By Laura Hills
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When bookies start their new sports betting business, they
are usually very excited about their enterprise and often want to get the
business running as soon as possible. There is nothing wrong with that, but our
first common pit fall comes into play when you decide to start without enough
resources. When you start a new business, you should have enough money for the
business to run for three to six months even if the business makes no revenue
during that time. Usually, the expense of running the business is higher than
the cash flow in the first couple of months, and not taking this into account
could lead you with a short-lived business.
Think Big
Local bookies tend to think of themselves as the small
player in the game. Even if you just started your sports betting business and
it has little to no staff, do not make the mistake of assuming your business is
too small to deal with big clients, to use top quality technology or to have a
well-designed website. If your business is ever going to compete with the large
companies, you have to be willing to deal with the same clients that they do.
Don’t make the mistake of advertising your business as small—nobody wants to
bet with a small sports betting business.
Spread the Word
No matter how novel and great your business is, if it is not
known, it won’t have clients. Today, there are many ways of advertising your
business with varying degrees of success and cost; it can be as simple as
getting out into your community and talking to people about the services your
sports betting will bring. If you are going to have a website for your
business, it is also a good idea to have Internet advertising and good search
engine positioning.
Decentralize
I can’t stress this enough. Don’t try to do everything
yourself. At the beginning, you might be able to get away with it, handling
most of the operations and daily tasks, especially if you start with a low
number of bettors. But over time, the number of clients will rise and things
will just get out of hand. You’re right, having the money to hire a full staff
is a luxury most starting bookies cannot afford. But bookies have options other
types of businesses do not have, such as price per head services.
Price per Head has provided outsourcing solutions for
bookmakers and sportsbooks offering a way to take their business offshore, with
risk free plans for affordable per head fees and no overhead costs. We are
familiar with the bookmaking process for a local bookie, including writing the
bets, handling the accounting, and grading the tickets. And we have developed
our own software to better handle all these operations in a more secure, fast
and efficient way.
By Laura Hills
Writer for Price Per
Head