Authors: Dan Ramsey
ISBN-13: 9781564145314, ISBN-10: 156414531X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Career Press, Incorporated
Date Published: March 2001
Edition: 2ND
The new Second Edition of 101 Best Home Businesses offers specific and concise information that gives anyone wanting to start a home business an accurate glimpse at the 101 best opportunities. Each business profile tells you what you need to know, how much you'll need to invest, how hard you'll have to work, and what returns you can expect. And the book is filled with real-life examples, case studies, and success stories.
Besides updating and expanding information from the popular First Edition, the new edition goes online to bring you the best ground-floor opportunities offered by the Internet, for example, e-commerce, e-mail marketing, and forming virtual companies.
Ramsey, who runs his own home business (he's a publisher and author), shares some basic tips for success for the 101 home businesses briefly described here. For each business profiled, he provides a basic description of the job, the skills and equipment required, the customer base, the amount to charge, the amount earned, how to start, and how a computer will increase the profits. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Introduction | 9 | |
Part 1 | Planning your business | |
Chapter 1 | Is there a best home business for you? | 14 |
Chapter 2 | How to find your best home business | 24 |
Chapter 3 | How computers can increase your profits | 32 |
Part 2 | Starting your business | |
Chapter 4 | Best businesses using craft or physical skills | 44 |
Antique restoration service | 44 | |
Appliance installation and repair | 45 | |
Automotive alarm installation | 47 | |
Auto detail service | 49 | |
Beekeeper | 51 | |
Bicycle repair service | 52 | |
Cabinetmaking service | 54 | |
Carpentry service | 56 | |
Carpet-cleaning service | 58 | |
Chimney sweep | 59 | |
Construction cleanup service | 61 | |
Dog breeder | 63 | |
Errand/delivery service | 65 | |
Floral service | 66 | |
Food delivery service | 68 | |
Furniture upholstery service | 70 | |
Gardening service | 72 | |
Gift basket service | 74 | |
Handyperson service | 75 | |
Home and business alarm service | 77 | |
Housecleaning service | 79 | |
House-inspection service | 81 | |
House-painting service | 83 | |
House-sitting service | 85 | |
Inventory service | 87 | |
Janitorial service | 88 | |
Kennel | 90 | |
Kitchen remodeling | 92 | |
Landscaping service | 94 | |
Limousine service | 96 | |
Manufacturer | 98 | |
Masonry service | 100 | |
Pet groomer | 101 | |
Picture-framing service | 103 | |
Pool cleaning | 105 | |
Recycling service | 106 | |
Rental manager | 108 | |
Saw-sharpening service | 110 | |
Security service | 112 | |
Sign service | 113 | |
Tailor | 115 | |
Tree-trimming service | 117 | |
Truck farmer | 118 | |
Used-car inspection service | 120 | |
Wallpaper service | 122 | |
Window replacement service | 123 | |
Woodworker | 125 | |
Chapter 5 | Best professional businesses | 128 |
Antique dealer | 128 | |
Bookkeeping service | 130 | |
Business consultant | 132 | |
Computer instructor | 133 | |
Computer maintenance service | 135 | |
Computer programmer | 137 | |
Desktop publisher | 139 | |
Editing/proofreading service | 141 | |
Event planner | 142 | |
Financial advisor | 144 | |
Freight broker | 146 | |
Graphic designer | 148 | |
Import/export service | 150 | |
Income tax preparation service | 151 | |
Information broker | 153 | |
Interior-decorating service | 155 | |
Local tour service | 157 | |
Magazine writer | 159 | |
Mail-order sales | 162 | |
Newsletter publisher | 164 | |
Personal image consultant | 165 | |
Photography service | 167 | |
Public relations agency | 169 | |
Real estate appraiser | 170 | |
Resume writer | 172 | |
Secretarial/word-processing service | 174 | |
Shopper publisher | 176 | |
Transcription service | 178 | |
Translation service | 180 | |
Video-production service | 182 | |
Wholesaler | 183 | |
Chapter 6 | Best service businesses | 186 |
Aerobics studio | 186 | |
Bed-and-breakfast operator | 188 | |
Caregiver | 190 | |
Cart/kiosk sales | 192 | |
Catering service | 194 | |
Childcare | 195 | |
Collection service | 197 | |
Companion to the elderly | 199 | |
Dating service | 200 | |
Personal fitness trainer | 202 | |
Placement service | 203 | |
Referral service | 205 | |
Reunion planner | 207 | |
Route sales | 208 | |
Sales representative | 210 | |
Seminar service | 212 | |
Senior day-care center | 214 | |
Show promoter | 216 | |
Telephone answering service | 217 | |
Telephone survey service | 219 | |
Temporary help agency | 221 | |
Tutoring service | 223 | |
Wedding planner | 224 | |
Part 3 | Growing your business | |
Chapter 7 | Where to get valuable help | 228 |
Appendix | Worksheets for home entrepreneurs | 237 |
Index | 249 |