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		<title>Business Idea: Sell T-Shirts</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ JVZoo Product FeedWP Coupon Generator (JVZoo Contest Special) WP Coupon Generator creates coupons in any page, post, or widget to be able to print or direct to a webpage offer.Almost a default option for people in promotions is the sale of T-Shirts, with a logo or a band or whatever is being promoted on the [...] [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="jam-ad"><ul class="jam-ad-ul"><div class="jam-header"><h4>JVZoo Product Feed</h4></div><div class="jam-logo"><a href="http://www.jvzoo.com/register/4946" target="_blank"><img src="http://97s.net/wp-content/plugins/jvzoo-ad-manager-v1//images/ad_bg.png"></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div><li class="jam-ad-li"><a href="http://www.jvzoo.com/c/4946/21" class="jam-link">IM Legal Audit Course with Disclaimers and Videos</a> <span class="jam-desc">Our complete legal course will teach about proper licenses, Business Policies, Disclaimers:the right ones for you, the Federal regulations and more.There are over 10 videos, disclaimers, Rules and regulations and lots of bonuses to keep you legal.</span></li></ul></div><p>Almost a default option for people in promotions is the sale of T-Shirts, with a logo or a band or whatever is being promoted on the front and or back. However another catchy trend is creating shirt&#8217;s with gimmicky pictures, phrases, or comment&#8217;s on.</p>
<p>Coming up with something original is the largest issue here, as there is such a large market it can become difficult getting something that is new and different and that people want. However once you do have something it can become quite popular if it is in a small niche, or it is something that people have not seen before.
<p>One of the best options is to link it in with something else, for example, some online options i have seen is people will have an online comic and then create shirts in relation to different characters. Or in the same strain shirts based on funny quips by characters. Other interesting options have been quirky changes of common phrases slightly.</p><p style="float: left;"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<p>The most profitable way to do this is trying to create the most demand as soon as possible to support printing larger runs of shirts. Because the more you have to pay to get a shirt printed the more you need to charge or the less you make. Where as if you can print 50 or 100 at a time, you can save a good amount on each one and either sell at a lower price or make a higher profit. This all needs to be taken into account to what you would like to make in comparision to what the market will pay. So at the end of the day some trial and error may be involved. But as long as you know you cost, and it is not to high you should be able to make the sales.</p>
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		<title>Business Idea: DJ Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JVZoo Product FeedFB Shop Builder Turn Your FB Fanpage into Amazon/Ebay Store!When you are hosting a party or function the last thing that you want to think about is what music is playing. You either just want to set and forget it, or have someone else take care of it. This often ends in everyone [...] [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="jam-ad"><ul class="jam-ad-ul"><div class="jam-header"><h4>JVZoo Product Feed</h4></div><div class="jam-logo"><a href="http://www.jvzoo.com/register/4946" target="_blank"><img src="http://97s.net/wp-content/plugins/jvzoo-ad-manager-v1//images/ad_bg.png"></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div><li class="jam-ad-li"><a href="http://www.jvzoo.com/c/4946/1237" class="jam-link">FB Shop Builder</a> <span class="jam-desc">Turn Your FB Fanpage into Amazon/Ebay Store!</span></li></ul></div><p>When you are hosting a party or function the last thing that you want to think about is what music is playing. You either just want to set and forget it, or have someone else take care of it. This often ends in everyone trying to take there turn often at the same time to put on the music that they want to listen to.</p>
<p>An alternative for people who don&#8217;t want to have a problem with the music or just want a whole night of music relevant to the party theme without having to think about it is to hire a DJ. Doing this can make it a lot easier for the host and can mean that all the guest have a much better night, day or event.</p>
<p>The level of the service that you will need to provide will vary to some degree from even to event, some will wish to purely have you play music and will have sound equipment and such already available. Others may need you to provide the sound equipment. Or to even bring along lighting as well. Some may even want you to provide a small MC (Master of Ceremonies) part even.</p>
<p>All of these different services will require difference pricing levels. Especially if you are to provide sound or lighting, then you will need to take these cost into account. If you already own the equipment it did cost you something to so you need to pass this cost on to every customer, not the whole cost but a small portion. Otherwise if you need to lease the equipment then you need to pass this cost on, plus a little bit extra, to cover your time and such in organizing it. Additionally if you wish to you can also provide other services like providing projectors, and arrangement of presentations, so some occasions may require the need of an assistant.</p>
<p>The only thing that you need to be aware of in this business is to ensure that you are properly licensed to play the music you are playing and any other local licenses that are required to operate this kind of business. The licenseing to play the music is probably the most important as it can be easily a legal issue if you are not properly licensed.</p>
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		<title>Business Ideas: Window Washing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[JVZoo Product FeedFB Shop Builder Turn Your FB Fanpage into Amazon/Ebay Store!As is the case with many chores that people must do around the house, a large portion of people don&#8217;t like doing them. While they want it done they often prefer not having to do it themselves. Window Washing is more often then not [...] [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="jam-ad"><ul class="jam-ad-ul"><div class="jam-header"><h4>JVZoo Product Feed</h4></div><div class="jam-logo"><a href="http://www.jvzoo.com/register/4946" target="_blank"><img src="http://97s.net/wp-content/plugins/jvzoo-ad-manager-v1//images/ad_bg.png"></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div><li class="jam-ad-li"><a href="http://www.jvzoo.com/c/4946/21" class="jam-link">IM Legal Audit Course with Disclaimers and Videos</a> <span class="jam-desc">Our complete legal course will teach about proper licenses, Business Policies, Disclaimers:the right ones for you, the Federal regulations and more.There are over 10 videos, disclaimers, Rules and regulations and lots of bonuses to keep you legal.</span></li></ul></div><p>As is the case with many chores that people must do around the house, a large portion of people don&#8217;t like doing them. While they want it done they often prefer not having to do it themselves. Window Washing is more often then not one of these things.</p>
<p>Window washing is one of those things that with a right tools is not to difficult once you have got the skill down. Doing a little practice at home first may be a good idea, work out a method to try and avoid leaving streaks or how to improve your speed. While practice can be useful don&#8217;t spend all your time practicing, you want to be able to get out there and do it at some point.</p>
<p>While it is not so difficult to wash the windows on a single story home, the biggest challenge is multi level homes. This is where this idea can be a little more complex, if you are working on other people&#8217;s property, and you are doing so in a business capacity, don&#8217;t assume that you are covered by their insurance when using your equipment. In fact it is often best to get insurance of your own should you cause any type of damage, or such more so to protect yourself, however what you will need or want in this area will differ from area to area and seeing an insurance consultant is a good idea.</p>
<p>When it comes to pricing your service this can also be a variable thing. It will depend on single or double story home, residential or commercial. Also what the local area is willing to pay will come into the equation. However you can usually work out a fixed price, for the service and the hourly rate you achieve will depend on how effecient you are.</p>
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		<title>Business Idea: Lawn Mowing</title>
		<link>http://97s.net/2009/02/08/business-idea-lawn-mowing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JVZoo Product FeedFB HyperViral Pages This Software Will Create a SUPER Viral Fanpage in Less Than 5 Minutes!Every home owner has a lawn that generally needs to be mowed once every week or two. While many people may now their own lawn, there are probably just as many that don&#8217;t want to mow their lawn. [...] [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="jam-ad"><ul class="jam-ad-ul"><div class="jam-header"><h4>JVZoo Product Feed</h4></div><div class="jam-logo"><a href="http://www.jvzoo.com/register/4946" target="_blank"><img src="http://97s.net/wp-content/plugins/jvzoo-ad-manager-v1//images/ad_bg.png"></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div><li class="jam-ad-li"><a href="http://www.jvzoo.com/c/4946/21" class="jam-link">IM Legal Audit Course with Disclaimers and Videos</a> <span class="jam-desc">Our complete legal course will teach about proper licenses, Business Policies, Disclaimers:the right ones for you, the Federal regulations and more.There are over 10 videos, disclaimers, Rules and regulations and lots of bonuses to keep you legal.</span></li></ul></div><p>Every home owner has a lawn that generally needs to be mowed once every week or two. While many people may now their own lawn, there are probably just as many that don&#8217;t want to mow their lawn. Although by no means is this a new idea, there is plenty of competition.</p>
<p>While it is not a good idea to go around and majorly undercut the competition. You could more then easily offer a no frills service, eg purely mow the lawn, for a set price. While this is not going to suit all your potential customers it can help you gain customers that would not normally pay for their lawn to be mowed because they just want it mowed, they don&#8217;t want edges done, or weeds sprayed, and may even be happy for you to leave the clippings on the garden.</p>
<p>Pricing will vary greatly depending on the area, but look at the competition and see what they charge, and what is included, and then work out a comparitive price for just mowing the lawn, without the other services. You can always offer the other services as add-ons at extra cost if you like for the potential of extra income as well. All you will need is a lawn mower, which will be a cost if you dont already own one, also if you plan to offer the other services then you would need to have the tools for these as well if you dont already have them this can be additional costs, so take this into account if you can afford them in your project before hand.</p>
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		<title>Business Ideas: Affiliate Marketing</title>
		<link>http://97s.net/2009/01/30/business-ideas-affiliate-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JVZoo Product FeedIM Legal Audit Course with Disclaimers and Videos Our complete legal course will teach about proper licenses, Business Policies, Disclaimers:the right ones for you, the Federal regulations and more.There are over 10 videos, disclaimers, Rules and regulations and lots of bonuses to keep you legal.Affiliate marketing is a way of generating income selling [...] [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="jam-ad"><ul class="jam-ad-ul"><div class="jam-header"><h4>JVZoo Product Feed</h4></div><div class="jam-logo"><a href="http://www.jvzoo.com/register/4946" target="_blank"><img src="http://97s.net/wp-content/plugins/jvzoo-ad-manager-v1//images/ad_bg.png"></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div><li class="jam-ad-li"><a href="http://www.jvzoo.com/c/4946/1364" class="jam-link">FB HyperViral Pages</a> <span class="jam-desc">This Software Will Create a SUPER Viral Fanpage in Less Than 5 Minutes!</span></li></ul></div><p>Affiliate marketing is a way of generating income selling a product for someone else, and getting paid a commission of sorts for doing so. For a more detailed explanation you can find one on <a title="Wikipedia: Affiliate Marketing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affiliate_marketing" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>.</p>
<p>There are a range of different ways that you can marketing products as an affiliate, for the most range and options you are best to join a network such as <a title="Commission Junction" href="http://www.cj.com.au" target="_blank">Commission Junction</a> or <a title="Clickbank" href="http://www.clickbank.com" target="_blank">Clickbank</a>. Both of these sites allow you to join with a large range of different companies promoting all sorts of different products. All have multiple different link options from plain text through to banners.</p>
<p>Some companies offer their own program through their own methods. Companies like Amazon are a good example, but there is also a large range of smaller individuals who offer affiliate programs directly through their own sites.</p>
<p>The main thing that you need to get started is your own website and the ability to modify the look to add banners, and links as you see fit. The best way to make this most relevant is to add affiliate advertising which is relevant to your site content. For example if you have a website that is about the internet and creating a website, then affiliates such as domain sales, and web hosting may be relevant. If you have a site about current fashions and accessories then, affiliates that sell clothing, jewelery or makeup may be more the thing you want to look at.</p>
<p>The earning potential for affiliate marketing really is unlimted. The more visitors that you have to your site the more likely you will make money, however the futher removed from the topic of your site the less chance those visitors will be interested. So it does take a little research but can be a good stream of income.</p>
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		<title>Business Ideas coming&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[JVZoo Product FeedWP POP IT (Developer License) WP POP IT is a plugin for WordPress which allows you to create pop ups that stand out and demand attention. Video, Audio, Timers, You can do it all. The developer version allows you to use the plugin on all of your sites and client sites.As it may be [...] [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="jam-ad"><ul class="jam-ad-ul"><div class="jam-header"><h4>JVZoo Product Feed</h4></div><div class="jam-logo"><a href="http://www.jvzoo.com/register/4946" target="_blank"><img src="http://97s.net/wp-content/plugins/jvzoo-ad-manager-v1//images/ad_bg.png"></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div><li class="jam-ad-li"><a href="http://www.jvzoo.com/c/4946/1100" class="jam-link">WP POP IT (Developer License)</a> <span class="jam-desc">WP POP IT is a plugin for WordPress which allows you to create pop ups that stand out and demand attention. Video, Audio, Timers, You can do it all.
The developer version allows you to use the plugin on all of your sites and client sites.</span></li></ul></div><p>As it may be fairly apparent the act of finding coins and gaining small bits of money here and there is not really something that is going to move your doubling efforts forward overly quickly. In fact at the pace that i am setting right now, i would literally have to live to be hundreds of years old before i actually achieve the final step in this project.</p>
<p>So it becomes obvious that something needs to be changed in what you do towards the project to achieve these different results. What you do for the first few steps will not work for the last few steps, the same as what you do for steps 9-14 may work for the early steps but not for the latter steps. For these steps in the middle i believe it comes down to something more then finding money, but you are not quite to the stage where investing is possible. So you need an idea to kick start a business which you can use to contribute to the project.</p>
<p>Starting a business is often a lot easier then you think, and really is a matter of just a few steps.</p>
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<li>Pick your business idea</li>
<li>Register to operate a business with the local government</li>
<li>Actually do something (give out fliers, go door to door) anything to start the business moving.</li>
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<p>While step 2 is a fixed process which is different to every area (i am sure there is someone you know that can give you direction here), and step 3 is entirely up to you getting out of your chair and doing something. It is step 1 that often gets most people down, not because they don&#8217;t have enough idea&#8217;s, but because they cannot settle on one idea.</p>
<p>While having the idea&#8217;s is not often a problem i am going to try and make it a little easier for you by sharing some of the idea&#8217;s that i have had and do always seem to get. Not to try and make it more confusing for you, but more so you can see that not all idea&#8217;s are crazy and other people are having similar idea&#8217;s, so rather then sitting around wondering if your idea will work you can see other people think that it is a good idea as well and you may just get inspired to make the move and get that idea rolling.</p>
<p>So over the coming weeks i am going to be sharing 2 or 3 ideas a week and what i hope to do is give you an idea of what your costs might be to get started and also what your potential income may be. Also if i can think of any specific positives or negatives for a particular idea i will share those as well. So please keep your eyes on the blog and i will be adding some hopefully great ideas to get you started soon.</p>
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