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Moving From Event Lighting Engineer To Electrician - Advice Appreciated
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<blockquote data-quote="SPECIAL LOCATION" data-source="post: 376479" data-attributes="member: 250"><p>I can't tell from your post if you are currently employed / self employed and/or if you are looking to be employed / self employed ??</p><p></p><p>If you are looking at starting up on your own in a different field of work then really it is your potential target customer base you need to research not other traders...</p><p></p><p>As Andy said other electricians will give loads of different answers dependent upon how they have chosen to run their business...</p><p></p><p>A lot of business start-ups fail within 5 years, (I think statistic used to be 2/3 or 3/5 fail)</p><p></p><p>So of those 1/3 or 2/5 that do succeed more of them do because they have the business model right..</p><p></p><p>not the actual nuts and bolts of the every day job.. (or qualifications that you may or may not have)</p><p></p><p>Its the marketing, and knowing your customers that is the key... </p><p></p><p>What / Who are your potential customers?</p><p></p><p>At the end of the day it is customers who will pay you money not other traders!</p><p></p><p>If you are just expecting to start from scratch with no existing customers there to get you up and running then its going to be a very hard slog... possibly with limited success? </p><p></p><p>Have a look at how a lot of other business start-up..</p><p></p><p>often its doing work whilst also employed then finding that your extra "hobby" "personal interest" work is taking up more and more time so you take the plunge and leave employment..</p><p></p><p>Just because someone else is doing a job in an area does not mean other customers would come to you instead..</p><p></p><p>A florists opened a few years ago down the road, it closed again within a couple of years...</p><p></p><p>Yet before and still running now is another florist not much further away down another road... </p><p></p><p>Customers are there...</p><p></p><p>Another trader had a good varied job and was succedding..</p><p></p><p>BUT the new one didn't???</p><p></p><p>You have got to be sure of your potential customers More than how or what others are doing...</p><p></p><p> Guinness</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPECIAL LOCATION, post: 376479, member: 250"] I can't tell from your post if you are currently employed / self employed and/or if you are looking to be employed / self employed ?? If you are looking at starting up on your own in a different field of work then really it is your potential target customer base you need to research not other traders... As Andy said other electricians will give loads of different answers dependent upon how they have chosen to run their business... A lot of business start-ups fail within 5 years, (I think statistic used to be 2/3 or 3/5 fail) So of those 1/3 or 2/5 that do succeed more of them do because they have the business model right.. not the actual nuts and bolts of the every day job.. (or qualifications that you may or may not have) Its the marketing, and knowing your customers that is the key... What / Who are your potential customers? At the end of the day it is customers who will pay you money not other traders! If you are just expecting to start from scratch with no existing customers there to get you up and running then its going to be a very hard slog... possibly with limited success? Have a look at how a lot of other business start-up.. often its doing work whilst also employed then finding that your extra "hobby" "personal interest" work is taking up more and more time so you take the plunge and leave employment.. Just because someone else is doing a job in an area does not mean other customers would come to you instead.. A florists opened a few years ago down the road, it closed again within a couple of years... Yet before and still running now is another florist not much further away down another road... Customers are there... Another trader had a good varied job and was succedding.. BUT the new one didn't??? You have got to be sure of your potential customers More than how or what others are doing... Guinness [/QUOTE]
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