Monday, December 29, 2008

999 Money Ideas: 17-24

By Sqiddy Blizz

17. Start a manufacturing business which is devoted to making doorstops. These doorstops might range from the humble wooden wedge to the more exotic and unusual. Package them in polythene bags, staple on a printed card and get them stocked at gift shops.

18. Put together a spoon bending act that is inspired by Uri Geller. Get yourself an agent and earn moneyfrom performing at a wide range of venues such as clubs, pubs, theatres, private parties, etc.

19. Set up a home-improvement business which modifies the exterior of houses to give them a Tudor appearance. Your service will include the fitting of ornamental oak beams, giving exterior walls a white covering and adding metal grids to windows.

20. Set up a business which produces cinema programmes. These programmes might consist of 2-8 printed pages. Sell advertising space in these programmes to local businesses and include details of future films. Cinema programmes take these programmes from a display unit free of charge.

21. Make a selection of home-made chocolates. Rent a corner of an established shop on a Saturday to sell them.

22. Publish a newsletter which has the title "Ambitious Persons Way to Wealth" or "Clever People Don't Work Hard". The contents of your newsletter might be in a vein similar to Joe Karbo's "The Lazy Man's Way to Riches".

23. Set up and run a school of window dressing. Organise one-day or two-day seminars for established shopkeepers who want to learn more about this aspectof their business. Also provide courses fro those who would like to take up a career as a window dresser.

24. Set up a mail order business which sells books and products related to ventriloquism. Produce booklets and cassettes which give instructions about ventriloquism and ideas for stage acts. Also sell props and dummies. - 15485

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