Community Tour Guide business. Earn money by taking people for a walk on the local side. Business Overview If you live in an area frequented by tourists and are a real people-person, why not consider starting a personal tour guide service? It can be started for virtually peanuts, and has the potential to generate an income that can easily top $50,000 per year if you work at it full-time. Promote your tours aggressively by building contacts with businesses and individuals who...

Dog Walker business. Dog walking isn't just for high school kids anymore. Put your energy and love for dogs into action with this business idea. Business Overview A dog-walking service is perfectly suited for people with time, patience, and a love for dogs. Best of all, with an investment of just a few hundred dollars you can be up and running your own full- or part-time dog-walking service in no time. There are various styles of multilead dog walking collars and leashes...

Inflatable Advertising business. Business Overview Twenty-foot high inflatable gorillas, blimps, and cartoon caricatures get noticed by traffic, especially when these large inflatables are sitting on a retailer's rooftop with a 'sale in progress' sign emblazoned across them. Starting a business that rents inflatable advertising objects is a fantastic new business venture to set in motion. The business can be operated on a full- or part-time basis right from home, and clients...

Deck Builder business. Use carpentry skills to build the foundation for customers' leisure. Business Overview One of the fastest-growing segments of the home improvement industry is designing and building custom sundecks that can easily reach $25,000 and beyond, and include features such as built-in planters, hot tub gazebos, glass or cast-iron handrails, atmosphere lighting, and custom-manufactured wood patio furniture to match the deck's design. There are a number of ways...

Doggie Day Care business. Do you love your pets almost as much as you love your children? Start a doggie day care. Business Overview Day-care facilities for dogs are becoming increasingly popular, especially as more and more caring dog owners are realizing the benefits of leaving their beloved dogs at day care with other dogs instead of at home alone while they are at work. Dogs, like people, are social creatures and need contact with people and other dogs to become...

Sports Complex Advertising business. Business Overview A very successful advertising business can be built by securing contracts with privately and publicly owned sports complexes to manage and operate their advertising programs. Most sports complexes like arenas, recreation centers, and baseball fields feature some form of interior or exterior advertising space that is rented by local companies to promote their products and services. Generally the owners or operators of the...

Demolition Service business. Business Overview Forget about starting a traditional demolition service, the kind that requires heavy equipment to knock down office buildings and houses, and instead specialize in small residential and commercial demolition jobs overlooked by the big guys. These small demolition jobs include knocking down walls for homeowners and contractors, removing decaying fences and small outbuildings like garages, and removing kitchen cabinets, carpets, and...

Auto Alarm Sales business. Secure some profits while protecting customers' cars with an alarm sales business. Business Overview In spite of the fact that many new automobiles now come outfitted with auto alarms as standard equipment, starting an auto alarm installation business is still a good choice for a new business venture, especially if the objective is to build a small one-person business that can provide the owner with a comfortable annual income. Establishing alliances...

Bench Advertising business. Don't just sit around. Put your advertising sales skills to work. Business Overview The following three steps can be taken to generate gross sales of $60,000 per year from a part-time business that rents advertising space on park or seating benches. 1. Design and construct 50 outdoor seating benches that feature a large and highly visible advertising space on the back or front of the bench (depending on bench placement). 2. Secure 50...

Dent Removal business. Working the kinks out for people means bucks for you in this touch-up biz. Business Overview Using specialized equipment, you can remove small dings and dents in vehicles caused by hail, minor collisions, and door bumps, all without the need for new paint, and on a mobile basis right at your customer's location'home, office, or business. Potential clients include private automobile owners, automobile fleet owners, new and used car dealers, and insurance...