+! PHOTO Hot Pockets Garden Salad w/Dressing ers are strongly encouraged to ¢ Digital Conversion • • cerise. Those licenses, along with  Lurlch I00lenu ........ i,i'£/-Iabit.Impmvement Stampand ..Vlll.rm Habitat Management Access Vali- | ,row m • ••IF IV Monday, June 24 dations, also can be obtained | .# iocf._.:__ -- ..... UldtlOll through online accounts. Hunt- I " Apple Milk Tuesday, June 25 Chicken Patty on a Bun Lettuce/Tomato Potato Wedges Applesauce Cup Milk Wednesday, June 26 Hamburger Fries Salsa Corn Gelatin/Apricots Strawberries Thursday, June 27 Milk Chicken Pot Pie Thursday, June 27 Green Beans Chicken Nuggets Greek Salad/Dressing Potato Wedges Dinner Roll Green Beans Fruit Salad Orange I'%___1 !_. __ i,norlotJe..7 Friday, June 28 Milk Chili Rellano/Cheese Sauce Tossed Salad/Dressing Pinto Beans Crackers Fruit Cup Lettuce/Tomato/Pickles Friday, June 28 Pizza Garden Salad w/Dressing Fruit Cup Milk W shing for Warmth? We want to be your |11 | 020697) is published weekly by NHeiwdalgo County Association Member Hidalgo County Herald (USPS Ck:urch Family First Baptist Church 3rd & Animas Streets of Lordsburg Lordsburg, NM 88045 575-542-3787 SundaSchoo19:45AM Sunday Services 11 AM Memorial Se i Hidalgo County Herald in the City of Lordsburg, County of Hidalgo, 212 E. Motel Drive, Suite B, Lordsburg, New Mexico 88045-1948, 52 issues a year• Subscription rates vary. Subscription rate is $40 pe r year by USPS mail, $25 per year by email. 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