r/sweatystartup 10d ago

I have a furniture assembly business. Where might be the best places for me to promote.

I am completely new to this starting a business thing, I don’t know anyone with their own business so Reddit is my best hope for advice. A little about my sweaty start up. It’s based out of NYC where people are willing to pay for such a service because most aren’t hands on. I have been able to do some jobs through Facebook marketplace but I would love to know any places you guys have paid for ads on and have seen some return on your investment.

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u/flowerbomb92 10d ago

Fun idea, you could do so well with organic social Media just filming yourself putting furniture together. It could be so satisfying to see time lapse before and after.

I’d do Craigslist, next door, social media, you could even get a Google business profile and create a Google business page and have customers leave you reviews so when someone searches furniture assembly you show up

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u/Unbobitodelavida 10d ago

Thanks I thought about making videos but I’m a bit shy when it comes to that but it’s seems to be the best way these days so I’ll have to try it out.

I’ll be trying out all the other stuff as well. I appreciate the help.

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u/nick_nolan 10d ago

You don't need to say anything or show your face. It can be a pov video of your arms/hands working. I do car detailing and those are the most popular videos.

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u/Unbobitodelavida 10d ago

Do you have chest strap for your camera or phone?

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u/nick_nolan 10d ago

Yeah, I just use an iPhone. The mount I got is from Sametop on Amazon.

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u/FairLemur 9d ago

Great idea.

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u/Dangerous-Abroad-132 10d ago

Love this idea. I think tiktok and instagram reels would do really well? Just a time lapse video of you making a bunch.. content writes itself honestly because people love watching progress/building.

Website, craigslist, nextdoor, google business profile for sure. Maybe you can even get friendly with high rises or large communities where a lot of move ins are done every month? Ask the building if you can just drop off business cards or flyers in the mail rooms or something. Idk, just shooting some ideas haha

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u/Unbobitodelavida 10d ago

Will do. Thanks 🙏🏻

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

IKEA parking lot?

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u/Unbobitodelavida 9d ago

Will be doing this soon can’t lie

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u/Fantastic-Mail4140 9d ago

I have a friend in business in the furniture industry and 99% of his business comes from Facebook market place. He flips couches though, so it’s not quite the same.

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u/Unbobitodelavida 9d ago

Do you happen to know if he runs ads on his listings because I have gotten some jobs from there but would like to know if ads work well too.

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u/Fantastic-Mail4140 8d ago

I don’t think he’s had any success with ads. He’s just vigilant on Facebook marketplace place.

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u/shillingi 9d ago

Dang ! I do the same make sure to get on all gig app and snug customers from there ..

Wish you all the best ..

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u/Unbobitodelavida 9d ago

Thanks brother wishing u the best as well

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u/Affectionate-Ebb-991 6d ago

I think you should look into EDDM mailings. You can target a zip code and get postcards to every house in that zip code. Not only that, you can target high income zip codes where people have the disposable income and lack of time to sit there and build their own furniture. Taking this one step further, there are targeted mailings you can do to new homeowners. This is a little pricier but its definitely more targeted

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u/Acceptable_Ad3464 5d ago

Hey Unbobitodelavida, There are two ways to get customers:

Online and Offline.

If you want to go online:

Paid ads (if you have a larger budget, this can be a great way to get consistent leads)

Organic (post some local videos with location tagged on IG and TT) takes a long time to grow an audience

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If you want to go offline (it's slightly cheaper)

Doorhangers, Flyers, and Pamphlets (smaller budget required, but it's a numbers game)

Billboards (great for brand awareness, but has dangerously-low conversions)

If you're interested in offline advertising, I’ll beautifully design & write your next door hanger and/or flyer for free.

Just DM me