Community Business Maps business. Business Overview Community business maps are simply maps featuring information about local attractions and points of interest within a community, as well as highlighting the participating businesses that sponsor or advertise on the maps. Typically, business advertisers will receive a display-size advertisement on the back of the map, and the advertiser's business location will be featured on the front of the map. The maps are given away free...

Restaurant Placemats business. Put designing capabilities to use on restaurant placemats. Business Overview Like restaurant menus, many restaurant owners are more than happy to have community businesses featured on their table placemats in exchange for receiving the placemats for free. Here is how the business works. Assume that a busy 50-seat restaurant would use 200 paper placemats each day or approximately 6,000 per month, and the cost to print 6,000 black and white...

Buskers School business. Use performance arts skills to teach others how to be street performers. Business Overview What could be more interesting and fun than starting and operating a school that trains students to become buskers or street entertainers? There probably is not a correct answer to that question, as it is a matter of personal preference. It could be a wonderful business for any determined entrepreneur that is seeking to start a unique business with great potential...

Entertainment Booking Agent business. Put networking skills to work in this business. Business Overview If you are 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 performances, and...

Billboards business. Take advertising to the great outdoors by renting space on highly visible billboards. Business Overview Billboards are one of the most competitive segments of the advertising industry, and starting a business that installs billboards and markets billboard advertising will take a lot of research and clever planning. However, with that said, the profit potential for a business that markets billboard advertising is outstanding. The billboard advertising...

Online Advertising Consultant business. Help businesses advertise their websites on and offline. Business Overview In the rush to set up a website, many business owners fail to consider how they will advertise their site once online. In a nutshell, the role of an internet advertising consultant is to develop an advertising program specifically created to meet a client's particular needs. How do you optimize a website for search engines? What's the best way to advertise a...

Old-Time Radio Programs business. Nostalgic productions can be brought to life with a love for acting and history. Business Overview History always has a way of repeating itself, and old-time radio programs from the 1930s and '40s are no exception to the rule, as these radio programs are once again becoming very popular. Seek to purchase the rights or pay for the rights to re-record old-time radio programs onto cassette tapes and compact discs. Once complete, the tapes and...

Comedy Club business. People can always use a laugh. Keep them smiling by giving comedians an outlet for their material. Business Overview Comedy clubs are a very popular entertainment venue, and there are a few approaches that can be taken in terms of starting a comedy club. The first and most costly option is to open a comedy club from a fixed location. The second and cheaper option is to establish a mobile comedy troop and book performances for the troop across the country...

Advertising Broker business. Business Overview Why pay retail prices to advertise your business? That is the question that you will be asking potential clients if your intentions are to become an independent advertising broker. Purchasing various advertising mediums in advance and in bulk can cut the cost by as much as 50 percent or more. To reinforce this statement, contact your local radio station and ask for the rate for ten 30-second advertising spots versus three hundred...

Singles-Only Dances business. Play the match-making field with singles that want to meet face to face. Business Overview How big is the potential market for a business that organizes and hosts singles-only dances? Very big, and to back up this statement, consider the following two facts: 1. People are waiting longer than any other previous generation before they get married. 2. The United States and Canadian divorce rate is at a staggering 40 percent. Initiating a...