12th Hustle: Sell Water

July 24, 2007 Hustles 11 Comments

The Hustler has officially gone mad. How do you sell something that is seemingly free?

Let me show you.

There are many different angles that you maythink I am going to approach this from. Sure, you can buy bottles and sell it on a hot street corner in the summertime, maybe even slap your own label on the bottle, that may be lucrative for ya. But what happens if it rains?

Or maybe you would like to go toe-to-toe with your local municipality and sell your own brand of H20. Good luck with that!

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Da Hustler always wants his readers to think higher, so here is the real deal. What I’m talking about is offering a service to offices, hotels and other local businesses to supply their water to them, along the lines of a Crystal Springs (or any number of businesses whose name ends in Springs). What you will do is get contracts with the business owners, and sell them everything that the big guys sell them for less. For instance, it may cost $20/month for water service to one suite in an office building, which normally consists of three bottles of 5-gallon water containers and the water cooler itself. Well if you can offer this same service for $15 dollars/month, you already are ahead of the game!

The key to this hustle is in numbers and customer service. The best thing to do is target office buildings that have a lot of suites, and offer your services to them. See if you can get in contact with the building manager, and get them to sell your services to the tenants! Not only do you have the trust factor, but you don’t have to do the legwork or run into cold shoulders because of any ‘No Soliciting’ ordinances that may be in effect. Also, be timely and courteous so you can get more business through word-of-mouth advertising. The best way to approach something like this would be to hit new buildings either under construction or nearly complete, so you can be the first to get the contracts.

The materials required for this hustle are:

  • Water cooler (~$75)
  • Water bottles (~10)
  • Water (~$1.50/5 gallons)
  • Adequate transportation
  • A computer to keep up with your clientèle

Now there is an initial investment up front, but you could do a contract that has a required duration of 3, 6, or 12 months to ensure you get a return on your investment, else there will be an early termination fee (yes, just like the cell phone companies). If anything happens to the machine, you would have to replace it, but if you do a contract for 1 year, it will be covered under the manufacturer’s warranty anyway. As long as you keep the water bottles clean, they should last longer than the machine itself in most cases! Finally, as you grow, you will need to get a truck to handle all of the bottles and machines you will be deploying. This hustle also complements my 3rd Hustle, which spoke of selling destruction services to these same types of customers since they are in the same locations!

The whole world is on the new health kick wave, and clean water has always been something that we need. Be a supplier of this, and you’ll grow to be a major player in this market!

My New Hustle | Make Money Online: Water Cooler Brita

Da Hustler’s Hiatus

July 23, 2007 Hustle Hiatus 9 Comments

After a short hiatus, Da Hustler is back in action! I took a small vacation over the weekends to Carowinds, an amusement park near the North Carolina/South Carolina border. It was fun but the rides were very short! A short clip will be posted later on.

Also, please bear with me as I test a new design for the site. There are some words out of place and formatting issues, but they will be worked out ASAP. Please tell me what you think of the new design! And don’t fret, the Top Commentators will be making a comeback, and all your results have been saved!

From the comments I received, it seems that people agree that Da Hustler — like any human — deserves a break every now and then, so this post shall enter the category of ‘Hustle Tips’ as a tip called: Take a Pause for the Cause. It’s important that you treat yourself good, because that’s the only way you can treat others the same way. Taking some time for yourself show that you do have a life, and you are not obsessed with work or obligation. Like that old slogan goes: Life is short — play hard! (was that Gatorade?)

In the meantime, as always, get ya hustle on. :)

My New Hustle | Make Money Online: Hiatus

Hustle Hookup – 7/19/07

July 20, 2007 Hookups 13 Comments

Contests, prizes, reviews – you name it and the web has got it! There are a lot of promotions that are being listed on various websites these days, and a lot of them ask that you post a link to their website from your blog. I struggled with this for a while, because initially I didn’t think that these things would fit the theme of this blog. However, after much consideration I have come up with a way to showcase this information, and I will make it a new feature of My New Hustle. I call it the Hustle Hookup! Here’s how it works:

The Hustle Hookup will list various prizes, contest and promotions that are being offered on other websites. In addition to alerting my many readers about the different ways they can score an iPhone, PlayStation 3 or cold, hard cash, the Hustle Hookup will assist in giving the site owners of these promotions a plug to help build their site. Exposure is the key in almost any venture in life, and Da Hustler wants to do everything he can to give back!

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When you think about it, these types of promotions are a hustle in themselves. Some people even make a living off of entering and winning contests! They take time though, and some may require a small investment, but if the chances are good, then I encourage any of my fellow hustlers to go get that money!

Now since this is the inaugural edition of the Hustle Hookup, let me start by hooking these site owners up with some link love! You can participate as well, and here are the instructions:

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The idea is simple: You want readers and you want links back too because that’s all us bloggers want, it’s more precious than AdSense for some! So how does it work? Simple! You just copy the list down below on your blog, hence creating links back for your blogging friends and then click the RSS feed link to subscribe to all of them. Then add yourself and up to 5 other bloggers and their feeds to the end of the list before you publish it on your own blog. Show your friends some link love! Just imagine if just 10 people would do this and then 10 more after them, that would get your blog 100 extra link backs and 100 extra feed subscribers! How cool is that? :D

The Original List:

The Extended List:

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As I stated before, this is the first edition of the Hustle Hookup, so be on the lookout for future posts that include some great info on the different sites out there you may have never heard of! Also, when you participate you help to build a great community, especially when you help people who don’t even know you exist. Keep that in mind, and as always, Hustle On!

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