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"During the daytime, I had a corporate job downtown working for the state of Tennessee. But in the evening when I came home – Dave and I would sit at the kitchen table and work on our business. Actually, we burned the midnight oil quite a bit," Mary said.

In 2009 the couple launched the website Porchideas.com. It's a photo sharing, idea posting website for everything porches. Folks from around the world participate and traffic went from 30 viewers a day to currently 9,000."

"We really put our heart and soul into it for 18 months," Mary said. "We saw there was a possibility we could leave the corporate world and just work from home. We started earning enough money to where we felt like we could let go of corporate jobs."


There is no overhead, no need for shipping, no employees and no cost to the couple. They have two laptops and a small digital camera. The money they're bringing in is from the increase in traffic, advertisements and their E-Books. Dave attributes their incoming revenue to the fact they picked a very specific niche, and it caught the attention of advertisers. Both Mary and Dave now work from home.


"When we first started off, we made 72 cents," Dave said. "The first thing you realize is -- if you can make 72 cents today, you can make it tomorrow. And if you can make 72 cents tomorrow – you can make a dollar. If you can make a dollar, you can make two. If you can make two you can definitely make 10. The whole thought process is just – if it is working, just make it better."

Sweet. I love this for the simplicity of the idea and how overlooked of a need it must have been. 9,000 people a day...looking for porch design help. There are opportunities everywhere!

Sue

 

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