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An online course
is available to teach you the basics of
how to run a business installing equipment
that will provide Digital TV viewing. I've
left the description wide open because I
may extend the course to add new systems
in the future. (I do update the course
periodically, to keep up with current
trends.)
(A couple of
people have asked "Is the course still
running?" Well, "Reload" this page. If it
reloads then the course is still
running.)
The course will
interest fit
and healthy people in the UK and nearby
Europe
with a driving licence who are interested
in making money by running a business
installing satellite TV and terrestrial TV
systems. It will also be of interest
to those who want to save money by
installing their own system in (say) a
guest house or similar.
The course
includes but is not limited to:
- Setting up a
one man/woman business
- Buying
equipment and transport
- Dealing with
customers
- List of real
wholesale suppliers and contact details
(lesson 7)
- Installing Sky
Digital (including a small
movie)
- Installing
other satellite TV
equipment
- Installing a
motorised dish
- Installing
indoor distribution systems (coaxial,
CAT5E, multiswitches)
- Installing
terrestrial digital aerial
systems
- All relevant
SatCure eBooks for free
download!*
- Web Site
template
- Private forum
where you can have discussions with
course members and get
updates.
- Audio
interviews with successful
installers.
- Additional
lessons cover air-conditioning and
plasma-screens,
*Download details for each eBook will
be supplied in the relevant lesson email.
They are not all supplied at once.
Throughout the
lessons, the emphasis is on maximising
your earnings for minimum work. You'll
find many useful hints and tips on this
plus actual audio interviews from
successful installers.
When you sign up
for the course you will be asked to pay by
Paypal. Paypal will pay your monthly
£10 subscription for the duration
of the course (currently 20 weekly
lessons). Please note that you'll be
required to spend another £20
on the recommended reference book. That's
a total of just £70 for the whole
course! (But you get eBooks to the
value of at least £15.95). I'm sorry
to disappoint those who wanted to pay up
to £250 but I wanted to keep it fair
and affordable. When you are rich and
famous you can make a donation to my
retirement fund. :-)
Your
questions answered
How do I get
the lessons?
After you sign up
you will immediately receive an email with
the link and password that directs you to
the first lesson on a web page.
Thereafter, you will receive a similar
email each week until the end of the
course and your Paypal account will pay us
£10 per month until the course ends
or until you cancel. (Cancelling is easy
but you will not receive any more lesson
notifications if you cancel).
Will I need
to take time off work?
No, the entire
course is provided via the Internet and
you can read the lessons and do the
homework in your own time at your own
pace.
What
qualifies you to write this
course?
I'm 57, have a
university degree in Electronics
Engineering, have been writing and
publishing technical books and manuals
since 1987 and was Technical Manager for a
major Satellite TV hardware Distribution
company in the days of analogue satellite
TV. (I also repaired over 25,000 satellite
receivers so I understand how they work).
I have carried out and helped with
installations and continually offer advice
to Joe Bloggs at home, as well as to
professional installers who have
momentarily lost their way. (I'm a lateral
thinker). But enough about me. This is
about your earning money.
Will the
course give me a professional
qualification?
No but it will
give you a very good grounding in making
money (legally) by installing systems. If
that's not your bottom line then please
don't sign up.
Will the
course teach me all I need to know in
order to do
installations?
If you do and read
all I tell you to do and read - yes. You
will certainly know enough to do a
successful satellite dish or aerial
installation.
Is there
really an opportunity to make good money
in this business?
Yes, yes YES! In
the run up to "digital switchover" more
and more people are getting Sky and
Freeview systems installed. Those who
already have systems are getting
additional rooms wired up. Hotel and
apartment block owners are already
panicking because they need the entire
building rewiring and they can't find a
professional to take on the job. You need
to get onto this "bandwaggon"
now!
Just yesterday I
was talking to Phil, a one-man
installation company. He told me: "It's
going crazy. I had twenty-one phone calls
in the morning before I left. I could have
spent all day just answering the phone. I
had to put the answerphone on and
leave".
So how much
could I realistically
earn?
I'd say
realistically £50,000 a year but it's
certainly possible to earn £100,000.
Phil said to me yesterday (12/12/06): "I
had to install a dish and an aerial on a
mast, connect them into a multiswitch and
connect the multiswitch to the 16 cables
that had already been installed by the
contractors. It took me four hours and I
charged £1200. The cost of the parts
was under £100. Not bad,
eh?"
I reckon that
earning nearly £300 an hour is "not
bad", don't you?
(Phil is an ex-Sky
installer, by the way. Sky used to pay him
£25 per job. He decided he wanted a
proper wage).
Is this
really an easy way to make
money?
Heck, no! Who told
you it was easy? You need to be fit, able
to carry and climb a ladder. You need to
handle sometimes awkward customers and
abysmal weather. This job is not for a
wimp. You'll arrive home knackered but,
hopefully, feeling a sense of achievement.
(That's something that most jobs don't
offer). No, it's not easy but it can be
fun. And you'll be your own boss. You can
take time off when you need to, not when
the boss says you can (or
can't).
How do I
know you won't rip me
off?
Ask anyone who
knows me. I deliver on my promises. And
you can cancel your subscription through
Paypal at any time. But I urge you to give
me a chance. The first few lessons are for
beginners to the business. But it gets
harder and more "technical" as the lessons
progress.
I am interested in doing the
Installation course but would like to know
if it can be completed any quicker than 20
weeks?
Yes it can. You receive the first
lesson link immediately so you'll get the
20th after only 19 weeks! :-)
Of course you can start your business
before the end of the course. In fact we
encourage you to get some practice because
that's when the learning really
begins.
Can I buy all the lessons in one
go? I've already started my
business!
No it's designed as a course of weekly
lessons. There's a lot to learn.
Can I miss out the bits about
starting/running a business?
No, the course is designed as a
complete series of lessons to give you
everything. Experience shows that most
installers are reasonably good at the
installations but hopeless at making real
money. The course aims to change that.
How do I
sign up?
Please click
HERE
to sign up using Paypal. (Sorry, Paypal is
the only option).
I can't do this kind of physical
work so I'm interested to know whether you
give any training for
workshop
repairs - repairing
Digiboxes and stuff like that?
We don't provide specific training but
we do publish a couple of eBooks:-
http://www.The-Cool-Book-shop.co.uk/book.htm#repairsat
In addition, if you can carry out
fairly simple soldering work on power
supplies, you could register on our
Repairers page:-
http://www.satcure.co.uk/psu_fix.htm
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