(1) HAND DECORATING
of ordinary objects pays well.
Their value is often quadrupled. Prepared stencils and
designs are available from hobby shops. You can work in
attic or basement and need invest very little in supplies.
Saleable items are initialed tumblers, stools, trays, jugs,
boxes, waste-baskets, greeting cards, toys. Sell your work
to gift shops on a sale or return basis.
(2) ADDRESSING AND MAILING
SERVICE
This work can be obtained
by writing or telephoning department stores, retail and mail
order firms, addressing bureau, and direct mail services
listed in the telephone directory. You can advertise your
service under "Employment" in local newspapers and in the
telephone book.
(3) COLLECT AND SELL COINS
Coin collecting is booming.
Supplying collectors is a profitable home business. Get to
know values by reading books and catalogues. Buy carefully
from reputable dealers and from private sources through
classified ads in local papers. Sell through private
contacts and mail order advertisements in "Coins" and other
collectors' and hobby magazines, and in "Exchange & Mart "
Weekly, under "Coins". See No 113 on Home Mail Order
Business . Combine with No 79.
(4) CORRESPONDENCE CLUB
Your income is from fees
charged for people to join the club to receive the names of
others who wish to correspond. In this home mail order
business you cater for some special interest: hobbyists,
coin or stamp collectors, booklovers, prize contest
enthusiasts, writers. (5) PROFITABLE SEWING AT HOME
There is money in a home
dressmaking service. It often pays to specialize. Some do
well re-modeling old dresses, or making novelties or
children's wear. A sign in your window, a card on Y.W.C.A.
notice boards and students' bulletins, classified ads in the
local newspaper and calls on dress shops and gift stores
bring business.
(6) MAKING LAMPS AND SHADES
at home pays well, as they
often sell for many times the material costs. Lamp shades
can be made in home workshops from linen, plastics, silk,
paper and parchment. Local public libraries have manuals on
the subject. Outlets are gift shops and department stores.
Co-operate with interior designers.
(7) RENTAL BUSINESS
This has mushroomed into an
attractive new business opportunity. People like to borrow,
do-it-yourselfers rent professional equipment. Many men are
doing well these days by acting as rental agents for all
manner of things - power tools, trucks, cars, electric
generators, etc.
(8) ANIMAL BREEDING
Pedigree dogs and other
pets command high prices today. It is important to start
with the right stock and keep to the instructions given in
handbooks available at local public libraries. Two females
mated at different times of the year could prove profitable.
(9) BASKETRY AND CANE WORK
can be successful if you
keep a good standard of workmanship. Use bright enamel
paints for finishing and keep to standard designs and
articles. Study the market and offer your products on sale
or return to gift and novelty shops, stores, women's
exchanges etc.
(10) LOCAL NEWSPAPER
CORRESPONDENT
Suitable if you are a good
'mixer' and have good local knowledge and write plain
English. Start by sending local editors specimen reports.
(11) CRITICISM OF WRITERS'
MANUSCRIPTS
Profitable if you are keen,
have some flair, and study writers' manuals. Advertise in
"The Writer", "Writer's Review", and "Writing".
(12) RESEARCH SERVICE
Writers, lecturers,
business companies and others need free-lance specialists to
look up information which can be found in public and special
libraries, museums and trade associations. Get work through
classified ads in literary and writers' magazines. Home
operators can earn œ2.50 to œ3.00 per hour. Your local
reference libraries will help.
(13) BUYING AND SELLING ON
COMMISSION
Start with an outbuilding
or store room until you can take a small shop. No knowledge
of your goods is necessary. Take a commission of 15% to 25%
on everything you sell. Suppose a customer brings in a
table, chair, or camera for which he asks a certain price.
When you have found a buyer you notify your client, who
collects the cash and pays your commission. Your only
expenses are for the space, and classified ads. Furniture,
T.V. sets, cameras, typewriters, prams, sell well.
(14) IDEAS FOR CARTOONISTS
Cartoonists pay well for
ideas and gags that suit their style. Write to cartoonists
care of the magazines in which their cartoons appear.
(15) AT-HOME BABY SITTING
is an increasing in-demand
spare-time activity. Mothers bring their child to the
baby-sitter's home, some taking seven or eight at once,
charging by the hour, plus something extra if a meal is
given. Combine with No 92.
(16) AGENCY SUPERVISORS
working from home are
wanted by Buying Protection Services, 20 Gorham, Rottingdean,
Brighton. BN2 7DP.
(17) INVISIBLE RE-WEAVING
This service is popular and
rewarding because it salvages costly garments at
considerably less cost than would be needed to replace them.
There is particularly good scope in small community
neighborhoods.
(18) HANDBILL DISTRIBUTION
for business firms and
other advertisers can be profitable. Door-to-door delivery
can be arranged with senior school-children. Sales letters
sent to department stores and other local advertisers can
bring good results, also advertisements in "The Trader".
(19) RUG AND FURNITURE
CLEANING
is a growing business. In
America especially, more and more people own and operate an
'on location' rug and furniture cleaning franchise, such as
Service-master, 2117 North Wayne Ave., Chicago 14, Illinois.
In England similar firms advertise in "Exchange & Mart",
"Sunday Times", and "The Observer".
(20) SELL MAGAZINES
This requires no office and
it can be evening work. Write to publishers requesting the
right to get subscriptions. Approach schools, hospitals,
offices and private people in their home and at their
business. Solicit orders by telephone and direct mail
advertising. Or concentrate on back numbers which can be
bought and sold through advertisements in
(21) HOME MANUFACTURING
Many saleable products can
easily be made at home, and sold through gift shops and
other retailers.
(22) USED CORRESPONDENCE
COURSES
at reasonable prices are in
demand and several people in America are running this type
of mail order business. They include second-hand instruction
manuals and self-improvement books in their lists. Advertise
under "Educational" in "Exchange & Mart". Combine with NO
114.
(23) UPHOLSTERING AND
FURNITURE REMODELING
Once you have learned the
"know-how" this can pay well. Public libraries have some
good books on the subject and a lot can be learned from
craft and hobby magazines. Many start with just a box of
hand tools and some special equipment.
(24) WINDOW DRESSING
calls for, of course,
artistic ability and skill with tools, plus imagination. It
is advisable to get tuition in the subject at evening
classes.
(25) MAKE PLYWOOD NOVELTIES
and sell through gift
shops. Popular items: weather vanes, ships, squirrels, dogs,
birds, row-boats, name and address backgrounds, picture
puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, jewel boxes, comic plaques, doll
furniture.
(26) JUVENILE CLOTHING
EXCHANGE
Many women in the suburbs
of London and other cities run a children's clothing
exchange, where mothers exchange children's unwanted,
out-grown garments for others and pay an exchange fee. This
project can be combined with the sale of boys' and youths'
wear such as shorts, T-shirts etc., of your own make, or
from wholesale suppliers listed in "The Trader".
(27) BOOK INDEXING Indexing
books for non-fiction publishers is pleasant, profitable
work. The technique can be learned from handbooks in public
libraries. Work is obtained by writing to non-fiction
publishers listed in the "Writers and Artists Year Book".
(28) DANCING LESSONS
Needs skill and a gift for
teaching. Local classified ads bring pupils. Teach in your
own home at first. Special classes for middle-aged people
pay well.
(29) HANDWRITING ANALYSIS
This is a service which can
be profitably advertised with classified ads in magazines
and newspapers. The skill can be acquired from manuals on
graphology.
(30) REMINDER BUREAU
With such a service you
undertake for an annual fee to remind people of birthdays,
wedding anniversaries, dates for payments, etc. You get your
customers through "Personal" ads in "Sunday Times" and
"Observer".
(31) RAISING RABBITS
has the advantage of three
markets: selling fur, breeding stock, and meat. This project
can be started in a large backyard free from local
restrictions against raising animals. Get "know-how" from
local library.
(32) ENTERTAINING in the
form of singing, recitations, magic, dancing, doing a comedy
act etc., calls for skill in your particular line, and a
"way" with an audience. To get bookings it is necessary to
become well known in your area by giving benefit
performances for charitable affairs, hospitals and
orphanages. (33) EMBROIDERING
beautifully decorated
cigarette cases, velvet compacts, pin cushions, baby dresses
etc., is profitable. Sales are through gift shops. Get
"Embroidery" magazine which advertises opportunities and a
correspondence course from Embroiderers Guild, 73 Wimpole
Street, London W.1.
(34) DRAW CARTOONS FOR
MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS
Cartoons are well paid
today and there are some excellent handbooks and
correspondence courses on the subject. Some cartoonists do
well by specializing in supplying industrial magazines with
cartoons. Markets are listed in "Writers and Artist Year
Book".
(35) DECORATED CANDLES
These are good sellers to
gift shops. Study craft magazines, visit gift shops, and try
to turn out something different.
(36) PART-TIME PUBLICITY
WORK
You supply public relations
help to small businesses in your area, arranging press
parties, preparing news releases, arranging interviews, etc.
Know-how can be obtained from handbooks on public relations
at your public library.
(37) MAKING & SELLING
HANDMADE SHELL DECORATED JEWELLERY
For this home business you
need artistic ability, finger dexterity and knowledge of the
market. Handbooks give full information. Sell through
friends, neighbours, church groups, members of women's
clubs, gift and novelty shops, dress shops and beauty
salons.
(38) DOG TRAINING
If you have the gift for it
and the necessary know-how from books on dog training you
can get this kind of profitable work with regular
advertising in the local press. This can be combined with
the sale of dog requisites.
(39) BOOK-KEEPING SERVICE
Local newspapers often
contain part-time vacancies, or you can approach grocers,
service stations, clubs, public houses and various retailers
who may need a home book-keeping service, rather than a more
expensive firm of accountants, to help prepare and maintain
tax forms and records.
(40) MANUFACTURER'S
REPRESENTATIVE AT HOME
This means calling in
independent and chain retail stores of all kinds and
soliciting volume orders. You handle no merchandise but send
the orders to the factory which then ships the order direct
to the retailer. There is no selling door-to-door to
consumers. You need no office, only a telephone and some
stationery.
(41) WOODWORKING
using 3/8" or 1/2" plywood,
is profitable if you can make such items as attractive
bedside cabinets and kitchen fixtures, and charge not more
than 100% above the cost of the materials. Consult your
local library for books.
(42) A MENDING SERVICE
for single men, business
girls, school-teachers, professional people and over-worked
housewives can pay well. Advertise at week-ends in the
classified section of your local newspaper. This work can be
combined with some other sewing.
(43) RAISING CANARIES,
BUDGERIGARS AND PARAKEETS
You need a sunny room,
starting with one or two pairs of birds. Sell the offspring
to friends, neighbors and local pet stores.
(44) MAKING AND SELLING
FOODS
This pays handsomely. Items
in demand are cakes, jams, jellies, maple syrup, apple
cider, cheese, cookies, candies, etc. Sell through gift
shops, tea rooms, hotels, grocers, and by small classified
advertisements in national Sunday newspapers and women's
magazines. It is usual to fix prices by doubling the cost of
ingredients.
(45) MODELING
Photographers, art schools,
advertising agencies, moving picture agencies, department
stores, T.V. stations, want women, men and boys as models
for advertising, illustrations for clothes and other
products, magazine illustrations.
(46) PROFITS IN KNITTING
This is a home activity
that pays well. Women buy sweaters, dresses and two and
three-piece suits; men need mufflers, gloves, socks,
jackets, sweaters; and children's knitted wear is also in
demand at good prices. Sell privately through local baby
wear
shops, gift shops and other suitable retail outlets; by mail
order; also by approaching suitable firms.
(47) NURSERY SCHOOL
Many women with the
necessary experience with children earn good money operating
a nursery school simply by making their services known
through local classified advertisements. :FORTY-EIGHT (48)
NOVELTY, TOY AND BRIC-A-BRAC SHOP
Interesting if you can make
articles in demand that also sell to wholesalers, mail order
houses, stores, souvenir shops, gift shops. Typical items:
paperweights, desk sets, book-ends.
(49) DEMONSTRATIONS
Details of an attractive
range of luxury skin care products for demonstrating from
your own home at generous profits are obtainable from B & G
Delaney, 18 Wellington Square, Chelsea, London SW3. Agents
to sell beauty preparations are wanted by Avon Cosmetics
Ltd., 84 Baker Street, London W.1.
(50) SELLING SHIRTS
to friends and workmates at
actual wholesale prices is a popular spare time activity. A
free starting outfit of actual shirting samples, coloured
illustration, etc., is offered by K.L.Shirts, 349 Edgware
Road, London W2.
(51) HOOKED AND BRAIDED
RUGS
and novelties made at home
sell well in local shops. Lamp and vase mats, handbags, hot
dish mats, seat covers, toilet seat covers, backrests and
slippers are in demand. Rugmaking kits are obtainable from
Winwood Textiles, Kidderminster, Worcs.
(52) COLLECTING AND SELLING
SCRAP METAL
is profitable. If you have
transport you can start by collecting scrap in your
locality. Your local library will have a book on metal
identification that will tell you how to identify steel,
lead, zinc, bronze, brass, iron, etc. Your librarian will
help you to track down buyers.
(53) SELL PRINTED
STATIONERY
There are many outlets,
stationers, friends, and by mail order. Books giving the
know-how are obtainable from your public library and new and
secondhand printed machinery is advertised weekly in the
"Exchange & Mart". Profits are good and reliable work much
in demand. Start spare-time and develop into full-time.
(54) MUSHROOM GROWING
This can be conducted in a
shed or basement. A thorough knowledge of the subject is
essential. Sales can be made through a sign in your window;
through local newspaper advertisements or a roadside stand;
and to local greengrocers, restaurants and hotels. (55)
MAKING CURTAINS AND RUGS
is a pleasant home
occupation. Many people are glad of such a money-saving
service. Get business through telephone and personal calls,
letters and classified advertisements in local newspaper,
sell privately and through gift shops. Get supplies at trade
rates through wholesalers listed in the telephone book and
in craft journals.
(56) A FILM DEVELOPING
SERVICE
can be a very profitable
occupation, especially in the summer. You can work from home
and get business by offering chemists 25% commission to act
as agents.
(57) CHILDREN'S PLAYROOM
Some women have developed a
profitable second income by turning one of their rooms into
children;s playroom, fixing it up with bright walls, games,
puzzles, toys and books. (58) CURIOS AND NOVELTIES
Made at home, these items
can be sold directly to the public or through retail outlets
such as gift shops, novelty and curio shops.
(59) COLLECT AND SELL
AUTOGRAPHS
These can be picked up,
often cheaply, from estate sales and secondhand bookshops,
also by writing to famous people telling them how much you
appreciate something they have done or written (such letters
often bring a thank you note).
(60) BABY SITTING AGENCY
A baby sitting (and invalid
sitting) agency is well worthwhile. Operators advertise for
baby sitters in the local newspaper and check their
suitability. The agency mails postcards to parents, women's
groups and church groups making known its service.
(61) BUYING AND SELLING OLD
CHINA AND GLASS
It is possible to make good
profits by buying certain types of old china and glass from
secondhand stores, auction sales, etc., and selling them
privately and to antique dealers. (62) FURNITURE AND
APPLIANCE REPAIRING
If you have the ability
there is good scope in this field because everywhere people
like to be able to call in someone to salvage old furniture,
remodel lamps, fix chairs and sofas, etc. :(63) MANAGING
BLOCKS OF FLATS
Owners of apartment houses
are often glad to pay 5% of the rent to someone who will
collect monthly rents, place income in the bank, superintend
maintenance and show people over vacant flats.
(64) FELT CRAFT
it is quite easy and often
highly lucrative. Home operators obtain low-priced kits from
supply houses, scraps from department stores, milliners and
mills, and make toy animals, table mats, handbags, holders,
hot dish pads, slippers, hats, belts glass cases, felt
flowers, purses. Sell to gift shops.
(65) OPERATE A SPARE TIME
AGENCY ROM HOME
Details of various agencies
from Wessex First Aid Co., 6a Royal Parade, Kew Gardens,
Richmond, Surrey; Progressive Insurance Brokers, 7 Judd
Street, London W.C.1; Garden Estate Nurseries Ltd., 4
Station Road, Wytleaf, Surrey.
(66) WRITING FOR MONEY
Thousands of magazines pay
well for articles and stories that suit their public. Many
beginners get into print with the help of manuals such as
"Write for Money" (from your authorized distributor).
Markets are listed in "Writers and Artists Year Book".
(67) A HOME REPAIR SHOP
for toys, dolls and
household items is appreciated in most towns. Such a service
can be made known with announcements on notice boards, a
sign in your window and with classified advertisements in
local newspapers.
(68) PREPARING CURRICULUM
VITAE (C.V.'s)
on your home P.C. and
printing out on daisy-wheel or laser printer. Very
prestigious results are achieved thus materially assisting
job candidates. Fees of £25 - £50 can be collected for the
finished product. Advertise your service in local/national
newspapers.
(69) WORD-PROCESSING SERVICE
from home using P.C.
appropriate software as 'Wordstar' and a daisy-wheel
printer. Reports, special letters, quotations, invoices can
easily be produced using state-of-the-art peripherals.
Customers will be small businesses such as builders,
doctors, accountants. Demand will be regular.
(70) DRESSMAKING FOR
OFF-SIZED FOLK
Because so many people
cannot wear the standard-sized costumes sold in shops, this
is an excellent specialty.
(71) WRITING COMPUTER
SOFTWARE
Children love novel
computer games thus creating a constant demand for new and
better arcade quality software. If you have programming
skills (or these skills can be acquired through local
college courses) then writing these games using computer
language could prove a very profitable venture.
(72) ILLUSTRATED LECTURES
There is money in this.
Build up a collection of color slides on two or three
popular subjects. Read up these subjects over a period. Then
write offering to give illustrated talks to clubs, civic
organizations, educational institutions and employees of
business firms. Projectors can be hired.
(73) HAT RENOVATING
A number of women in small
and larger towns add to their income by giving 'new life' to
hats, changing the style to make them look new and
different.
(74) POULTRY BREEDING
If you have the inclination
and the space, plus some ability for buying and selling you
could look into this possibility, studying the journals and
manuals on the subject at the local library.
(75) HOME IMPORT-EXPORT
BUSINESS
This field bristles with
opportunities and involves only very modest expenditure to
start. One operator claims to make an average of œ15,000 to
œ20,000 a year and he started with very little capital. The
necessary know-how is easily acquired; there are reliable
manuals on world trade, showing how to start, how to get
government help, how and where to buy, how to sell locally
and by mail, etc. (76) PRINTING SERVICE
Selling printed items
(letterheads, envelopes, forms etc.,) through local
solicitation involves no equipment, no stock, no financial
investment, no figuring. You find a wholesaler printer who
will supply a catalogue and samples; these do the main job.
(77) PREPARING SPEECHES
If you have the ability to
prepare speeches there is well paid work to be obtained from
persons active in trade associations, literary clubs,
political groups and social clubs. A letter, with your
business card, sent to the secretaries of such associations
may well lead to interesting work. Payment can be quite high
according to the type of speech and the amount of research
needed .
(78) PART -TIME TAXI
DRIVING
It is necessary to be over
21 years of age and to possess a driver's licence. Apply to
local taxicab companies.
(79) DEALING IN POSTAGE
STAMPS
gives plenty of scope today
with the ever-increasing interest in stamp collecting for
pleasure and profit. There are over 3 million collectors of
stamps in the British Isles and about 12 million throughout
the world. Even if you confine yourself to supplying
collectors in Great Britain, you can make a good income.
(80) PAPER HANGING
if you can do it well, is a
wanted service. Insert classified ads saying you will
decorate houses at low rates (get the know-how from library
books). Request a discount of 20% on wallpaper supplied by
retailers.
(81) PLASTIC CRAFTWORK
can be carried out on a
card table at home. Manuals are readily obtainable showing
how to make jewel boxes, paperweights, candleholders,
pen-holders, cigarette boxes, costume jewellery and
ornamental plaques for gift shop outlets.
(82) THERE IS MONEY IN CARS
first in selling used or
new cars, second in running a motor insurance agency. You
can buy used cars cheaply at weekly auctions and sell for
excellent profits from home. Advertise in your local paper
under cars for sale.
(83) PART-TIME SECRETARY
Many women do secretarial
work at home for dentists, doctors and lawyers who do not
require a secretary all day. They call for the client's
recordings from a dictation machine and perform the work at
home, at a considerable saving for the client. (84) POTTERY
CRAFT PRODUCTS
can now be made at home at
low expenditure on kits and clays from craft supply houses.
There is a good market for gaily-decorated tiles for hanging
on walls, decoration of fireplaces, etc., small pitchers and
mugs, vases and flower bowls.
(85) PROFITS FROM PLASTIC
LAMINATING
There is a demand for this
service because so many people have documents and papers
they want to preserve from deterioration by having them
covered with a layer of plastic that is airtight. Business
firms want photos, cards, maps, charts, clippings, etc.,
protected. Firms that show you how to get started advertise
in "Exchange & Mart".
(86) PET OWNER SERVICE
Shampooing and boarding
pets is a sought-after service in higher-income areas.
Poodle clipping is also in demand. Your local public library
probably has books on dogs and clipping. Cards displayed at
newsagents and classified advertisements in local newspapers
bring this kind of business.
(87) LOCATE OUT-OF-PRINT
BOOKS
This pays well. You place
two-line classified ads in literary periodicals such as
"Books and Bookman", "Times Literary Supplement", "Time and
Tide", offering to find scarce books a "free search
service". You insert other ads indicating specific titles
wanted in "The Clique".
(88) TELEPHONE ANSWERING
SERVICE
Such services are used by
lawyers, doctors, repair men, contractors and others who are
not always able to have someone to answer 'phone calls'.
Many housewives, shut-ins, married couples and others find
that a telephone answering service pays well. A monthly fee
is charged.
(89) COMPUTERIZED
BOOK-KEEPING/ACCOUNTING SERVICE
Using a home P.C. and
software such as "Sage" or "Pegasus" accounting packages you
are able to offer a fully computerized book-keeping and
accounting service including; purchase ledger, profit and
loss accounts, sales ledger, nominal ledger, profit
forecasting.
(90) TOY MAKING
calls for a keen interest,
market study and initiative; in demand are: tricks, games,
game boards, masks, educational toys, models, puppets and
any other types. Felt for soft toy-making is obtainable at
low prices from Griffiiths & Co., 6 Hanover Street, Merthyr
Tydfil
(91) TEACH TYPEWRITING
Many stenographers take a
typing class at home in the evening, using rented
typewriters and ads in local papers.
(92) A LIST BROKING SERVICE
can provide a good income,
spare-time or full-time. List Broking is big business in
America and is a fast growing field in the U.K. It is the
use of one firm's mailing list by another non-competing
firm. Operating such a Mailing List Exchange is easy and
profits are high.
(93) CHINCHILLA BREEDING
is equally profitable. This
can be undertaken at home since most people have a spare
corner or cupboard under the stairs to keep the cages.
Chinchillas are becoming extremely popular animals hence
this can become a very profitable croft business.
(94) WEDDING VIDEO SERVICE
offering a personal video
of this special occasion is a profitable usage of a
"camcorder". Many young brides want a living
memento of
their wedding-day. œ20-œ30 per copy can be realized for 1-2
hours work. Up to a dozen copies can be sold from each
ceremony. Advertise in your local paper. A "camcorder" can
be purchased as cheaply as œ450.
(95) TYPEWRITER REPAIRS
A home typewriter repair
service can pay well. Get business through office supply
stores and small classified advertisements in local papers
at weekends.
(96) WATCH REPAIRING
can be highly profitable. A
watch repairing course is offered by Watchcraft, 121 The
Broadway, Wimbledon, London S.W.15.
(97) STENCIL CUTTING
for churches, clubs and
business firms pays well. It is simply typing on to a wax
stencil (without the typewriter ribbon). Erasures and
corrections are made with a liquid which may be bought at
any office stationery shop. (98) SELLING OCCULT AND
METAPHYSICAL BOOKS BY MAIL
is interesting and can be
profitable. In England a reliable advertising medium for
such books is "Prediction"; in America "Fate".
(99) SILK SCREEN PRINTING
can be excellent home
business. The process is used for greeting cards, posters,
show cards, personalized place cards, etc. This method of
printing by stencils through tautly stretched silk in a
frame is easy to learn and there is no scarcity of manuals.
(100) T.V. REPAIR SERVICE
is a good spare-time
business. There are useful manuals on the subject.
(101) SELLING INSURANCE
This is growing enormously
and the future market is very great. Most insurance
companies have training facilities. Men and Women act as
sole proprietor, operating their own business in their own
time.
(102) SIGHT-SEEING GUIDANCE
AND LECTURING
is usually seasonal work.
It is necessary to be a fluent talker and know how to handle
people. Become familiar with the points of interest you will
talk about from handbooks at your public library. Apply to
sight-seeing companies in your area.
(103) SECOND HAND BOOK
SERVICE
Books can often be bought
cheaply at private sales, from markets and side-street
secondhand bookshops, and through classified advertisements
in "Book Market" and "Exchange & Mart" (under books). They
can be sold to specialist booksellers and through classified
advertisement under "Books" in "Exchange & Mart".
(104) DESK TOP PUBLISHING
Armed with an Apple
Macintosh computer and software such as "Pagemaker" and a
laser printer (total outlay for second-hand equipment
....see 'Computer for Sale' in "Exchange & Mart"....as
little as œ3500) and a few hours home training from the
'user friendly' manuals accompanying this equipment you have
the basis for a ready made business. Charge œ25 - œ40 per
hour for preparing the artwork for letterheads, manuals,
business cards, etc. Customers will be small printers, large
printers with overspill, mail-order dealers.
(105) MONEY FROM YOUR
CAMERA
Sizeable incomes are being
made by free-lance photographers. Clubs often want group
shots of the membership. Home portraiture pays well. Local
business firms buy pictures of their products. Retail stores
want photographic show cards.
(106) HANDYMAN SERVICE
Profitable odd jobs for
local householders include furniture repairing, patching up
cement, simple plumbing, washing cars, sharpening lawn
mowers, garden tidying, fixing labor-saving devices,
shelves, etc. With the help of the popular manuals available
anyone can give first aid for the metal fitting and utensils
in the house. It is often possible to pick up commission
through work obtained for paper hangers, plasterers,
carpenters, etc.
(107) 'TRAINING VIDEO'
MAKING
Many small and medium sized
companies place much emphasis on group training. This is
very time consuming in terms of staff employed on training
tasks. Offering a 'training video' service will attract such
customers. A training session is 'video recorded' and the
company use this to impart the required skills to groups of
their employees.
(108) WRITING SHORT
PARAGRAPHS
Most people can write tips
on household management, cookery, child care, etc. Jokes,
anecdotes, children's sayings, business-building gimmicks,
etc., are in demand. Many such items receive sizeable
cheques from magazines. (109) MAKE AND SELL COSTUME
JEWELLERY
Home-made costume jewellery
sell well to jewellery outlets, gift shops, hairdressers
shops, clothes boutiques, and by direct mail. It is possible
to start with limited capital. Read books borrowed from the
local library, study trade journals, and literature issued
by manufacturers of fittings and supplies. Catalogues from
Leisurecrafts Ltd., Romford Road, London E.12. Write also to
Gemcraft, 96 Grove Vale, London S.E.22.
(110) HOME TYPING
pays well if the right
techniques are followed. Business firms, professional people
and associations in your area need typing done by free-lance
typists. Authors need novels, short stories, plays,
non-fiction books and articles typed and they are easily
reached through classified ads in writers' and literary
magazines. T
(111) COLLECTION SERVICE
Many people with the
ability to write good letters have done well helping
business firms with their overdue accounts. Sample
collection letters given in handbooks from public libraries
can be adapted to suit various types of businesses. Charge
customers from 10% on all money brought in.
(112)
TELEX/FAX/PHOTOCOPYING SERVICE
Communication and fast
copying are vital requirements of modern businesses and
executive professionals. Second-hand facsimile and
photocopiers are cheaply available. You can charge 10p per
photocopy, œ1.00 per minute for fax transmission and œ1.50
per min for telexing. Advertise your service in classified
sections of local newspapers.
(113) HOME MAIL ORDER
BUSINESS
You can start and operate a
profitable mail order business at home with limited capital
if you go the right way about it. Starting with almost no
capital it is possible to make œ100 a week part-time and
œ700 (and much more) full time. "I've found mail order a
wonderful, a proven way to make high profits in spare time,
at home. I think it is the finest spare-time business of
all", writes James Carr, author of a well known Mail Order
Course. "You can start anywhere", he writes, "using your
kitchen table for an office. You do no personal selling.
(114) SELLING SELF-HELP AN
'HOW' BOOKS BY MAIL
This is the most
satisfactory type of mail order business. Easy, pleasant and
profitable, it is an ideal spare-time or full-time activity,
especially suitable for the beginner in mail order. We do
not know of anything else that can be sold as easily and
with as little capital as books. They bring continual repeat
business for related books. No license is needed to sell
books.
(115) CRAFT WORK
Because good craftsmanship
is scarce today home craftsmen can readily sell attractive
work through gift shops, furniture stores and other
retailers, also privately. Unusual bookshelves, bookracks,
bookends, novelties, wireworks, marquetry, leatherwork, etc.
Addresses of handicraft materials and hobby kit suppliers
are usually obtainable at local public libraries.
