Creating your own "fun money business" is all about finding the best business ideas that will result in a fun way for you to make money. Put your entrepreneurs hat on, pour yourself a coffee and start brainstorming an ideas list.
Business has got to be fun, so what is fun for you?
“Do what you love and the money will follow.” I found this incredible piece of advice in an old journal, I wish I could credit the wise person whose work this is, but I never recorded it.
Do what you love. What is it you love? What would you love to do? Questions sometime just raise more questions, but it is very worthwhile taking the time to explore your options - and discover what you could do that would make you happy.
What are you drawn to? Once you have a few ideas, you can start narrowing down what the best business ideas are in those fields.
You will want to be in a recession-proof, growth industry, so you'll need to be on the look out for new trends to capitalize on.
Now is a great time to have a home based business – in fact there are many advantages in being your own boss. You can't fire yourself! It takes no time at all to get to and from work, you can save money on coffee and lunch... and there are tax benefits. Being your own boss gives you the freedom to set your schedule and set business hours for what's convenient for your lifestyle.
I agree with Jim Rohn - "Profits are better than wages."
Contact you local Chamber of Commerce and your local SCORE offices for free advise about starting a small business in your community. You'll be able to get tips on setting a business plan, doing a budget, get access to mentors and many other useful resources.
A new rising star is home staging. It's becoming more and more popular - and as you can imagine, necessary, as many home owners are in a hurry to get a sold sign out front. They're wanting to maximize their house's potential for a quick sale at the best price. Click here for more info about home staging.
If you love to write, click here to see some information about earning money this way.
FunMoneyBusinesses cost very little to set up, they allow you to work from home, create your own schedule so you work the hours you choose and ideally, make more money than you expected to. Because they are the sort of businesses that can only come from the very best business ideas.
Home Staging
Were you aware that home staging has become one of the best recession-proof businesses you can start today...
What exactly is Home Staging?It's the art of highlighting a home's strengths, while down playing any weaknesses, in order to appeal to the widest possible number of prospects in the market. People buy homes for emotional reasons. They want to imagine being comfortable living there, they want to feel like the house has plenty of space, room to move around in and grow into. Home buyers perceive more value or equity in spacious houses. Buyers are willing to pay more for houses that feel and look like there is plenty of space and storage.
Do you just 'know' what goes with what in a home?If you are a creative, decisive, multi-tasker who loves interior design, and enjoys other peoples homes, and you like the idea of working from home and creating your own schedule, home staging may be the perfect home based business.
A growth industry that is here to stayThe home staging industry has grown incredibly in recent times, and with the current conditions in the real estate market, home owners who want to sell quickly are calling on home stagers more than ever before. You'll find there is a definite need for your services!
Staged homes typically sell for more money in a shorter time, so your services are a valued investment. And time is of the essence, people will happily pay you to assure them it's okay to put a third of their belongings into storage to get a quicker sale! In fact, many people need you to determine which items are the third that need to be sent to storage, and to re-arrange their house so that it creates the best possible first impression for prospective purchasers. Not everyone has those skills, but if you do, you could get well paid for them.
A home staging business is a perfect home based business because the hours are flexible and you'll most likely, be working close to home. This business gives you the freedom to work the hours you choose, to fit in with your lifestyle. Once your business is set up, you may actually find you work less hours and that you make more money than you expected to!
You can become a home stager and set up your business for $250 or less.
You don't have to spend thousands of dollars on a home staging course, you don't need a formal degree or to be a member of any special organization.
House staging is local, so your marketing efforts need to be targeted in your local area, so you'll need to make the most of your local contacts.
It's your business, you could elect to just stage homes, or you could just consult. A home stager can expect to be able to charge $100 an hour for consultations, and $250 per half day for staging homes.
Ready to get your business started and thriving?
To simplify and to quickly learn the steps to the getting your business started, I recommend you search more about setting up business as a home stager here. Otherwise, there will be a lot of unpaid leg work to be done while you re-invent the wheel, before you can become a successful and professional at home staging.
Home Based Work
Research home based work ideas here! Now that you have decided you would like to work at home, how do you go about it? Start with the skill set you already have. What can you do that you could get someone to pay you to do?
Can you type, if you can type could you be a writer? Do you have a confident phone manner? Combine these skills and you could be a telecommuter, or a virtual assistant – click on those links to read more. What hours do you have available for working, while the children are at school or gone to bed for the night? Do you have a workspace or will you work from the dining room table after the breakfast or dinner dishes are done? If you want to work outside of regular hours, very early in the morning or late at night or weekends, telecommuting work – taking phone orders online from customers who are responding to infomercials, whose calls are directed to your computer maybe perfect for you.
Depending on what profession or industry you have experience in, and what interests you, your home based work options are wide and varied accordingly. For example, if you love dogs, you could become a professional dog walker, breed dogs or open a dog grooming business. If you have young children yourself you may want to consider a home child minding service. If you have professional kitchen skills you could become a caterer.
If you had a more office based career, the computer, internet and telephone technology available to us today, makes it entirely possible for almost any type of office or administration type of role to be outsourced, and to become home based work.
Home Business Idea
What are you passionate about? Many people have successfully turned their hobby into a profitable home business idea. Starting a business, and getting it up and running from home, and then expanding into commercial premises once required, is a sensible way to start a business in these uncertain economic times. Twenty odd years ago a lady in my neighborhood had a hobby that turned into home business, making and decorating wedding cakes, nowadays she has a thriving business, based from a large shop that employs five full time and several part time staff.
If you live near a hospital, university or other major attraction or point of interest, and your local zoning permits it, another great home business idea is offering your spare room as a bed and breakfast. Have you thought about offering a room to homestay students? Contact your local schools, english as a second language schools and other educational facilities to see if there is a homestay co-ordinator or program that you could become involved with. I know of many families that for years now, from time to time have had students staying with them. Sometimes they are there a few weeks, others a few months, it depends on the course they are attending. School children are typically there during the school academic sessions and return home for the longer vacations. Another way to make use of some spare space in your home is to offer personal services – perfect if you are qualified as a nail technician, hair dresser, make up artist, massage therapist, beauty therapist – you could even turn the space into a photography studio – depending on the space your home has available, you could have a very lucrative home business idea on your doorstep.
Think and Grow Rich
Think and Grow Rich is a 254 page book that will change your life, because it will change the way you see money and your ability to attract it into your world. Author Napoleon Hill was given the timeless idea for this book from steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. It became the focus of his studies for the next twenty plus years until the book was published in the 1937. The secret and messages are still as highly relevant and effective today, as they were then.
Think and Grow Rich contains Andrew Carnegie's personal achievement formula. Carnegie made himself a multi-millionaire using this secret, and he taught it to many others who also applied it and achieved millionaire status too. If you want a clear, step by step guide of what to, and how to do to achieve abundance in all areas of life, here it is.
Before I read it, I had heard told that there is a secret in the book, and that if you find the secret and apply it you will be able to attract to yourself riches of any description that you desire. Whether it be money, love, inner peace, your ideal life – you decide. Now that I have read the book countless times, I can tell you it is in every chapter of the book and there are fifteen, so you are guaranteed not to miss it! This book is out of copyright now, so it is possible to pick up a copy of the ebook version for free on the internet, However, I strongly recommend, if you are serious about living a life of true abundance, that you buy a copy and read a least one chapter, every day until you have proved to yourself that it is indeed possible to Think and Grow Rich.
Ideas For Business
Searching for ideas for business? If you are thinking about starting a small business you may find some useful information and resources listed here:
Quite often when you starting researching small business ideas, you come across home based business franchises. If you are interested in getting into a lawn care or cleaning business – or even a cafe, a franchise could be an option worth exploring. Franchises have their business systems all set up, and often they already have a client base and advertising etc all taken care of. If you have never run a business before, this could be an advantage.
If you are looking to set up a home based business while your are still working outside the home, (or if you are just looking to make some extra income) all you need is one good idea and you could be on your way to being your own boss. How much time do you have to give to your new business opportunity? If you just have the weekends, look at what you can do locally. Could you mow lawns or do gardening in your neighborhood? Deliver flyers for local businesses? Walk dogs, feed pets, pick up mail for people out of town? Can you teach or tutor school children and help them improved their grades in a subject? Hopefully thinking along these lines will help you generate new ideas for business.
Or you could set up a work at home business like a bed and breakfast, if you have a spare room. You could turn a hobby into an income, if you have skill like cake decorating, gift basket making, or resume writing, you could earn yourself some extra money with just a little invested in advertising.
Starting your own business such as a restaurant or a franchise requires a little more planning and research, and you will possibly need to get specialist business advise from lawyers and accountants before you can get started. So you will need a little money behind you to get through this part. Making a business a success requires time, effort and commitment. If at all possible, starting a business from home gives you a chance to see if you think you are going to be able to make it a success without risking too much.
When it comes right down to, you are only limited by your imagination with regard to the possible number of ideas for business...
