Sad to say, but it would also be profoundly informative to interview someone who has suffered a damaging loss, just to emphasize what is really important in the aftermath. Excerpts from that would make a poignant reminder to the target audience.
Don’t forget the possibility of having an annual fee for the service. Even if no information changes, there is a cost for maintaining the information. That could be coupled with a reminder to update new information.
An offshoot of this kind of service would be to provide backups for people with computer records. Another thing few folks do for themselves in a timely fashion.
Another good idea. There are a lot of possible offshoots of the basic service.
Speaking of small-business ideas, I saw an ad in the newspaper the other day for someone who would do people’s Christmas decorating for them. “Home Staging,” I think, was the title - she’s get their decorations out of storage and fix everything up to look classy. I suppose she also does arrangement for people trying to sell their house, or holding a social event where they want to impress.
And we know someone, one of my fellow Girl Scout leaders, who had a total loss in a house fire. I think it was about 5 years ago, so maybe she could talk to them about it without its being too upsetting for her.
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Found this while I was looking for the blue laser pointer Pat wants for his birthday. The laser pointer costs $800, but the site has a ton of really cool stuff. I’ll get Bill the molecule-model kit and the Periodic Table refrigerator magnets when he signs up for Chemistry.