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Selling information as a Business

Introduction This just as the name suggests, selling information!. This can really be a very profitable business. Well it costs a little money to start but the rewards are very encouraging. What its all about Lets dream a little(Literarily) , what if you find a way of solving a problem for a lot of people? then you put it in a book and advertise it. How many responses do you think you would get? That is the foundation of this type of business - you give people information of exactly what they want. That was the easy part. How do you know what people want? This is the hard part. This part actually accounts for 80% of your success in this business. I have written an article on this subject. It will help you brainstorm. Click here to read it. Similarly, people also search for what they want on the internet. There are a few tools available to help you. Try the Google Adwords keyword tool or Wordtracker for free or Keyword Elite for a little fee. The Paid tool makes it extremely easy fo...

Make extra cash Doing Laundry for people at home

Introduction This is another business that doesn’t require much to start. It’s like this, get a customer (maybe your neighbor), go to his house at the weekend and wash his clothes using his own water, clothes rail and soap! I must say t requires a lot of strength- it is manual labour. The other down side of it is that you can’t charge as much as the drycleaner-you are using the man’s materials!. Getting Customers The process required to get customers in this business is similar to that in the Private Home tutor Business. Please review it here What you need. Just fill up your stomach and try to very humble. I’m guessing you know how to wash clothes. Just like in all business, always make sure you have the right personality. Click here Well that’s about it. From here, you need to decide where you want to go. You may not make a lot of money doing this but if you employ more people, you could make more. From here, you could then go for a full scale drycleaning business. This business may ...

Re: How Lucrative is Bulk SMS business

Bulk SMS business is all about sending large number sms messages at very reduced prices. Making money from it depends on which part of the business you want to enter into. If you decide to go for the reseller option(cheaper option), your success will depend on ur market. My brief survey of the providers show a trend; its cheaper to buy my sms units. Check out the pages of some of the dealers http://www.aratext.com/pricing http://www.signonsms.com/price_list.asp http://www.smslive247.com/ http://www.50kobo.com/ http://www.etextmail.com/ http://www.bbnsms.com/ http://www.signonsms.com/price_list.asp The setup is simple, get a website and integrate your site with the sms services from some of the websites or just create an account on any of the sites above and send your sms from their website, this way you don't have to get a website. You then concentrate on getting customers. What is your strategy? how do you get customers to use ur service?...this is the crux of the matter. With the...

Make Money from Private Home Tutorials

This is one of the small businesses you can start with very little or no cash capital. In Nigeria today, one of the most pressing issues is that of securing admission into higher institution. Nigerian publics schools are not doing greatly in this area and the private schools are so costly that they are not for the majority of the population. This means that there will always be a demand for private tutorials. Requirements A Sharp Brain Well, to tell you the truth, you need to be good academically, for this. This will show in the quality of Results your students turn out and ensure people trust you and your business with more students. You don’t even need to know every topic, you could teach just one subject. Business Card / Flyer This shouldn’t be too fanciful or costly-you could do the flyers for now. You could just type your information on your computer and print on A4 sheets of paper. Your aim is to make sure the information circulates as widely as possible not on the quality of the...

Am I crazy to start a business?

Hi I briefly looked at this topic over the weekend. Read more on the personal challenges a Business man needs to go through in starting a business. Read more here http://hubpages.com/t/12f366

There is Money to be made in Events Centers

The other other day by Alausa Ikeja in Lagos and looking out my window I saw the little park around the State Secretariat. Well it wasn't the first time but it suddenly hit me; one can actually make money with an empty well landscaped and decorated piece of Land! Let’s face it, Lagos or even every where u go, people always want to have an event and would do anything (including pay anything ) for the best event center. It’s very simple to setup Just buy the land, a plot should do for start, plant trees. You could mix it up with pines and umbrella trees. While the trees are growing you could rent Plastic/artificial trees. If you can, you could include fancy lights in the flowers Get a Landscaper to do the flowers. Nothing too fancy for now but it must be beautiful. Do some Concrete seats. But you could start with plastic seats for now The main costs will be -cost of renting chairs (your guest could bring theirs or rent from someone you know) -Cost of landscaping -Cost of land (a ...

Drinking and Relaxation / Entertainment Bar Business

Do you know that people always drink? No matter the situation, people especially the young professionals always have a a favorite drinking spot. The best part of this is that people drink even more when things are bad. Just think about it for a minute, do you know how much is consumed everyday in different joints, bars, parties and clubs throughout the country? At the going rate of N200 for a bottle of star, and an estimate using just one bar with 50 guests during a football match ; assuming each guest take a bottle(which is really below real expectations); we'll have 50x200 = N10,000 ! for just one evening. If you spend 1,500 on fuel and all other things being equal the business is lucrative. Requirements 1 freezer(100k plus) and a Standing see-through refrigerator(80k plus) -The drinks have to be chilled, hot beer is dangerous to your health and your business Power supply Forget about Public Power Supply (PHCN), prepare to run on Generators 24/7(between 30 and 50k). If you get p...