Introduction
This book is intended to give you some good ideas for starting your own business and working for yourself. One of the best ways to use this book, is to use some of these ideas to make up your own idea! As with any business you start, you should check all local and state laws before you invest your hard earned money into any new business endeavor.
A lot of these businesses can turn into really good businesses, for the person that has a dream of turning a small business into a very large business. You can do it if you think you can do it, just make a mental vision of yourself doing what you would like to do. If you can envision it, and you think you would enjoy it, go for it! You’re way more likely to succeed if you do something you really enjoy!
You will need to get and obtain certain items in order to run a proper business, like a fictitious business name, business license, resell permit, in some cases, a health department license, and more. So be sure to check all requirements for the business you want to start.
If you own, or would like to start a retail store, or even something smaller like a swap meet booth or flea market booth, you would be wise to contact some of the companies in this book, and ask them for a current catalog and price list. Most of these companies cater to small and large customers alike, but there is enough information here, to fill any store to the brim with new quality discount merchandise! It pays to spend some time doing searches on the internet to find some trade shows you can attend, pertaining to the lines of items you would like to sell. It also pays to shop around.
It’s not as hard as you think to import your own items these days. With the new global economy, it’s only natural to want to be more in control of your products and get the best possible price for it that you can!
1. Driving Instructor
You can make good money, by teaching others how to operate a car safely, and teaching new drivers the rules of the road. By being a driving instructor, you can be your own boss, and working for yourself, teaching others how to drive, and turn a fun business, into a nice full or part time job. Check with your local department of motorcycle vehicles to see the requirements for becoming a driving instructor in your area.
After becoming an instructor, make sure you put your advertising right on your auto with a sign, so new customers can call you when they see you out driving on the road. Also, make and pass out flyers at local high schools, sports fields, movie theaters, malls, and anywhere else teenagers and others will most likely see your flier, since teenagers will be your biggest customer base. Also, newly arrived citizens that need to learn to drive will be good for your business, advertise in local newspapers of different languages. You can set up appointments and plan driving lessons in advance, and later, you can grow your business and have other instructors giving lessons for you while you get a percentage of each of their businesses.
2. Garage Sale Shopping Business
You can make good part time or full time money from scouting out garage sale finds to get items for various purposes. First you might find a valuable treasure that only you could admire, and that is a find in itself. To find something you did not even plan on looking for, those are usually the best finds. It’s good to have several places where you can get rid of some of the stuff that you have now found.
Books are great for the Internet, sites like Half.com and Amazon.com sell really nicely, videos and DVDs sell very well there also. There are many thrift store type furniture stores that buy old desks and dressers to fix them up and resell them. There are always those nice finds when you get something for a few dollars you know will sell on ebay for ten times what you paid for it, sometimes. Keep an eye out for CD’s and rare albums, you can get a lot of money sometimes for the right collectors album, from record stores that like to buy stuff.
By far, the person that usually gets the best deal at a garage sale is the person who ends up buying the whole garage sale! These people can make a lot of money by taking everything there is, usually for a pretty cheap negotiated price, and the cheaper the better! The best way to liquidate everything fast is to take it to your local swap meet or flea market, and start selling early in the morning for the best prices you can get on your items. Then, towards the end of the day, have a $2 sell. You sell everything for $2. You can yell out as people walk by, over and over again, since there are usually new customers always walking by. People begin to buy more stuff because they the cheap prices. Then later, you yell out, everything for $1 each, then the more people will be buying and getting the items, after you sell a lot more items, you can have a .25 cent sale, this will get most of your items gone quickly, and you will have a lot of customers.
You need to talk loudly or yell just like a hawker on the sidewalk trying to sell their wares. After the rush is over, and you want to end the day, you have a free sale. Everything is for free, that will eliminate the entire load and what you paid for the original garage sale should of netted you a profit and you won’t have to take anything back with you and you will be done with that load.
You can read the rest of this story from any of the major book sellers, or also at http://www.vincestead.com or http://www.fun2readbooks.com
No comments:
Post a Comment