SELF-EMPLOYMENT AND YOU
The world of self-employment can be a personally and financially rewarding one for the right individual. Many people dream of owning their own business but don’t believe it will ever happen for them. The majority of these folks see all the positives of working for themself, but lack the drive and determination to make the transition from employee to employer.
Self-employment is the ticket to higher earnings without limit and the right to control and work your own schedule. But it’s not easy work. A lot of self-employed people are working longer hours and weeks than ever in their own business. The difference is they are doing work they truly enjoy, and are getting paid for it! You have the talent and ability to work on your own! Perhaps you’re just not sure what business you’d like to specialize in. That’s where this book can help!
We’ve listed a number of home-based business and franchise opportunities in this booklet based on the latest information available to us. From this assortment of listings, you will probably recognize some that will have a definite appeal to you.This is the first step to taking off with your own business: knowing what you want to do. Beyond that, if you have the fortitude to plow through the first few months,you will ultimately be successful. A number of these businesses will have you involved as a sales representative of the company, working out of your own home. While many people feel "turned off" by salespeople, remember the important part a salesperson plays in any business. A product usually has to be sold, right? There aren’t many items that you are tuned in to where you can walk straight into a store and pick them out. Usually you hear about a certain product through advertising, such as direct mail or a notice in a local publication. If it catches your eye, you pursue it.Believe it or not, you’ve just been "sold" that product. The person responsible for marketing the product to an audience elected to attract clientele through an advertising approach. This is selling, too!
Sales aren’t just the slick folks in the automobile showroom who want to know what it will take to get you in that car today. Selling is the process by which a product reaches a consumer. It can take many forms. If you have some preconceived ideas about sales right now, erase them from your mind. Start with a clean slate by remaining open to all possibilities in your home-based business.
The world of self-employment can be a personally and financially rewarding one for the right individual. Many people dream of owning their own business but don’t believe it will ever happen for them. The majority of these folks see all the positives of working for themself, but lack the drive and determination to make the transition from employee to employer.
Self-employment is the ticket to higher earnings without limit and the right to control and work your own schedule. But it’s not easy work. A lot of self-employed people are working longer hours and weeks than ever in their own business. The difference is they are doing work they truly enjoy, and are getting paid for it! You have the talent and ability to work on your own! Perhaps you’re just not sure what business you’d like to specialize in. That’s where this book can help!
We’ve listed a number of home-based business and franchise opportunities in this booklet based on the latest information available to us. From this assortment of listings, you will probably recognize some that will have a definite appeal to you.This is the first step to taking off with your own business: knowing what you want to do. Beyond that, if you have the fortitude to plow through the first few months,you will ultimately be successful. A number of these businesses will have you involved as a sales representative of the company, working out of your own home. While many people feel "turned off" by salespeople, remember the important part a salesperson plays in any business. A product usually has to be sold, right? There aren’t many items that you are tuned in to where you can walk straight into a store and pick them out. Usually you hear about a certain product through advertising, such as direct mail or a notice in a local publication. If it catches your eye, you pursue it.Believe it or not, you’ve just been "sold" that product. The person responsible for marketing the product to an audience elected to attract clientele through an advertising approach. This is selling, too!
Sales aren’t just the slick folks in the automobile showroom who want to know what it will take to get you in that car today. Selling is the process by which a product reaches a consumer. It can take many forms. If you have some preconceived ideas about sales right now, erase them from your mind. Start with a clean slate by remaining open to all possibilities in your home-based business.
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If you currently have a job, you may want to break into your home-based business
on a part-time basis until you’ve built up a large enough earnings base to leave.
There will probably be no greater feeling than when you walk out the door and into
a business where you call the shots!
If you’re between jobs, then by all means go at this full-force. All you need to do is
to contact the businesses listed here that interest you and begin the process of
determining if this is right for you.
There may be several opportunities here that are franchises. There is no available
data that says that electing to go the franchise route to start your business has any
lower success rate than beginning a new business from scratch. Again, view these
choices with an open mind and investigate the opportunity thoroughly before
making the commitment. If you’re working part or full time, you can be even
choosier, perhaps.
Work From Home available on the various aspects of acquiring and starting a franchise business.
You’re ready to begin your search! The following pages will list a number of
opportunities. We hope one will be right for you!
THE TOP 10 WAYS TO MAKE MONEY AT HOME
1. ANTIQUES
The buying and selling of antiques has been and should continue to be a very
productive business, financially, for those who do it. Here, you only need an extra
room in the house, or the use of your garage and you have an office!
If you have a large home that has some antique furnishings, you might consider
turning it into a showroom for your antique acquisitions and sales, providing you
satisfy Error! Reference source not found.any local zoning regulations. The interest
in antiques will survive into the foreseeable future. Many people choose to spend
their free time on the weekends "antiquating" from place to place to try and pick
up a few odds and ends and maybe a jewel or two. If you know anything about
antiques, this may be a great opportunity for you.
For more information, check out the book, "Buying and Selling Antiques", by Don
Cline and Sara Pitzer. Your local library may be filled with other publications on
this subject which can get you started quickly. Your only overhead may be
inventory and advertising!
2. BAKING
Have you ever been told that you have a recipe which people would line up to get if
they could? Have you ever had anyone tell Error! Reference source not found. you
that you should be selling those cupcakes you make? There are a number of success
stories about people who have launched successful businesses by cooking at home
and then marketing to local people first. Word of mouth on a good product may
start to get restaurants or bakeries interested in acquiring your culinary
masterpieces. Then you progress to selling them state-wide and presto! A winning
home-based business!
3. BED AND BREAKFAST PROPRIETOR(S)
Have you ever stayed in a bed and breakfast and thought, "Hey, I can do this!"
You probably went on vacation and simply chalked your thought up as one of those
pipe dreams people get when they stay in a beautiful spot.
Don’t toss that thought away! While it’s not easy work, as the hours can be long
and it’s usually a seven days per week business, it’s often something that you can
work into a daily schedule. After all, it’s merely an extension of doing the
housework for family, right? More and more Americans are taking after
Europeans and opening their homes to travelers. If you have an extra room or two
now that the kids have moved out, you can start a bed and breakfast in your own
place!
Bed and breakfast popularity will continue as more and more vacationers and
business travelers seek a different accommodation away from the predictability of
the average hotel room. If they enjoy their stay, many become "repeat" customers,
coming back to the same familiar surroundings time and again.
If you don’t need to do any major renovations in the house to accommodate this
type of establishment, you can be off and running with very little money invested,
other than advertising and some new "guest room supplies". If your dream is to
buy a bed and breakfast somewhere in a vacation paradise, there are houses for
sale that will probably work for this purpose.
Whatever your design, there are several good books on the subject of starting your
own bed and breakfast, including "Start Your Own Bed and Breakfast", by
Beverly Mathews. Your local library should have a nice variety of such books to
choose from.
4. CHILD CARE
Due to the financial pressures many families face today, many parents work
outside of the home to bring in enough income to pay daily living expenses. A single
parent is obviously working, but all too often both members of a two-parent family
are in the workforce.
This creates a home-based opportunity. Children must be watched all day if
they’re not in school, or for a brief time after school before the parents finish work
for the day.
Caring for one additional child may not be that lucrative, but taking care of several
children can certainly be a full-time, financially successful business. Often, taking
care of several children is made somewhat easier as the youngsters will play
together and keep busy.
You can do this at home for only a small investment in basic equipment and toys
for the kids, in addition to the advertising of your business. There are several
publications that address starting this type of business, including "Family Day
Care", by Betsy Squibb.
Another resource is the Day Care Council of America, 5730 Market Street,
Oakland, CA 94608.
5. COMPUTER SPECIALIST
The advent of the computer age has changed the concept of self-employment.
Having a computer at home has opened a number of opportunities for running
your own business by utilizing this equipment. Companies everywhere are
"outsourcing" work that can be done by someone else on their computer, out of
their own home.
If you’re not that familiar with a computer, there are many low-cost (or free)
seminars and classes that will teach you what equipment you need and how to use
it.
If you’re a whiz in computers, you may end up working as a consultant, writing
programs for companies. If you’re a beginner, you may find yourself able to obtain
work as a writer, using your computer to produce copy that’s easy to edit. You can
also keep accounting and payroll records for companies on your computer’s
Word processing software can be used not only for writers but for those that can
offer secretarial services out of their house. Desktop publishing software can allow
you to do newsletters for businesses and other organizations.
For more educational data, contact the Information Resources Clearinghouse at
Syracuse University’s School of Education, 030 Huntington Hall, 150 Marshall
Street, Syracuse, NY 13244. Their phone number is (315) 443‑3640.
There are a substantial number of good publications on this subject, also. Your
local library will have several books on computer occupations. If you can operate a
computer, you can find work in the information age today.
6. GARDENING
If you like working in your garden each year and growing vegetables for your
family to eat, it’s a definite possibility for home-based employment. Imagine
clearing a little more space and growing more items that you can sell directly to the
consumer.
Most produce stands will buy from you if your product is one of high quality. If
you enjoy gardening, this could be your ticket! If you have some more land to use,
do it! Plant what you can, when you can! Contact your local produce stands to
ascertain their buying habits.
You can even inquire about your own produce stand if you have enough product.
The more space you have on your land, the more likely you will be able to generate
enough crops to run the business.
People love home-grown vegetables. They just don’t have the time and do not want
to be bothered doing it themselves. That’s your open door!
For more information, consult books like "Plants for Profit, and A Complete Guide
to Growing & Selling Greenhouse Crops", by Francis Jozwik.
7. IMPORTER AND DISTRIBUTOR
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There are a substantial number of products manufactured in other countries which
can be bought inexpensively and sold here in the United States at a profitable level.
The recent passages of the Congressional bills, NAFTA and GATT, may make it
easier to bring in other products from other countries.
This is a business easily operated out of the home, depending on the types of stock
you’re carrying. You may have to rent some storage space, but the capital required
to start should essentially be limited to the products you’re buying to sell here.
Two good resources for you are:
American Importers Association Membership Directory, 420 Lexington Avenue,
New York, NY 10017; and
American Register of Importers and Exporters, 38 Park Row, New York, NY
10038.
You can also look at books in your library such as "How To Make A Fortune In
Import/Export", by Howard R. Goldsmith, obviously an optimistic look at this type
of business.
If you know the type of product you want to import and you know the market
which is most likely to purchase your goods, you have great potential for a
successful home-based business.
8. INTERIOR DECORATOR
While this business will require you to be out and about, meeting with customers,
it’s the type of work many people would love to do. If you have a fascination for
decorating a home, this could be your line of work.
Many people don’t know where to start when they are remodeling or buying a
house for the first time. If you have the knowledge of colors and patterns and what
looks good together, plus the expertise of knowing where to get materials and
furnishings, this can be a winning home-based business for you.One excellent
resource to consult is the "Interior Design Directory", available through Whitney
Communication Corporation, 1050 E. 58th Street, New York, NY 10155.
9. PHOTOGRAPHER
The sky’s the limit here! Armed with your trusty camera and some good
advertising, you can do weddings, models, family portraits, passports, student
photos, local newspaper coverage almost anything that requires a picture!
You can easily start this work part-time, and work into full-time work based on
your success and inclination. Not much equipment is necessary to get going, as a
camera off the store shelf can often do the trick today. Pick up a tripod and have
sufficient room for developing your pictures, and you’re in business at home!
There are a number of excellent books available in your local library to get you
started on the path of professional photography.
10. SEWING & ALTERATIONS
Many people love to sew. If you’re one of them, consider offering this service out of
your home. When someone buys a new outfit, it rarely fits perfectly, meaning some
kind of alteration must be done.
People look long and hard to find reliable individuals to do their alterations. If you
can sew, you’re well on your way to opening the doors to this type of business.
One resource you can review is "Sewing for Profit", by Judith and Allan Smith. Or
your library will have a handful of capable publications on starting up this type of
business.
These are our suggestions as to the top ten ways to earn money at home, enough to
be a full-time, self-employed businessperson!
But there are many other opportunities. The listings that follow may give you some
other ideas you need to get started in business for yourself.
FRANCHISES
The word "franchise" is often associated, rightly or wrongly, with the term
"instant wealth". There is no mystery about franchises. Many of them are
legitimate opportunities to start your own business, hopefully, with the advantage
of name recognition.
Franchising is a marketing technique used to distribute a product or service. There
are many individuals, perhaps laid off from their regular job, who have turned to
franchises as a way to return to the business market.
Take the example of V.H. of South Carolina, laid off from a textile firm after ten
years. He bought a "Subway" franchise in Rock Hill, South Carolina and now
owns seven other such franchises in the area. Success!
Securing a franchise is no guarantee of success, but it’s a good head start and
shouldn’t be ignored. Our listing that follows has both franchise and home-based
new opportunities for you to explore, with the franchises being more at-home
scenarios. But don’t overlook the franchise possibility outside the home today.
Another good resource, in addition to those already mentioned, is the monthly
newsletter, INFO FRANCHISE NEWSLETTER, available through Info Press,
Inc., Lewiston, NY Phone number is: (716) 754-4669.
HOME-BASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOTAX, TaxPro, Inc., P.O. Box 13829, Jackson, MI 39211. Phone: (800)
748-9106. Provides the public with professional tax services including tax
preparation, electronic filing, refund loans, audit representation and tax planning.
HOW TO GET STARTED
If you currently have a job, you may want to break into your home-based business
on a part-time basis until you’ve built up a large enough earnings base to leave.
There will probably be no greater feeling than when you walk out the door and into
a business where you call the shots!
If you’re between jobs, then by all means go at this full-force. All you need to do is
to contact the businesses listed here that interest you and begin the process of
determining if this is right for you.
There may be several opportunities here that are franchises. There is no available
data that says that electing to go the franchise route to start your business has any
lower success rate than beginning a new business from scratch. Again, view these
choices with an open mind and investigate the opportunity thoroughly before
making the commitment. If you’re working part or full time, you can be even
choosier, perhaps.
Work From Home available on the various aspects of acquiring and starting a franchise business.
You’re ready to begin your search! The following pages will list a number of
opportunities. We hope one will be right for you!
THE TOP 10 WAYS TO MAKE MONEY AT HOME
1. ANTIQUES
The buying and selling of antiques has been and should continue to be a very
productive business, financially, for those who do it. Here, you only need an extra
room in the house, or the use of your garage and you have an office!
If you have a large home that has some antique furnishings, you might consider
turning it into a showroom for your antique acquisitions and sales, providing you
satisfy Error! Reference source not found.any local zoning regulations. The interest
in antiques will survive into the foreseeable future. Many people choose to spend
their free time on the weekends "antiquating" from place to place to try and pick
up a few odds and ends and maybe a jewel or two. If you know anything about
antiques, this may be a great opportunity for you.
For more information, check out the book, "Buying and Selling Antiques", by Don
Cline and Sara Pitzer. Your local library may be filled with other publications on
this subject which can get you started quickly. Your only overhead may be
inventory and advertising!
2. BAKING
Have you ever been told that you have a recipe which people would line up to get if
they could? Have you ever had anyone tell Error! Reference source not found. you
that you should be selling those cupcakes you make? There are a number of success
stories about people who have launched successful businesses by cooking at home
and then marketing to local people first. Word of mouth on a good product may
start to get restaurants or bakeries interested in acquiring your culinary
masterpieces. Then you progress to selling them state-wide and presto! A winning
home-based business!
3. BED AND BREAKFAST PROPRIETOR(S)
Have you ever stayed in a bed and breakfast and thought, "Hey, I can do this!"
You probably went on vacation and simply chalked your thought up as one of those
pipe dreams people get when they stay in a beautiful spot.
Don’t toss that thought away! While it’s not easy work, as the hours can be long
and it’s usually a seven days per week business, it’s often something that you can
work into a daily schedule. After all, it’s merely an extension of doing the
housework for family, right? More and more Americans are taking after
Europeans and opening their homes to travelers. If you have an extra room or two
now that the kids have moved out, you can start a bed and breakfast in your own
place!
Bed and breakfast popularity will continue as more and more vacationers and
business travelers seek a different accommodation away from the predictability of
the average hotel room. If they enjoy their stay, many become "repeat" customers,
coming back to the same familiar surroundings time and again.
If you don’t need to do any major renovations in the house to accommodate this
type of establishment, you can be off and running with very little money invested,
other than advertising and some new "guest room supplies". If your dream is to
buy a bed and breakfast somewhere in a vacation paradise, there are houses for
sale that will probably work for this purpose.
Whatever your design, there are several good books on the subject of starting your
own bed and breakfast, including "Start Your Own Bed and Breakfast", by
Beverly Mathews. Your local library should have a nice variety of such books to
choose from.
4. CHILD CARE
Due to the financial pressures many families face today, many parents work
outside of the home to bring in enough income to pay daily living expenses. A single
parent is obviously working, but all too often both members of a two-parent family
are in the workforce.
This creates a home-based opportunity. Children must be watched all day if
they’re not in school, or for a brief time after school before the parents finish work
for the day.
Caring for one additional child may not be that lucrative, but taking care of several
children can certainly be a full-time, financially successful business. Often, taking
care of several children is made somewhat easier as the youngsters will play
together and keep busy.
You can do this at home for only a small investment in basic equipment and toys
for the kids, in addition to the advertising of your business. There are several
publications that address starting this type of business, including "Family Day
Care", by Betsy Squibb.
Another resource is the Day Care Council of America, 5730 Market Street,
Oakland, CA 94608.
5. COMPUTER SPECIALIST
The advent of the computer age has changed the concept of self-employment.
Having a computer at home has opened a number of opportunities for running
your own business by utilizing this equipment. Companies everywhere are
"outsourcing" work that can be done by someone else on their computer, out of
their own home.
If you’re not that familiar with a computer, there are many low-cost (or free)
seminars and classes that will teach you what equipment you need and how to use
it.
If you’re a whiz in computers, you may end up working as a consultant, writing
programs for companies. If you’re a beginner, you may find yourself able to obtain
work as a writer, using your computer to produce copy that’s easy to edit. You can
also keep accounting and payroll records for companies on your computer’s
Word processing software can be used not only for writers but for those that can
offer secretarial services out of their house. Desktop publishing software can allow
you to do newsletters for businesses and other organizations.
For more educational data, contact the Information Resources Clearinghouse at
Syracuse University’s School of Education, 030 Huntington Hall, 150 Marshall
Street, Syracuse, NY 13244. Their phone number is (315) 443‑3640.
There are a substantial number of good publications on this subject, also. Your
local library will have several books on computer occupations. If you can operate a
computer, you can find work in the information age today.
6. GARDENING
If you like working in your garden each year and growing vegetables for your
family to eat, it’s a definite possibility for home-based employment. Imagine
clearing a little more space and growing more items that you can sell directly to the
consumer.
Most produce stands will buy from you if your product is one of high quality. If
you enjoy gardening, this could be your ticket! If you have some more land to use,
do it! Plant what you can, when you can! Contact your local produce stands to
ascertain their buying habits.
You can even inquire about your own produce stand if you have enough product.
The more space you have on your land, the more likely you will be able to generate
enough crops to run the business.
People love home-grown vegetables. They just don’t have the time and do not want
to be bothered doing it themselves. That’s your open door!
For more information, consult books like "Plants for Profit, and A Complete Guide
to Growing & Selling Greenhouse Crops", by Francis Jozwik.
7. IMPORTER AND DISTRIBUTOR
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There are a substantial number of products manufactured in other countries which
can be bought inexpensively and sold here in the United States at a profitable level.
The recent passages of the Congressional bills, NAFTA and GATT, may make it
easier to bring in other products from other countries.
This is a business easily operated out of the home, depending on the types of stock
you’re carrying. You may have to rent some storage space, but the capital required
to start should essentially be limited to the products you’re buying to sell here.
Two good resources for you are:
American Importers Association Membership Directory, 420 Lexington Avenue,
New York, NY 10017; and
American Register of Importers and Exporters, 38 Park Row, New York, NY
10038.
You can also look at books in your library such as "How To Make A Fortune In
Import/Export", by Howard R. Goldsmith, obviously an optimistic look at this type
of business.
If you know the type of product you want to import and you know the market
which is most likely to purchase your goods, you have great potential for a
successful home-based business.
8. INTERIOR DECORATOR
While this business will require you to be out and about, meeting with customers,
it’s the type of work many people would love to do. If you have a fascination for
decorating a home, this could be your line of work.
Many people don’t know where to start when they are remodeling or buying a
house for the first time. If you have the knowledge of colors and patterns and what
looks good together, plus the expertise of knowing where to get materials and
furnishings, this can be a winning home-based business for you.One excellent
resource to consult is the "Interior Design Directory", available through Whitney
Communication Corporation, 1050 E. 58th Street, New York, NY 10155.
9. PHOTOGRAPHER
The sky’s the limit here! Armed with your trusty camera and some good
advertising, you can do weddings, models, family portraits, passports, student
photos, local newspaper coverage almost anything that requires a picture!
You can easily start this work part-time, and work into full-time work based on
your success and inclination. Not much equipment is necessary to get going, as a
camera off the store shelf can often do the trick today. Pick up a tripod and have
sufficient room for developing your pictures, and you’re in business at home!
There are a number of excellent books available in your local library to get you
started on the path of professional photography.
10. SEWING & ALTERATIONS
Many people love to sew. If you’re one of them, consider offering this service out of
your home. When someone buys a new outfit, it rarely fits perfectly, meaning some
kind of alteration must be done.
People look long and hard to find reliable individuals to do their alterations. If you
can sew, you’re well on your way to opening the doors to this type of business.
One resource you can review is "Sewing for Profit", by Judith and Allan Smith. Or
your library will have a handful of capable publications on starting up this type of
business.
These are our suggestions as to the top ten ways to earn money at home, enough to
be a full-time, self-employed businessperson!
But there are many other opportunities. The listings that follow may give you some
other ideas you need to get started in business for yourself.
FRANCHISES
The word "franchise" is often associated, rightly or wrongly, with the term
"instant wealth". There is no mystery about franchises. Many of them are
legitimate opportunities to start your own business, hopefully, with the advantage
of name recognition.
Franchising is a marketing technique used to distribute a product or service. There
are many individuals, perhaps laid off from their regular job, who have turned to
franchises as a way to return to the business market.
Take the example of V.H. of South Carolina, laid off from a textile firm after ten
years. He bought a "Subway" franchise in Rock Hill, South Carolina and now
owns seven other such franchises in the area. Success!
Securing a franchise is no guarantee of success, but it’s a good head start and
shouldn’t be ignored. Our listing that follows has both franchise and home-based
new opportunities for you to explore, with the franchises being more at-home
scenarios. But don’t overlook the franchise possibility outside the home today.
Another good resource, in addition to those already mentioned, is the monthly
newsletter, INFO FRANCHISE NEWSLETTER, available through Info Press,
Inc., Lewiston, NY Phone number is: (716) 754-4669.
HOME-BASED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOTAX, TaxPro, Inc., P.O. Box 13829, Jackson, MI 39211. Phone: (800)
748-9106. Provides the public with professional tax services including tax
preparation, electronic filing, refund loans, audit representation and tax planning.
