Have you been “kicking around” the idea of starting your own business?

Maybe you think you could make some extra money, part time, with something easy and inexpensive to get into. You’re not wrong. If you don’t want to buy expensive equipment, or spend time and money learning a new skill, there’s no better business than a junk removal service. Read on.

Equipment costs: $0.

There’s a good reason why the lemonade stand is usually the first and last business people will ever operate. Setting up your own company is risky as all getout, since it usually costs everything you’ve got and more in the form of loans.

Junk hauling is a little different. It’s the diamond in the rough. You don’t need to buy a whole bunch of stuff to get going. If you have a truck, you can use that as your main piece of equipment. If you don’t have one, you can rent a truck from U-Haul for $40 bucks, including gas. You can rent the truck once you’ve gotten the gig. Junk hauling has all the benefits of running your own business – no boss, own schedule, plus it’s a home based business opportunity – with almost none of the costs.

Advertising costs: $0.

People who sell advertising make a ton of money in this country. That’s because so many small business owners pay a huge chunk of change to get their brand out there. Advertising is the way you find work – and you’ve got to spend money to get money, right? Wrong. When it comes to junk hauling, marketing your own business is simple and cheap. Use Craigslist, and price your service at a competitive price. Don’t just dive into it – there are ways to work the system and ways to fail in it. One thing to remember: include your picture in your advertising. That’s been proven to boost business.

There’s a formula to getting to the top of Craig’s List of local junk haulers, and staying there. You’ll need to know just a little bit about how to do business online, but one of the benefits of running your own business is that you’ll be able to stay at home and take the time you need to set up an internet presence. Set up a free website on yola.com, for example. Print a black and white flyer with a link to your website, a short description of how much junk you can haul, and your picture. Take that flier over to realtors and remodelers in your area. Those are the kinds of folks who always could use a good junk hauler.

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You’ve hauled junk before.  Now get paid for it.

You’ve been told before, by friends of family or neighbors, that “all this stuff needs to GO!”. It wasn’t cheap furniture, either, or used cars – it was a pile of crap sitting in somebody’s garage or storage unit. Who knew that what you were doing by hauling all that crap was getting experience that would help you later on – when you go looking for the ideal small business opportunity. Junk’s pretty much got three possible destinations – Goodwill, the scrap yard, or the dump. If you donate something to Goodwill on behalf of one of your junk hauling clients, you can bring them a receipt for that junk to use as a tax deduction. Tell potential clients this when you talk to them on the phone, and list it on your website. Scrap metal is, by itself, a good business opportunity. A little bit of an eye for scrap will help you in your junk hauling career. A scrap yard can be a major source or cash to you. Bottom line? If you’ve got a driver’s license and a good attitude, there’s nothing else to learn before you start hauling junk.

The only risk:  not trying.

If I’m looking to get into home based business, I’m not looking to spend $10,000. That’s about the amount it costs to start your average small business in this country. Well, as you already know, junk hauling doesn’t even cost a fraction of that. And it’s a great education. Hauling junk can teach you about customer service, innovation, and competition. You’ll learn a lot about beating other guys to the business by making your company competitive and appealing to customers. You’ll learn about advertising – what works, and what doesn’t. It’s a big boost to a resume when you’re able to tell someone, “I ran my own business for a while, and made a little money”. Junk hauling will teach you many aspects of how to set up a small business, and it’s basically a free education. There’s no learning like doing. If you don’t get as many clients as you hoped, you can back out of the business having learned from what worked and what didn’t – and on your second go-round you’ll know infinitely more about how to build your own business so that it gets customers’ attention and makes you the cash you’re looking for.

The best business ideas for the everyday person don’t cost a lot to begin with. That’s simply because the everyday person isn’t loaded with cash and can’t afford to take the risks associated with starting a small business. Over half of small businesses fail within their first year of operation, and most people can’t risk putting their life savings on the line for a 50/50 bet. What makes junk hauling a good business to start is that it costs so little to do. If you own a truck, your upstart costs could be essentially zero. Get a good pair of gloves and get behind the wheel. Done. There are a handful of expenses you could afford to swallow when starting to business but, seriously, you probably spend more taking family or friends out to dinner at a sit-down resturant than you could expect to spend by starting a potentially cash-cow business. The state of garbage in this country is critical, and it’s prime time for junk haulers and scrappers nationwide. Read more about that here for a little background info about the industry you’re thinking about entering. Here are five reasons why junk hauling is an easy businesses to start, and why it has the potential to load you up with cash.

Big junk. Big money.

1. The money. Junk hauling pays WELL. In the beginning, don’t worry about working with something other than CASH. A client puts it in your hand. You’ll have to put a little in the hand of somebody else who is responsibly operating a dump site.  An hourly figure for junk hauling is rough to come by. This isn’t roofing. Every gig is different. It could take you anhour to load a whole bunch of junky plastic lawn chairs from someone’s garage into the back of your truck and it could completely fill that load up with non-paying junk. Non-paying junk means junk that nobody else will pay you for, and which you’ll probably have to wind up paying a landfill to take. On the other hand, it could take you an hour to bust up somebody’s aluminium trailer stuck in the ditch behind their house, and you could run that baby down to the scrap yard and get paid good money for it. So it varies. Best thing you can do is a little research. Find out which scrap yard has the best prices, and is the closest to you. Maybe it’s worth it to drive an hour away with a good load of scrap if they pay more for it somewhere else and your truck doesn’t guzzle gas like the worst of them. Use the internet. Find out what it costs you to dump at a landfill. Google “Tipping Fee Landfill ______ [your area]” or “Waste Disposal ______ [your area]” and go after the sites that have a “.gov” instead of a “.com”, as these are official reports of landfill sites, most of which are government run. Check this site out to see what kind of information you’re looking for. Find out what it costs you to dump plastic chairs at that landfill, and whether or not you can dump a bunch of old insulation off at that same place. Before you start advertising your service, it’s best you know as much as you can about what you should expect once you leave the client’s place with a load full of junk. A rule of thumb – metal, good. Rubber and plastic, bad.

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1. Inexpensive startup costs.  If you don’t have a truck, just rent one. Heck, I saw a guy scrapping out of the back of his Geo Prizm once. No lie. A chunk of aluminium was hanging out of his trunk and he was on his way to make $100 in scrap on it. He knew what he was doing because he did his research and had a scrapper’e eye. Rent a trailer if you’ve got a ball hitch. If you are going to rent a truck, make sure you plan in advance several jobs to do on the day you’ve got the truck, so you’re not stuck cruising the business loop on bought time chasing after no good money. A well planned truck rental day can end with you driving a friend down to the river to take in the sunset.
2. Work part time from home. Haul on weekends. Haul in the evenings after your job. Don’t bother trying to work for another junk hauler. Don’t even think about it. Might as well go get a job at Wendy’s. If you find a catalytic converter or gold watch in someone’s big nasty junk pile, you want to be the one who gets to keep it.  Junk haulers make their own schedule – but they’ve got to stick strictly to it. Hauler’s ettiquite is critical to success in this business.
3. Demand for the service.Americans, more than ever, are paying for junk removal services. In most places, costs of garbage disposal are going up. As a junk hauler, you’re essentially competing with the garbage men. If someone can fit it in their bin and the trash company can take it, they won’t call you. Some things the garbage guys won’t take. Tires, for instance (in most places). If you know how to add and subtract, you can find profit for yourself in hauling trash that the garbage companies won’t take. Say a landfill charges 10 bucks a tire when you drop them off. Charge 20 bucks a tire when you pick them up. Load wisely, don’t drive the same block twice in a day, or even in a week, and you’ll make money there.
4. No marketing costs. Find your audience online, free: craigslist, Google, Yahoo, and Yelp. You won’t pay for billboards. You won’t pay to have some bozo stand at an intersection twirling your sign around (unless you can get your kid to work for free). The best business opportunities are ones that are built for the penny-pinching promoter. That’s probably you. We’ll help you make a good craigslist ad, one that blows the other faceless “competition” out of the water.
5. Treasure hunting. People trash some VALUABLE items. As a junk hauler, you can clean good stuff up and sell it on eBay or craigslist. It’s good if you’ve got a garage or storage unit to use as a landing pad for potentially valuable items you come up with on the hunt. One time I found a brass statue half buried in the mud, under a rotten couch, and sold it on craigslist for $200. That’s small-fry compared to other stories I’ve heard. Small business ideas that don’t have an element of luck involved are better left by the wayside. You’ll have to be good at hauling junk, but so are other guys. It wouldn’t be worth doing if there wasn’t the thrill of the hunt.

Junk Hauling is Arguably the Best Small Business to Start.

It’s not just another good business to start like so many deals you’ll find on craigslist. This isn’t bogus. People have been doing it for ages. What’s different now is that trash disposal costs are going up, recycling is “in”, and “hording” is being exposed as a disorder by the media. There are more junked up garages out there than ever, and less ways for people to take care of it themselves than ever before. Scrappers, start your engines. Junk haulers, hook up your trailers. After a couple hours researching and studying, it’s cash time.

1. The money. Junk hauling pays WELL. Up to $80 an hour. And most of the time…it’s CASH.
2. Inexpensive startup costs.  You don’t even need a truck…just rent one.
3. Work part time from home. Haul on weekends. Haul in the evenings after your job.
4. Demand for the service.Americans, more than ever, are paying for junk removal services.
5. No marketing costs. Find your audience online, free: craigslist, Google, Yahoo, and Yelp.
6. Treasure hunting. People trash some VALUABLE items. Clean it up and sell on eBay/craigslist or keep it for yourself.

Think about this:  Why would anyone hire you?  And how will they find you in the first place?  What are you going to do with all that junk?  Are you prepared…truly prepared…to make money hauling junk?  It looks so simple, but new haulers fail every day.  Why?  Because they didn’t do their homework.

I’ve DONE THE HOMEWORK.  Here’s what I’ve got for you…

1.  My BEST SELLING EBOOK:  A guide to get you through those scary first 2 weeks.

“The Definitive Guide to Starting a Junk Removal Business”  is a book you read on your computer.  It’s  full of critical information I collected from actual junk haulers.  Topics:

1. Paperwork.  Although home based businesses are appealing, there is a need to do paperwork when starting a new small business. Filing the forms and licenses to ensure that you’re LEGAL.
2. Advertising. Learn the answers to questions of hHow to maximize your Craiglist leads.  Where to find businesses that need hauling services consistently all year and how to secure their business.  How to get listed on the first page of Google and the other 13 Internet directories (Yahoo, Yelp, Citysearch, and more) where customers are searching for you.
3. Junk Moving Equipment.  Trucks, trailers, dollies, back braces, boots, gloves…everything you need to do it SAFE and RIGHT.
4. Customer Service.The 5 things you must do on every job to ensure that you will get repeat business and referrals.
5. Landfills.Don’t go straight to the landfill!  Many items can be donated to charity or even sold for a profit. Tricks to keep your costs down.
6. The 15 Most Common Hauling Jobs.  How to haul them.  How to price them. Not all hauling jobs are equal!  Some take twice as long to fill your truck.  Others involve extra fees (office equipment, computers, etc.).  I give you tips on how to approach each unique request.
7. 5 Hazardous Items you CAN’T Haul.There are 5 items that most counties will not allow junk handlers to transport.  Know them before you make a mistake.

2.  CRAIGSLIST AD TEMPLATE:  Put forth a truly PROFESSIONAL image on the “The List.”

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Craigslist is THE place to advertise at first when you decide to start a small home business.  An ocean full of customers and NO COST to reach them.  But you MUST LOOK PROFESSIONAL to get noticed.  I have the solution for you:  a template created just for junk haulers smart enough to be starting a web based business.

• Simple instructions.  You don’t need to be a computer wiz.  Just follow our step-by-step instructions in plain English.
• Easily customized.  Edit your Small Business name, email, and phone number.
• Post to the top of the list.  Easy-to-follow instructions for posting to the top of the list daily.
• A professional image.  Text-only ads have HALF the response rate of ads with graphics.

3.  FLYER TEMPLATE:  A flyer that GETS ATTENTION.

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What can you hand out to prospects–neighbors, real estate agents, construction companies, contractors, and more–that doesn’t go straight to the trash bin?  I designed a flyer with a unique, polished appearance that MAKES A STRONG FIRST IMPRESSION.

• Order online.  Upload to Vista Print, place your order, and receive your flyers within days.
• Easily customized.  I show you how, in a video.
• Glossy finish.  Tidy design.  More memorable than a business card.

4.  WEBSITE TEMPLATE:  Your chance to REACH MILLIONS OF CUSTOMERS.

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The whole world can find you online, but WEBSITES DON’T COME CHEAP:  $250 for the design, and $130 a year for hosting.  Starting a business costs you more than you need to spend, so I put together a template for you, and it’s JUST FOR JUNK HAULING AND TRASH REMOVAL.  The details:

• Free hosting.  No setup fees.  No monthly fees.  No fees at all…ever.
• Easy setup.  Watch a brief video showing you how to set up and customize your junk removal website.
• An instant online presence.  Set up takes about 10 minutes and your website is LIVE.
• Search engine guide.  Tips on getting listed (and found) on Google, Yahoo, Bing, Yelp, Citysearch, and more.
• Collect reviews.  Also includes proven tactics to acquire reviews from your customers to create a fast-growing buzz about your company.

We asked our customers:  Can you really learn junk hauling online?

“I bought a trailer off a local classified ad and have been doing junk removal. It is truly an awesome business and I wish I started YEARS ago! Lots of the items you remove or that end up in your trailer are good, usable and sellable! I have had the good fortune of getting 5 gallon buckets of paint that had never been opened (repaint my house inside & outside!), enough baseboards to redo my house, flat screens, radios, 6 panel doors, lawn mowers, china cabinets, uncashed money orders (returned them to the property owner even though the payee was blank), brand new in the box ceiling fans, light fixtures, tools, saws, drills, pressure washers, fishing gear, ammo, home gym set like you see at the health club with squat rack, bench, lat pull down, v rope, etc,… Recently I had so much furniture in MY garage that I asked a family member if I could store “a few” things in their garage while I advertise it all for sale and hold garage sales. I ended up accumulating so much so fast that they grew angry with me at the amount of stuff in their garage… An antique rocking chair, office chair and a nice wooden antique table calmed them down…

It’s a great business!”

Chris Sanchez
www.TrashOutOrlando.com

“I am always skeptical of buying “how to” things online. I admit that I was very pleased when I received the information in this ebook. The craigslist ad section pays for itself, the rest is icing on the cake. Bob even helped me after the purchase with questions I had. He responded through email immediately. I would recommend this product.”

Joshua
I’ll Take That Rubbish Removal Solutions

“Thanks for the great tips. Got my junk hauling business set up quickly with your help.”

Kilon
Enterprise Waste Services

“Hi, Mr.Kepple first I would like to thank you, I purchased your e-book and used your ad on craigslist and it works! It more than paid for itself!”

Luis Garcia
American Junk Haulers

“I actually started my business with your Junk 2 Profit business kit. It was the first info on the junk business I purchased. It has been very helpful.”

Michael Rabon
Saturday Junk

So what’s this cost, and why should you buy it?

This information can’t be found free online (I interviewed a lot of haulers putting it together).  A graphic designer would charge $350 to put together a website, flyer, and craigslist ad.  So I initially wanted to ask $95 for it all.  And it would be worth every penny, because you can’t get this offer anywhere else.  But that’s a lot to ask from someone who hasn’t hauled a single load or made a single penny.  I want to make this affordable, as I know how risky it is to invest in a new business.  So how about $25…for EVERYTHING.

Not convinced?  Here’s a bonus!

AUDIO RECORDING:  An interview with Atlanta’s top junk hauler.  LEARN from his experience.

Casey Walsh: Owner, Stand Up Guyz Junk Removal of Atlanta, GA.

What if you could sit down with one of the country’s most successful young junk haulers and ask him everything a new hauler would want to learn from someone who’s built one from scratch?  I’ve done this for you.  Listen in as I ask Casey:

• Why do junk haulers fail?
• How do you keep landfill, gas, and labor costs down?
• How to estimate jobs on the phone?
• How he turns “callers” in to “buyers.”
• Four tips for avoiding injury.
• Timing junk runs.
• How he would get his first 5 jobs, if he started again today.
• What businesses need junk hauling year ’round…and how to find them.
• …and MUCH MORE!

Hear Casey’s tips on controlling landfill costs (33 seconds):

Order now and you’re in business…TOMMORROW.

Download the materials (in Adobe PDF format) to your computer just 30 SECONDS after you place your order.  Read the ebook.  Post your craigslist ad.  Post your website.  People will FIND YOU and CALL YOU.  And you’ll be ready to do the work and collect the cash…because you DID YOUR HOMEWORK.

$400 of CRITICAL tools for your new business for JUST $25. Consider the Value:

To your Success,

Bob Keppel
Webmaster and Author
Junk2profits.com
info@junk2profits.com

PS:  Did I mention my GUARANTEE?

If for any reason, any reason at all, you don’t feel “The Junk Hauling Blueprint” was worth anything less than $25, just email me within 60 days and I’ll IMMEDIATELY REFUND YOUR MONEY.  It’s a truly risk-free opportunity.  Order here.