Home Decorating Guide business. No, print isn't dead. Give homeowners a decorating guide they can flip through while sitting on their couch. Business Overview In spite of its popularity, we haven't turned our world completely over to the internet. Good old print publishing is here to stay, at least for the foreseeable future. A publishing business that creates and distributes semiannual home decorating guides can still earn excellent profits. The business concept is very...

Freelance Writer business. Live by the pen as a freelance writer. Business Overview If you've always wanted to pen articles for magazines or newspapers, then this is the business for you. As a freelance writer, you can specialize in a particular industry or area of interest, or you can play the field, writing about anything that catches your fancy. There are thousands of magazines devoted to more specialties than you can imagine. You can also write for corporate...

Home Office Resource Guide business. Working from home can be isolating. Help home workers thrive with a specialized guide. Business Overview Are you looking to start a business that can be set in motion with a minimal capital investment, operated from a home office and has the potential to be expanded across North America over a very short period of time with unlimited income potential? If so, perhaps starting a community resource guide for home based business owners and home...

Community Newsletter business. Love where you live? Start a community newsletter. Business Overview Writing, publishing, and distributing your own community newsletter is a great way to earn extra money and have some fun at the same time. To keep your start-up, equipment and printing costs to a minimum use 11-by-17-inch paper folded in half, as is your newspaper. This will give you four pages on which to feature content and advertisements. Featured content can be whatever you...

Small Business Guides business. Create small business guides and take advantage of the growing influence of small businesses in the U.S. and Canada. Business Overview Small businesses drive the economies in both the U.S. and Canada. In fact, small business is responsible for 80 percent of all new and existing employment in both countries. Starting a desktop publishing business in your community that specializes in creating a monthly small business guide is a terrific new...

Invitations business. Beautiful invitations will never go out of style. Draw in clients with creative marketing and high quality. Business Overview Are you searching for a desktop publishing business opportunity that can be operated from home and started with a minimal investment? If so, consider starting a business that designs and produces custom made-to-order invitations. Not only can this business be started for literally peanuts, but there is also gigantic consumer demand...

Graphic Design business. Take your flair for design and start a business. Business Overview If you've always pictured yourself as a commercial artist but your drawing style is closer to stick figures than Cézannes, then graphic design might be just the business for you. With the great software available today, you can conjure up logos, letterheads, brochures, product packaging and mail order catalogs -- just about anything that needs a distinctive graphic ambience for the...

Specialty Greeting Cards business. When people need to say more than "Happy birthday, Mom," they turn to specialty greeting cards. Business Overview Millions of greeting cards are sold annually in the U.S., and starting a business that designs and produces one-of-a-kind custom greeting cards for clients is a terrific desktop publishing business to set into action. In addition to a high-quality color printer, you'll also need a computer and design software. Ideally, marketing...

Event Programs business. From school plays to weddings, plenty of events depend on programs. Business Overview Seminars, auctions, plays, trade shows and business conventions generally have one thing in common: They require event programs to be distributed to the people in attendance to let them know what's going on, what's for sale and what's coming up next. Starting a desktop publishing business that designs and produces event programs is a very easy new business enterprise...

Transcript Service business. A transcript service is unique, homebased and can generate a good income. How else should we spell it out for you? Business Overview Starting a transcript service is a unique and interesting business opportunity to pursue. Best of all, it has the potential to generate a substantial income. A transcript service is simply a business that records spoken information, such as a seminar, or TV talk show into a printed document. The document or...