Feelin f*cked

[Kibosh]

I work for myself. On my own. Giving advice to clients that are mostly too lazy to care.

Earning a average of £9K per month (£3K net in the bank).However that's down 38% on last year.

But......................BORED.BORED.BORED.BORED.BORED.BORED,BORED.BORED.BORED..


I feel lost and strangely vurnerable. It's not that I don't like money, it's just that I feel I'm sitting on a time bomb increasingly fuelled by internet 'expertise'. What I offer is old-fashioned interactivty and an ongoing care. My Client-base increasingy do not care due to the perceived wisdom of the internet and 'going direct'.

I'm a throwback looking for a reason to get out.


I have to find something tangible to provide..


What do I do?......Corporate Advice


Why do I care?.......It's all I've ever done.


answers on a Forum please.

Edited by Kibosh on Thursday 5th July 01:36

Edited by Kibosh on Thursday 5th July 01:48

[dilbert]

I thought that this has been the guiding light of business for a while.

Fast buck, Kill yer mate, Have a laugh down the pub with people you hate.......

Let's hope its better by the 2020's.

[Kibosh]

dilbert said:

I thought that this has been the guiding light of business for a while.

Fast buck, Kill yer mate, Have a laugh down the pub with people you hate.......

Let's hope its better by the 2020's.

It's never been me. (fast buck has it's appeal however...sayin?).


Integrity is something I have but feel I'm losing.

[dilbert]

Kibosh said:

dilbert said:

I thought that this has been the guiding light of business for a while.

Fast buck, Kill yer mate, Have a laugh down the pub with people you hate.......

Let's hope its better by the 2020's.

It's never been me. (fast buck has it's appeal however...sayin?).


Integrity is something I have but feel I'm losing.

I think these days, integrity is a pretty rare thing in all walks of life. I'm trying to hang on to mine, but I'm sure I'm the worse for it.

The "fast buck" is the cause, and the conclusion. There are only so many "fast bucks" to be made, and then the boot is on the other foot. If and when it happens, just remember all those who stiffed you and wasted the proceeds, and feel shameless whith your lack of remorse.

[Don]

Kibosh said:

Earning a average of £9K per month (£3K net in the bank).

If that's all you can make stick to you no wonder you are feeling like doing something else.

Umm.

Back to the grindstone, matey. Unless you want to cash it all in, go live in Sri Lanka and write novels you might want to consider something like Golf.

[Kibosh]

Don said:

Kibosh said:

Earning a average of £9K per month (£3K net in the bank).

If that's all you can make stick to you no wonder you are feeling like doing something else.

Umm.

Back to the grindstone, matey. Unless you want to cash it all in, go live in Sri Lanka and write novels you might want to consider something like Golf.

Sri Lanka sounds good and I like golf. You may have a plan.

[Don]

Kibosh said:

Sri Lanka sounds good and I like golf. You may have a plan.

Glad you took that in the spirit it was offered, sir. All the best.

[Kibosh]

For Sale - A Wife.

Spec-
Shop-soiled.
Attached to her Mother & Sister...(sometimes I think with an invisible umbilical cord).
Useless in the Kitchen.
Career prospects improving (currently £30K P.A).
Doesn't want to move to Sri Lanka.
Short.
Often a bit lacking in common sense.
No taste in Men,
Nice Jubblies.

Edited by Kibosh on Thursday 5th July 09:12

[Don]

Kibosh said:

For Sale - A Wife.

Spec-
Shop-soiled.
Attached to her Mother & Sister...(sometimes I think with an invisible umbilical cord).
Useless in the Kitchen.
Career prospects improving (currently £30K P.A).
Doesn't want to move to Sri Lanka.
Short.
Often a bit lacking in common sense.
No taste in Men,
Nice Jubblies.

Is she blonde? I will give you many camels...

[Kibosh]

Don said:

Kibosh said:

For Sale - A Wife.

Spec-
Shop-soiled.
Attached to her Mother & Sister...(sometimes I think with an invisible umbilical cord).
Useless in the Kitchen.
Career prospects improving (currently £30K P.A).
Doesn't want to move to Sri Lanka.
Short.
Often a bit lacking in common sense.
No taste in Men,
Nice Jubblies.

Is she blonde? I will give you many camels...

Could you stretch to Marlboro Lights?

[RichBurley]

What do you do for a living?

[Fidgits]

Simple answer.

Start a website.

Offer 'basic' advice free - sell your consultancy skills - maybe even 'sell out' advertising space for specific companys..

[ATG]

RichBurley said:

What do you do for a living?

Clients now doing it for themselves on the internet. I'm thinking it's vice?

[shadowninja]

ATG said:

RichBurley said:

What do you do for a living?

Clients now doing it for themselves on the internet. I'm thinking it's vice?

I have a plan. Open an IG Index account, put £2000 in... or maybe not...

Edited by shadowninja on Thursday 5th July 10:44

[Altrezia]

Fidgits said:

Simple answer.

Start a website.

Offer 'basic' advice free - sell your consultancy skills - maybe even 'sell out' advertising space for specific companys..

Definatley.

That way you can cover both 'markets'

If you need a hand with it, lmk.

[JustinP1]

Kibosh said:

I work for myself. On my own. Giving advice to clients that are mostly too lazy to care.

Earning a average of £9K per month (£3K net in the bank).However that's down 38% on last year.

But......................BORED.BORED.BORED.BORED.BORED.BORED,BORED.BORED.BORED..


I feel lost and strangely vurnerable. It's not that I don't like money, it's just that I feel I'm sitting on a time bomb increasingly fuelled by internet 'expertise'. What I offer is old-fashioned interactivty and an ongoing care. My Client-base increasingy do not care due to the perceived wisdom of the internet and 'going direct'.

I'm a throwback looking for a reason to get out.


I have to find something tangible to provide..


What do I do?......Corporate Advice


Why do I care?.......It's all I've ever done.


answers on a Forum please.

Edited by Kibosh on Thursday 5th July 01:36

Edited by Kibosh on Thursday 5th July 01:48

If that is the case, you can either beat them, or join them.

Join them is easy. However to beat them you need to reinvent your product and redefine it is such a way that what YOU do could NOT be done over the internet. Market yourself as a 'real person' and the benefits that that has.

Thinking out of the box even further, when your back is against the wall and you have less to lose is the perfect time for even further reinvention and something really new in the marketplace, something bizarre that even if people can copy in a few years time you will still have made a killing in the meantime.

With some more info on what exactly you do and what the competitors offer I could stick you in the right direction...?

[jacobyte]

Kibosh said:

I What do I do?......Corporate Advice

What sort of corporate advice? Group Pension advice and Employee Benefits, or Mergers and Acquisitions, or Management Consultancy, etc?

[Kibosh]

Thanks for the input lads.

I'm a Corporate Travel Agent dealing with Senior Management level of smaller Privately owned Businesses. The lion's share of my income comes from Management fee agreements.....This is getting harder to sell each year. The perception is, 'I'll save money and do it myself on the internet'. Finding new Business that is profitable is also getting harder. Everyone's an expert and I increasingly am being used for my expertise then they bugger off and book online to save £20. I work on my own. I'm bored f*ck1ng sh1tless. I've lost all enthusiasm for the Business (even though I'm still making a sheckle or 5). I want to go and play golf and drive fast cars and fondle women (not cleared that with the wife yet). After 2 years of not being tied to a desk watching my Business die slowly, I want to do something else with the rest of my life. I want out of the 'advice' market and into something tangible. I'd even consider working for someone else.........now that shows how bad it's got!

[jacko lah]

Fidgits said:

Simple answer.

Start a website.

Offer 'basic' advice free - sell your consultancy skills - maybe even 'sell out' advertising space for specific companys..

Start doing what you do for charities and volantary organisations.

[Don]

jacko lah said:

Fidgits said:

Simple answer.

Start a website.

Offer 'basic' advice free - sell your consultancy skills - maybe even 'sell out' advertising space for specific companys..

Start doing what you do for charities and volantary organisations.

He wants to do something tangible...