Creating Your Own Creating Your Own BusinessBusiness

Seasonal Business IdeasSeasonal Business Ideas

• Fall: raking leaves, cleaning gutters, growing pumpkins to sell for Halloween,• Winter: gift wrapping, hanging Christmas lights, painting windows, • Spring: weeds• Summer: growing vegetables to sell

Carpets for CollegeCarpets for College

•Clean carpets with your own machine

Able Body Advertising Able Body Advertising

•Make a sandwich board and advertise for local business

Manuel LaborManuel Labor

“Manuel” Labor

• Do any job that require manual labor

Flyers for UFlyers for U

Flyers For U

• Create flyers for local businesses. Print free sample. Charge for copies.

Mow on the GoMow on the Go

Mow on the Go

• Mow lawns with your own mower.

Hoe on the GoHoe on the Go

Hoe on the Go

• Hoe weeds with your own hoe

Details, Details, DetailsDetails, Details, Details

• Wash & detail cars

Details, Details, Details

Maid to CleanMaid to Clean

• Clean Houses

Maid to Clean

Pressed to ImpressPressed to Impress

• Iron clothes for people

Pressed to Impress

GrafixGrafix

• Design logos, flyers, or other graphics

Designs

Frozen DelightsFrozen Delights

• Sell ice cream from a push cart

Please note: The selling of food items may require a permit.

Promotional IdeasPromotional Ideas

• Discounts for first time customers• Coupons• Volunteer your way into a job• What do you offer that others don’t?• Customized shirts/uniforms• Mention that you are saving money for college

My Own Business VenturesMy Own Business Ventures

• Pac-Man Stickers• Used Items• Suckers• Copy Machine• Sports Bottles• Gum Ball Machine at home (M&Ms)• Gum Ball Machines in Businesses • Graphic Design• Video Yearbook• Wooden Reindeer

Disclaimer: Selling at school is not allowed

Don’t Give UpDon’t Give Up

•Door-to-door salesmen expect failure 90% of the time. They get turned down 9 out of 10 times.• They realize they must visit 100 houses to make 10 sales.• Focus on the 10% that say yes, not the 90% that say no.

Business Ideas:Business Ideas:

•Babysitting•Landscape maintenance (mow lawns, do weeds, install sprinklers, plant plants, trim bushes, pick up dog poop, rake, etc.)•Website developer•Computer training•Graphic design (create logos, flyers, signs, etc.)•Painter•Dog walker•Pet sitter •Wash and groom pets•House sitter•Clean gutters

Business Ideas:Business Ideas:

•Car detailing•Tutoring•Clean houses•Lemonade stand•Handyman (or woman)•Pass out flyers with coupons (25 cents each for those returned to the business)•Write articles for online websites like Ezine.com, Howthingswork.com, and Wiki.com•Sell handmade items on http://www.etsy.com/ •Photographer •Videographer • Resell items bought with coupons

Business Ideas:Business Ideas:

•Window washer•Paint seasonal pictures on windows•Be a personal assistant•Clean/organize garages, cupboards, closets, desks, etc.•Cook•Recycle•Pool cleaner•Paint street numbers on curbs•Make address signs with wood and a router•Gum ball machines/vending machines•Party planner•Teach (swim lesson, crochet, knitting, sewing, guitar, piano, another language, etc.)

Tips for Signs & FlyersTips for Signs & Flyers

• Use a larger font for the name of your business• Add a logo• Put contact information (name, phone number, email address, website address)• Use a catchy slogan• List your products/services• Limit the amount of text on the page• List your experience or special skills• Print in color

Sample Signs & FlyersSample Signs & Flyers

Disclaimer: It is a federal offense to place flyers in or on a mailbox

Sample for Signs & FlyersSample for Signs & Flyers

Sample for Signs & FlyersSample for Signs & Flyers

Ideas for Business CardsIdeas for Business Cards

Ideas for BrochuresIdeas for Brochures

Ideas for Door HangersIdeas for Door Hangers

Lemonade StandLemonade Stand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywmkR5lcSxI

Silent ReadingSilent Reading

• Read pages 109-135 in the book entitled “Cool Stuff” They Should Teach in School by Kent and Kyle Healy• Take down one page of Cornell Notes

On Your OwnOn Your Own