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Hot Business Ideas for 2006
Do you dream of starting a business of your own and venturing into
a world where you can create your own reality? Each small business opportunity
presented here covers new industries as well as existing ones; ideas
which you can start this year even without leaving your day job.
Believe in your dreams and they may come true. Believe in yourself and your dreams will be your reality!
Painting (Portraits, Caricature, Family, Home), Online Art Gallery, Freelance Artist, T-shirt (Design, Print Designer, Silk Screening), Airbrush Art Passion for visual art could be a small business – working under your own name – making a living out of art and writing. Consider your artwork as your product, and your name as your brand. This doesn’t mean you have to be commercial when creating your art, but when it comes to selling, you have to be, or else you are just wasting your time and talent.
Organizing a Home Business In direct sales distribution of different retail commodities, family and friends often become part of your network (Dealers, Distributors and Direct End Users) that continually grows.
Commercial, Residential, Carpet, Furniture, Window, Blinds and Pool Cleaning In this business, your prospective customers are the busy people who don’t have enough time to clean their homes and could not afford the cost of maintaining a household help. Providing a cleaning service is the ideal solution. Hire honest and trustworthy housecleaners who can clean homes or apartment/studio-type flats at an affordable price. They do not have to stay in. You can also add lutong bahay as another solution for busy people. You can also throw in the service of picking-up groceries.
Antique and Furniture Refurbishing Find usable and restorable items for less than its market value. Visit garage sales where you forage around. Aside from having loads of fun, you will be able to transform a fewcondos and young mothers are the ones who would benefit most out of your service. You’ll never view chores the same way again after this!
Love making people laugh ‘til their sides ache? Try your hand at a being a clown and perform in parties and other events. Who knows, you might get discovered and be on your way to fame and fortune.
Put your programming skills to the test and design games and other software programs. Move over Bill Gates, there’s a new kid in town!
Take the local lipat-bahay service to the next level. Ease your client’s worries by doing the packing and unpacking yourself. Amaze them by putting back their possessions in the same place they were in the old home.
Give Book Sale a run for their money by putting up your own second-hand book stall. All you need is a good supplier of second-hand books and magazines, a place to display your wares and you’re all set.
Never had a bad hair day in your life? Then share your gift and knowledge of getting a good ‘do by putting up your own parlor. You can charge extra when you do a home service call to a client.
Putting up a bed and breakfast inn is a good business idea if you have an empty home and lots of room. For capital, all you need is space and your own down-home hospitality.
Share your love for music and try your hand at being a DJ! If you have a great voice, sing for special occasions like birthdays, weddings and other events.
Genius with numbers? Make the best out of your ability to compute and hire out your services! You can do the nitty-gritty details of accounting and taxes, explain alternate payment structures and do budget schemes for clients who don’t have the time and the patience to do so. Best of all, you get paid by doing what you love best – number-crunching!
Unveil your artistic side and work with paint. You can choose to get clients in either residential or commercial areas, depending on your resources and capital.
Share your love for pets by putting up a pet store, complete with all kinds of supplies for various pets. You can offer pet-sitting, pet-grooming, walk-your-pet, pet-food and supplies home delivery and even pet-training.
Got the artistic eye? Put up your own photography studio or video service. You can cover birthdays, christenings, weddings, schools, sports events and corporate events.
It’s a fact that Filipinos love to eat. Putting up your own restaurant is one of the lucrative things that you may want to invest on. Good food, the right location and reasonable prices are the right ingredients to a successful restaurant.
Handy with the needle and thread? Open your own sewing or tailoring shop. You can do custom-clothing, hand-knits, mother and daughter matching dresses, costumes and even branch out to curtains, drapes and shades, upholstery, custom cushions and pillows. For an elegant touch, try offering a monogramming service.
Help book low-price tickets, keep expense records and manage frequent-flier miles by putting up your own travel agency. You can specialize in either business travel, leisure tours or even do both.
Excel in a certain sport? Tutor someone who wants to learn a new skill. Self-defense, yoga or Tai Chi and, of course, the ever popular badminton are just a few of the many sports that you may want to teach.
Boost the local tourism industry by conducting walking tours through your town, city or barangay. Be a tour guide and help tourists learn about the home-grown culture. To add spice, you can organize adventure tourism. Showcase the beauty of our natural resource through spelunking, mountain climbing and underwater diving expeditions.
Who says writers have to be starving artists? If you have the talent and passion for writing, market your skills by doing freelance work for different publications. You can write on any subject you enjoy and sell it. If you’re shy and don’t want the attention, you can try ghost-writing for other people.
Put your customers in the papers or on the news. Have the charm, charisma and the contacts? Why not put up your own PR Company? All you need are words as your capital.
The current trend towards personal care opened a lot of business opportunities. There is a growing need for natural and herb-based cosmetic products. |
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