Thursday, November 20, 2008

Helping people understand their finances while helping out with social causes

Hi everyone...it's been a while since I posted. I'm glad atleast a couple of you missed my posts :)

So I had this idea just now. This stems from my desire to do my bit towards social causes while at the same time helping people traverse this minefield of financial investment. I was thinking of starting a service where I would give out solicited advice on all issues financial and charge for it, with the money going to the person's favorite charity. That way, I act just like an intermediary to keep you disciplined and make sure that the money is sent to the non-profit of your choice. From your perspective, you can think of it as donating to a cause while getting financial advice for free. Or you can look at it as paying for getting financial advice and I can have the joy of giving to your favorite cause for free.

Please post back in comments with thoughts, suggestions and potential fees I could/should charge.

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Anonymous said...

I think this is a good idea but there needs to be some sort of structure to the advice. Perhaps you can setup a cost structure based on type of service?

I would suggest that the cost be based on each session. You can charge a fixed amount based on the topic (defined earlier).

How would the people solicit you though? Phone/Email/Blog?