If you’ve read my first post, you will realise that this blog is running some way behind reality and that the £100 actually came to life in April, when I was on a full-time contract which left me little time to run a sideline business. I did know that the contract was due to end imminently (though ultimately it was I ended it).
So, having set a budget, what is the first thing a man must do? Yes – he must go out and start spending! The main business involved teaching in pubs, so I planned to put postcard-sized notes on pub and shop notice boards. These were ordered from Vistaprint – cost £22.93 (inc VAT – I’m not likely to register in the near future). Of course, the card has to stimulate action in this case a website seemed the best thing, so on to Pickweb for a domain and email. That looked easy – ‘build your site in just 5 minutes’ reality – the site went live as per first post on 20th May, though I did have holding content. Cost £17.39 + £5.50 per month (it is likely to be at least 2 months before money comes in, so add £11 to the outgoings). Incidentally, the overall hosting cost would be about half the price if paid in one hit but that’s the downside of a tight budget.
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