If i could throw out a bit of my experience ..... for whatever it might be worth.
I sell skilled carpentry labor. By 2007 the handwriting was on the wall. It was more than obvious that the building industry was about to collapse so i diversified into wood cutting, caretaking, property maintenance, and building repairs. That got me through the worst of it but i started running into problems because i was doing too many things at once and not really doing justice to any of them.
It's difficult to serve two (or more ) masters.
It gets confusing for your customers too because they people tend to put you in a box. Either you are a skilled, highly paid, tradesman or a lesser skilled, lower valued, maintenance worker. It shouldn't matter what other people think but sometimes it does when it limits your earnings potential.
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Awhile back, a friend suggested that i start advertising. I explained to him that it's like fishing .... if you cast your net wide you catch all kinds of fish. There are some kinds of fish that one would want and others that you really wouldn't want in your net.
You probably have some experience with customer service and know the kind that work best for you. Craigslist is pretty broad. Is there a way to tune it in a little so that it's focused just on the kind of fish you're looking to catch ?
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