My amazing idea
Hi everyone
This is my first blog, I am brand new marketing and about to promote my idea, would love your feedback.
OK, here goes, I would love to build a website around my current job and hew found found passion. My job is a London black cab driver and my passion is photography so by combining the two I have come up with London Taxi Photography Tours.
As I am driving around London everyday and constantly seeing amazing photo opportunities, I feel I will be able to provide fresh new content on a daily basis.
For those of you that are not familiar with The Knowledge of London, it is the hardest test in the world to become a taxi driver as I have been driving a taxi for 17 years now I am an expert in this field, so providing content and photo opportunities will be the easy part.
My plan is to build a website and offer an option for people to create their own tour, for example, a potential customer can pick an interest e.g. cathedrals/landmarks/museums/train stations/ art galleries/statues/tourist attractions/ historic pubs/ restaurants etc.
I realise this is an affiliate site so my thinking is to write a catchy email once the website is set up and email the most popular hotels and tourist attractions throughout London presenting them with my services and just to add I am constantly driving past these hotels/tourist attractions on a constant basis so I can check in, in person, no problems.
Over time the hotels will provide me with tourists wanting a tour so my website begins making money from that angle. My aim here is to provide an excellent service and sound information thus pushing me up the SEO ranks via customer feedback/engagement etc.
To further monetise my website my thinking is affiliating myself with photography products. I am also thinking anything goes with my website as it attaches itself to London in general.
Further down the line I could do links to restaurants/pubs/museums, the list is endless.
As I mentioned earlier people can customise their tour but also I will offer two to three other options on my own tour route for those that would prefer an all done for you service.
I feel there is scope to build my business as there are plenty of taxi drivers where I can utilise their skills making the business scaleable.
Ok thats it from me I look forward to hearing your advice and any questions you may have.
Many thanks
Dan
Good luck everyone
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Dan, the opportunities are limitless!
A travel website in London with tons of great photos with loads of great content.
Offer a guide to London for sale or as a gift.
Build a tour company as a guide... there is no limit.
Joe
Thank you joe, your words echo wisdom, as someone new to this game I think I’ve just realised that we have all been marketeers our hole life’s. in a phrase,, grab it by the horns springs to mind, anyway best of luck going forward 😊
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That sounds like a GREAT idea, Danny! You've obviously given this a lot of thought! i wish you well on this endeavor, my friend!
Jeff