Bookkeeping firms can be either hyper-local or remote. You will need to make a decision on what market you are going to after. Personally, I prefer hyper-local. If that is your choice, you will need to become active in local organizations such as Rotary Clubs, approach local media for interviews (make sure you have a story to tell them), Religious community etc. Word of mouth will bring you the most clients. Also be prepared to do out-reach. Identify local businesses that are a good target for your services and call them. Follow-up the call with a promotional brochure and then follow-up again with another call.

The answers will depend on what your qualifications are, not where you are located. If you have good Internet, there are many platforms that allow you to bid on jobs regardless of your location and they will pay youso that the money ends up in your account.

The set-up cost is between $ 10k and $ 25k if you are buying a clone. Or you can just set-up a Shopify site. The real issue will be getting the product from the manufacturer to you and then to the customer (that will be 90%+ of your costs) and on top of that is marketing to get the customers. Keep in mind a supermarket in the US makes less than 3% profit.

They first create a very defined customer avatar. Once that is in place they can: 1) Buy leads 2) Email marketing 3) SMS marketing 4) Paid ads The customer avatar is the most important element, constantly review it by testing and improve on it as you (hopefully) create a database of actual customers.

That will be very difficult since with every introduction, the person making the introduction is putting their reputation on the line. So you will have to build up credibility by doing the research and then cold calling the institutions. That will slowly build your network and then you may get reciprocity where people introduce you to their contacts.

Short term answer - yes. However your problem will be execution. A two-sided marketplace takes years to grow and millions of bucks to keep the door open until you are big enough to grow naturally.

The issue is not the cost of the platform (less than $ 100k) - the issue will be getting freelancers and clients - Upwork was loosing money until last year or so.

Set-up a business page on LinkedIn describing your services. Then post interesting content from the business page. Also you can search LinkedIn for companies that could use your skillset and solicit them for your company's services.

Depends what your interests are and where you are located. To start I suggest you study the various freelancer platforms to see what people are looking for and what they are willing to pay. If you are thinking investments or work from home or multi-level marketing - do your due dilligence - way too many are a scam.

If you do not own your own brand or design/patent you will find out that 99% of drop shipping businesses fail and fail fast. So instead of just drop shipping, create a brand and then find manufacturers that will put your name on the product and all the POS materials and packaging.