Thanks to Hollywood, most people know what you’re talking about when you describe someone a ‘Snake Oil Salesman’. It’s a derogatory term used to describe someone employing dubious techniques to sell a product which doesn’t work. Interestingly though, the original snake oil actually worked!
In the 1860’s Chinese labourers brought in to build the Transcontinental Railroad, brought with them an oil derived from the Chinese Water snake which was used to relieve aching and tired muscles. They shared it with fellow workers who found it beneficial. This was great for them, but not so good for the men who made their living by travelling and selling proprietary medicines.
To protect their business, they ridiculed the natural remedy and then started calling any ‘cure all’ remedies, snake oil. The snake oil salesman became a term used to describe anyone selling non-mainstream health products, and the term is still alive and well today.
Over a hundred years have passed since those days, but mainstream suppliers of pharmaceuticals are still using similar techniques to attack suppliers of natural or unconventional remedies.
Are they really ‘snake oil’ salesmen? Well I’m sure some are, but as we’ve seen, some snake oil works.
There’s a lot of money to be made in complimentary or natural medicine, and it’s a market that’s definitely worth investigating. You’ll need to sort the wheat from the chaff, but don’t be put off by the universal detractors
Motivational Quote Of The Day
“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”
Oscar Wilde
Alternative Quote Of The Day
“A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.”
Lana Turner
Rent Your Stuff
If you’re willing to let other people use your car, the UK based Easy Car Club scheme allows you to rent it out while you’re not using it. Following on from that, US based FlightCar aims to put cars left at airports to use by renting them out while their owners are travelling.
People flying into the airport can then rent the cars from those who have just flown out! Customers obtain a 20% – 50% discount compared to traditional renting, while the owner receives 65% of the fee. Perhaps that’s something to look at copying here?
I wouldn’t personally want to rent my car out for that purpose (I’m far too precious about it!) but if you feel differently, it could be a valuable source of additional income.
Cars are just one example of what you could rent out for money though. Give some thought to what expensive items you have laying around unused for much of the time. Could they form the basis of a rental business?
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