Manufacture mosaic-making kits for kids and adultsEach kit may have a pre-designed mosaic that is put together like a jigsaw puzzle. Make your designs unique and interesting so that they appeal to a variety of customer types such as the elderly, young couples, and families. Use ads in craft magazines to sell kits by mail order, blogs, craft websites, and in your local magazine or newspaper. Continue reading
Gather survey information for clientsEstablish a survey service where you go door-to-door for businesses or homes to obtain survey information for targeted markets (i.e. the elderly; go to an area where there is large elderly population). Most business owners would not feel comfortable or have the time to Continue reading
Paint/sketch portraits for tourists visiting the areaIf you live in a tourist area and have a talent for drawing, produce ‘lifelike’ portraits for passers-by using a variety of mediums. Incorporate some local background features such as a bridge, tower, etc. to help them remember their stay or to hang in their lounge area. Continue reading
Paint custom artwork for homeownersIf you have the artistic ability to sketch, paint, illustrate, or draw, go door-to-door displaying your works and telling people you can create beautiful custom artworks for their homes.
Start a direct mail campaign to advise residents that you provide a customised service where a piece of artwork can be created for any room in their home or even directly onto the wall.
You will need a portfolio that is diverse. You could even partner with other artists and take a fee for connecting the artist with the home owner that is best suited for the style desired by the client.
Here are some ideas:
As a side, you could also partner with a framing business. You would promote their framing service in return for them advertising your art service.
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Rent computers to business users and provide a maintenance serviceThe computers you rent might be new and/or second hand. Computers usually only last around 3 years before they start to have major problems, so businesses may prefer to rent instead of buying their own equipment. With your service, they get to Continue reading
Design and create costumes for promotionsThese could be customized by the customer to suit a particular event (i.e. for a product launch, a company may want someone in an outfit that looks like their product). The costume could be specially designed to suit the corporate image of the company. As a extra, provide the people to wear the costume at the event as well.
Using your own people will help ensure that resell or rented items are looked after. After the event, rent or sell the costume depending on customization and resellability. Let advertising agencies and public relations departments know about your service to help get your new business idea up and running.
Click here for some examples of promotional costumes. Continue reading
Design and publish diaries or calendars for each star signThe special feature of these diaries/calendars is that a star reading is given for each day/month of the coming year. Have these diaries mounted in a special/appealing display rack. Either sell online, stock in a wide range of shops, and sell at the markets. Continue reading
Start your own bed and breakfastBuy a run down house and do it up for a bed and breakfast establishment or update your existing home and create a separate private area for guests. Provide a sightseeing service for a small fee and consider other added value items you can add to your service to make it special.
Market your B&B in tourist magazines, local and online travel agencies, travel websites, create accounts in social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter, and set up a website where customers can do online reservations.
Offer cheaper weekday packages and special weekend packages with all inclusive. Demonstrate the benefits of a stay with you over your competitor.
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Sell garden items through mail orderAre you looking for ideas for new business? Heres’s one that may be fit. Obtain supplies of gardening items you think would be popular for a target market you select, say elderly.
What types of items would they like? Produce a catalogue with the items and make them available through mail order. Alternatively, create a folder of supplier catalogues and do door-to-door sales. Continue reading
Open a school of rockProvide classes that teach different aspects of rock. Students can learn singing, playing electric guitars, writing music and songs, designing stage presentations, etc. Add credibility to the school by paying established rock musicians to give lessons, demonstrations or for special guest appearances. Maybe even have the students do a performance at the end of the year or term. Continue reading