Specialty Mail Order business. Let customers buy obscure items from your catalog. Business Overview Specialty mail order catalogs are one of the hottest businesses going these days. With so many two-income and single-parent families around, nobody has much time to shop. And people today are more interested in spending their scant leisure hours on quality time at home with family and friends than on exhausting expeditions to the mall. So catalogs are the obvious alternative. ...

Web Design business. Create professional, beautiful and functional websites for your clients. Business Overview If you're in business today, a website is as important as an ad in the Yellow Pages. With a Web presence, you've got access to millions of potential customers around the world -- it's like rolling out a major advertising supplement, marketing brochure and mail order catalog in one easily updated package. And all without printing, postage or phone costs! The problem...

Aerial Advertising business. Take company advertisements to new heights with aerial advertising. Business Overview If you're looking for a unique and inexpensive advertising business to start, look no further than starting an aerial advertising service. The best way to initiate this business is to form a joint partnership with a pilot who has access to an airplane. The pilot can concentrate on the aerial aspect of the business while you concentrate on marketing the business and...

Art Supply Store business. Draw out a new business with an art supply store. Business Overview Millions of people enjoy creating art as a hobby. It's a great way to be creative and reduce stress. All of these people require art supplies to be able to enjoy their hobbies, and this creates a terrific opportunity to a startup art supplies retail store. The store doesn't have to be large, just well stocked with all the popular art supplies. You can also conduct painting and other...

Specialty Travel business. Don't just start a travel business -- have a specific niche. Business Overview Tourists today can choose from a staggering number of specialty tours. If you love travel and you can communicate your enthusiasm to others, then a specialty travel and tour business might be just the ticket for you. The advantages to this business are that you meet lots of interesting people and you get to travel frequently and investigate hotels, restaurants and all...

Wedding Consultant business. Help make sure a couple's special day goes off without a hitch as a wedding consultant. Business Overview It's hard to plan those dream nuptials these days -- both the bride and groom usually work, which leaves them scant time or energy for all the scores of details that go into planning the big event. But you can make dreams come true as a wedding planner (also called a bridal consultant). You'll work with the happy couple on an hourly basis,...

Duct Cleaning Service business. Here's a business that's doing its part in cleaning the air. Business Overview Cleaning furnace and air-conditioning ducts has become a routine home maintenance practice for many homeowners. Duct cleaning is relatively inexpensive, and the health benefits are numerous, as anyone suffering from allergies or other breathing-related health problems will tell you. Perhaps these facts are what makes starting a duct cleaning service such a good choice...

Artist's Workspace Rentals business. Got a spare room? Rent it out to artists in need of some creative space. Business Overview Renting a large warehouse space and dividing the space into smaller sections to rent to artists as work studios is a great way to start your own business and be self-employed. The work studios can be rented on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, providing they're used for work areas only and not residential units. The business doesn't require a great...

Tax Accountant business. Help clients organize their taxes to get the biggest return. Business Overview Tax preparation can be time-consuming, detail-oriented, confusing, and, for most people, frightening. Tax laws change frequently, the IRS has a tyrannical reputation, and most of us balk at arithmetic anyway. But if you've got a head for figures, you like solving puzzles of the financial kind, and you can keep up with changing tax laws, this could be the business for you. You...

Actor's Photo Portfolios business. Target your photography business to actors by helping them put together professional portfolios. Business Overview Taking photographs of actors and models is a sector of the photography industry that generates millions of dollars in revenues each year. Providing you have the photography skills and equipment necessary to take professional actors' head shots and create photograph portfolios, then starting a photography business that specializes...