The Secret to Getting Permanent High Dollar Hot Dog Cart Locations.
Today you are going to find out how to get highly profitable, repeat gigs at some of the best locations in your town.
Then you’ll learn how to leverage those locations and increase your earnings by two to three times or more.
Finally, I’ll show you how this whole system easily duplicates itself. It is possible to get gigs like this all over town with almost no effort on your part.
However, you won’t be able to pull any of this off unless you can get your foot in the first door. No worries, in this article we’ll show you how to do that too.
This strategy has been proving very profitable for Hot Dog Profits Premium Member Joe Kay. Joe was kind enough to let me share with you his step by step plan for getting your hot dog cart in front of the most highly populated real estate in town.
Ready? Here it is…
In order to make the most money with a hot dog cart you need to be where the most people are, right? What is the most densely populated real estate in any town?
Office buildings and factories.
Factories are good and you shouldn’t ignore them but office buildings are even better. Here’s why…
The wonderful thing about office buildings as opposed to factories is that they have multiple tenants. This means that they are run by property management companies. Why is this so important? You’ll see why when you read the entire strategy.
How to Get Your Hot Dog Cart in Front of Office Complexes.
1. Find out which property management company runs the building that you want to set up at. This is as easy as calling one of the companies in the building and asking them.
2. Call the property management company and ask for the person in charge of vending areas or food for that building.
3. Talk to that person about providing lunch to the tenants of the office building. Often times commercial property managers have budgets for this service. The property manager’s number one priority is keeping the tenants happy. Emphasize that providing a hot dog cart at the building is a great way to do that.
4. After you get one building others are likely to follow, but only if you do a good job. Property managers are a tight knight group. They all know each other. If you provide awesome food and a fun experience word will spread among the managers of other buildings. They will want you to provide the same service for their tenants. Play your cards right and they will all fall into your hand.
5. After you get established at a building and you have put in the time to build a great reputation for yourself, it is time to explore other money making opportunities inside the office building. As a preferred vender you will have a prime opportunity to purchase, lease, or otherwise manage an indoor restaurant, deli, or snack bar.
One of my Premium Members did just this. He started out part time with a hot dog cart that he built with our video and plans package. Then he went full time with the cart. After he created a great reputation in his town a property management firm contracted with him to sell hot dogs and other foods indoors at the facility.
One thing leads to another my Slinger friend, but the first step is learning how to do a good job from day one. Word of mouth will make or break you. A good first impression is everything in the hot dog biz so be sure you know what you’re doing before you open that umbrella.
Now go out there and get those office building gigs!
-Steve
P.S. A special thanks to Premium Member Joe Kay for laying out the strategy in today’s article. We are all very grateful to you for sharing this with us Joe!
what do you do when the cities do not allow vending?
It is exceedingly rare that a city does not allow vending at all. Be sure to talk to someone at city hall in person to get all the facts. If it turns out to be true, then you can still make excellent money with your hot dog cart doing fairs, festivals, and especially private catering. And don’t be afraid to explore surrounding communities.
Stay flexible and creative as you think about ways to make money with your hot dog cart and you will find tons of opportunity.
Great ideas, but how do you handle getting municipal permits or site permits. In my area, these are competitive and run several hundred dollars if not more? Thank you for the great ideas and sharing! Larry
Hi Larry,
So many beginners balk at paying permit fees. I don’t get it. If you must spend $300 in order to be in business then spend the darn money. The alternative is not being in business at all.
Compare that to the investment required to open a brick and mortar restaurant. A few hundred bucks is nothing.
As far as permits go, the process is different in every town. We teach you the ins and outs of public vs private vending, and how to get licenses and permits in detail in the Premium Training.
I look forward to helping you get started Larry!
Sounds like the way ta sail matey.
Go where the people are.
1St Mate Jim.
Aye mate!
Steve,
Again…Mr. Steve, has come through with a step by step….very nicely laid out. Some very solid information. Thank you for passing it onto alllllll of us. Jim
You are certainly welcome Jim. Be sure to thank Joe too!
This is excellent advice. Key sentence: “After he created a great reputation in his town…”. Go out there, put in the work and people will spread the word for you.
I would only add that appearance and first impressions are so important. If you are on the fence about spending money on something appearance wise, go ahead if at all possible. We did it on a shoestring and I held on to that mentality too long. You have to show value and appearance is part of that.
Great advice yourself Sam! So many people fail because they are afraid to spend money. Don’t be foolish, but definitely spend money where it will get you a return on investment. Training, advertising, signage, quality food products – these are all areas that if you spend one dollar, you’ll get two dollars back (or more).
THX, this is AWSOME info!
Put it to work for you Troy!
Sounds like a plan Steve. There are all sorts of office buildings around here. It sounds like I should change my approach instead of passing out flyers maybe I should be making phone calls to the property managers office and talk to landlord or property manager.
Do both.
i have a site on a cull-de-sac between 4 bldgs. flyers to all bldgs and bldg managers gets all informed.
Nice!
Feels GOOD!
When you can help others…nice job Steve
Thank you Joe!
Be careful on this slingers. Many large office buildings already have food vendors inside them and won’t take kindly to someone vending on their turf. Check to see if this is the case. If it is, check to see if the inside vendor sells hotdogs or not. If they do, you might be out of luck. If they don’t, then bring that fact up to the property mgr. This omission could be your “foot in the door”. Also, get your permission from the property mgr. in writing as property mgt. companies & property mgrs. can change hands monthly!
Good tips!
Hi Steve,
In regard to location. I have found a good location to open a hod-dog permanent location (as e fast food restaurant selling only gourmet hot-dogs). But, the location is not frequented by pedestrians so much, but with vehicles a lot its in a roundabout. Also the rent is not high.
What do you think is this good location, can this work?
Thanks and best regards,
Ardian
The only way to know is to try it. Try to get a month to month rent agreement so you are not locked in. Let me know how it goes.