Expense Reduction Consultant business. If you have an eye for efficiency and cost-cutting, you could help businesses improve their bottom line. Business Overview Calling all business managers, controllers and operations managers. You can profit from your business and budget management skills and experiences by starting your own expense reduction consulting service. Expense reduction consultants provide clients with services such as controlling long-term product and service...

Furniture Steam Cleaning business. Keep furniture looking new with a steam cleaning service. Business Overview Are you searching for a business opportunity that can be started for peanuts, operated on a full- or part-time basis and has the potential to earn $30 per hour or more? If so, perhaps you should consider starting a furniture steam cleaning service. A furniture steam cleaning service is very easy to get started, as the equipment needed is available in almost every...

Antique Furniture Refinishing business. Bring antique furniture back from the brink by refinishing it. Business Overview Calling all handypeople with a home based workshop; the time has never been better than now to start an antique furniture refinishing and repair business, as consumer demand has skyrocketed for antiques in a good state of repair. Once again, an antique furniture refinishing business can easily be operated right from a home based workshop. Finding customers...

Lawn Ornament Sales business. Will it be a tortoise or a hare? Why not provide both to decorate homeowners' lawns? Business Overview Not only are lawn decorations easy to make, they're also easy products to sell. Combining these two facts creates a wonderful opportunity to start a business that manufactures and sells lawn ornaments. The first step will be to purchase or make the molds required for manufacturing the ornaments. The rest is very straightforward: Simply practice...

Artificial Plants business. Not everyone has a green thumb. Thankfully, artificial plants are pretty hard to kill. Business Overview Designing, making and selling artificial plants is a terrific home based business venture to put into action, as the demand for artificial plants is strong. Artificial plants are easy to make, and the raw materials required are available in almost every craft supply store. Additionally, many of these same craft stores also stock books and...

Package Design Service business. Good things come in beautiful packages. Help businesses by creating out-of-the-ordinary packaging. Business Overview Most manufacturers realize that product packaging can be just as important as the product itself in terms of sales and overall success. This is why many manufacturers enlist the services of a professional when it comes time to design or redesign of packaging for their products. This is a terrific opportunity for enterprising...

Fencing Installations business. Fencing installations can surround you with plenty of opportunities from property owners. Business Overview The desire to keep kids and pets inside a property, and unwanted trespassers outside a property, has created a big demand for companies that provide property fencing installation services. The starting point is to first determine the fencing materials and style of fencing your fence installation service will be installing. There are various...

Deck Building business. Allow homeowners to spend more time outdoors by building decks for them. Business Overview One of the fastest growing segments of the home improvement industry is designing, building, and installing custom sundecks. Many of the sundecks that are now being installed retail for as much as $15,000 and include features such as built-in planters, areas for sunk-in hot tubs, glass or cast iron handrails, and custom manufactured wood furniture to match the...

Safe Installations business. Keeping others' valuables safe will enable you to create a financial safety net of your own. Business Overview Crime is on the rise, and people are now more proactive in terms of protecting themselves and their families from becoming victims of crime and against the loss of their valuables or personal property through crime. The time has never been better to start and operate a business that specializes in the sales and installations of safes used...

Customer Service Training business. Have a knack for impeccable service? Teach companies' employees to deliver. Business Overview We have all been in situations where we have been treated poorly by a food server, service manager, receptionist or product installer. The end result of such an encounter is typically a vow to never return to or refer that particular business again. Rude and poorly trained employees cost companies millions of dollars each year in potential future...