I love work at home projects. These are simple to implement, spare time, money making projects you can start on your kitchen table and work on when you have the time. Here are some projects to get you started (excerpted from “Secret Underground Business Plans, Projects and Ideas”)
Here’s a neat adaptation of an existing business that could make someone a fortune. I’m sure you’ve seen bumper stickers on commercial trucks and vans that say, “How’s My Driving – Call 800-555-5555 truck # AES-0513.”
Did you know that 2 or 3 services handle all the calls that are generated from those bumper stickers? It’s like a specialized answering service. When you call the 800 number you are asked for the number of the truck you are reporting. The service cross references the truck number with the companies listed in its database and reports the complaint back to the company. The companies pay a set fee per truck for this service.
Well, how about a service that does the same thing for teenaged drivers?
You could charge parents a fee of $20 or $30 dollars a year for the service. Contract with a telephone answering service to take the calls and report back to you the complaints and the vehicle number. You would then contact the parent with a written report of the incident.
An inexpensive way to market this service would be through press releases to newspapers and parent oriented magazines.
Here is a really simple business anyone with a flair of communicating with children can turn into a great income. What you do is create a subscription “letter of the month” club for children. Every month you write a personalized letter on a specific theme and mail it to the child.
For example, if your theme is exotic places, you could call yourself Traveling Tina and write a letter that both entertains and teaches about a different local each week.
You do not have to write a personal letter to each child. Simply create a “boiler plate” document and use your computer to insert the child’s name in relevant places. You can also have the parent fill out a form that further personalizes the letter with the name of pets, playmates, food likes and dislikes, etc.
To make your service really unique, include a low cost gift with each letter, like a bookmark or picture.
Market you club in national parents magazines and sell one year subscriptions for $20 - $30.
Cut out prints and illustrations from old books. Frame them and sell to a wide range of shops and from a booth at craft shows.
Many people are entering various contests to reap the benefits their jobs cannot provide them. These optimists rationalize that “one day they will win”.
You can help these individuals discover a whole new world by providing a series of contest bulletins. One man in Florida who publishes a monthly bulletin realizes large profits through his services. Using a computer and printer he lists various contests, rules, and the addresses where entries are to be sent.
He gets his information by reading the latest issues of many national magazines. His customers are obtained from ads he runs in local and national media. At $5.00 per copy, this type of business can be successful and profitable as well. According to the latest notice sent out by this man, his circulation is in the thousands.
Collect the pinecones and wash them in a solution of copper chloride – purchased from a chemical supply house – and water and allow them to dry completely. Package them in festive bags with about 18 cones to a bag.
You can wholesale them to retailers before the holiday season for $1.00 to $2.00 a bag. Or retail them yourself at holiday craft shows.
Your costs are practically nothing so profits are very high.
Excerpted from “Secret Underground Business Plans, Projects and Ideas” by James J. Jones. For 201 more interesting and profitable ways to earn money at home visit Business-ideas.biz.
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