This CLOSEUP Interview with Dawn
Harrington, a Just The Fax Licensee from upstate New York, was
conducted by Lynie Arden and featured in her popular The Work-at-Home
Sourcebook
I must be an entrepreneur
at heart because I'm always on the lookout for an additional source of income,
says Dawn Harrington, of upstate New
York. Just The Fax
really fit the bill. It must be the best sideline business there is.
Dawn is one of millions of
people who work as full-time employees and run sideline businesses out of
their homes. As an administrative assistant for a university, she thought at
first that she wanted to leave her job, then realized all she really wanted
was to supplement the family income.
Dawn's first attempt to go
into business failed before it got started because she paid for an
unscrupulous business opportunity that never delivered what it promised. She
was more careful, downright leery, when she decided to try again.
I figured I was already
out $6,000 and I had a $3,000 computer just sitting there in my house. I was
determined to find something that would work. Dawn found Just The Fax
right here in The Work-at-Home Sourcebook. This time she was more
careful about checking out the company.
After seeing the
preliminary package, it just didn't seem like it could lose, Dawn says.
Actually, it seemed like fun.
The Just The Fax business
concept is simple. You fax daily lunch specials from local area restaurants to
businesses where workers will likely go out to lunch on weekdays. It works
because it's an inexpensive way for the restaurants to advertise and because
it targets the customers they're after the people who want to go out to eat.
Best of all, it takes only
an hour a day to operate the business. Even in a small population area, the
earnings are $1,200 a month with virtually no overhead. Larger areas can bring
in up to $7,200 a month with very little extra time needed.
Dawn says if it can work
where she lives, it can work anywhere. This is a small area with a sluggish
economy. But it was so easy to get started, it was surprising. I followed
instructions and started sending letters copied verbatim from the manual. That
was in December. By February 3rd I was up and running with enough
restaurants to earn $1,000 a month.
Could you ask for a better
part-time business? I don't thinks so, says Dawn. I can work full-time, and I
don't have to take any extra time away from my kids. I do it after they're in
bed. And the fringe benefits aren't bad either. I love to eat, and I've picked
up a lot of recipes and cooking tips, too.
This feature article was reprinted in its
entirety. Lynie Arden's Work-at-Home Sourcebook can be found in book stores
and libraries everywhere.