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From Web 2.0 to Web 3.0 Get Involved! Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:08:00 +0200 880. During the Christmas season, form a group of carol singers. Hire this group out to parties, restaurants, wine bars, and night-clubs.
881. Bring out folders specially designed to hold sheet music or knitting patterns. Sell these from either, suitable shops or ads in publications read by people who collect sheet music or knitting patterns.
882. Make fashionable patchwork sweaters and have them stocked at shops. Alternatively, sell the sweaters from a stall at a market fair.
883. Start a school for pop or rock group management. Your students will include those who aspire to become a manager or leader of a pop or rock group. The course might be taught by post or held as a class.
884. Put together a postal service which sells personalised: golf-balls, cricket balls, snooker balls, tennis balls, etc. The exact method of placing names or initials on the balls can be worked out by you. If you can solve this problem, a lucrative market is waiting to be exploited.
885. Set yourself up in business as a music concert promoter. Approach a local pop or rock group and offer to organise a gig for them. If your first gig is successful slowly work your way up in the concert promoting business.
886. Write and publish a newsletter which is about how to sell simple information by post. In each newsletter suggest new ideas for the kind of information which can be sold. Also review the latest offerings by other information sellers.
887. Bring out a book or audio cassette which has a title like: 'How to get a World Record'. Include information about how to get a record accepted and give ideas about feats which might be attempted. Sell through bookshops or by post. 888. Design and make doll's clothes for collectors or manufacturers of dolls. Either make the clothes to order or produce a mail order catalogue which gives full detail of your range.
889. Use cheese-cloth to make your own range of fashion clothes such as blouses, skirts and shirts. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:08:00 +0200 To read an updated version about the best article marketing service that will help you rank your niche websites fast check out Article Marketing Automation. In this post I'm going to talk about making money online with articles and niche websites. Now choosing a good niche subject to base your website around is one of the most important aspects of making money online with articles and niche websites. This will give you a foundation to build from and you can target one general audience with a pack of keywords that they are most likely to be searching for. You should take each one of these keywords and use it for the basis of one article on each page. This way, even though you are targeting one specific subject, you will be sure to interest a wide variety of people in that one niche. They may also find other pages that interest them, which will keep them returning to your site to learn new information about the niche subject. You then deicide which of these would be most profitable by determining which have the least amount of competitors, so that you have a chance at making it to the first or second page of search engine results, but that also have a decent amount of people looking for that keyword or phrase each month. These will be the keywords or phrases that you will base the pages of your niche site on. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:08:00 +0200 Many potential Wahms think that starting an at home children day care business will be an easy way to make extra money and stay at home with their children. Owning a childcare business can be rewarding and does have many perks. However, the realities of this type of business are far from the ideal expectations of most folks considering childcare. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:06:00 +0200 770. Compile a guide to educational and leisure holiday courses. Have this published in book form and sell by mail order and through bookshops. This has the potential for a successful annual publication.
771. Start a mail order firm which sells live insects, insectaria and other products related to keeping and breeding insects. Advice might also be given on what insects to keep. Your service might be called 'Select an Insect'. Also publish a newsletter with a title like 'Insect Keeper'.
772. Design and produce a stock market investors log book. The purpose of this log book is to record and chart: the prices of individual shares, purchases, sales, dealing costs, profits and losses. Sell by mail order and direct mail to investors.
773. Produce a series of audio cassettes which contain quotes from the bible. The quotes on each cassette might be selected according to a theme. For example: How to meet bereavement and sorrow, how to meet the challenges of everyday life, and how to live in harmony with others.
774. Design and produce animation kits for amateur film makers, each kit consists of numerous paper characters with moveable joints and a selection of background scenery. An amateur film maker can use a kit to make hobby and animation films. A kit might have, for example, a Wild West theme. 775. Pay a taxidermist to prepare, stuff and mount fish. Produce a mail order catalogue about your mounted fish. Advertise in angling publications. Also sell through gift shops and fishing tackle shops.
776. Start a mail order business which sells a wide range of dog products, for example: kennels, muzzles, shampoos, collars, ornaments, etc, all with a canine theme.
777. Develop your dog grooming skills to a professional standard and open your own dog grooming parlour.
778. Use leather to make your own brand of top quality dog collars and leads.
779. Become a pets portrait photographer. You have to prove to potential customers that your portraits are far superior to any amateur photographs. This can be done by displaying your work on a stall in a public place and selling your service to people who take an interest in your work. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:06:00 +0200 780. Commission artists to do original paintings of horses and horse racing. Set up a business which distributes and sells these paintings. For example your might display the paintings in a mobile showroom which visits horse events.
781. Start a service which makes audio tape recordings of wedding ceremonies. Video cameras are either not allowed in church or produce poor pictures. However, discreet microphones can record the ceremony. Copies on cassette can be sent to friends and relatives at home and overseas.
782. Set up a business which makes wooden dog kennels in kit form. Sell by mail order from ads in dog lovers publications or get them stocked at pets shops.
783. With the permission of the appropriate authority, if needed, sell nuts in an open space of a city centre to passers-by and tourists for feeding the pigeons. Or, at a suitable seaside resort, sell bits of fish to holiday-makers who want to feed the seagulls.
784. Set up an enterprise which manufactures hutches and coops for small animals, birds and poultry. Sell in kit or finished form by mail order.
785. Produce a selection of posters which feature photographs of elaborate models. Mount these on display units and get model shops to show them.
786. Introduce a service to your area which releases lighter than air balloons at weddings, birthdays and other special occasions. Buy a cylinder of gas and turn out the balloons yourself. Offer potential clients a selection of quantities for different prices.
787. Start a business which delivers bulky pet food direct to the public. Build up a round of regular customers. Call on houses throughout your area to sell your service.
788. Begin a business which organises wildlife observation holidays. These might be based in a forest, for example, unspoiled coastal area or mountainous region. Produce a brochure and advertise in wildlife magazines.
789. Start a second-hand art bookstall and take it to antique markets or fairs. Obtain your stock by placing ads in art or book collectors magazines. State that you wish to buy collections of second-hand art books. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:06:00 +0200 800. Publish a newsletter about successful management. Aim the editorial at managers in large corporations. Each newsletter should discuss the issues relevant to the manager who wants to succeed.
801. Bring out a correspondence course which gives instruction about becoming a professional researcher. This course would appeal to those who would like a career in this field and to authors who want to do their own research. Sell from ads in literary publications.
802. Produce bookmarkers which have attractive embroidered designs. Package them in cellophane and have them stocked at bookshops.
803. Put together a regular publication which lists photographic equipment for sale. Your income comes from selling advertising space. 804. Write and publish a booklet about how to cut the cost of a wedding. Alternatively write and produce a manual about how to have a big wedding on a shoestring. Have it stocked in bookshops or sell from ads in wedding magazines.
805. Design and manufacture some wooden kits for constructing model boats. Sell from ads in hobby magazines or have them stocked in modelling and crafts shops.
806. Use direct mail to sell model steam engines to engineers, doctors, scientists, company directors and other professional people.
807. Set up a mail order business which specialises in selling videos, films, photographs, posters and slides about the pop music of the 50s and60s. Use your ingenuity to find products, for example canvass picture libraries and record and film companies.
808. Write and publish a newsletter which is devoted to profitable hobbies. The newsletter will be aimed at those who are looking for both an interesting new hobby and a way of making extra money. Asses the profit potential of a wide range of hobbies.
809. Bring out a selection of musical bookmarkers. To make the bookmarkers musical use electronic devices similar to the ones used in musical greeting cards. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:40:00 +0200 810. Start a service which organises the painting of murals in bedrooms, dining rooms, residential games rooms, etc. Advertise in up-market publications.
811. Call door-to-door and offer to take top quality passport photographs. Take the photographs in the customers house. Someone returns at a later date to deliver the photographs and collect payment. All family members might have their photos taken for passports, ID cards, bus and train passes, etc.
812. Start a production line which turns out hand-painted wooden egg cups for selling at shops. Or at a market stall paint personalised egg cups while the buyer waits.
813. Set up a caddie service for photographers, film makers and video makers. Hire out yourself, and others, to carry equipment for people in these groups. Place ads in suitable magazines to offer your service and send a leaflet to photographers who do location work for businesses.
814. Produce coloured acetate paper printed with painting by number designs for shops. The designs could include elaborate 'sale' signs and pictures with a Christmas theme. A shopkeeper sticks the acetate sheets to one side of a window and paints the design or picture on the other.
815. Begin a firm which produces and distributes a range of I'm in love' products. These will include T-shirts, car stickers and badges.
816. Bring out a board game about buying and running a shop. The shop might be a newsagent or the game might involve several types of shops. Sell from ads in publications which list shops for sale.
817. Rent out model trains by post to railway enthusiasts. This service would allow enthusiasts to examine and use a wide range of trains. You could include an option for the customer to buy if they are particularly fond of any model.
818. Make simple footstools - up to twelve inches in height, for standing on to reach things from shelves. Sell through local shops. 819. Contact the owners of houses with small letterboxes and offer to supply and install a large letterbox. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:40:00 +0200 990. Be a home visiting wig salesperson. By visiting the homes of potential buyers you provide a private and confidential service which is free of embarrassment. Buy a selection from wig manufacturers at trade prices. Advertise your service in newspapers and magazines.
991. Write and publish a monthly newsletter which helps those who want to give up smoking. The ability to give up smoking depends what's happening in a persons mind. A good newsletter could make the difference between success and failure.
992. Begin a confidential newsletter about how to get the best things from life. The best things in this case include: money, expensive property, respect an quality cars. Your newsletter should suggest some of the legal short cuts which can be taken.
993. At a crafts fair or antiques market have a stall which sells products related to Shakespeare. These might include: prints, books, audio cassettes, videos and posters.
994. In a city where there are many theatres, open a small shop which is devoted to selling things related to Shakespeare.
995. Publish a newsletter for expectant mothers. Provide subscribers with information and reassurance. Send each subscriber an issue which ties in with the stage of her pregnancy.
996. Use a computer or word processor to provide a letter and manuscript typing service. Customers would be students, academics, small business people and tradesmen.
997. Arrange for ink drawings to be made of historical characters from all parts of the nation. There might be hundreds of drawings. Have these printed and framed and sell by mail order. The idea is that wherever a person is, they can buy a framed drawing of someone famous from their own area.
998. Start a life history photography service. Produce an album of photographs which is a photographic history of a client's life. For example take photographs of a client's hospital of birth, former schools, places of work, place of marriage, houses they once lived in, etc.
999. Take an attractive photograph of a large office block, make enlarged framed copies and sell these to people who work there. This would make a good sideline business if you work in an office block and you meet many other office workers in the course of the day.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:40:00 +0200 With the cost of living increasing on a daily basis all over the world, it is becoming more common that both parents seek employment. However, this then makes it difficult to spend time with your children. One way round this is to consider working at home, this way you can still look after your children and also stabilize your financial position. For more information on Working At Home. Try visiting Work At Home Help Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:36:00 +0200 820. Bring out a video which consists of a long recording of an open fire. By playing the video anyone can have the charm of an open fire in their home without the mess and the hassle.
821. Make peg abacuses. Each abacus is a wooden block which has rows of dots instead of beads. A row has one peg to indicate the value of that row. Package these and sell as either a children's educational aid or a novelty for adults.
822. Write and produce a correspondence course about how to start and build a successful craft business. Subjects covered by the course might include: How to choose and design a winning product, how to sell craftwork, how to use other craft workers in your business, etc.
823. If you have a porch, hold a porch sale. Raise extra cash by displaying your unwanted items at your sale.
824. Set up a direct mail business which sells business books. This type of business offers the greatest potential for profit if you publish the books you sell. Do this by 1) Writing a book of your own; 2) Advertising for authors' manuscripts; and 3) Contacting literary agents.
825. Start a trade publication for small mail order businesses. Give the latest news and views relevant to small mail order businesses. Distribute by post.
826. Publish a newsletter for those who want to make money from manufacturing kits. Kit manufacturing provides a spectrum of opportunities. Deal with all aspects of starting a profitable kit making business.
827. Put together a correspondence course about how to become a professional investment adviser. Sell through ads in the financial press.
828. Learn the craft of woodcarving. When you become skilled earn money from carving popular first names in relief and turn these into brooches. Also turn out other carved jewellery such as pendants, bracelets and earrings.
829. Produce a selection of memory adoption cassettes. People often wish they had more pleasant childhood memories than they do. These cassettes would consist of recordings of pleasant memories. A listener can adopt these memories and pretend they are his or her own. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:36:00 +0200 840. Compile and publish a directory of sales messages, phrases and selling points. The format of this directory might be copyright free art clipping books. All businesses are potential buyers. Sell by direct mail.
841. Deal in collectible bookplates. Promote the hobby of collecting bookplates by offering potential collectors a free selection. Thereafter send collectors a regular list of bookplates for sale. Also bring out and sell albums for storing and displaying bookplates.
842. Devise a programm which is designed to make a person more dynamic. A more dynamic, confident person has a greater chance of achieving success in life. Publish your programme and sell it by direct mail to business opportunity seekers.
843. Buy a portable children's mini-railway. Children can sit on the carriages and are taken up and down a short track. Hire out your railway for fund raising at fairs and money-making tourist sites.
844. Rent out large snooker tables and cues in a similar fashion to the way television sets are rented out. Rent them to householders, clubs, businesses, colleges, unions, etc.
845. Start a publishing enterprise which specialises in producing quality hand printed poetry books. Get these stocked at bookshops and sell by post to poetry lovers.
846. Devise and produce an easy-to-use system for cataloguing coin collections. Sell this through stamp and coin shops, or from ads in alot of collectors magazines.
847. Be a crossword puzzle designer who specialises in a particular subject, such as football, painting rocks, photography or stamp collecting. Sell football crosswords, for example, to publishers of football magazines and programmes.
848. Publish a newsletter for those people who want to become children's authors. In each issue include advice and information which will help children's authors to get work accepted for publication.
849. Produce and launch a correspondence course which teaches people how to write fiction for adolescents for profit. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:35:00 +0200 860. At a tourist site earn money from painting a persons name on a print. The name thus becomes part of the picture. For example, there might be a hoarding of posters in your picture and a persons name becomes one of the posters. Design and produce the prints yourself.
861. Produce an aerial video of your area. Duplicate this and have it stocked at video hire shops and other local shops.
862. Publish a newsletter about human interest stories, unusual facts, interesting paragraphs, etc. Subscribers would include people who produce their own, regular, amateur publication. They would use your newsletter as a source to provide fillers for their own publication.
863. Start a school of English and give lessons to an ethnic group who want to improve their written and spoken English. You might give tuition either in your own home or at hired premises. 864. Start a dating agency or marriage bureau specially for the separated or divorced. Use local advertising to attract clients.
865. Begin a business which specialises in organising romantic breaks and holidays. Arrange for courting couples, newly-weds and mature couples to have breaks at hunting lodges, cottages and castles.
866. Earn from teaching people how to find a lover or life partner. You could hold classes in a hired hall, produce an audio cassette course, give lessons in your home or write a manual.
867. Produce painting by numbers outlines specially designed for hobbyists. For example, do outlines of locomotives, or background scenery for railway modellers. Sell these from ads in hobby magazines or get them stocked at modelling shops.
868. Begin a service which organises a telephone chess playing club. A member might have four chess boards and pieces next to the phone. When a member has worked out his move on each board, he telephones his opponent.
869. Put together a mail order catalogue which has a wide range of business posters. The posters might be about: inspiring, sales efficiency, hard work and saving energy. Send the catalogue to most businesses.
870. Make a selection of leather wallets for playing cards. For example, a pocket wallet or a wallet for attaching to a belt. Include a pack of playing cards in each wallet. Have them stocked at a wide range of shops.
871. Begin a venture which arranges for business and sales meetings to take place at exotic and unusual venues. For example, a businessman can negotiate a contract with a client at a castle, or on a yacht or in a sightseeing plane.
872. Put together a range of spoken word audio cassettes. Have them stocked in video rental shops and rented out as an alternative to a video.
873. Make hand-painted badges. These might feature: a tiny traditional painting, an abstract painting, witty statements, popular symbols and funny faces.
874. Set up a business which organises record, stamp or book fairs. Find a venue, sell places to stall holders by placing ads in hobby magazines and publicise to attract customers.
875. Attend pop concerts, festivals, fairs and other large public events and sell funny hats and baseball caps.
876. Start a theatrical play of the month club. Operate this like a book club but sell only theatrical plays. The club will not offer discounts on publications, but you can send copies of the latest plays opening at theatres.
877. Sell Jazz memorabilia by post. Start a world-wide search for products to put in your catalogue. The products might include: photographs, slides, posters, old magazines, duplicate press cuttings, books, video and audio cassettes.
878. Begin a board game of the month or quarterly club.
879. Sell unusual musical instruments from your own catalogue, by post. For example: folk music instruments from Third World countries, and early musical instruments. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:41:00 +0200
Is it possible to enter into a home-based MLM business opportunity over the Internet? Why not? Is it possible to get rich with network marketing? The "yes" will answer you right in front of your face. Everything is possible with the participation of Internet especially in the modern business transactions. But is home-based MLM business opportunity feasible and profitable? How can one become successful in this kind of business? Are you ready to take a ride into the four-step procedures toward a successful home-based MLM business? Step number 1. Recruit First Why do you have to recruit first instead of doing other things? Home-based MLM business opportunities are network marketing. It is composed of uplines and downlines. Uplines are independent representatives who recruit another independent representative which they will use in the direct selling of goods and services to customers. Put simply, the recruiter is the upline. They get their commission on the sales of the other independent representatives.
On the other hand, the recruited independent representatives are the downlines. Home-based MLM business opportunity is a commission-based joint effort of uplines and downlines.
That is the main reason why both uplines and downlines must work together. Without the other, the whole business force will be paralyzed. It will not function. What does this mean? Both parties share the same level of importance or significance to the group. Try to imagine a home-based MLM business opportunity without uplines and downlines? It does not seem right, isn’t it? You’re going to have these four (4) "NO": If you do not have recruited independent representatives or if they are not working effectively, there will be no income, no consumption of products and services, no one to market the products and services and no one will cater the customers. Step number 2. Maintain the minimum sales required. Home-based MLM business opportunities are so simple yet requires careful analysis of the sales income. You have to be a mathematician on this part to be able to tally your expenses and revenues. Don't forget though, there is the good possibility to get rich with network marketing. Everyday, independent representatives market the products and services. So make it a habit to tally the income entering everyday and the expenses leaving every hour. Step number 3. Monitor the consumption of products and services. Check your inventory. There is no further explanation needed as it is stated clearly enough. This simply means maintaining the minimum stock of products available to avoid having an empty or void stock. Step number 4. Train your downlines regularly. In every field, learning is always a requirement. Even if you are a teacher, you still need to study and learn. The thing here is to have a constant training schedule for the downlines. Study shows that a well-instructed downline creates a big difference than the downline with stagnant information in mind. Constant study really pays at the end. Some of the recommended topics are proper customer treatment, how to communicate effectively, business ethics, and everything that is needed to help them as well as your home-based MLM business. If you have already taken into account all the procedures needed to have a successful home-based MLM business opportunity, you are now ready towards establishing that career path, or on your way to getting rich with network marketing. The formulas are already in your hands. All that is needed now is to get it into effect. The only thing missing to complete the home-based MLM business opportunity is you. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:41:00 +0200 890. Design and make, or import, kimonos. Sell by post or get them stocked at suitable retailers.
891. Start a mail order business which sells started kits for being an amateur musician. Put the kits together from products which are already on the market.
892. Begin a business which makes cushions of unusual shapes. For example: star shaped, heart shaped, horseshoe shaped, or round with a hole in the middle.
893. Use the craft of embroidery to make attractive A-Z index cards. Instead of printed cards marked with letters of the alphabet, you make the letters with embroidery. A card index system can now look luxurious. Package the cards and get them stocked at bookshops and stationers.
894. Make either, commemorative wall-hanging tapestries or reproduce parts of the Bayeux tapestry. Use press advertising to sell these as highly collectible artefacts.
895. Hire a hall at a city centre location - Saturday would be the best day - and sell women's clothes at low prices.
896. In a tourist area open a market stall where you can print personalised T-shirts on the spot. Or start a mail order service which prints personalised T-shirts. If screen printing is used all the equipment can be made at home. Obtain and read books about screenprinting to get the know-how.
897. Start a postal service which hires out children's educational videos. A selection of videos should be offered for each age group. Produce a catalogue about your videos and advertise your rental service in a wide range of publications.
898. Bring out a product which consists of lots of small coloured wooden cubes. These can be used over and over again to make mosaics. Have this product stocked at shops or sell by mail order.
899. Design and make kits for making soft toy dolls. Place ads in craft magazines and sell by mail order. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:37:00 +0200 830. Use sea-shells to make a range of jewelery, including sea-shell brooches, bracelets, earrings and necklaces. Place these on racks and have them stocked at suitable shops.
831. Cut chess pieces into slices and use them to make earrings, necklaces and key-ring fobs. Sell at craftwork markets and fairs.
832. Begin a direct mail or mail order business which sells crafts books to craft workers. Buy books from publishers, buy manuscripts from authors and publish these yourself, or write a craft book which has universal appeal and sell this.
833. There seems to be an insatiable demand for quality, novel or inexpensive clocks. If you want to start an import business, this would be a suitable area to try. 834. Begin a business which produces a syndicated mail order catalogue. Most catalogues consist of the goods of one firm. A syndicated catalogue could have details of products from hundreds of suppliers.
835. Become a street handbag polisher. This service is similar to a street shoeshine, except handbags are polished. Also offer to polish leather clothes, such as jackets and coats.
836. If you are physically attractive, become a freelance escort. Place adverts in local papers which state you will accompany an unattached person to social or business functions.
837. In a large city operate a telephone information service for amateur photographers. Photographers who subscribe to your service can telephone you to get a list of today’s photo opportunities. For example: a film star arriving at an airport and a record breaking attempt.
838. Set up a mail order business which sells kits for making leather products. For example, kits for wallets, chequebook covers and pension book covers. Design and manufacture the kits yourself and produce a catalogue.
839. Put together a correspondence course about palmistry. Sell from ads in astrology magazines. One attraction of the course is that the palmist skills learned could be used to make money. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:37:00 +0200 910. Buy fantasy role-playing games from those who make up games as a hobby. Publish the games in a monthly newsletter and sell subscriptions to fantasy role-playing enthusiasts throughout the country.
911. Design and produce a selection of astrological badges for each star sign. Place these badges on cards or boards and distribute them to suitable retailers.
912. Start an enterprise which organises trips to sports events such as boxing contests, motor racing competitions, athletics events, etc. Your service provides the tickets and the transport. You might, for example, pay a shopkeeper to open a ticket office in his or her shop on Saturdays.
913. Earn from doing artistic hedge cutting. Advertise in the local press and in newsagents windows. Build up a list of regular customers who need their artistic hedges maintained.
914. Begin a mail order business which sells equipment and supplies for making paper at home. Use ads in craft magazines to promote this profitable hobby.
915. Start an enterprise which organises arts and crafts fairs. Find suitable venues, rent spaces to artists and craftworkers. Publicise throughout the local area.
916. Learn about the craft of making ornaments with eggshells. Make money from what you learn by bringing together a selection of supplies for selling to egg craft hobbyists.
917. Write and publish a newsletter for those who want to start a crafts business. In each issue give addresses of craftwork buyers. Also include editorial about how to develop both a successful product and a profitable business.
918. Open a school of antique restoration. Offer potential students a choice of courses covering most aspects of restoration. Potential students will include antique collectors and dealers. Advertise in magazines about antiques.
919. Organise courses for those who would like to start their own crafts business. Offer students specialised courses about starting a soft-toy, for example, or pottery business. Hold courses at either crafts workshops or bed and breakfast houses during the off-season time. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:37:00 +0200 950. Begin a mail order business which promotes the hobby of collecting currency notes. Put together a catalogue which lists a wide selection of currency notes and collecting accessories. Advertise in coin collecting magazines.
951. Start a postal business which sells novel birth and death certificates to those who like to claim that they had previous lives. Design the certificates yourself and pay for them to be printed. Also offer a service which uses occult methods to identify previous lives.
952. Publish an 'ideas' newsletter for photographers. Focus the attention of the newsletter on ideas for saleable photographs. Use ads in photography magazines to sell subscriptions and emphasise that the newsletter aims to help people to earn money from photography.
953. Make a selection of home-made chocolates. Rent a corner of an established shop on a Saturday to sell them.
954. Bring together a selection of books and cassettes about self-hypnosis and start a mail order business. Produce a catalogue about your products and send it to those interested in astrology, the occult and self-improvement.
955. Start a mail order business which sells X-rated books. Canvass publishers at home and abroad to see if they can supply you with any books which fall into this category.
956. Set up a business which produces cinema programmes. These programmes might consist of 2-8 printed pages. Sell advertising space in these programmes to local businesses and include details of future films. Cinema programmes take these programmes from a display unit free of charge.
957. Begin a business which sells original paintings on hire purchase or revolving credit. Almost everyone would like to own original oil paintings but are put off because of the high initial cost.
958. At a crafts fair or market, operate a jewellery lucky dip. Bring together a selection of enamelled, seashell, bead and carved jewellery in a box. Wrap the box and place in a large tub of sawdust. Passers by are invited to pick a box for a small charge.
959. Put together a spoon bending act that is inspired by Uri Geller. Get yourself an agent and earn money from performing at a wide range of venues such as clubs, pubs, theatres, private parties, etc. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:15:00 +0200 790. Publish a newsletter for those who want to make money dealing in antiques. In the newsletter highlight trends in the antiques business, give tips and hints about finding bargains, tell subscribers how to sell for the highest prices, etc.
791. Produce and distribute a video encyclopaedia about flowers, plants, trees or birds. This should present films about your chosen subject in alphabetical order. Try to get national and international distribution organised.
792. Sell by post information and advice about antiques. Provide clients with a confidential service which identifies and values antiques from descriptions and photographs. Also give advice about care, cleaning and storage of individual items. Produce leaflets about your service.
793. Take a course in basketry. As you develop your skill slowly begin to sell what you make. When your work reaches a high enough standard, go into business full-time.
794. Start a service which provides businesses with a security conscious paper collecting, shredding and disposal service. Have impressive leaflets printed to promote your service and send them to businesses.
795. Create a home-based debt collections service. Get a job with a debt collection agency and learn all you can before you strike out on your own. At first specialise in one type of trade and, if successful, expand into collecting debts for other trades.
796. Produce a series of audio cassettes about Confucianism. Have them stocked at health food shops and bookstores. Or sell by mail order from ads in off-beat publications.
797. Design and manufacture business maternity clothes for businesswomen. Have them stocked in maternity and other women's clothes shops and sell by mail order.
798. Make videos for people who want to sell their business. Each video is designed to show a business in its best light. In the video, interview customers, look at its standing in the community, etc. Your video should help achieve the highest possible sale price for the businesses whose sale you promote.
799. Put together a correspondence course about how to write jokes for profit. Base this on a method which is your own invention. For example, jokes are like the keys on a piano: there's a limited number but they can be played in an infinity of combinations. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:15:00 +0200 980. Package freshly or specially hardened conkers and sell through newsagents and toy shops. Each pack might contain 4-6 conkers.
981. Set up and organise a home-visiting massage service. Your business would find work for experienced masseurs and masseuses. Get custom by placing ads in local newspapers and notices in the windows of local newsagents.
982. Open a press cutting research service for stock market investors. Read the daily papers and make a note every time a public company is mentioned. When an investor requests information about a company, you photocopy all the cuttings which mention the name of that company.
983. Make up pretty bags filled with aromatic herbs which are designed for hanging around the house or in cars. Add an elastic string to each bag so that one pull will release some of the aroma into the air.
984. Set up a business which makes nightshirts and nightcaps. Have these stocked at up-market clothes retailers.
985. Be a diet consultant. Earn money from guiding people through published diets like the F-plan. Also you might buy the recommended food at trade prices and sell it to your clients. Advertise your service locally and visit the homes of clients to give private consultations.
986. Become a make-up consultant. Advise women on what make-up suits their individual mix of: skin shade, hair and eye colours, nose and facial shape, etc. Once you have established your consultancy, make more money by teaching others to be make up consultants.
987. Bring out a newsletter which gives amateur magicians ideas for new tricks. Also sell advertising space to firms which have products to sell to amateur magicians.
988. Start a mail order business which sells vitamin pills. Produce a catalogue which contains a far wider range of vitamin pills than is available at shops.
989. Locate a source of fresh, pure mud and package it in specially sealed containers. Sell this by post for beauty treatment. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:15:00 +0200 What if you were missing just that last piece?That last piece to making a living at home. The key you had all along.I was in posession of it for longer than I can remember.I even jotted it down. I knew it, had it and did exactly opposite of what it was. WHY? I continue asking myself the same thing. Difficult, isn't it? The key is already written in what you have just read. Thank you for your interest.I know that I am having a lot happier of a life than I had before I opened my eyes and saw what was already in front of me. I wish you the best in your efforts to Getting Rich Quick Online. P.S. For the answer, click here. (You didn't think I wasn't going to tell you did you?) Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:12:00 +0200 What if you were missing just that last piece? That last piece to getting rich quick online. The key you had all along. I had it for longer than I can remember. I even wrote it down. I knew it, had it and did exactly opposite of what it was. WHY? I keep asking myself the same thing. Difficult, isn't it? The answer is already written in what you have just read. Thank you for your interest. I know that I am having a lot better of a life than I had before I opened my eyes and saw what was already in front of me. I wish you the best in your efforts to Getting Rich Quick Online. P.S. For the answer, click here. (You didn't think I wasn't going to tell you did you?) Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:12:00 +0200 Have you ever had a conversation with someone who talks about another person and they do so in an unkind manner? The type of conversation they would not be having if the other person was actually there listening. They're basically talking behind their back. Why someone does this I'm not sure, could it be a feeling of inferiority, insecurity, inadequacy, malice... I don't know and without getting into a psychological debate as to why a person would do such a thing, let's just say that in the end, it's a lack of ethics. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:12:00 +0200 Having a home-based business these days is easier than ever. With the Internet providing you access to lots of information, email giving you more chances to widen your network, and technology providing you with gadgets to put an office anywhere, you can an office in the garage and still make a lot of profit only if you know how to run your business well. Thanks to a rapidly widening Internet market-place, furthermore, there is big demand for computer and technology-savvy people. If you can work well with your PC, and if you have good software, then you can work from your computer and have your own home-based business. Here are a few ideas that you may want to consider: Virtual Assistant. Through the Internet, virtual assistants can schedule appointments, run errands, and in general, communicate with their bosses no matter where they are in the world. Also by setting up your own home based secretarial business, you can earn money from typing and data entry via projects sent through email. Paid Blogger. If you are fond of writing, and if you have a lot of things to say as an expert, then you can enter paid blogging programs. You can be paid by the article, and all you need to do is to write short articles on certain topics, and then submit these articles or post them on your blog. A variant of this is ghost writing, where you can write short articles that will later be used as web content. For more information, look at freelance writing sites. Rates will vary depending on the length and content of your article. Web Designer/Developer. Many companies have yet to establish their presence online, and in order to compete well in the Internet marketplace, they will need to have a great website. You can work from your laptop and exercise your scripting and design capabilities by providing designer and developer services. You can earn money through each web page that you design, in bulk for the entire site, or in staggered amounts depending on the number of times a year that you update the site. Graphics and Print Designer. Some publishing and marketing companies are now turning to outsourcing their work instead of having in-house designers, as this can save them money on employment. As a graphics designer, you need to have excellent design software, and a good printer if you need to print out samples for your clients to look at. You can be paid for each graphic design and/or for short-term services. You can work on company logos and letterheads, t-shirt designs, mouse pad designs, and even necktie pattern designs! Editor. Many writers need good editors, not just to check their grammar and syntax, but to check the flow of their thoughts as well. Moreover, some publishing houses outsource editing jobs to freelance editors, as this saves them money on staffing. You can be paid by the page, or in bulk; all you need to do is receive files through your email, and then send them back with corrections. So as you can see, starting a home business with your PC offers many different options, these are only a few options available to you. As technology develops, there will be even more options for you to choose from. In the meantime, keep your PC clean, free from viruses, and running at top speed, and you can earn the money that you need in no time.
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:06:00 +0200 House cleaning is in big demand at the moment and it will continue to be in demand over the coming years. The reason being is that peoples' lifestyles have changed and more and more people are turning to house cleaning services to help free up some of their time. Why not get in on the act now, take advantage of this demand, and start profiting from your own home-based house cleaning business Below are the main points you need to know to start-up as an Independent Cleaner. Choose a Business Name For advertising purposes you really should give your cleaning service a name. It could just be your own name, i.e. 'Joan Walter's House Cleaning' or you could give it a more generic name i.e. 'Your Sparkly House'. Well, you get the idea anyway! Having a business name forms an identity for your business. If you are serious about making a profit and an income from this, then you need to take your little business seriously and it all starts with a name. Choose Your Territory & Customers You need to know who your customers are going to be and where they live. You might not have your own transport, so this will have to be taken into consideration. If you have a car then you will be able to travel further a field and be able to do more cleans per day. Targetting potential customers near where you live is sensible if you don't have your transport. But you will also need to identify if the people in your area have the money to pay for a cleaner. So finding out who can afford your cleaning service is important. You also need to know if there are enough of these premium customers within a certain proximity of each other? Ideally you would want as many customers as close to each other as possible. This way you can do more cleans per day and not lose too much time traveling from one customer to another. Set-Up Costs As an Independent Cleaner, there is very little you need to buy when starting a home business. Most Independent Cleaners tend to use the cleaning products and equipment of their customers. So you won't need to buy any cleaning products. This is the main reason why you will make a healthy profit! The following are what you will probably have to spend some money on: o A tabard/apron Pricing You need to set yourself a price structure. The best way to do this is to ring around the local cleaners in your Yellow Pages and find out what they are charging. You can also get this information from your local job center. You can then set your hourly rate in proportion with your competitors. Whether you choose to undercut them, charge the same, or set your prices slightly higher is totally up to you. Advertising If you don't carry out advertising activities, then know one will know about your cleaning service. The best and cheapest way to do this is to create small flyers and to put them directly into your potential customers' mailbox. Simply type up your flyer in a word processing document, or get somebody to do this for you. Try and put at least two flyers on one page. Take these your local library or wherever has a photocopier. Get them copied as many times as you can afford. Put your flyers out by the hundreds if you can. You will be surprised at how quickly this actually takes. With any luck by the time you get home you could have your very first phone call. In addition to flyers, depending on your budget, advertise your cleaning service in the Yellow Pages. If you cannot afford this from the onset, once you start making some money you can then think about placing an advert then. Expanding Once you are well on your way of having a full, jam-packed diary you might want to think about expanding your cleaning business. By now you will be beaming with confidence of what you have accomplished all by yourself. So thinking about hiring a cleaner to help you expand should not be too daunting. Put an ad in your local newspaper advertising for a cleaner. Once you have chosen a satisfactory candidate take him/her with you on your cleaning rounds for him/her to get used to your cleaning methods and techniques. Once you are happy and confident that he/she can go and clean on their own, you can then either have some free time to yourself or double your customer base. Once you are totally confident with managing cleaning staff there is no reason why you can't hire more cleaners. Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:06:00 +0200 Clerical data entry working form home allows you to work at times that are convenient to you and is a great way to earn a decent full or part time income. No wonder this type of employment is one of the best ways to earn a living online. |
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