In-Store Demonstration Service business. Do you know how to hold a crowd's attention? Create in-store demonstrations. Business Overview If you've got a flair for demonstrations, people skills and the gift of organization, then an in-store demonstration service might be the business for you. You'll contract with food brokers and other suppliers and manufacturers to show off their products via your own on-call, personally trained demonstrators. People are more likely to purchase...

Residential Cleaning business. Help get homes spic and span with a residential cleaning business. Business Overview Residential cleaning is a multibillion-dollar industry, and getting your piece of this very lucrative pie is very easy. Cleaning requires no special skills, start-up investment and equipment costs are minimal, and there is no shortage of work. Residential cleaners perform duties such as dusting, vacuuming, washing surfaces, mopping floors, polishing mirrors and...

Entertainment Booking Agent business. Put your networking skills to work as an entertainment booking agent. Business Overview If you're looking for a business opportunity that could prove to be both fun and profitable, look no further than starting a business as a freelance entertainment booking agent. A booking agent is a person that actively seeks out opportunities in the entertainment industry, such as booking music bands for nightclub performances, theater groups for stage...

Self Publishing Consultant business. Know the secrets to self publishing? Help those who want to succeed too. Business Overview Here is your opportunity to help people fulfill their dreams of becoming published writers by starting a self-publishing consulting business. Offer your clients numerous services in both print and electronic formats for nonfiction and fiction books, journals, and short stories, including proofreading, editing, printing, marketing, and distributing...

Interior Design business. Design creative indoor spaces that fit your clients' needs. Business Overview If you love interior decorating -- your home draws admiring comments from visitors, you've got décor magazines stacked on coffee tables and nightstands, home design shows playing on the television all day (and night), and you're a home furnishings shopaholic -- then this could be the business for you. As an interior designer or decorator, you'll help clients make their...

Residential Safety Consultant business. Have an eye for hazards? Help clients feel safe at home. Business Overview Statistically speaking, the largest percentage of accidents causing injuries do not happen on the job, on the roads, or on playing fields, but right at home. Falls, accidental poisonings, burns, cuts, broken bones, and many other types of injuries take place in thousands of homes across the country every single day. The vast majority of these injuries are...

Roof Repair business. Not afraid of heights? Help homeowners fix their roofs. Business Overview The prerequisite for selling roof-repair services is obvious; you need to know how to repair all or most types of roofing'asphalt, cedar, tile, steel, torch-on, and tar and gravel. Although this may sound like a major requirement, in fact it is not. Just about anyone with basic carpentry and construction skills can quickly learn how to repair roofs. You will, however, need proper...

Real Estate Listing Preparation Service business. Help people prep their home listings with your excellent copywriting, editing and sales skills. Business Overview Real estate agents are quick to tell you that a home that has been professionally prepared to be listed will always sell faster, and for more money, than a home that has not been prepared to be listed. That is why real estate agents will become your number-one referral source if you choose to start a real estate...

Welcome Service business. Business Overview Here is a business start-up that requires no practical business experience, and very little capital to activate. A welcome wagon service is simply making new residents of your community feel welcome and explaining all the various services and attractions that are available locally. Local companies pay you a small fee in exchange for promoting their products and services to new residents, thus creating a business income. These small...

Rubbish Removal business. Being a trash man may not sound glamorous, but there's plenty of money to be made hauling junk. Business Overview It isn't pretty, but trash could put you on the road to riches. Rubbish removal is charged by the hour, truckload, or by a quote before removing the junk. If you can offer home and business owners fast and convenient rubbish removal services at competitive prices, word-of-mouth advertising will generate more work than you can handle. Be...