Chubby's Computers Began in October 16 1998, in my home basement in Washington DC 1501 E Street SE. That part of Washington DC is call
Capital Hill. Our purpose is to provide great service and products to the Washington DC Metro Area. Do you know that their are billions of people in the world that do not have a computer and do not know how to use one. Did you know that United States is One of the worlds richest country in the world, Yet we have millions in this country that can't afford a computer or use one. There are small areas in this country where some schools are lucky to have 4 to 8 computers to use for the whole school. Or their budjet is so tight ,they can't afford to fix the one that are broken. In Washington DC. we do have people that can't afford a new computer and monitor and so on. And I notice this as I fix computers in my home for friends and neighbors I asked myself how can I provide a service
and product and yet make a income to live on. The first thing I asked myself, What amount of an income did I need to live comfortable on. I made notes and figures. I talk with some people and friends that had business. I came up with a figure that I could live with. My figure was
$49,600 to $85,000. I believe it to be a comfortable living to start off. Maybe a little higher as the business grows. But this was it. I made mistake on the way and I learn from that. So once I started Chubby's Computers, I had to put the word. That means ADVERTISING. Do not go out spending alot of money like I first did. that was my first mistake. Yes the name was out there, but had no money to work with. If you going to start a business. Start off dirt cheap. Newspapers,flyers, and even tv. I start off with flyers. Now to get the most out of your
money, make a flyer with postcard ads 4 4x5 in size. Use Microsoft publisher or any freeware you can get from download.com or shareware.com . Now I will tell you why this is so great. Now I have 4 4x5 post card ads on one sheet of paper. this is my master sheet. Now take your master sheet to Staple or Office Depot to have them copied. If you get 3000 sheets, it's cheaper and more cost affective. Price would range from 3 Cent to 5Cent a sheet. Between $95.00 to $120.00. Now remember that you have 4 4x5 postcards on the sheet x 3000 will give you 12,000 flyers to place on doors cars or hand them out. You can get kid in the neighborhood to cut them and pass them out. The Next is cheap news papers in your area or internet posting of your ads. on the Internet, Most city and states have a directory that you can place your
business on. Most are free or a small fee. Us it you can't go wrong with it. Another Advertising route is TV. I know you are saying ,"Tv is very costly. Now when I started off advertising Chubby's Computers. I try radio. Too costly. But late nite TV ads ran about $3.50 an ad at 30
second. Just let the agent know what your budget is. If you can handle $250 t0 $400 try it. Don't place the ad every month to start. Try every 3 to 4 months. And place the ads between 1:am and 5 am, 30second ads. Time frame before or after that will cost you more money. Remember tell the agent you are on a budget. The only high cost will be the designing
of the Ad. do not make it fancy .The more fancy it it the more it will cost. Remember KISS ALWAYS ( KEEP IT SIMPLE AND SMART) depending on the location that you are at designing your ad will cost about $400 to $1000. That is the biggest cost of all. The Work space I started
Chubby's Computers was in a corner table in the living room. Started part time My first year or second I made between $5000 to $8000 that was on a corn table taking computers apart and repairing them. Now This is were you make mistake. I thought I could get a office. I thought it
was time for it. I was wrong. that office expense started to take away from my profits to a point I had to close it down. If you not ready for the big move, don't rush it. Take you time it will come. Work on the corner table or take a spare room and make it your office. You can
write off that section off as business expense. Always keep good record. Now that I move out of my office. I took part of my basement in my house. I going to build a work shop. So until it is done. I build a wall in my bedroom to make a small tiny office space. Will move into my
new office and workshop on or about November 10 2005. Here is the first picture I took today of the basement AKA Workshop to be.
