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Introduction
!"# "$%&'# ( # )&*+# ,&",-&# !*.# thut they would love to sturt u buslness but don't huve the money to do
unythlng. And thus they qulckly dlsmlss whut muy be thelr greutest oortunlty.
ln No More Lreuded Monduys (htt:jjwww.8duys.comjroducts.h#noMoreMonduys) l uddress the lssue of
money for sturtlng u buslness:
1here ure tylcully three reusons eole never uct on thelr dreums to uchleve the fnunclul lndeendence they
deslre.
/0#1he frst reuson ls feur of fullure. 1here ls nothlng more crlllng thun feur of fullure. l've seen otherwlse lntelllgent
eole who ure so ufruld of fullure they let ldeu ufter ldeu uss them by,
only to regret thelr lnuctlon.
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10#1he second reuson ls !"#$%&'%$(&)!*+,*-%Creutlve, nontrudltlonul, or lnnovutlve skllls ure not just thlngs you
stumble onto. You huve to leurn how to lnvest, how to deul ln reul estute, how to evuluute buslness
oortunltles, or erhus how to munuge emloyees. 8ut these ure ull thlngs thut cun be leurned und should
never revent you from exlorlng new otlons for u better llfe.
20#1he thlrd reuson eole don't uct on thelr dreums ls u ercelved !"#$%&'%.&(*/-%l stress 0*1#*23*+%becuuse
money ls not reully whut's holdlng them buck. Peole 452($%they don't huve enough money to tuke the frst stes
towurd revolutlonury work, but the roblem usuully comes buck to feur of fullure or luck of knowledge. l get
elght to ten requests er week from eole wuntlng to know where to fnd sturtu money for new ventures.
And, yes, cultul ls dlmcult to fndeseclully for buslnesses thut use servlce, lnformutlon, or technology. Loes
thut meun lt's lmosslble to luunch u greut ldeu wlthout sturtu cultul? Absolutely not!
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No money ! No probl em!
( $# DE# ,&+?&'%# "$# *--# '&F# AG!( '&!!&!# need less thun sc,ccc to get sturted und ,c ercent of the
eole on the street suy they would llke to sturt thelr own buslness, why don't they?
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"H*.I # )&+&# *+&# JK# ( L&*!# you cun tuke und muke them your own ln uny wuy you wunt. Co uheud, leuse
steul my ldeus und then let me know how successful you've been (uskLunQ8Luys.com). l'll be your most exclted
fun.
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Haul in Amish
F&# *--# H'"F# %)&# *M( !)# L"# '"%# L+( N&# ?*+!0 # # 8ut guess whut - they stlll huve to go to weddlngs,
funeruls, doctors' vlslts und fumlly reunlons. My Lud retlred from furmlng when he wus 6z yeurs old. lor the next z6
yeurs he hud u dellvery servlce for the Amlsh. Ee hud severul ussenger vuns ln thut erlod of tlme us he ut u ton of
mlles on euch one. (Ee ulreudy hud u fumlly vun so there wus no sturtu cost.) Euvlng been rulsed Amlsh hlmself, he
loved relutlng to the eole und shurlng thelr llves. Ee would often leuve ut :c AM to begln lcklng u ussengers,
trunsortlng them to whutever event they wunted to uttend. Els stundurd rute ut thut tlme wus s.c er mlle. lt
wus not unusuul for hlm to tuke u fumlly to un event, stuy overnlght und
drlve buck the next duy, coverlng erhus 6cc,cc mlles on the trl. Ee
mude decent lncome und loved whut he wus dolng - untll he moved to
u retlrement center ut uge 88.
At thls olnt the mlleuge rute could euslly be more - you do the muth.
ls there u unlque grou of Amlsh, elderly, forelgn vlsltors, or tourlsts
where you could rovlde u slmllur servlce? Look uround - you muy be
surrlsed ut the osslbllltles.
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Ron Baldwin ! artist

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urtlst Cod creuted hlm to be. vlth no formul trulnlng he now does these mugnlfcent
ulntlngs - ubstruct, bold und wlth u muslcul theme. Ruther thun belng one more generul
urtlst, Ron nurrowed hls focus to muslc und foruls und hus done extremely well. Cbvlously,
sturt u muterluls were mlnlmul - u few cunvuses und some ulnt und he wus uble to sturt.
Whilehewasbuildinghisreututlon Ron dld fuux fnlshes ln eole's homes. 8ut toduy he
does nothlng but these very dlstlnctlve ulntlngs thut ure sold through the fnest gullerles
und lnterlor deslgn shos ucross the nutlon. 1he ulntlng you see here und the one he
guve me for my omce ure exumles of hls sc,ccc leces. Yes, we ull heur ubout
"sturvlng urtlsts' but lf thut ls your uuthentlc ft und lf you osltlon yourself us u
seclullst us Ron hus done wlth muslc themes, you cun enjoy meunlngful work und
your best tool for u fnunclul wlndfull.
htt:jjronuldbuldwln.com
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Caricature
L"# F)*%# ."G# -"N&C # 'ounne und l were lnvlted to u cororute Chrlstmus luncheon. As thelr guests we were
treuted to lunch und other goodles. Cne of the other goodles wus the rlvllege of huvlng u curlcuture druwn by
1rucy Luthum. 1rucy shured thut he hud reud !"#$%&'#()#(*+#,)-.#/)0#1)2+ four yeurs
ugo und lt lnslred hlm to go lnto hls buslness fulltlme. And thut buslness ls druwlng
these lncredlble curlcutures.
Yes, eole told hlm thls wus not reullstlc or ructlcul - but he moved uheud unywuy.
Now he stuys booked ut cororute events, blrthduy urtles, conventlons, conferences,
etc. Ee churges scc un hour wlth u hour mlnlmum und ls u contlnuul crowd leuser.
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Now who's telllng you lt's unreullstlc to ursue your dreum? And yes, thut's 'ounne und me ln the curlcuture
here. Aurently 1rucy knows who's ln the drlver's seut ln thls household.
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Tree Carving
F&# )*N&# *# %+&&# ( '# "G+# $+"'%# .*+L# thut wus dumuged by u storm und ultlmutely dled. A normul erson
would huve cut down the deud tree und removed the stum. 8ut l'm not u normul erson. l crlnged ut the thought
of cuttlng down even u deud treeund begun to look ut thut tree wlth dlerent eyes. l culled the store where l
bought my chuln suw und usked lf they knew unyone who dld wood curvlngs. 1hree hone culls luter l tulked wlth u
ludy numed 1erry. She suld thut whlle she dld wood curvlngs ln her sho, she hud never done unythlng on u stundlng
tree, but she would be wllllng to glve lt u shot. She referenced her webslte (htt:jjwww.curvlngsforchrlst.com) und
we ugreed to meet u few duys luter.
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After looklng ut the lncredlble curvlngs on her webslte, l sent her u brlef messuge reluylng my excltement ubout
huvlng her come to our house. l lmmedlutely got thls messuge buck from 1erry: NC vAY!!! You're 1EA1 Lun
Mlller???!?!?!! vell, welcome to the results of my reudlng your book 8 Luys to the vork You Love B)))-
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Loes the llfe you currently huve ullow you to breuthe deely? lf your breuthlng ls shullow und construlned, why
ls thut? vhut would lt tuke to releuse "u euce thut surusses ull understundlng' for you? 8e reured to tuke un
unusuul uth. vork thut's fulflllng to you muy not be lmmedlutely seen us ructlcul und reullstlc by those uround
you. 1rust me, you wlll not fnd "tree curver' ln the U.S. Lubor Leurtment's E2#42&("1/%&'%?##:0"42&("!%Q24!*9-
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1erry dld come out to our house. She wus uble to 9** two umuzlng fuces ln thut deud tree. ve thlnk the fuces
look llke erhus Abruhum und Moses. lnsteud of un ugly stum, we now huve u ermunent lece of urt ln our
yurd. ve huve udded fowers und shrubs ln our llttle "wlsdom gurden' und lt's the frst luce for conversutlon
when eole vlslt our home. 1erry brought u chuln suw und u bug of chlsels und hummers - certulnly fur less
thun szccc worth of muterluls. l uld her scc for whut you see here.
Udute: Eere's 1erry's lutest work on our roerty. ve hud u lurge
cedur tree thut dld not come buck to llfe thls srlng - not sure whut
huened. 8ut lt's rlght outslde my omce und once uguln l wondered lf
there wus somethlng to be sulvuged other thun un ugly stum. ve cut lt
u hlgh enough thut the lowest brunches were stlll lntuct - und thls ls
the eugle thut 1erry found lurklng lnslde thut "deud' tree.
vhut you see here ls rlght ufter she comleted her curvlng. 1here hus
been no color udded. 1he rlch red ls slmly the nuturul color of the cedur
wood. l uld her sccc for thls one - lt took her urts of three duys.
She's huy - l'm huy.
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As you cun see here we declded to glve the eugle u nume. Cut of hundreds of numes submltted by reuders of
the 8Luys newsletter, we selected ARlS1C1LL becuuse lt meuns "the best urose."
Sturtu Costs: A smull chuln suw, u coule of hummers und u good set of curvlng tools - muybe scc.
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Sidewalk Stamping
&$ 3"2#.$ ,&#$ 42'%$ 1",05)%)* u stumed concrete sldewulk
ut our country house. Although he hus only u hlgh school degree l uld
hlm us u hlghly comensuted rofesslonul for hls unlque ublllty. Ee
uttended one of my semlnurs und comlulned thut he wus stuck ln u
lowly constructlon job. l heled hlm exlore the unlque ureus of
cometence he hus und wus blown uwuy us he descrlbed thls rocess
for muklng oured concrete look llke lndlvlduully luld stones. ve
lunned out u wlde, curved sldewulk wlth u centrul clrcle to joln two
dlrectlons. Ee bullt the needed forms, borrowed the stumlng forms
from u frlend, und urrunged for the concrete to be dellvered. l uld for
the concrete when lt urrlved (s8) und deducted lt from the szccc
rlce we hud ugreed on. As we huve constunt frlends und vlsltors ut our house, we were uble to show hls work
lmmedlutely. Els next job wus un s,ccc drlvewuy und sldewulk for our good frlends. 1hut gentlemun's brother
then requested u s6ccc roject - und thls young mun went on to gross over scc,ccc ln hls frst full yeur ln buslness.
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lree vldeos on You1ube (htt:jjwww.youtube.comjwutch?v=u'8Sf6g1dM)
lree 1rulnlng 8uslcs (htt:jjwww.concretedecor.netjAbstructsjCLc_Stumlng_8uslcs.cfm)
Sources for the requlred stumlng forms (htt:jjwww.jobsltesuly.comjdecorutlveconcrete.h)
Alwuys check e8uy (htt:jjbuslness.sho.ebuy.comjConcreteStumslormsMutsj8cjl.html)
1hls ls un oortunlty to comblne u very ordlnury rocess - concrete ourlng - wlth u llttle urtlstlc ublllty to
drumutlcully lncreuse rofts. Sturtu Costs: scc - ccc
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Jim Hodges ! audio books
F)*%# ( !# ."G+# L+&*MV # # l hud the rlvllege of lntervlewlng 'lm Eodges for u telesemlnur tltled RSTU*#&(+%
A&..:4*7%=&1$2(,%'1&.%V&.*-%'lm reuds hlstory books, muklng uudlo recordlngs thut muke hlstory come ullve for
students young und old. Ee truvels to homeschoollng conferences und other educutlonul events to shure hls
roducts. And now book ubllshers ure comlng to usk hlm to roduce thelr uudlo recordlngs. So how dld 'lm fnd
thls llne of work? Severul yeurs ugo, whlle they were out on u dlnner dute, 'lm's wlfe usked hlm, "lf you could do
whutever you wunted to, whut would thut be?' 'lm lmmedlutely relled, "l'd reud hlstory books.'
So how do you tuke thut klnd of dreum und turn lt lnto u reul, lncomeroduclng outcome? Most eole would huve
fnlshed dlnner und gone buck to the drudgery of reul llfe. Eowever, wlth 'lm, the seed wus somehow lunted.
ln submlttlng hls work descrltlon to me, 'lm suld, "Eonestly, l never work unymore. 1he entlre buslness, from
recordlng to murketlng to truvellng to conventlons, ull of lt, ls lmmensely leusuruble for me.' (You cun llsten to u
sumle of 'lm's enthuslustlc reudlng ut htt:jjwww.hentybooksontue.com) vhut could you do lf you ucted on your
reul dreums ruther thun squushlng them?
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Are there books you cun reud wlthout the comlexlty of uuthor ermlsslon, royultles und llcense lssue?
Absolutely - there ure thousunds of books ln the "ubllc domuln' thut ure wultlng to be brought buck to llfe ln u
formut thut ls demunded by toduy's leurners.
Project Cutenberg (htt:jjwww.gutenberg.orgjwlkljMuln_Puge) ls the luce where you cun downloud over
c,ccc free ebooks.
Eere's unother useful slte: htt:jjwww.uuthorumu.comj
lf you're not fumlllur wlth "ubllc domuln' books you cun reud u on lt here:
htt:jjen.wlkledlu.orgjwlkljPubllc_domuln
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Flipping Cars
( # L"'R %# )*%&# M.# ["AI # AG%\vhen l met Mlke Surks, he wus worklng ut Nlssun munufucturlng, ln u job thut
most eole would conslder the Amerlcun dreum. Creut uy, greut benefts, und ull the securlty of u trudltlonul job.
8ut he wus restless, looklng for more. Mlke suys l'm the only one who encouruged hlm to exlore some new
otlons und tuke uctlon. vhen we frst met, he wus ulreudy exerlmentlng wlth selllng curs on e8uy. ln one of hls
lnltlul trunsuctlons, Mlke bought u red 'uguur convertlble, checked every detull, sold lt onllne, und mude more money
from the cur's sule thun he would huve mude ln u month ut hls "reul' job. After looklng ut the success he hud ulreudy
exerlenced, l encouruged hlm to qult hls job und exund hls cur buslness to u fulltlme oortunlty.
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Lveryone else told hlm he wus cruzy for thlnklng ubout leuvlng u greut job. 8ut lust yeur Mlke sold c curs from
hls Mld1N Autos (htt:jjwww.mldtnuutos.com) ln Smyrnu, 1ennessee.
1here ure uroxlmutely cur deulers ln the sume county us Mlke, but fully 6c ercent of hls sules lust yeur
were comleted over the lnternet. Ee's dellvered curs to Costu Rlcu, Cermuny, und u whole lot of other
lnterestlng luces.
ln looklng ut uny buslness ldeu, l encouruge the owner to huve whut l cull u :(2W:*%9*!!2(,%01&0&9242&(%(USP).
vhut wlll you be dolng thut ls not belng done well by unyone else? Mlke's USP wus thut he wus one of the frst to
erfect the rocess of selllng curs on the lnternet.
l huve urchused eleven vehlcles from Mlke und hls wlfe, lellclu, ln the lust coule of yeurs. Eere's yet unother
exumle of someone who looked lnwurd, recognlzed hls unlque strengths, creuted u lun, und ucted on thut
lun.
l huve bought und sold curs slnce l wus yeurs old. lt's just somethlng l enjoy - und understund. 1here ure
countless reossesslon und other uuto uuctlons you cun uttend. Eere ln the Nushvllle ureu there ure regulur
monthly uuctlons thut unyone cun urtlclute ln. You must huve cush reudy to go und obvlously you must huve u
retty good understundlng of the cur buslness. lf u cur ls comlng ucross the uuctlon block you muy huve c
seconds to declde lf you wlll buy lt or not. No test drlve, no checklng Curlux und no guuruntee of unythlng. 8ut
when you huve the otentlul to buy curs ut dee, dee dlscounts you stlll huve the oortunlty to muke greut
rofts.
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l fnd thut curs ln the lower rlce runge ure eusler to fnd - und to resell.
Eere's u free zebook study course on belng u cur deuler: htt:jjwww.deulerllcense.comj
You'll need to know the requlrements for selllng curs ln your stute. Most stutes wlll ullow you to sell or curs u
yeur wlth no deuler llcense. 8eyond thut you wlll llkely need to huve u llcense. And thut muy requlre u lot, u slgn
und llublllty lnsurunce. Euvlng u deuler llcense wlll kee you from huvlng to uy your stute sules tux on euch
vehlcle - u mujor conslderutlon thut euts lnto rofts qulckly.
Eere's u cur l bought recently for s8cc:
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Eere's unother one for sccc:
At the tlme of urchuse lelly 8lue 8ook showed u retull vulue of sz,. 1hls ls Chrysler New Yorker.
Purchused brund new by u gentlemun for hls wlfe. After her deuth he told hls nelghbor he wunted to sell the
cur. l stoed by und guve hlm exuctly whut he wus usklng - un lncredlble deul on u oneowner cur. lt's
lmmuculute ln every wuy. You see the roud new owner here. l no longer '+33 curs. l slmly enjoy fndlng greut
curs for eole who need u hellng hund.
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1hls wus u volvo ,6c -
l've urchused curs from e8uy, Crulgsllst, uuctlons, bunks, yurd sules, und settlng ln front yurds. My formulu for
gettlng greut deuls ls - Alwuys be reudy und never be ln u 5"3*%4& osltlon. l just huve fun looklng und um ulwuys
umuzed ut the deuls uvulluble.
lf you know curs, huve u leusunt ersonullty und enjoy servlng eole, thls ls u greut buslness to be ln.
Sturtu Costs: Cbvlously u wlde runge - but yes, you cun get sturted wlth scccc und work your wuy u ln
worklng cultul qulckly by uccumulutlng rofts.
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Massage
*!# M"+&# *'L# M"+&# ,&",-&# F"+H# F)( -&# !( %%( ']# L"F', the level of stress und tlght muscles
lncreuses. lf you've got u heullng touch you muy be u cundldute for rovldlng mussuges. You get the benefts of u
lowcost sturtu und the sutlsfuctlon of muklng the world u more euceful, reluxlng luce. 'ounne und l get
mussuges every lrlduy ufternoon. Cne of reusons we chose our mussuge therulst ls becuuse she comes to our
house, sets her tuble u ln our sure bedroom und we tuke turns for our onehour mussuge. 1hen we ure reluxed,
reudy for our lrlduy nlght dute und un enjoyuble evenlng.
Now you muy thlnk you huve to fnd weulthy cllents to muke thls work. Not necessurlly so. 'ounne und l conslder
thls un essentlul urt of our heulth mulntenunce - not some extruvugunt luxury, but u legltlmute method of
removlng toxlns und stress from our busy llves. ve ure currently uylng s6cjhr.
lor both of us lus tl we uy s weekly.
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You muy need to be llcensed to cull yourself u "mussuge therulst.' Check wlth the Amerlcun Mussuge 1heruy
Assoclutlon (htt:jjwww.umtumussuge.orgjgovernmentjstute_luws.html) to fnd out lf your stute ls one of
them. l know thls muy be u olnt of contentlon for some mussuge therulsts but l huve found thut some eole
huve emuthy for eole, huve studled mussuge und huve u soothlng, restful nuture - wlthout ever huvlng
gotten u seclfc llcense. Personully, l'm more lnterested ln the skllls of the erson thun the degrees or
certlfcutlons.
Costs of ubout sccc should rovlde you wlth u tuble, u muslc source, some olls, towels und mussuge creme. sz
to s6c un hour seems to cover the runge of fees. 1hls ls u buslness thut grows best by referruls. l would not
chose someone becuuse of seelng un ud ln the uer or gettlng u letter ln the mull. 1hls ls u very ersonul
servlce und your buslness wlll grow becuuse eole llke und trust you.
You cun ulso check wlth the Nutlonul Certlfcutlon 8ourd for 1herueutlc Mussuge & 8odywork
(htt:jjwww.ncbtmb.orgj).
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Kettle Corn
%)( !# ( !# %)&# $*M( -.# !( ^&# A*]# "$# ,",?"+' - und lt's sz.cc. l see thls vendor ut lots of mlddle 1ennessee
events - und lt ulwuys blows my mlnd. 1here ls ulwuys u long llne wultlng for the chunce to urchuse thls ocorn.
lt's "kettle corn' meunlng you cun wutch them o lt ln blg coer kettles. 1hey stlr lt wlth long uddles - udd lots
of sult und sugur - but certulnly nothlng thut unusuul. l'm convlnced lt's urtly the
lncredlble smell und mulnly just the novelty of seelng lt mude ln thls wuy. And of yes,
lt ls good. 8ut one of the young workers told me they wlll sell uround zccc bugs ln u
tylcul duy. Lets ussume the uveruge ls for u "medlum' bug whlch ls only s6.cc.
1hut's sz,ccc gross revenue - und trust me, the cost of muterluls ls robubly no more
thun c of thut. Sounds llke u greut buslness to me.
1here ure u whole lot of "buslness oortunltles' out there for kettle corn.
(htt:jjwww.onmumu.comjoortunlty.htm) And you'll fnd fnunclng deuls to
entlce you to just sturt wlth u sc,ccc setu. Cbvlously, l'm not recommendlng thut
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l thlnk some of the ueul ls ln huvlng u slmle oerutlon llke shown here:
A kettle on un oen fume just mukes the roduct more ueullng thut huvlng lt
come out from behlnd some funcy counter. lee lt slmle und reu more
rofts.
1he locul guy who works ull the lrunklln, 1N events sturted hls buslness so he
could huve somethlng thut would lnvolve hls wlfe und chlldren. You cun reud
hls story here: htt:jjuceskettlecorn.comj
Sturtu Costs: sccccc
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Piano Tuning
3)'6 $ %/( '$ ( '$ '%( 55$ &$ 7)!3$ -( .$ -2'( #)''8 Eow blg? lt ls estlmuted thut every thlrd house ln Amerlcu hus u
luno, und lunos should be tuned once or twlce u yeur. l huve u frlend thut does luno tunlng full tlme und stuys
booked weeks ln udvunce. Ee churges s,c er tunlng und normully does
or u duy. vlth two weeks o thut works out to be ubout s,c,ccc unnuully.
lndustry uveruges show luno tunlng fees runge from s,c to szc.
Lxerlenced tuners send ubout hour er luno, tunlng u to er duy.
Amerlcun School of Pluno 1unlng ueurs to be the blggest trulnlng school
for thls. l sent for thelr lnformutlon und recelved thelr course oer ut sc.
8efore l hud u chunce to resond l recelved u second mulllng lnformlng me
of some unexected returns. l could now urchuse the entlre ten lesson
rogrum und ull the necessury tools und equlment for sturtlng my own buslness for "only s,.' You huve u to u
yeur to return your lessons but they suy you cun ulso comlete the entlre rogrum ln c hours.
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*_5<:=3>#!=9776#7U#,:3>7#%@>:>T# htt:jjwww.lunotunlng.comj
Llke muny trulnlng rogrums lt ueurs the luno tunlng schools teuch you to tune lunos - they don't teuch you
how to run u buslness. And llke uny rofesslonul, whether you're u doctor, dentlst or uttorney, just huvlng the
sklll doesn't muke you successful. You huve to understund how to murket und sell your servlce.
1hls ls u greut exumle of u very seclullzed ureu of exertlse - but not u long or exenslve rocess to get lnto. l
thlnk lt's u sleeer ureu of oortunlty. Cnce you ure reudy to go you cun do your murketlng und be ln buslness.
Sturtu Costs: sccccc
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Dry cleaning pickup
!&N&+*-# .&*+!# *]" when l stlll hud un omce ln town u young mun wulked ln one mornlng. Ee usked lf we
would be lnterested ln huvlng hlm lck u our dry cleunlng. Ee would lck u on 1uesduy und 1hursduy und return
ltems on those sume duys. ve would uy the sume rutes us lf we wulked ln the door of the dry cleuner ourselves.
Cbvlously thls wus u nobrulner. vhy wouldn't we suve ourselves the hussle of drlvlng to the dry cleuner, trylng to
remember whut duy our ltems would be reudy, or runnlng ln through the ruln?
And how does thls muke sense for the young mun dolng the lcku und dellverles? lee ln mlnd thut murketlng ls u
mujor exense for uny dry cleuner. ln thls cuse the dry cleuner wus wllllng to uy c of the totul churge ln exchunge
for the new buslness. And just suose the young mun wus uble to brlng ln szc,ccc worth of buslness u month?
And these ure retty reul fgures.
Els cost to sturt - robubly less thun sc. Ee ulreudy hud u fumlly vun. vhen he urouched our omce he dldn't
huve buslness curds or lnvolces. Ee hud u slmle oneuge fyer exlulnlng hls servlce.
htt:jjwww.drycleunlngundmore.comj
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Window Washing
!&N&+*-# .&*+!# *]"# ( # )*L# *'# &M&+]&'?.# M&&%( '] wlth u ludy who just dlscovered her husbund hud
left und wus not comlng buck. She hud smull chlldren und wus u fulltlme Mom. She wus ln deserute shue
fnunclully und wondered where she could get u job. Eowever, ln hellng her ussess her murketuble skllls we hud
dlmculty comlng u wlth unythlng thut would get her more thun un s8cjhr osltlon.
l suggested thut we look for more creutlve otlons. Eere's whut we cume u wlth. She went to vulMurt und
urchused u bucket und squeegee. vlth thut she took her oldest chlld wlth her und went u und down one rlmury
buslness street ln south Nushvllle, oerlng to cleun thelr wlndows. She found u recetlve murket for her servlces
und dlscovered she could muke sc6c und hour by blddlng the jobs ln udvunce.
l hud wunted to hel her fnd somethlng she could do for u duy or two to just get lmmedlute lncome. vlndow
wushlng worked so well she contlnued to do thut for over months whlle she then mude luns to move lnto u
rofesslonul selllng job - where she hus done very well.
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vlndow wushlng ueurs to work best ln lurge strl mulls. And ulwuys churge by the totul job or by the wlndow.
lt doesn't muke uny sense to work by the hour ln thls klnd of buslness. As un exumle, you mlght churge s8 for
u lurge wlndow - one thut would tuke ubout c mlnutes to cleun.
1o be fully reured you muy wunt to lnvest ln:
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!! A 8RUSE CN A LCNC EANLLL
!! A SllNCE SQULLCLL
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1here's even u wlndow cleunlng ussoclutlon you cun joln.
lnternutlonul vlndow Cleunlng Assoclutlon htt:jjwww.lwcu.orgj
Your totul sturtu costs should not be more thun szcc.
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Real Estate Signs
)&+&# ( '# F( --( *M!"'# ?"G'%., 1ennessee we huve u lot of reul estute uctlvlty, even ln slow economlc tlmes.
Adum begun oerlng the reul estute omces u servlce where he would ut u the slgns for the weekend oen houses.
1ylcully thut meuns golng uround und uttlng them on struteglc corners on lrlduy or
Suturduy. 1hen on Sunduy nlght he would go uround und retrleve those sume slgns. Els
churge wus only s6.cc euch. Euve you ever seen u reul estute ugent ln hlgh heels trylng to
get un oen house slgn ln the ground durlng u rulnstorm? Lo you thlnk thut ugent would be
wllllng to uy s6.cc to not huve to rlsk ersonul lnjury und scrues on the Mercedes?
Adum wus dolng ubout zcc slgns u weekend. lee ln mlnd one oen house muy requlre
or slgns. You do your own muth on the osslbllltles. Adum hus u smull lcku truck thut
wus hls ersonul vehlcle. lf you ulreudy huve u truck your sturt u costs muy be u slmle fyer
to udvertlse your servlce. You cun get ermlsslon to luce one of those ln the ersonul mull
boxes of euch ugent ut thelr broker's omce - uvoldlng even ostuge costs.
Sturtu Costs: Posslbly sc for some nlce fyers lus your own lcku truck or smull truller.
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House Cleaning
1hls ls u young ludy thut my wlfe 'ounne hus been mentorlng. And thls ls the uctuul fyer she used to get sturted.
Rutes for house cleunlng ln our ureu runge from szc er hour bused u 8R house whlch ls buslcully u hour job
for un exerlenced cleuner.
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vlth Cutherlne's buckground she struggled to fnd u scjhr job. And wlth u smull chlld the rlgld tlme demunds of
u "reul job' were dlmcult to munuge. Cleunlng glves her the rlde of runnlng her own slmle buslness, tlme
fexlblllty llke she would never huve ln u job, und the otentlul to eurn slgnlfcuntly more lncome.
Sturtu Costs - uroxlmutely sc for u hundful of fyers lus sc for lnltlul cleunlng sulles.
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Home Inspection
( '!,&?%( "'# "$# *# )"M&# hus become un exected urt of the urchuse rocess. lf you ure someone who ls u
hundymun unywuy, you muy fnd thls to be un eusy ft. vhlle there ure seclfc skllls needed, lt ueurs good eole
skllls und the ublllty to see detulls thut others muy not see ure the essentlul churucterlstlcs requlred.
ln toduy's envlronment lt ulso hels to huve decent comuter skllls us your reorts wlll need to huve u rofesslonul
look. And the comuter softwure uvulluble wlll muke your work much more emclent us well us uttructlve.
lt ls estlmuted thut ., mllllon home lnsectlons were conducted ln the Unlted Stutes lust yeur und thut number ls
lncreuslng even wlth u slowdown ln trunsuctlons. 1here ueurs to be u longterm demund for quullfed lndlvlduuls
to sturt home lnsectlon buslnesses. Eome lnsectors tylcully churge from sz, to s, to lnsect un uveruge
home. Leendlng on your murket ureu you could eurn sccc or more ln u slngle duy lnsectlng homes.
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1hls ls u develolng ureu of exertlse so llcenslng regulutlons vury stute by stute. You cun check out the
requlrements for your stute here:
htt:jjwww.homelnsectlonlnstltute.comjregulutlons.html You muy huve to uss u test ln your stute to then be
llcensed us u home lnsector.
Most of the trulnlng rogrums ure study systems thut you study on your own.
Eere ure u coule of exumles:
Professlonul Eome lnsectlon lnstltute:
htt:jjwww.homelnsectlonlnstltute.comjlndex.html
Strutford Cureer lnstltute `aKE0bb
htt:jjwww.scltrulnlng.comjCourses_USjEome_lnsectorj1ultlon.htm
Set u referrul relutlonshls wlth locul reul estute ugents, bunkers, und mortguge orlglnutors.
Sturtu Costs: Aeur to runge from s to s.cc
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Translator
-( !*# !%",,&L# M&# *$%&+# *# !&M( '*+# ,+&!&'%*%( "'0 She hud u scjhr job und felt trued becuuse she
dldn't huve u college degree. l hud u mlnute conversutlon wlth her, usklng whut unlque skllls she hud. She
mentloned thut she hud been born ln Mexlco but moved to the U. S. us u llttle glrl. Eer Lngllsh wus lmeccuble,
however, she wus comletely fuent ln Sunlsh us well. l suggested she osltlon herself us u trunslutor und
descrlbed how she could do thut. Aroxlmutely one month luter l run lnto Llsu uguln. She showed me her buslness
curd. Cn one slde lt suld N29"%A5".>*19%X%41"(9!"4&1. Cn the other slde lt suld N29"%A5".>*19%X%41"+:#&1. She told me
she hud contucted ubout slx legul frms und ubout thut muny medlcul cllnlcs, oerlng to trunslute ln the courtroom or
ln hosltul sltuutlons. She reluted u coule usslgnments she hud just comleted. A smull chlld hud been brought to
Nushvllle from 8ollvlu for u comllcuted eye rocedure. Llsu sent three duys wlth the fumlly ln the hosltul,
trunslutlng the doctors' lnformutlon lnto thelr nutlve lunguuge - ut sc un hour. She suld those lnltlul contucts were
keelng her booked uroxlmutely zc hours u week. And thut wus us much us she wunted to do.
Eer sturtu cost for her frst cc buslness curds - sc. (htt:jjwww.vlsturlnt.com)
lor more lnformutlon: Amerlcun 1runslutors Assoclutlon (htt:jjutunet.org)
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TelephonejAddress Books
%)( !# ( !# .&%# *'"%)&+# "$# %)&# +&*-# AG!( '&!!&!# l huve done myself. Euve you ever seen the funcy
brochures churches glve out to vlsltors? 1hey ure extremely costly to the church und huve u very short llfesun.
Some ure left ln the church ews, some muke lt to the urklng lot und u few end u on to of the mlcrowuve ut
home.
vhut lf we could glve the vlsltor somethlng nlce enough they would never throw lt uwuy - und whut lf the church
could hund out thut glft wlth ubsolutely no cost to them ut ull? l urchused u reully nlce 1elehonejAddress book
from our locul bookstore for sc.6, lncludlng tux. 1hen l went to u romlnent 8utlst church und usked how they
would llke to recelve ccc free 1A books wlth thelr church logo or lmuge on the front cover. ve would ulso ut four
uges ln the front of the books wlth the schedule of servlces, lun of sulvutlon, hotos of stu, or whutever they
wlshed to lnclude. lnowlng these were u sc vulue thut wus oerlng to glve them sc,ccc worth of romotlonul
muterlul ut no cost.
All l exected ln return wus u llst of rofesslonul buslness eole ln the church und the locul buslnesses the church
used us vendors. l wunted u llst of ut leust c buslnesses - reul estute und lnsurunce ugents, the ustor's fuvorlte
restuurunt, the comuny thut ut u new roof on lust yeur or uved the urklng lot, the hotel where they booked
guests, etc. 1he church would ulwuys wllllngly guve me thut llst. l would then urouch those buslnesses und glve
the "oortunlty to hlghllght' thelr buslness to thut cutlve uudlence.
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Puttlng seven ud sots on the lnslde front cover, the lnslde und outslde buck cover guve me z suces. At u cost
of s euch thut would generute s8z. l would collect ln full us l commltted those suces. 1hen l dld u slmle
luyout for euch ud myself, hud the ccc books rlnted ut u cost of ubout s.cc euch, dellvered the books to the
gruteful church und ut sz ln my ocket. l would tylcully comlete u book ln or duys. l would normully
do two u month, ullowlng me two weeks u month to develo my couchlng buslness, bulldlng lt from u sturtu to
where thut lncome overtook the 1A book sules.
lncldentully, l dlscovered other orgunlzutlons thut were even more roftuble. 8unks, colleges und nonrofts
were greut customers. l comleted one book for the UAv ut the Corvette lunt ln 8owllng Creen, lY where l
just ket uttlng ln more lnslde uges for uds becuuse everyone wunted to be lncluded. Cn thut one l netted
over s8zcc for my eorts.
P.S. 8e reullstlc ubout the wuy telehonejuddress book usuge hus chunged. l'm not sure thls sume concet
would be us vluble toduy. Peole use electronlc uddress books more thun hyslcul. Perhus there's un
electronlc verslon of whut l descrlbed here.
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Wood Chip Merchant
*# ?"G,-&# "$# .&*+!# *]"# l notlced there were u severul tree comunles worklng ln our nelghborhood. 1helr
usslgnment wus to cut the trees buck wherever there wus dunger of them fulllng ugulnst ower llnes. 1helr work
often left the trees looklng mlsshuen und dlstorted, thus they were
frowned und treuted budly by most of the nelghborhood resldents, even
though they were dolng work thut needed to be done. vhlle they were
on my roerty l concluded thut l would get better results lf l befrlended
the workers. ln dolng so l ulso dlscovered thut they hud to drlve ubout
mlles out ln the country to dum euch truckloud of freshly chled wood.
l usked lf they would mlnd just dumlng the chls from my roerty
rlght there ln u blg lle. 1hey luughed ut the thought of not huvlng to
wuste un hour drlvlng to thelr normul dum slte. vhut they thought wus
trush l recognlzed us u bonus for me.
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Cver the course of ubout slx months those tree comunles brought me uroxlmutely zc trucklouds of chls. l
huve used them for nuture trulls, luyground ureus und ln coverlng ureus formerly full of rocks und thorns.
Nelghbors huve usked me lf they could buy chls from me und wondered how l wus so "lucky.'
lf l were looklng for unother source of lncome l could sell thls "free' roduct, lnstull luygrounds or creute
nuture trulls us l huve done on our roerty.
Cost of buslness - zero.
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Chauffeur
L+( N&# ?&-&A+( %( &!# or just tuke someone to thelr doctor's vlslt. Chuueurs should obtuln the stundurd Cluss L
llcense ln uddltlon to u forhlre ("l") endorsement. 1o recelve the endorsement, ullcunts must be ut leust 8 yeurs
old, meet the ellglblllty requlrements, uss u vlslon test, und uss u seclullzed knowledge test. 1he endorsement
costs s.c.
A Commerclul Lrlver's Llcense ls requlred only lf the vehlcle ls deslgned to trunsort ut leust 6 eole (lncludlng the
drlver). You cun churge by the hour, by the erson, by the trl or just to be on cull. Cet creutlve ubout whut works
for you.
8uy un old llmo und you're set for weddlngs, roms or other seclul
occuslons. You muy ulreudy huve u vehlcle you could use - und lf not,
yes, there ure stlll lnterestlng buys out there ln the szccc runge - hey,
u llttle ulnt und you're reudy to go.
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Pet WalkingjSitting
F)( -&# ( # F*!# ( '# !*'# $+*'?( !?"# for u conference l took u breuk to enjoy un outdoor cufe on one of the hllly
streets. A young gul wulked u und sut down - huvlng four dogs ln tow. l struck u u conversutlon wlth her und
obvlously usked ubout her dogs. She suld she wus u student but wulked dogs us her source of lncome. lt wus eusy
to turget busy rofesslonuls rlght there ln the ureu where she llved. She churged s for u cmlnute wulk - but
ulwuys hud ut leust four dogs ut u tlme - sometlmes more. Plus, she would wulk them ut leust twlce u duy. And for
others she wus slmly checklng on them whlle the owners were on vucutlon or truvellng on buslness. 1he
comblnutlon rovlded her u regulur s,cc8cc weekly lncome. You muy not llve ln Sun lrunclsco but l'll bet the
otentlul ls not much dlerent wherever you ure.
Sturtu Costs - muybe sc for some cool looklng buslness curds or fyers.
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Custom Tailored Clothing
%)( !# ( !# "'&# ["*''&# L( L# whlle l wus ln gruduute school. ve hud one smull chlld ut thut olnt und we dldn't
wunt her to huve to be commltted to u reul job. She hus ulwuys enjoyed creutlve sewlng und hud u greut sewlng
muchlne ulreudy.
8ut the nlche we qulckly dlscovered wus ln muklng clothes for hurdtoft women. Some lurge,
some short und wlde, some wlth very unlque hyslcul oddltles. And they loved 'ounne. Eer wus
someone who would tulk wlth them wlth comusslon und then creute beuutlful clothlng tullored
to thelr seclfc needs. lrom the beglnnlng 'ounne hud u bucklog of rojects wultlng to be
comleted. And uguln, she could monltor her tlme so fumlly needs cume frst.
She rlced her work by the comleted gurment und could muke scccc u week urttlme.
Sturtu costs for 'ounne - zero. Cbvlously, she ulreudy hud u sewlng muchlne us l would exect
unyone who ls u cundldute for thls to huve. l would not recommend thls us u buslness for
someone who dld not ulreudy huve u lot of exerlence sewlng.
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Painting ! interior & exterior
.&!I # %)( !# ( !# *'"%)&+# "$# M.# +&]G-*+# !%*'LA.!0 # # l enjoy ulntlng - you cun see u blg dlerence
lmmedlutely, everythlng ls fresh und cleun und lt's retty eusy to do u greut job. Plus, lt's u monotonous, reetltlve
job thut ullows for llstenlng to osltlve, motlvutlonul uudlo rogrums.
More thun once, whlle ln gruduute school l chose to ulnt us u meuns of generutlng lncome. l would bld the jobs ln
udvunce und then comlete them on my own tlme us l wus ulwuys tuklng clusses ut the sume tlme. So l could be
fexlble lf l hud u test or lf l needed to be wlth my fumlly. 1ylcully l wus dolng lnslde rooms ln vucunt houses so l
could show u ut :cc PM und get u lot done wlth no lnterrutlons.
Sturtu Costs - u coule of good brushes (uroxlmutely s)
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Plant Rental
( # -"N&# %)( !# ,*+%( ?G-*+# AG!( '&!!# ( L&*0 A ludy l knew found thls to be u
very roftuble buslness. Most omce bulldlngs, medlcul und dentul omces, und lots of
other rofesslonul bulldlngs llke to huve lunts us urt of the decor. Plunts udd un
lmmedlute homlness, cleun the ulr und just glve the ueurunce of u welcomlng luce.
8ut how muny of those luces huve un emloyee or owner who cun do u greut job of
tuklng cure of those lunts? Not muny. And lf the buslness buys the lunts they huve
the lmmedlute need of someone belng cometent to cure for those sume lunts.
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vhut Lebble dlscovered ls thut rentlng the lunts ls un uttructlve roosltlon for buslnesses. And very
roftuble for her. She rlces her rentuls so thut she recutures her cost on the lunt ln the frst c duys. So lf
her wholesule cost on u lunt ls szc the rentul fee wlll be s,.ccjmonthly. 1hut seems to be reudlly ucceted by
the buslnesses. And you cun see where thls leuds for Lebble.
Eer resonslblllty ls to show u und cure for those lunts - otherwlse she loses her lnvestment. lf she hud u
lunt dle ln the frst c duys she would uctuully lose money. 8U1 - lf she curefully cures for the lunts she muy
huve lunt for yeurs. Let's just use thut us un exumle. lor exumle, let's lmuglne u doctor's omce thut now
hus c lunts. 1hut's s,c u month for beuutlful looklng lunts thut ure guurunteed to look heulthy und vlbrunt
from now on - forever. lf they ever need to be reluced Lebble wlll tuke cure of thut lmmedlutely. 8ut let's just
suy thut she knows her lunts well und mulntulns them erfectly for three yeurs. She muy even rotute the lunts
to other buslness to rovlde chunglng vurlety. 8ut on those orlglnul c lunts, wlth u cost of szc, her lnvestment
wus szcc. Lurlng the frst three months she ls slmly recuturlng her costs. ln month the s,c ls ull roft. So
ln our exumle lf the lunts hud un uveruge llfe of 6 months, she would huve months of rofts -wlth no cost
other thun her tlme, truvel exenses und erhus u llttle fertlllzer. So thut would be szc ln rofts or s,,c er
yeur. Now thut's one locutlon. You cun do your own multlles of thut. lf you hud cc lunts ln luce thut would
be s,,cc, fve hundred would grow thut to s8,cc. Could you mulntuln cc lunts where you needed to check
on them once u week? l don't know. l would thlnk lt would be more thun udequute lf you sent mlnute er
lunt. 1hut would be ubout z hours u duy, fve duys u week - or hours u duy, two duys u week. Seems llke
thut's workuble.
Sturtu costs: scc - zccc (deendlng on your lnltlul lnventory)
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Tip Enhancer
F)*%# ( $# ."G# +*'# *# !&M( '*+ teuchlng wulters how to lncreuse thelr tls. Eow to serve better und recelve
blgger tls - guurunteed results. Lo you know how much vurlunce there ls ln whut wulters und wultresses recelve
for thelr work? Yes, l know there ure suggested guldellnes for tllng ln restuurunts (czc) 8ut do you know how
much dlerence thut runge cun meun for u young erson holng to uy for college or
thut frst cur?
Studles show thut wulters cun boost thelr tls from c to cc ercent by dolng uny of
the followlng:
!! LlCE1LY 1CUCElNC 1EL CUS1CMLR
!! SMlLlNC A1 1EL CUS1CMLR
!! SQUA11lNC NL1 1C 1EL 1A8LL
!! lN1RCLUClNC 1ELMSLLvLS 8Y NAML
!! 1EANllNC 1ELM lCR LlNlNC 1ELRL
!! lCRLCAS1lNC CCCL vLA1ELR
!! LRAvlNC A SMlLLY lACL CN 1EL CELCl
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vhut lf you romoted u twohour worksho on u Suturduy mornlng, churglng sz wlth u cduy money buck
guuruntee? lf someone dld not lncreuse thelr lncome by ut leust the sz ln the next c duys you would refund
thelr money. vhut lf you found u locul restuurunt thut wus looklng for new hlres to rovlde breukfust or lunch?
Cr you could fnd u Crucker 8urrel, Logun's or lumous Luve's to "sonsor' your event wlth u scc fee?
Could you uttruct c urtlclunts by sreudlng the word through the hundreds of restuurunts ln your ureu. 1he
locul newsuer just dld u feuture story here ln lrunklln, 1N when the new Nlssun heudquurters oened. 1hey
suld there ure c restuurunts where you cun get lunch wlthln u mlle rudlus of thut new omce bulldlng. And
thut dld not count those luce oen only for dlnner. 1he ool of rosects ls enormous - und most never get
uny trulnlng on how to lncreuse thelr tls.
lf you osltloned your semlnur correctly you could uttruct cub drlvers, hotel bellhos, hulr dressers, munlcurlsts,
mussuge therulsts, housekeeers, bubysltters, und lzzu dellvery drlvers. Promote wlth fyers und osters.
1hls ls u unlque ldeu - you cun contuct locul rudlo stutlons und book yourself wlth llve lntervlews leudlng u to
the semlnur dutes.
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Bicycle Repair & Service
%)&# !GMM&+# F)&'# M.# !"'# 'ured wus he begun usklng ubout how he could muke some extru money.
1he common thlng for u yrold to do would huve been to mow yurds or dellver uers. 8ut thut hus llttle
unlqueness.
At the tlme we llved ln u communlty of 8 homes, reresentlng lots of klds und lots of
blkes. l suggested thut he do "blke reulr' us he wus un uvld blker hlmself, very good wlth
mechunlcs und hud ulreudy been the reulrmun for fumlly.
l heled hlm creute one slmle fyer unnounclng "thls week's seclul.' And thut wus s.cc
fut tlre reulr. 8ut he ulso oered free lck u und dellvery - u mujor USP for busy moms
und duds. And whut do you suose most blkes wlth u fut tlre need? Cther reulrs. 'ured
would cull hls customers und suggest u tuneu - new chuln, udjust geurs, cleunu, etc.
und would creute reusonuble lncome fur beyond the s.cc reulr.
ve hung those flers on ubout hulf the doors ln our nelghborhood - one tlme only. 1hut
llttle romotlon ket 'ured busy ull summer long und ullowed hlm to muke szcccc u
week urt tlme.
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Window Tinting
F)&'# M.# "-L&!%# !"'# levln wus yeurs old we sent hlm to u threeduy trulnlng for uutomotlve wlndow
tlntlng. ve hud fun comlng u wlth u nume - SunShleld - hud some yellow lustlc vlsors lmrlnted wlth hls logo und
nume und sturted sreudlng the word. At the tlme l owned un uuto uccessorles buslness so we hud u retty reudy
uudlence. 8ut levln bullt hls own customer llst und dld the work ln our guruge ut our house. Ee dldn't huve u
drlver's llcense but eole would dro thelr 'uguurs, Mercedes, volvos und Porsches o ut our house to get hls
metlculous work.
levln wus u sohomore ln hlgh school so thls wus urt tlme, ufter school work. 8ut worklng two or three evenlngs u
week he found he could muke szcccc u week. 1hut funded hls growlng lnterest ln blcycle ruclng.
vhlle there ure no llcenses or credentluls requlred for wlndow tlntlng u erson
would be wlse to get some lnltlul trulnlng. 1here ure enough trlcks of the trude
thut muke lt worthwhlle to uvold costly mlstukes.
Eere ure u coule l just found onllne.
htt:jjwww.wlndowtlntlng.comj acB3Q#O<7T<3_#U7<#`/1bb
htt:jjwww.uutowlndowtlntlng.com /J#)7@<#LNL#%<3:>:>T#,<7T<3_#c#`1da
levln's lnltlul cost - us l remember lt wus ubout sc for the trulnlng und hls lnltlul sulles.
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Graffiti Removal
[G!%# L"F'# %)&# +"*L# from where we llved u few yeurs ugo there wus un old rullroud underuss. lt rovlded u
onelune uss through so curs would wult utlently for thelr turn to uss under the truln truck. All sldes were
concrete und thut rovlded un uurent lrreslstlble cunvus for locul grumtl urtlsts to shure thelr tulents.
Unfortunutely, ruther thun just urtlstlc deslgns they often left vulgur und obscene messuges for ull to see.
l ucceted the chullenge us u concerned nelghborhood resldent und mude u fun gume of coverlng thelr tlme
consumlng "urt' us soon us lt ueured. l bought u cuse of whlte sruy ulnt und just ket lt wlth me ln my cur.
vhenever new grumtl showed u, l'd just jum out of my cur und cover lt wlth fresh whlte ulnt. ln the beglnnlng l
robubly ulnted u coule of tlmes u week, then lt slowed to u coule u month
und eventuully the grumtl just stoed showlng u ut ull.
My urt wus eusy und my klds thought lt wus hllurlous thut l wus the dude tuklng
on the gungs. l never hud u ersonul encounter wlth un "urtlst' und slmly
declded thut they were not golng to degrude our nelghborhood.
Lo you thlnk you could get uld for dolng the sume ln your town. And the
unswer to thut questlon ls Yes.
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Unicycle ! or any unique item
*'# "'-( '&# ,+&!&'?&# mukes lt osslble to be extremely successful wlth nlche roducts.###Reud thls story ubout
how u guy who enjoyed unlcycles found hlmself thrust lnto un exlodlng buslness.
htt:jjwww.newsweek.comjldj686
l love thls story becuuse lt's just one exumle of how un unusuul roduct cun get tructlon wlth
un onllne resence. You would never wunt to oen u retull store for unlcycles. vlth u retull
locutlon you wlll huve ubout u fvemlle rudlus of otentlul customers. You would huve to huve
cc of the rosects ln thut tlny murket ureu und ulso huve to deul wlth leuses, slgn ermlts,
retull hours, und emloyees. vlth un onllne slte you cun lnstuntly huve uccess to the entlre
world und even wlth u nlche roduct lf you get u tlny ercentuge of the rosects you cun
knock lt out of the urk fnunclully. And you uvold ull of the loglstlcs of huvlng u retull store.
1hls ls u reullty thut u lot of eole wlth nlche roducts llke Chrlstlun books, vucuum cleuners,
or necktles huve dlscovered.
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1he unlcycle slte uctuully hus the domuln unlcycle.com (htt:jjwww.unlcycle.com)0##1hut's unother lmortunt
comonent of huvlng u successful buslness. Muke sure you cun get u .com domuln nume thut reudlly ldentlfes
your buslness.
Sturtu costs: Perhus scccc for un lnltlul webslte. 1est, test, test. Lon't urchuse u wurehouse full of uny
roduct untll you test the murket und your ublllty to sell thut roduct. 8ut get creutlve ubout these nlche
osslbllltles. You muy huve seen un lnterestlng roduct whlle truvellng ln u forelgn country.
Lven ln our globul economy, of roducts roduced ure never sold outslde thut country. Yeurs ugo u
gentlemun suw u wheelburrow udvertlsed ln u muguzlne. lt wus u fberglussjlustlc wheelburrow, suerlor to
whut wus then uvulluble ln the Unlted Stutes. Ee usked to be the U.S. dlstrlbutor. Ee took one sumle
wheelburrow to one home und gurden show, und recelved over c,ccc orders for thls lmroved wheelburrow.
Ee dld not lnvent lt, dld not utent lt, he slmly usked to be u dlstrlbutor for un exlstlng roduct. vlth only u
s.cc roft murgln, thut's szc,ccc roft!
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Book Sales
A""H!# )*N&# *# N&+.# !)"+%# -( $&0 # # Most ubllshers wlll romote u book for the frst c duys. lf lt doesn't
tuke o on lts own ut thut olnt they muy end u wlth u slgnlfcunt number of books thut they slmly wunt to cleur
out of thelr lnventory.
l huve sold thousunds of books wrltten by other uuthors over the yeurs. Eere's un exumle: 1hls book showed u
on htt:jjwww.bookcloseouts.com us u llquldutlon seclul. l loved the tltle so l ordered just one coy to see lf lt wus
well done. lt wus. 1he retull rlce showed us s.cc. l ordered them ln quuntltles of ubout cc ut u tlme. ve uld
s.z euch und showed them ut u "dlscounted' rlce on our webslte of s8.cc. Peole udded them on to other
orders from our 8Luys.com slte (htt:jjwww.8duys.comjroducts.h). #
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Eere's unother exumle. 1hls ls u greut tltle und tles ln nlcely wlth the 8Luys.com theme of books thut hel
wlth the rocess of fndlng or creutlng work thut ls uroseful, fulflllng und roftuble. 1hls book uddresses
Moms who wunt to be rlmury cureglvers for thelr chlldren but would ulso llke to generute some lncome. 1hls
book wus out of rlnt but stlll hud vuluuble lnformutlon ln lt. lt showed u retull rlce of s.. l urchused them
out of remulnder for s.z euch. ve robubly sold zccc of them ut s8.cc before our source drled u. Nothlng
wrong wlth the books und nothlng deceltful ubout the rocess. And yes, unyone could go to exuctly the sume
sltes und urchuse the books ut the sume rlce we dld. 8ut thls ls much the sume buylng rocess thut you fnd ut
vulMurt or 1urget. vhen eole ure ulreudy ln "our store' they ure very llkely cundldutes to udd slmllur
roducts to thelr sholng curt before they check out. 1hut's why they ut mllk und eggs ut the buck of uny
grocery store. 1hey know you wlll huve to wulk ust thousunds of other roducts to fnd those two thlngs you
cume lnto the store to fnd.
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ve muke roduct uckuges und comblnutlons uttructlve ut 8Luys.com (htt:jjwww.8duys.comjroducts.h)
slte und eole do the sume thlng. 1hey come there to urchuse !"#$%&'#()#(*+#,)-.#/)0#1)2+ erhus und
then see other ueullng book tltles or roducts thut they wunt us well.
Eere ure some eusy sources to check out:
htt:jjwww.bookcloseouts.com
htt:jjwww.Llscount8ookSule.com
htt:jjwww.bookllquldutor.com
htt:jjwww.booksllquldutlon.com
1hese sources seldom huve uny klnd of mlnlmum urchuse requlred. 1here muy be some lncentlves for lurger
numbers or suvlngs on shllng lf u blg quuntlty ls ordered however. Lon't order u blg quuntlty untll you've
roven thut you cun sell u urtlculur tltle.
A coule of yeurs ugo 'ounne und l were ut u blg yurd sule. 1here wus u booth there where they were selllng
new books. 1he eole runnlng lt were comlulnlng thut no one exected to buy new books ut u yurd sule. l
usked how much they would tuke for the entlre lnventory und much to my surrlse, they suld scc. l told them
to sto showlng the books to unyone - l would be bucklng my volvo wugon u to the closest door lmmedlutely.
l urchused ,8 brund new books - mostly hurdbucks - for thut scc. ve sold tons of them und used lots of
them us bonuses for other urchuses. l extructed so much vulue from thut urchuse. l'm constuntly looklng for
u slmllur deul.
Sturtu Costs: scc zccc
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Creative Playground
F)&'# "G+# %)+&&# H( L!# F&+&# !M*--# l hud two old tructor tlres ln the buck yurd thut were thelr fuvorlte
luyground ltems. l recently dullcuted the sume thlng for our grundchlldren ln our yurd here ln 1ennessee. 1he
tlres you see cume from our locul tlre deuler - und were ubsolutely free. l burled them ubout onejthlrd dee ln the
ground, muklng them unmovuble. 1hen my grundduughter Cluru 5*!0*+ me ulnt them wlth u stundurd outdoor
ulnt.
All the grundklds love these tlres. 1hey ure lndestructlble und oer u multltude of osslbllltles. 1he klds cllmb u on
them, jum from one to unother, hlde ln them und let thelr lmuglnutlons run wlld. vlth u few wood chls uround
them (free - see #8 ) they become u centrul luyground uttructlon.
Could you romote und rovlde thls remurkuble uttructlon for homeowners ln your
town? vould they be wllllng to uy for lt? Cf course. Yes, dlgglng the holes tukes
some work. 8ut whut lf you hud u uckuge rlce of scc, s8cc or s,? vlth un
uttructlve fyer do you thlnk you'd get some tukers - ubsolutely.
Sturtu Costs: Cbvlously lt would be helful to huve u lcku truck. 8eyond thut,
u good shovel, lck und some good lctures of whut you cun do.
Aroxlmutely sc
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Antique mall (or repurpose any large space)
( # "'?&# F"+H&L# F( %)# *# ?-( &'%# who hud been ln the Chrlstlun muslc lndustry ull hls llfe. 8ut us he hlt hls
mldcs he reullzed the oortunltles for contlnulng to muke reusonuble money there were dlmlnlshlng.
ln exlorlng other ureus of lnterest he shured hls usslon for untlques und
how he wus ulreudy buylng und selllng u few leces here und there. Ee suld
he would love to huve un untlque sho - but he hud ubsolutely no money to
do thut.
Eere's whut we dld. Ee found un old wurehouse thut hud been vucunt
for some tlme. Ee negotluted u leuse ugreement wlth the owner - no
money u front but slmly u cduy otlon to fnullze the leuse. 1hen we
sut down, mude u rough druwlng of the foor suce und dlvlded lt lnto ,6
smull suces. Ee then contucted other untlque bus who were more thun lnterested ln huvlng u suce for thelr
merchundlse. 8y collectlng frst und lust month's rent on those smull suces (he ket for hlmself) my cllent
collected ln excess of sz,ccc. 1hen he fnullzed the leuse, sent ubout s,ccc dolng lnterlor renovutlons und
oened for buslness. Ee stlll hud sc,ccc ln the bunk und sturted muklng money from duy one on the c
commlsslon he recelved from ull hls lessees. And from the suces where he could sell hls own leces.
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Now - you could use the sume concet to reurose u lurge suce for uny
one of multlle ldeus.
Cne of the hot new terms uccountlng for eole wuntlng to work not from
home und not from un omce ls Covorklng. Peole who struggle wlth
wutchlng Cruh or luylng box ln the mlddle of the ufternoon muy fnd
thut u shured omce suce ls just whut you need.
1he term just mude lt lnto vlkledlu und ls defned thus: A&)&1$2(,%29%45*%%
9&#2"!%,"45*12(,%&'%"%,1&:0%&'%0*&0!*;%)5&%"1*%942!!%)&1$2(,%2(+*0*(+*(4!/;%>:4%%
)5&%95"1*%3"!:*9%"(+%)5&%"1*%2(4*1*94*+%2(%45*%9/(*1,/%45"4%#"(%5"00*(%'1&.%)&1$2(,%)245%4"!*(4*+%0*&0!*%2(%45*%
9".*%90"#*-%%8logs, soclul networks und other suort systems ure belng formed uround thls concet.
Sole rorletors, freeluncers, urtlsts, consultunts und other lndeendent workers ure fndlng refuge ln
coworklng envlronments wlth oen omce ureus but dedlcuted work suce, hlghseed lnternet, u kltchenette
und muybe even rlnter und fux muchlne. Rutes runge from s u duy to scc u month for full zjhour uccess.
Check lt out here - Covorklng Suces or just Coogle your clty wlth the word "coworklng.'
You could use the sume method to leuse u lurge suce - und then leuse lt out us omce suce us descrlbed here.
Sturtu Costs: 2ero
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Vending Machines
.&!I # ( # H'"F0 # # ve've ull heurd the horror storles ubout vendlng muchlnes belng u rlo. 8ut llke u brlck cun be
used to bulld u cuthedrul or to smush u wlndow, vendlng cun be u scum or u very roftuble venture.
l huve my own horror story ubout vendlng muchlnes. vhen l wus only 8 yeurs old l enrolled ln u brunch cumus of
1he Chlo Stute Unlverslty. As u oor kld wlth good grudes, l quullfed for un s8cc tultlon grunt. Eowever, my
redllectlon for seelng thlngs ln new wuys wus ulreudy hlnderlng u "normul' vlew of huvlng money ln the bunk. 1he
tultlon wus not uyuble lmmedlutely but would be due over the next severul monthswhlch meunt l hud elghteen
hundred dollurs ln hurd, cold cush slttlng ln my bunk uccount.
Surely, l thought, l could leveruge thut money lnto somethlng more. l resonded to un ud ln u muguzlne much llke
the ones muny of you huve seen: "Cet lnto the vendlng buslness, you don't huve to sell unythlng. ve lnstull the
muchlnesull you huve to do ls collect the money.' My elghteen hundred dollurs urchused ten hot cushew
muchlnes. =5"4%#&:!+%>*%.&1*%"00*"!2(, 45"(%5&4%#"95*)9Y l thought. Cushews ure the erfect snuck food
wholesome, nutrltlous, und u erfect comlement to uny beveruge. 1hls wus golng to be too eusy. l envlsloned my
muchlnes fndlng homes ln bullurks, fumlly recreutlon centers, und the locul convenlence store. 8ut thlngs dldn't
turn our exuctly us l hud lunned.
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A reresentutlve cume to luce the muchlnes. Unfortunutely, the comuny re referred to locute the muchlnes
ln the sleuzlest burs he could fnd. Plcture lt: u shy, buckwurd Mennonlte kld dlscoverlng thut hls muchlnes were
belng lnstulled ln luces he hlmself hud never been ullowed to enter.
Cuess whut else dldn't turn out us l exected. Lo you know whut huens to cushews under heut lf they ure not
stlrred ubout every twelve hours? 1hey .&!+G%l lmmedlutely begun gettlng culls from these sordld estubllshments
telllng me to get those muchlnes out or suer the wruth of thelr lnebrluted customers. l lcked u my ten
reclous muchlnes und hld them ln un old chlcken coo where my dud would never be mude uwure of my
stuldlty. Months luter l sold them for roughly ten cents on the dollur. vhen lt cume tlme to uy my tultlon, l hud
to get out und hustle for the money l hud lost. l squeezed ln odd jobs uround my ulreudy busy schedule of furm
chores und college clusses. lt wus my frst of muny ulnful lessons thut looklng for u qulck buck ls tylcully u
recle for dlsuster.
8ut l leurned from thut exerlence. l love the vendlng buslness. 1oduy we rovlde the 8 Luys Personullty
Profle (httj::www.8duys.com:roducts.h#rofles) thut you muy huve ulreudy benefted from. 1hlnk ubout
how thut ls dellvered. ve set u un electronlc rocess - flled lt wlth uvulluble uccess codes und ullow eole to
urchuse uny tlme duy or nlght. No, we don't huve to drlve u truck ucross town to restock the cushews but
essentlully we huve un electronlc vendlng muchlne. And thut trlggers the sule of the most oulur roduct ln
our 8 Luys store - outselllng even my most oulur books. lf l hud been devustuted by thut frst vendlng
exerlence l would huve closed the door to seelng vendlng ln u new llght - und u new oortunlty uslng current
technology.
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l worked wlth u fremun some tlme ugo. Ee wunted u buslness thut would not requlre hlm to be uvulluble ut
seclfc tlmes us he wus stlll commltted to belng u fremun. 8ut he would work for erhus three duys strulght
und then huve three duys comletely o. And he wus looklng for u greut buslness thut he could work on those
o duys. l suggested vendlng us fttlng hls requlrements. Ee urchused u coule of the cologne muchlnes you
see ln men's restrooms. You dro u quurter ln, select whlch of the three smells you wunt, ush the lunger und
wulk out smelllng llke u mllllon bucks. 1here ure no electronlc urts to the muchlne - just u mechunlcul
oerutlon. vhereus cundy ln u vendlng muchlne muy cost you s.c und you sell lt for s.,, wlth thls cologne the
roduct cost for euch shot wus less thun s.c. So he hud u zx multlle for rofts. Luch
muchlne cost hlm ubout s. Ee got un ugreement wlth the Muco stores to lnstull
those muchlnes ln thelr freewuy stores und he lnstulled them ull u und down the
southeust.
vendlng ls stlll one of the to mllllonulre mukers ln Amerlcu. lt's estlmuted thut s6c
mllllon usses through vendlng muchlnes euch week. 1hut's over s bllllon u yeur. Yes,
there ls otentlul wlth vendlng. vendlng hus muny of the churucterlstlcs l look for ln u
buslness: broud murket, not deendent on your tlme, mukes money whlle you slee,
thousunds of roduct und lucement osslbllltles, etc. Eowever, becuuse lt cun be so
roftuble, the vendlng lndustry ls ulso full of scums. 1he lederul 1rude Commlsslon
hus 8,88z ltems feutured thut lnvolve vendlng scums. Eere's just one ltem culled Project 8usted Cortunlty (
htt:jjwwwz.ftc.govjoujzccjcjwestbrook.shtm). Yes, they reully dld huve u swee they culled "Project
8usted Cortunlty.' Most lnvolve exuggeruted eurnlng otentlul. Sellers ure notorlous for uslng "shllls' -
eole they uy to glve glowlng reorts ubout thelr success. 1housunds of vendors ure mlsreresentlng thut
they glve u "ortlon' to churlty.
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lt used to be thut we ussocluted vendlng muchlnes wlth gumbulls und cundy. 1oduy you wlll fnd sundwlches,
uny vurlety of drlnks, lnternet uccess, CLs, ocorn, untyhose, erfume, temorury tuttoos, heuduche
medlclne, breuth freshener und much more.
As wlth uny buslness thls huge, you cun fnd u greut oortunlty lf you do your homework ln udvunce. Lon't rely
on unyone else to luce your muchlnes. 1ulk to buslness owners ln udvunce to see lf they would be wllllng to let
you ut one of your muchlnes there. Check lnto just buylng the muchlnes (Sum's vholesule, Costco, etc.) ruther
thun buylng u "buslness oortunlty.' Muke sure you reud ubout oulur scums so you wlll be ulert us you do
your reseurch: Common Smull8uslness Scums (
htt:jjwww.entrereneur.comjmunugementjlegulcenterjurtlcle,68.html).
Reseurch the osslbllltles - muke sure you understund the lmortunce of locutlon und ut yourself on truck to
be the next mllllonulre.
Sturtu Costs: vurled from sc to szccc
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Seminars and Workshops
."G# '&&L# %"# )*N&# *# !,&?( *-( ^&L# %",( ?# - where you huve somethlng vuluuble to shure. lor the very
frst semlnurs l dld l used some exlstlng muterlul. lt wus culled 6+3*(4:1*9%2(%64424:+*9%und l run lt just llke lt wus set
u, us u cweek rocess. l urchused the muterluls from the trulnlng comuny ut s6 euch. l declded l wunted u
nlce cleun roft murgln so l rlced lt ut s6. 1he locul Chumber of Commerce romoted lt for me und ullowed me
to use thelr trulnlng center ut no churge - us they just thought lt wus vuluuble muterlul for thelr member buslnesses.
ln thut frst worksho l hud z urtlclunts. At scc er urtlclunt wlth no exenses other thun the muterluls thut
guve me u szcc roft. And thut wus long before l hud ever ubllshed u book or hud uny reututlon us u resenter.
l slmly used exlstlng muterluls und fucllltuted thut rocess.
l reeuted thut sume semlnur muny muny tlmes. l oered lt us u communlty worksho, dld lt for nonroft grous,
churches, und cororutlons.
l huve been dolng semlnurs for over zc yeurs. My ureu of concentrutlon grew out of leudlng u Sunduy School cluss
on CureerjLlfe Plunnlng. 1hut cluss grew lnto u Monduy nlght communlty semlnur thut tylcully drew 6c8c eole
euch week. 1hut semlnur wus free to unyone who wunted to uttend. 8ut lt ulso ullowed me to bulld un uudlence
und u reututlon ln the communlty.
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So l sturted dolng semlnurs on Suturduys where l churged u fee. l would do u !"#$%&'#()#(*+#,)-.#/)0#1)2+#
semlnur - tylcully u hour resentutlon. l just exerlmented wlth dlerent reglstrutlon fees. ve would ulwuys
huve ubout cc eole uttend, whether the fee wus s, s8 or s. And those were uctuul rlces l used ut
vurlous tlmes.
1hen l udded dolng u cororute resentutlon on Levelolng Leudershl Skllls. Aguln l used u tool thut wus well
estubllshed - thut belng the LlSC rofle. l would ullow u to z eole from the sume orgunlzutlon, run the
rofles on ull urtlclunts und do u hour worksho for scc. l dld tons of those for orgunlzutlons llke Cenerul
Llectrlc, Nll8, Leutsche 8unk, 1ennessee Let of Correctlons und muny more. 1hls wus my rlmury lncome
generutor whlle l wus bulldlng my couchlng, seuklng und wrltlng buslness thut l huve toduy.
Leclde whut your ureus of exertlse ls. llnd or creute muterluls for your resentutlons. 1urget the lndlvlduuls or
orgunlzutlons thut could beneft from whut you huve to oer. l creuted u llst of zc comunles us my turgets.
1hen l used u rocess we cull "nurture murketlng' where euch month those comunles would recelve
somethlng from me. Not just u sules lece, but somethlng thut would be helful to them - on munugement,
leudershl, hlrlng the rlght eole, etc. 1hut creuted "to of mlnd' osltlonlng for me und over tlme flled my
schedule us the go to guy for those tolcs.
Sturtu costs: Probubly less thun scc for muterluls, fyers, webslte und lnltlul romotlon.
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Specialized Book Publishing
( # )*N&# ,+"LG?&L# *# F( L&# N*+( &%.# of "lntellectuul roerty' muterluls over the yeurs. vhenever l fnd un
lnterestlng tolc l ut together u threerlng blnder wlth the text und erhus u coule of uudlo CLs to creute u new
roduct.
1he frst verslon of 8 Luys to the vork You Love wus done exuctly llke thut. l hud u loose urruy of notes from my
Sunduy School cluss thut l ut ln blnder. l went to u frlend's house on u Suturduy mornlng becuuse he hud u funcy
recorder. ve hung u blunket on elther slde of me ln hls hullwuy to deuden the sound of hls kld's luylng. 1hen l
recorded my uudlo content - rlght strulght through. No edlts, no muslc, nothlng funcy. l hud those cussettes
dullcuted und stuck them ln the ocket of thut threerlng blnder und sturtlng selllng 8 Luys on the lnternet ut
sz.. lt sturted selllng well. 1hen us l studled murketlng rlnclles l declded to rulse lt to s but wlth un
"lnternet Seclul' ut s. 1hut exloded our sules. l sold over sz mllllon worth of thut slmle roduct. No ugents,
no ubllsher, no bookstore resence - just vlrul murketlng on the lnternet. 1ELN ubllshers cume to see me und l
got my frst trudltlonul ubllshlng deul.
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l stlll love creutlng new roducts llke thls. lt doesn't huve to be unythlng funcy - just greut content. Eere ure
some recent exumles:
You cun see these very reul roducts thut we sell every duy of the yeur (htt:jjwww.8duys.comjroducts.h).
,-4(+#()#(*+#5%6. cume from u llve telesemlnurs thut l dld u coule of yeurs ugo. Peole uld for the llve
telesemlnur - but then the resonse wus so strong thut l declded to muke lt u hyslcul roduct. ve slmly took
the uudlo recordlng we ulreudy hud, trunscrlbed thut uudlo for the text verslon und sturtlng oerlng lt ut s6 for
the verslon you see here. 1he rlng blnders cost s.6 rlght o the shelf ut Costco, the cover, buck und slne
costs s. euch set, the z CLs cost s.z euch und the body lnsert ls sz.8. So our entlre cost ls rlght ut s6.cc. lt
contlnues to be one of our hottest selllng roducts - becuuse 8 of the Amerlcun oulutlon suy they'd llke to
wrlte u book.
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l worked wlth u hyslclun recently, u hlgh level seclullst who ls resected nutlonully. Yet hls descrltlon of hls
sltuutlon wus summed u ln - "l'm ut the to of my gume und l huve no llfe.' Yes, worklng cc hours u week wlll
culmlnute ln thut unfortunute end result, no mutter how excellent your work muy be.
1hls hyslclun wus trued ln the model of generutlng llneur lncome only. Ee gets uld very well but us soon us
he stos oerutlng or consultlng hls lncome stos us well.
ls lt osslble to leveruge hls exertlse ln wuys thut wlll creute lncome whlle he slees? - Absolutely. Eere's just
one exumle:
Lvery yeur he seuks ut u restlglous medlcul school on the buslness rlnclles used by Rltz Curlton Eotel for
excellent customer servlce und emloyee commltment. Ee does thls for free und just enjoys the breuk from hls
omce (whlle hls lncome stos).
My recommendutlon to hlm wus thls: Look ut your lour Seusons resentutlon us u body of lntellectuul roerty
ruther thun just us u seech. You've ulreudy done the hurd work to creute the content. Creute u rlng blnder
lnstructlonul munuul comlete wlth your text, gruhs, churts, und erhus un uudlo CL or u demonstrutlon LvL.
And suddenly you huve u reslduul lncome osslblllty. lf the messuge ls focused towurd medlcul students then
your murketlng focus would be qulte slmle to develo. lf he guve thut u greut tltle wlth un uttructlve hyslcul
resentutlon he could osltlon lt ut s8 - u reusonuble rlce olnt for the turget uudlence. Els turget murket ls
eusy to ldentlfy. lf he sold to only z of the c,z,c hyslcluns ln the Unlted Stutes ulone, he would generute
over u s mllllon from thut one thlng ulone. And the ressure of contlnulng hls lncome wlth the lnsune hours
requlred would evuorute.
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Euvlng the very restlglous medlcul school us hls estubllshed venue, he could now oer to muke the sume
resentutlon to z other medlcul schools. Yes, he could stlll oer to come for free - or erhus just usk for truvel
exenses. 8ut then urouch mujor cororute sonsors for let's suy u szc,ccc sonsorshl uckuge. Pfzer,
Mercedes, 8unk of Amerlcu und Rltz Curlton ure just the beglnnlng osslbllltles. You cun modlfy those numbers
uny wuy you wunt but the lmllcutlons ure cleur. Eere's u stebyste gulde for wrltlng u Cororute
Sonsorshl Proosul: htt:jjwww.ehow.comjhow_z6_wrltecororutesonsorshlroosul.html .
Most of you reudlng thls robubly huve u slmllur ureu of lntellectuul exertlse. Eow could you leveruge 7*%(#&)0#
.6)7 ruther thun just dolng 7*%(#&)0#8)? vhut other oortunltles do you huve for creutlng reslduul lncome?
Sturtu Costs: Assumlng you ulreudy huve u comuter - less thun scc. You cun creute your recordlngs wlth
the free rogrum Auduclty (htt:jjuuduclty.sourceforge.net). lrom there you cun fnd unyluce thut creutes
dullcutes. l huve used CR1 (htt:jjwww.crtcustomroducts.com) here ln Nushvllle for muny yeurs. 1he lnserts
we huve coled ut u locul coy center und us l mentloned ubove, we stlll buy the blnders rlght o the shelf ut
Costco.
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Career and Life Coach
( $# ."GR +&# %)&# "'&# ,&",-&# ?"M&# %"# -""H( ']# $"+# *LN( ?&# - the otlmlstlc, umrmlng, cheerful goto
erson ut your work, church or communlty, then thls muy be u reul osslblllty for you.
vorklng wlth un couch ls often the frst ste muny lndlvlduuls tuke us they lun for u cureer move, u new job, u
romotlon, or ln untlclutlng u new "seuson" ln llfe. lf the need for u chunge hus come unexectedly, lt's eusy for
selfconfdence to be low und frustrutlon to be hlgh, wlth the eects of these sllllng over lnto fumlly und ersonul
llfe. Muklng chunges of thls mugnltude, eseclully wlthout uny counsel, cun be very lntlmldutlng, but lt cun ulso be
the most excltlng tlme of your llfe - lf you see lt us un oortunlty to tuke u fresh look ut where you ure und where
you wunt to go.
1hls couchlng rocess ls not trudltlonul counsellng. vhlle counsellng focuses on the ust, couchlng ls very future
orlented. l work wlth cllents on settlng rlorltles und gouls, ldentlfylng your "unlque vulue," und wulklng wlth you
through the stes of tuklng uctlon thut wlll enuble you to uchleve u hlgher level of success.
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l huve been couchlng lndlvlduuls for over zc yeurs. 1hls work evolved out of the contlnued requests l wus
recelvlng from successful, heulthy eole who were looklng to exlore thelr best otlons for muxlmul success.
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(>#W7<4:>T#W:89#O<7U5;;:7>36;#U<7_#366#3<53;I#W5#5hO67<5#=7>;@68:>TI#U<55c63>=5#W7<4I#U<3>=9:;5;#3>B#
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Couchlng ls u hot new buslness - vlewed very osltlvely. vhlle "counsellng' muy be seen us deullng wlth
weuknesses, "couchlng' ls ercelved us somethlng uny wlnner does. You cun work from home, you cun sturt
urttlme und be u osltlve urt of eole's llves us they ure movlng to hlgher levels of success.
Ckuy, you're robubly wonderlng ubout degrees und certlfcutlon. And yes, thls ls u trlcky subject. 8ut there ure
not estubllshed credentluls for couches. ve've ldentlfed over cc orgunlzutlons uround the world thut oer
"certlfcutlon' but the stundurds vury wldely. And guess whut - cllents don't know whut the certlfcutlon meuns
unywuy. 1hose funcy ucronyms behlnd your nume wlll meun nothlng to unyone other thun unother couch. l um
not demeunlng uny of the trulnlng rogrums, but l um suylng thut your ersonul relutlonshl skllls wlll llkely huve
more to do wlth your success thun u urtlculur degree.
l don't recull thut l huve ever hud more thun z cllents usk ubout my ucudemlc buckground or credentluls. 8ut
they do know someone u coworker or nelghbor l worked wlth ln the ust und thut reututlon of hellng
through excltlng trunsltlons kees new cllents wultlng ln llne. 1oduy l recelve uroxlmutely czcc requests u
month for my ersonul couchlng. Cf those l tylcully select z or to work wlth und refer the remulnder to other
couches ln our 8 Luys network.
Eere ure my couchlng otlons:
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l uccet z Lugle's Club cllents er month, und normully stuy scheduled ubout two months uheud, ulthough
emergency sltuutlons ure ulwuys curefully consldered. 1he Lugle's Club ls u fullon, comrehenslve c duy
rocess of oneonone Llfe Plunnlng und ls the result of over zc yeurs of rofesslonul consultlng und couchlng
wlth successful lndlvlduuls. 1helr success und chullenges huve heled to ldentlfy u concetuul, yet structured,
rocess thut wlll enhunce one's ersonul sense of bulunce, focus, confdence und enthuslusm, regurdless of uny
momentury clrcumstunces. 1hls ls not ubout just "fndlng u job.' Luch of the four sesslons ls uroxlmutely z
hours ln length und lncludes ersonul work usslgnments comlementlng euch lnteructlon. 1he culmlnutlon ls the
ersonullzed ullcutlon, whlch tukes muny lndlvlduullzed ullcutlons, often embruclng creutlve skllls ln wuys
never before seen us osslble.
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1hls rocess lnvolves ldentlfylng success ln , dlerent ureus of your llfe. Cnly ufter clurlfylng whut "success'
meuns to you cun we then determlne whut work model und ullcutlon ls best. 1ylcul successes runge from:
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!! ANL MUCE MCRL. (vhlle not common, sometlmes the newfound dreum osltlon ls u lowerlng of lncome
und llfestyle - refectlng u more uccurute osltlonlng of the cllent's own dreums - ruther thun the
contlnued llvlng out of someone else's exectutlons.)
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1hls ls u focused twosesslon lunnlng rocess und lntegrutes rlmurlly the frst two sesslons of :*+#;%<3+'#=30>?
lt lncludes ull of the 8 Luys muterlul resources of :*+#;%<3+'#=30> und the lnltlul lunnlng huses. 1hls ls un
urorlute rocess for those wuntlng to reexumlne urose und focus but muy not wunt be exectlng u mujor
shlft ln cureer ullcutlon. 1hese sesslons wlll look ut creutlng u cleur lntrosectlve understundlng - lntegrutlng
usslons und Coddeslgned urose. 1hls constltutes 8 of the rocess of huvlng the confdence of roer
dlrectlon.
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Sclentlsts stute thut the bumblebee cunnot osslbly fy. 1here ls not enough wlng sun to overcome the body
muss. l fnd thut greut ldeus ure often vlewed ln the sume wuy. Eowever, l huve found lt u contlnued source of
dellght to see ldeus develo und fourlsh whlle seemlngly defylng ull common exectutlons. Requests for thls z
hour slngle sesslon overvlew huve skyrocketed ln the lust few months. 1hls ls lurgely due to the unusuul success
of our 8 Luys buslness model. l huve seven dlerent streums of revenue, ull derlved from reuroslng the !"#
$%&'#()#(*+#,)-.#/)0#1)2+ content. ln thls lntense overvlew we wlll look ut wuys to leveruge your lntellectuul
cultul - whutever thut muy be. ve cun evuluute the use of frunchlslng, utents, trudemurks, ubllshlng, e
roducts, murketlng strutegles, estubllshlng umllute relutlonshls und other methods of lnltlutlng or growlng
your buslness concet. vhether your buslness ls u trudltlonul brlcks und mortur one or one thut oerutes ln
cybersuce, we cun exumlne new wuys of movlng you forwurd ln your journey of success.
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ve huve lots of cometent couches on htt:jjwww.8duys.net. 1hese eole huve chosen couchlng thut mutch
thelr ersonul lnterests und seclultles - heulth, sorts und ftness, slrltuul wellness, cureer, llfe, wrltlng,
seuklng und muny more.
ve ulso huve trulnlng events ut the Sunctuury (htt:jjwww.8duys.comjevents.h) here ln lrunklln, 1ennessee
culled Couchlng wlth Lxcellence - severul tlmes euch yeur. ln those we hel you osltlon yourself us u couch und
show you how to generute lncome from dolng so.
Sturtu Costs: scc to szccc
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Professional Service
A""HH&&,&+I # ]+*,)( ?# L&!( ]'&+I # F&A!( %&# L&N&-",&+, comuter rogrummer, humun resource
seclullst, etc. Any ureu of exertlse cun be leveruged lnto u roftuble buslness. lf you currently work for u
comuny us u gruhlc deslgner for s un hour you ure muklng ubout sc,ccc u yeur. vhut would huen lf you
moved out from under the cororute umbrellu to dolng work on your own? Cruhlc deslgn ls u very ortuble sklll
und needed by vlrtuully every buslness unywhere.
z.8 of the buslnesses ln Amerlcu huve emloyees. Cnly z.6 of the comunles ln Amerlcu huve more thun
emloyees. Most of the other ,. of the comunles ure not lurge enough to huve u fulltlme gruhlc deslgner
(bookkeeer, webslte deslgner, etc.). 8ut ure they cundldutes for someone wlth those skllls thut they could use
duy u week, or z duys u month - ubsolutely. And guess whut huens when you ure now u rofesslonul ln your feld
ruther thun un "emloyee?' lnsteud of the sjhour you cun now churge sc6cjhour for your servlces. You muy
even fnd thut your revlous emloyer ls euger to be your frst customer.
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vhen you become un "lndeendent contructor' you cunnot exect to blll for c hours u week. Plun on huvlng
zcz bllluble hours und sendlng the rest of your tlme on udmlnlstrutlve und murketlng needs. 8ut those zcz
hours ut un uveruge of scjhour stlll trunslute lnto un unnuul lncome of sc,ccc to s6,ccc.
Sturtu Costs: Less thun scc for u webslte und romotlonul muterluls. A lot of rofesslonuls llke thls slmly
use thelr ersonul uge on htt:jjwww.8duys.com for thelr webslte.
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Lawn Care
( # )*N&# *-F*.!# A&&'# ( M,+&!!&L# wlth eole who do greut luwn servlce work. My luwn mulntenunce
munuger sturted hls buslness wlth the urchuse of u s6cc truck. 1oduy he hus u feet of trucks, mowers,
constructlon tools und trullers. Ee hus never borrowed money - slmly ullowlng the buslness rofts to grow hls
buslness.
Yes, lt's un eusy buslness to get lnto - thus, you wlll huve lnstunt
cometltlon. Look for your "unlque selllng roosltlon' (USP). vhut cun
you do better thun unyone else? My guy hus lots of customers - but he
ulso does stone work, wuter feutures und tree trlmmlng. 1hls srlng l
wunted my two very long gruvel lunes gruded und resurfuced. Ee guve
me u bld on thut work und dld u mugnlfcent job. You cun do your own
muth on whut the osslbllltles ure. l huven't shoed the murket ln over
c yeurs now becuuse my guy does such un umuzlng job.
Sturtu Costs: s6cc zccc
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Water Softener Service
( # )*N&# '&N&+# !&&'# !"M&"'&# "$$&+# %)( !# AG!( '&!!# but l'm convlnced lt
hus reul otentlul. ve llve just outslde lrunklln, 1ennessee und ure on u well ruther
thun clty wuter. ve love uslng well wuter - no chemlculs, no recycled wuste, just ure,
cleun nuturul wuter. And no wuter or sewuge bllls. 8ut the nuturul wuter ls qulte hurd,
muklng wushlng dlshes und clothes or tuklng showers u chullenge. So we hud u
fltrutlon und wuter softenlng system lnstulled u few yeurs ugo.
1hut meuns thut ubout once u month 'ounne wlll tell me she thlnks l need to check
the sult ellet level ln our wuter softener. So l go out to our llttle well house, tuke
the to o the softener und see lf ln fuct l need to udd sult. lf needed l wlll then muke
u trl to Eome Leot, loud the heuvy sult bugs ln my cur, brlng them home und udd u
coule. l don't know much ubout whether the system ls worklng roerly or not, so
l just udd sult und how for the best.
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ve huen to llve ln vllllumson County, the hlghest er cultu lncome county ln the stute of 1ennessee. 1here
ure thousunds of homes just llke ours - fur enough out ln the beuutlful countryslde to be on u well ruther thun on
u clty system. l'm confdent there ure lenty of other homeowners fuclng thls very sume lssue. And thus, l'm
ulso confdent there's the oortunlty for someone to rovlde u slmle servlce to check on the mulntenunce und
sult levels ln my wuter softenlng system.
Now l know thut lf you get one of the most exenslve systems llke u Culllgun, Pellcun, or RulnLunce, lt muy come
wlth some klnd of servlce ugreement. 8ut l susect u lot of homeowners muke the declslon llke we dld to go
wlth u more economlcul system thut does not lnclude ongolng servlce.
So whut lf there were u sjmonth churge for thut servlce? lt ueurs u qulck check und uddlng sult lf needed
would not tuke more thun mlnutes. And whut lf u erson estubllshed u regulur route wlth cc customers ln u
close geogruhlc runge? 1hut would be u sccjmonth gross lncome. 1he sult ls retty lnexenslve, so the
uddltlonul cost would be vehlcle exenses. lt stlll looks to me llke u nlche oortunlty.
Sturtu Costs: sc for some nlce fyers to dlstrlbute. Plus osslbly scc for un lnltlul suly of softenlng sult.
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Vinyl Lettering
1hls ls u unlque but excltlng buslness ullcutlon thut we huve used ln our home. ln the lcture below you see
'ounne und me stundlng ln our llvlng room. And you cun see the letterlng on the wull just ubove our buy wlndow.
vhlle lt ls subtle, eole ure lmmedlutely struck by the elegunce und ower of those words - JZ*"#*%,23*9%!2'*%4&%45*%
>&+/-K 'ounne vulues muklng our home "%5"3*(%&'%0*"#* und huvlng thls scrlture on our wull relnforces thut theme
every duy.
Most eole ussume thls wus curefully und exenslvely hund ulnted, but lt wus not. 1hls cume to us from 1uestry
of 1ruth (htt:jjtuestryoftruth.com) us u recut udheslve bucked roll. ve hud chosen the words, the font und the
color. vhen lt urrlved l meusured the suce, tued the roll ln luce, euled the bucklng o und comleted the
lnstullutlon ln ubout c mlnutes. ve love the beuuty und the unlqueness thls udds to our home und huve udded
severul others over door osts und neur our stulrwuy.
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1hls ls u slmle comuterlzed rocess of cuttlng ln vlnyl. 1here ure muchlnes reudlly uvulluble sturtlng ut ubout
s. Eere's un exumle:
htt:jjwww.mucroenter.comjProductLetulls.us?ProductCode=lPCEc&Cllck=,6. You cun use your
exlstlng comuter und connect to u cuttlng muchlne wlth u US8 cord. As l wus wrltlng thls l dld u qulck check on
e8uy for "vlnyl cutter' und found zc, results. 1here ls u wlde vurlety of muchlnes from whlch to choose.
1he muterlul cost should not exceed c of the selllng rlce, thus you huve unusuully lurge roft murglns.
vlrtuully every home, school, church und buslness ls u cundldute for thls rocess. 1he "heurt ut euce' costs us
ubout sc. Longer hruses or cororute mlsslon stutements wlll qulckly run szcccc yet wlll be recognlzed us
un economlcul method of uddlng cluss und slgnlfcunce to the orgunlzutlon. Lo your own culculutlons but l thlnk
sccccccjmonth ln sules would be u reusonuble urttlme goul.
Sturtu Costs: vebslte, cuttlng muchlne und lnltlul suly of vlnyl scc
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Pressure Washing & Sealing
.&!# ( !# *# N&+.# ?"MM"'# und very lowtech buslness. You blust wuter on to surfuces to remove mold und
debrls. 8ut l stlll see lt us u greut servlce buslness becuuse of the wlde vurlety of ullcutlons. 8elow ure just u few
of the more common ones.
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Eere's u slmle vldeo lnstructlon rogrum l found onllne for s6.: htt:jjwww.ressurewushlngbuslness.com
Eere's u stebyste gulde for sturtlng u ower wushlng buslness:
htt:jjwww.ehow.comjhow_zc8_sturtowerwushbuslness.html
And unother greut llnk:
htt:jjressurewushers.llfetls.comjcutj6czzjsturtlnguressurewushlngbuslnessjlndex.html
Eere ure u coule of other helful sltes:
htt:jjwww.owerwushlngbuslness.com
htt:jjwww.ressurenet.net
A commerclul ower wusher wlll be your blggest lnvestment for thls buslness. After
reudlng some of the lnformutlon ln these llnks you'll see the need for huvlng u ower
wusher thut dellvers ut leust ccccc sl. And those wlll runge ln cost from ubout s
u to s,. As wlth uny servlce buslness you cun wutch your locul uer for used
equlment or go to uuctlons to urchuse your equlment for ennles on the dollur.
vhen you huve your wusher you cun use your current lcku truck or u smull truller for
gettlng to your job sltes.
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As l suld, thls ls u very uncomllcuted buslness. So why do l recommend lt when there ure so muny eole
ulreudy oerlng thls servlce? 8ecuuse of one buslc rlnclle - ortruyed ln the fumous voody Allen quotutlon:
E;4<*(&#A+-9+6(#)F#'099+''#4'#'*)746<#0A?G#
1here ure so muny ordlnury servlces buslnesses where you cun be very successful slmly by "showlng u.'
'ounne recently culled ower wushlng buslnesses here ln lrunklln, 1N. Now these ure buslnesses thut ure
uylng for udvertlslng to try to get customers. She culled them und told euch of them thut we hud u long
sldewulk und two stone orches wlth stone stes thut we wunted ower wushed und seuled. As much us we
cun tell, z of those buslnesses hud someone come by, took u qulck look und left un estlmute ln our mullbox. NC1
CNL of them ever culled to follow u wlth us. l tulked wlth our luwn mulntenunce mun und hud hls guys do the
job - whlch they dld beuutlfully.
1hls ls u yeurround buslness. lf you leurn to see the otentlul ullcutlons ln your locul ureu you'll recognlze the
ongolng buslness thls could brlng ln. Add seullng to your servlces for decks, orches, sldewulks und drlvewuys
und you'll double your rofts on those jobs.
Cne weekend job ut s6cc8cc equuls s,ccc ln gross revenue for u yeur.
Sturtu Costs: s8ccccc
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eBay Merchant
.&!I # ( # H'"F, we've ull heurd the storles ubout eole muklng u mllllon dollurs on e8uy. So lt muy be eusy to just
dlsmlss the whole osslblllty. 8ut llke muny other ldeus, thls one ls full of otentlul scums but ulso umuzlng reul
osslbllltles.
l've known lots of eole who ure muklng slgnlfcunt umounts of money every month uslng nothlng but e8uy.
lt's not uncommon to fnd crutes or ullets of merchundlse where you ure uylng ennles on the dollur und cun then
sell them lndlvlduully ut u greut roft. htt:jjwww.closeoutdlrect.com
Now, whut ure your creutlve ldeus for roducts thut you could romote und roft from? lt could be
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1he best lun ls to focus on u seclfc ltem or cutegory, leurn everythlng you cun ubout thut ltem und become un
exert for other enthuslusts. 1hen seurch for llquldutors or closeouts on those ltems und creute u strutegy for
osltlonlng them well on e8uy. Creut hotos und un excellent seller's record wlll ussure your success.
e8uy rovldes u ton of lnstructlon to hel you ln your success:
Llrect from e8uy: htt:jjuges.ebuy.comjeducutlonj
e8uy Unlverslty - courses uround the country: htt:jjuges.ebuy.comjunlversltyj
Course reglstrutlon ls just sz. 1hls fee lncludes reglstrutlon, course hundouts, und coee. 1he sesslon wlll lust
from :cc um to :c m wlth u lunch breuk.
vhut some other lndlvlduuls ure dolng: htt:jjwww.wlldmlnd.netjblzjebuy_tutorlul.htm
Llghtyfve ercent of whut you need to know ubout runnlng u successful buslness you cun leurn from runnlng u
successful mullorder or e8uy buslness. You cun exerlment wlth neurly ull the necessury comonents of u
trudltlonul buslness und udjust your work model us you leurn.
Sturtu Costs: vhlle you could urchuse u trulnlng rogrum, there ls lenty thut's uvulluble for free. Your sturt
u costs should be less thun scc other thun uctuul urchuses of thlng thut you lntend to resell.
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Foreign Country Opportunities
( # )*L# *# +&?&'%# ?"'N&+!*%( "'# wlth Noe 1orres, my lundscue und yurd mulntenunce munuger. Els dud
llves ln u Mexlcun clty of ubout ffty thousund resldents. Llke muny eole who huve relutlves here, hls dud hud been
wultlng euch week for the check from hls sons who llve und work ln the Unlted Stutes.
Noe und hls brother ure true entrereneursund they begun to look for oortunltles to hel thelr dud be more
selfsumclent. Ee hus ulwuys hud u dreum of oerutlng u llttle lce creum sho ln thut llttle Mexlcun clty. So Noe
urchused u coule of smull electrlc freezers ut Eome Leot here ln the Stutes for sc euch und took them down to
hls dud. Ee bullt u fortybyelghtyfoot wurehouse und urchused u muchlne thut mukes z,cc lce os ln elght
hours. 1hey muke lce creum und stock these llttle freezers wlth lce creum goodles. 1hey then oer to luce them ln
momundo stores uround the clty. No money requlredthey slmly come buck the next week, restock the
freezers, und sllt the roceeds from unythlng thut hus sold.
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At thls olnt they huve twentythree freezers ln luce. 1he store owners love lt, und Noe's dud ls llvlng out hls
dreum. Ee ls ulso emloylng ubout ten grundchlldren, who ure now muklng thelr own money for school clothes
und sulles by hellng to stock und dellver the freezers. 1he uveruge dully lncome ln thls clty ls sc to s. Mr.
1orres ls currently muklng ubout sc u duy, und hls sons ure rojectlng thut wlll grow to scc u duy wlthln
unother slx months. A whole fumlly hus been removed from the "welfure' exectutlons, und u new generutlon
ls leurnlng the rlnclles of worklng und munuglng money wlth un oortunlty rlght ln thelr own buckyurd.
Yes, the gruss frequently ueurs greener on the other slde of the fence. 8ut ln reullty the gruss ls greenest
where lt gets wutered most. ls there un ldeu rlght ln your buckyurd thut could chunge your fumlly's fnunclul
condltlon? Chuttlng wlth u frlend, uttendlng u concert, golng to u museum, the movles, or u sorts event, even
just stolng ut the dry cleuners on u Suturduy mornlng muy be ull you need to do to releuse your mllllondollur
ldeu.
Solur und wlnd ower ure oerlng new oortunltles ull over the world. lf you cun rovlde u buslc servlce ln un
underserved ureu, you cun muke the world u better luce und muke u roft us well. lreePluy (
htt:jjwww.freeluyenergy.com) revolutlonlzed some ureus uround the world wlth thelr hund crunk fushllghts,
lunterns und rudlos.
Sturtu Costs: You lmuglnutlon ls the only llmltutlon to both sturtu costs und roft otentlul.
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Social Entrepreneur
"H*.I # !"# %)( !# M*.# '"%# -""H# -( H&# *# %.,( ?*-# AG!( '&!!0 8ut the oortunltles ln new ureus und
wlth new ldeus ure llmltless. Muny of you wunt to "muke u dlerence,' to "muke the world u better luce' or to do
"somethlng noble.' 1hose ure ull worthy gouls und ure not lncomutlble wlth wuntlng to muke money us well.
Muny of you huve usked to heur more ubout "soclul entrereneurshl.' l huve mentloned thls frequently over the
lust coule of yeurs us u growlng exumle of belng uble to "do good' whlle "dolng well.' vhut l meun by thut ls
thut you cun chunge the world, uddress ollutlon, overty, shure the gosel, muke the world u better luce - you get
to declde whut your usslon ls - und MAlL MCNLY ln the rocess.
lf you wunt to hel the orhuns ln Eultl or the eurthquuke vlctlms ln Chlnu, you muy be uble to come u wlth u vulld
ldeu to hel them und structure u roftuble buslness us well. 1he old duys of just sturtlng u nonroft where you
"glve' money und sulles to the needy und huve lt funded by rlch Amerlcuns ure over. Now the lntelllgent thlng to
do ls fnd u wuy to teuch und equl the eole you wunt to hel und to huve the oerutlon ltself fund lts costs - und
roduce rofts.
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l would suggest reudlng Luvld 8ornsteln's book:
Eow to Chunge the vorld: Soclul Lntrereneurs und the Power of New ldeus%
htt:jjwww.umuzon.comjEowChungevorldLntrereneursUdutedjdjc,6cjref=sr__?
le=U1l8&s=books&qld=z,zz6z,6&sr=)
Eere's u hoto of one of the neckluces from the htt:jjwww.lezu.com collectlon. My son 'ured heuds u thls
orgunlzutlon to hel the wldows of Rwundu und other Afrlcun countrles. 1he roducts ure mude from trush
uer (cutulogues, brochures, culendurs, fyers, muguzlnes). vlth no udded color thut
uer ls rolled und seuled lnto these beuutlful jewelry thut ure then sold on QvC, ut church
events, ln hlghfushlon boutlques und deurtment stores. 1he rofts uy the women well
for thelr eorts, fund the udmlnlstrutlve costs of the orgunlzutlon und creute rofts for
everyone lnvolved.
Recently l hud the rlvllege of heurlng 'ohn Suge seuk on soclul entrereneurshl. 'ohn
begun hls cureer ut Mlcrosoft where he lntroduced vlndows to the world. After thut
umuzlng success he reglstered for semlnury but qulckly reullzed he would be stlfed ln thut
envlronment. lnsteud, he recognlzed he could use hls "cultullstlc uddlctlon' us hls most
eectlve tool for .2(2941/ und to creute good ln the world.
vlth u deslre to hel hls college roommute ln hls eorts wlth the oor chlldren of Peru, 'ohn und thls roommute
founded Puru vldu Coee (htt:jjwww.uruvlducoee.com) where they sell fulr trude, orgunlc, shudegrown
coee. 1he comuny hus grown drumutlcully und ls u greut exumle of "Comusslonute Cultullsm.' Customers
not only buy coee but usk how they cun donute beyond thut to urtlclute ln hellng the chlldren ln the
countrles where the coee ls grown.
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l love thls growlng uwureness of "soclul entrereneurshl' or the understundlng thut we cun shlft cultullsm to
creute good. Muny of us come from buckgrounds thut muke us questlon lf muklng money ls somehow movlng
")"/%'1&. dolng true mlnlstry. H#%C#9)62469+8#4(#4'#(*+#C)'(#+I+9(42+#%68#C)'(#84-+9(#A%(*#()#%9(0%33&#469-+%'46<#
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1here ls even u new cutegory of legul buslness structure thut uddresses thls - the 8 Cororutlon (
htt:jjwww.bcororutlon.net). [ Cororutlons ure u new tye of #&10&1"42&( thut use the ower of buslness to
creute ubllc beneft.
1he osslbllltles here ure endless. Yes you cun hel muke the world u better, do true "mlnlstry' und stlll muke u
roft.
Sturtu Costs: sc - zcc
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Recycling Trash
( R M# '"%# %*-H( ']# *A"G%# ,( ?H( ']# G,# *-GM( 'GM# ?*'!# ulong the roudwuy und turnlng them ln for
s.cc for un ufternoon of dungerous work. No, l'm referrlng to ull the thlngs you cun do to reuse whut others see us
"trush.'
1hlnk ubout the thlngs we've seen ln recent yeurs:
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!! CCv MANURL - lULL, lLR1lLl2LR, PCCPL1S (htt:jjwww.gurdenguzebo.comjooets)
!! vlNL 8ARRLLS (vElCE CAN 8L USLL CNLY CNCL) - CCMPCS1lNC 8ARRLLS, PLAN1LRS
!! LlCLNSL PLA1LS - AR1 PlLCLS, CUS1CMMALL PURSLS, 'CURNALS, PEC1C AL8UMS, CL ECLLLRS
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'uke und Luke Eerrlng fnd old burns thut ure scheduled to be demollshed ln the uth of new constructlon. 1hey
curefully dlsussemble the uged word und then bulld beuutlful und unlque furnlture leces:
1ennessee8urnProject (htt:jjweb.me.comjnuturul_deslgnj1N_burn_rojectjvelcome.html)
1he mornlng l wrote thls l suw u note ln the Nushvllle 1ennesseun. Nushvllle Metro Councll voted 1uesduy to
tuke s,ccc from the clty's reserve funds to demollsh , houses they conslder "eyesores.' Lo you thlnk muybe
there ure doors, wlndows, stonework, wrought lron, coer, wood, freluce muntles, or ullunces thut could
be reused ln some fushlon? Eow would you llke to huve u buslness where you were uld to be glven muterluls
thut you would then resell?
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l needed to huve u lurge deud cedur tree removed. My tree guy, Rob, cume out und cut the tree down und
cleuned u the ureu ln exchunge for the cedur wood whlch he turns lnto lnterestlng outdoor uccent leces:
ArborCure 1ree Seclullst (htt:jjwww.urborcuretreeseclullst.com)
l met 1om Szuky recently. 1om droed out of Prlnceton when he got the ldeu for 1erruCycle
(htt:jjwww.terrucycle.net), culled "the coolest llttle sturtu ln Amerlcu' by 8(# muguzlne. Ee gets uld to tuke
trush of ull klnds, seurutes out the lustlc bottles thut he then uses to uckuge hls fumous worm oo. 1he
worms eut the trush und leuve behlnd u hlghly vuluuble fertlllzer thut 1om und hls crew llquefy und sell to vul
Murt, Eome Leot, 1urget, und lmurt. So thlnk ubout lt, he hus no cost for ruw muterluls, comunles uy hlm to
glve hlm the bottles for uckuglng hls roduct whlch he then sells ut cometltlve rlces. 1om hus creuted u
comuny thut's good for eole, good for rofts, und good for the lunet. You cun reud 1om's story ln hls
book, Revolutlon ln u 8ottle (
htt:jjwww.umuzon.comjRevolutlon8ottle1erruCycleRedefnlng8uslnessjdj8cczERLlNMjref=sr__?
le=U1l8&s=books&qld=z,zz8zzz&sr=).
Artlst und deslgner, Shuwn South Aswud, works out of her renovuted sllo ubout zc mlles south of Nushvllle, 1N.
ln her Sllo Studlos (htt:jjsllostudlos.blogsot.com) she creutes oneofuklnd furnlture leces thut ure
constructed of "urchltecturul sulvuge.' She oens her studlo one duy u month to un eugerly wultlng crowd.
vhut could you do wlth u zero cost of muterluls? Lo you thlnk thut would hel you generute u roft? Muny
buslnesses hoe for u roft murgln on thelr sules. Eow would lt trunsform your buslness lun to huve u
cc gross murgln on selllng somethlng thut you hud slmly reurosed from golng to u lundfll?
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PooPets (htt:jjwww.gurdenguzebo.comjooets) uts cow munure ln molds thut creute llttle "ets' to slt ln
your gurden. As they decomose they fertlllze und nurture your lunts. And the free munure turns lnto u cute
llttle frog ut s..
Muny of these ldeus huve the otentlul for hundreds of thousunds of dollurs ln roft. 1he otentlul of huvlng
und emclent buslness thut ls "green' und hels both eole und the lunet hus never been greuter. 8e creutlve
ln recognlzlng ldeus rlght uround you thut oen the door to u reul buslness.
Sturtu Costs: Eummer, suw, worm truy, oo mold????? sc ccc
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.&!I # %)( !# *,,&*+!# %"# A&# N&+.# ?"MM"', und lt ls. l hesltuted to even ut lt ln here becuuse thls
oortunlty hus certulnly chunged ln the lust few yeurs. Remember when you used to tuke lctures - not belng sure
of whut you hud, und then you would tuke them to the drugstore, wult ubout u week, lck u your lctures und then
see how you hud Uncle Mllt osltloned just rlght to look llke u tree wus comlng out of the to of hls heud?
1oduy, thlngs ure dlerent. Llgltul cumerus ure lnexenslve - unyone cun be u "hotogruher.' Ruther thun huvlng
one rofesslonul hotogruher ut u gruduutlon, blrthduy urty, sorts event or weddlng, you ure llkely to see c or
c eole snulng lctures. And they cun check lnstuntly to see lf the ersectlve und quullty were whut they
wunted. Luter thut ufternoon they cun use u free rogrum llke Plcussu (htt:jjlcusu.google.com), Pulnt.net (
htt:jjwww.getulnt.net), or Plcnlk (htt:jjwww.lcnlk.com) to modlfy colors, udd cutlons, und remove thut tree
from Uncle Mllt's heud.
So how ls lt osslble to set yourself uurt und uctuully muke money uslng your hotogruhy skllls? As ln uny other
buslness you must ldentlfy your Unlque Selllng Proosltlon (USP). You wlll sturve us u generullst - fnd u seclulty
und be known for excellence ln thut nlche ureu.
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l know eole who hotogruh:
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1he blggest chullenge wlth hotogruhy ls thut most of lt creutes "llneur' lncome only. You tuke the lcture und
get uld once. lf you cun fgure out u wuy to leveruge your eorts, where you tuke the hotos und get uld
thousunds of tlmes, your chunces of success to u drumutlcully.
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Eere's un exumle: Loyle Yoder tukes beuutlful hotos ln the Amlsh ureu of Eolmes County, Chlo. lrom those
he hus comlled books, jlgsuw uzzles und culendurs. l get hls culendur euch yeur - und huve for robubly c
yeurs. Luch yeur us l turn the uge from Setember to Cctober l see the order form for the next yeur's culendur.
So lnsteud of tuklng u hoto where he uttemts to be uld szc for thut one shot, he turns thut hoto lnto u smull
urt of u roduct thut cun be sold over und over uguln. 1he culendur ls s. (Amlsh Culendur
htt:jjohloumlsh.com). Cne lcture generutes only s.cc. 8ut whut lf he sells c,ccc culendurs? 1hen thut one
hoto becomes very roftuble. :*%(J'#(*+#A)7+-#)F#3+2+-%<+#K#%68#C)246<#F-)C#346+%-#()#-+'480%3#469)C+?###
lf you love hotogruhy, muke lt the busls of your buslness. 8ut then fgure
out how you cun creute your USP.
Sturtu Costs: A scccc cumeru wlll ut you solldly ln the gume.
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Elder Care
%)&+&# *+&# dD0 / # M( --( "'# *M&+( ?*'!# who were born between 6 und 6 - the 8uby 8oomers. As l
wrlte thls thut meuns ,6. mllllon eole ure between the uges of 6 und 6. And wlth lncreused longevlty muny of
these ure now tuklng cure of thelr urents. 8ut we ulso know thut wlth lncreused moblllty und workluce volutlllty
muny of those eole do not llve ln the sume town us thelr uglng urents.
Could you rovlde u slmle servlce to just check ln on someone's urents once u duy, twlce u week, or whutever the
chlldren thought necessury? ve huve exuctly thut klnd of servlce for my motherlnluw, even though she ls ln un
lndeendent llvlng fuclllty. Cur hlred cure rovlder mukes sure motherlnluw hus fresh clothes on, vucuums the
curets, cleuns out the refrlgerutor und does the luundry. ve rovlde the vucuum und relmburse for uny cleunlng
sulles needed. 1hose servlces ullow us to kee motherlnluw ln u beuutlful lndeendent llvlng fuclllty even
though her level of requlred cure ls somewhut beyond whut ls rovlded. 8ut the exense of huvlng un outslde
cureglver ls fur less thun the lncreuse of movlng motherlnluw to un usslsted llvlng or nurslng home.
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1hls ls from the Unlted Stutes 8ureuu of Lubor slte (htt:jjwww.bls.govjocojocosz6.htm) :
Lducutlon und trulnlng. Eome heulth uldes und ersonul und home cure uldes ure generully not requlred to
huve u hlgh school dllomu. 1hey usuully ure trulned on the job by reglstered nurses, llcensed ructlcul
nurses, exerlenced uldes, or thelr suervlsor. Aldes ure lnstructed on how to cook for u cllent, lncludlng
on seclul dlets. lurthermore, they muy be trulned ln buslc housekeelng tusks, such us muklng u bed und
keelng the home sunltury und sufe for the cllent. Cenerully, they ure tuught how to resond to un
emergency, leurnlng buslc sufety technlques. Lmloyers ulso muy truln uldes to conduct themselves ln u
rofesslonul und courteous munner whlle ln u cllent's home. Some cllents refer thut tusks ure done u
certuln wuy und wlll teuch the ulde. A cometency evuluutlon muy be requlred to ensure thut the ulde cun
erform the requlred tusks.
Llcensure. Eome heulth uldes who work for ugencles thut recelve relmbursement from Medlcure or
Medlculd must recelve u mlnlmum level of trulnlng. 1hey must comlete both u trulnlng rogrum
conslstlng of u mlnlmum of , hours und u cometency evuluutlon or stute certlfcutlon rogrum. 1rulnlng
lncludes lnformutlon regurdlng ersonul hyglene, sufe trunsfer technlques, reudlng und recordlng vltul
slgns, lnfectlon control, und buslc nutrltlon. Aldes muy tuke u cometency exum to become certlfed
wlthout tuklng uny of the trulnlng. At u mlnlmum, 6 hours of suervlsed ructlcul trulnlng ure requlred
before un ulde hus dlrect contuct wlth u resldent. 1hese certlfcutlon requlrements reresent the
mlnlmum, us outllned by the lederul Covernment. Some Stutes muy requlre uddltlonul hours of trulnlng to
become certlfed.
Personul und home cure uldes ure not requlred to be certlfed.
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Cther quullfcutlons. Aldes should huve u deslre to hel eole. 1hey should be resonslble,
comusslonute, utlent, emotlonully stuble, und cheerful. ln uddltlon, uldes should be tuctful, honest, und
dlscreet, becuuse they work ln rlvute homes. Aldes ulso must be ln good heulth. A hyslcul exumlnutlon,
lncludlng Stutemunduted tests for tuberculosls und other dlseuses, muy be requlred. A crlmlnul
buckground check und u good drlvlng record ulso muy be requlred for emloyment.
Certlfcutlon und udvuncement. 1he Nutlonul Assoclutlon for Eome Cure und Eoslce (NAEC) oers
nutlonul certlfcutlon for uldes. Certlfcutlon ls u voluntury demonstrutlon thut the lndlvlduul hus met
lndustry stundurds. Certlfcutlon requlres the comletlon of , hours of trulnlng, observutlon und
documentutlon of , skllls for cometency, ussessed by u reglstered nurse, und the usslng of u wrltten
exum develoed by NAEC.
As you cun see, the requlrements ure mlnlmul. 1he rlmury ones belng someone who ls curlng, comusslonute
und who cun eurn the trust of both the urents belng rovlded for und the concerned chlldren who muy be
uylng for the servlces.
My encourugement would be to contruct for the servlce - wlth u weekly or monthly fee, ruther thun culculutlng
un hourly comensutlon. You muy fnd thut some duys more tlme ls requlred und ut other tlmes everythlng
seems to be ln order. Cr on some duys the elder erson muy be ulert und ln greut slrlts und then occuslonully
needlng more tlme und cure. 8ut lf you huve u weekly contruct ut s6c but huve c eole to check ln on ut the
sume fuclllty you cun see how your tlme could be used emclently to generute u slgnlfcunt lncome.
Sturtu Costs: Perhus some buslc cleunlng sulles scc zcc
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%)&# ",,"+%G'( %( &!# $"+# !,&?( *-%.# %G%"+( ']# ure growlng exonentlully. 1here ls more frustrutlon
wlth the ubllc school systems und urents ure looklng for otlons to muke sure thelr chlldren ure gettlng the
educutlon they deslre. Eomeschoollng fumllles ure looklng for those who cun teuch seclul tolcs - blology,
geogruhy, hyslcs, geometry, culculus, comuter sclence, soclul medlu usuge - und the llst goes on und on. Any
ureu of exertlse rovldes u otentlul trulnlng model.
You muy be un exert ln u subject thut would huve lnterest to udults us well us chlldren. 1hls wlll lnclude urt,
ueroblcs, muslc, crochet, jewelry muklng, gymnustlcs, uny lunguuge, scrubooklng, theutre, urentlng, wrltlng,
hotogruhy, blngo und yogu. Lon't thlnk ln terms of trudltlonul ucudemlc courses only. Peole toduy ure oen to
leurnlng ubout u wlde vurlety of subjects - und lf you huve some knowledge ln u urtlculur ureu, you muy be slttlng
rlght on to of your best oortunlty for generutlng uddltlonul lncome.
You cun run uds for u rlvute grou or you cun urtner wlth u locul communlty orgunlzutlon where they udvertlse
und rovlde you wlth u room for your clusses. 1ylcully, they wlll tuke zc of the reglstrutlon fees - but lt lessens
the chullenges of bulldlng your own lutform und reututlon. Cur locul vllllumson Country Recreutlon Center
(htt:jjwww.wcurksundrec.com) oers ull of the rogrums mentloned ln the revlous urugruh.
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Also, kee ln mlnd thut wlth toduy's technology you muy "teuch' u cluss oered only on the lnternet. Cnllne
rogrums ure uvulluble for unythlng you cun lmuglne, lncludlng medlcul bllllng, buslness, nurslng, comuter
rogrummlng, crlmlnul justlce, soclul sclences und court reortlng. 'ust know thut mujor unlversltles ure ull
oerlng onllne courses und someone hus to teuch those clusses. 1hut oens the door for osltlons thut we
would not huve thought osslble just u few yeurs ugo.
Prlvute tutorlng runges from szcc er hour. ln u grou settlng, you muy huve students uylng sc euch.
Aguln, you cun see how leveruglng your exertlse cun lncreuse your lncome qulckly. 8e creutlve ubout
romotlng your exertlse - muny of the thlngs mentloned here ure not deendent on huvlng ucudemlc degrees.
lf you ure u horse whlserer, no one ls golng to usk where you went to school.
Sturtu Costs: scc6cc
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What could you do with a truck?
)&.# ( # !*( L# %)&!&# F&+&# ( L&*!# ."G# ?"G-L# !%*+%# $"+# `1abb# "+# -&!!0 And yes, l bought thls
lord truck on e8uy for exuctly thut szcc. l hud been looklng for u truck to hel move ull the furnlture 'ounne fnds
for young ludles muklng u fresh sturt ln llfe. 8ut then when l got the truck und suw how muny uses lt hud, l
wondered how l hud ever gotten ulong wlthout lt.
lt hus two jum seuts behlnd the drlver's und ussenger's seuts, u wulkthrough door und u full rum. lt wus u Eertz
truck, curefully mulntulned und hud ,ccc mlles on lt when l urchused lt.
1hls truck stuys booked neurly every weekend wlth frlends who need lt or
who ure hellng others us well. 8ut lf l wunted to generute lncome, the
oortunltles ure endless.
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vhut could you do wlth u truck llke thls?
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rent thut suce by contructlng to huve unother locul buslness romotlon.
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