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- From: "Gary A. Woodward" <p00140@psilink.com>
- Subject: home based computer business
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- Organization: Performance Systems Int'l
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 12:51:59 GMT
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- Not long ago this subject came up. People were looking to make money at
- home with their computer. I have found another opportunity, I think.
- It involves audio text over the telephone. I'm sure we've all used
- them. You dial 1 for sales, 2 for service, 3 for credit, etc.
- You can also use it to give information (the teletax system for the IRS
- is an example). I sent this company $25.00 for some demo discs and feel
- that I wasted that money, but the sales brochures are excellent.
- Apparently you can offer to do talking yellow pages or a broadcast
- message service for some pretty good money. It also has the ability to
- do voice mail and pager dialing. It requires that you hook up
- additional phone lines at your home but I see this as a minimal cost.
- The name of the co is Demoscource @1.800.283.4759. They even offer to
- sell compiler lang to custom program your system. I have also seen
- voice/fax cards @ compusa here in wash.,dc but even that goes for $3-400.
- This looks like an interesting business that would run while I am at
- work and at night while I sleep. It will require some sales ability and
- some additional investment and some advertising but I think I will give
- it a try. I've found out that there are businesses that are using 900 #
- to hear about the latest gossip/facts about our washington redskins and
- they are making money. Another person is doing this for a small city
- nearby so that the overworked city employees can do other things while
- the machine explains about garbage pickup or dog tags for the 100th time
- today. I think I see a market.
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- Comments/questions?
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