Special Occasion Yard Cutouts business. Business Overview You can design and build your own special occasion yard cutouts, such as a stork for birth announcements or a happy birthday caricature. Or you can purchase predesigned and constructed special occasion yard cutouts to get this unique advertising business off the ground. Clients typically include people that want to surprise other people by having an announcement placed in their front yard to let everyone in the...

Entertainment Hotline Service business. Know exactly what kind of entertainment people want over the phone? Set it up and make it a business! Business Overview Just about any determined entrepreneur who is willing to work hard and practice good business skills can tackle starting and operating an entertainment hotline service in your community. Simply start an entertainment hotline service that features various events taking place in the community on the specific day and week....

Online Star Search business. Make money off of other people's fame. Business Overview Here is a novel online business opportunity for the cybersavvy entrepreneur to tackle. Develop a Web site that enables wanna-be movie stars, singers, and performers of all sorts a chance at fame. People with a particular talent could submit digital video footage of their performance and the footage could be placed into the Web site under the appropriate heading. Visitors to the site could...

Charity Events business. Make a business out of helping charity events be as successful and profitable as they can be, while earning money from your advertising clients. Business Overview Do you want to start an advertising business that helps local charities raise much needed funding, while building a profitable business for yourself? If so, perhaps you should consider starting a business that organizes community charity events like golf tournaments and craft sales. The...

Street Entertainer business. Have extraordinary talent and want to make money independently? Try this idea and give those street mimes some competition. Business Overview Do you possess a special entertainment talent such as miming, juggling, or walking on stilts? If so, perhaps you should consider applying that talent to becoming a professional street entertainer or busker, as many buskers routinely earn more than $1,000 per week and, best of all, the earnings come in the form...

Advertising Clipping Service business. Business Overview Did you know that companies that compete within the same industry regularly retain the services of an advertising clipping service to keep them up-to-date on how, why, and where the competition is advertising? Here is your opportunity to capitalize financially by starting an advertising clipping service. The key to success in this business is not to overcharge clients, but to work in volume. Charging clients a mere $30 to...

Community Bulletin Boards business. If connecting diverse people is your forte, a community bulletin board may be a good business for you. Business Overview High quality 4-foot by 8-foot wall-mounted bulletin boards can be built for about $250 each, and spending $10,000 to construct 40 bulletin boards has the potential to return advertising revenues in excess of $20,000 each month. How? Easy. Simply secure 40 high traffic locations such as food markets, malls, and recreation...

Aerial Advertising business. Business Overview If you are looking for a unique and inexpensive advertising business to start, look no further than starting an aerial advertising service. The best way to initiate this business is to form a joint partnership with a pilot who has, or has access to, an airplane as the pilot can concentrate on the aerial aspect of the business while you can concentrate on marketing the business and selling the advertising service. Demand for the...

Recording Studio business. Business Overview The investment required to start a sound recording studio is gigantic. However, the profits that the business can potentially generate are even larger. Starting a sound recording studio is much easier than it was at one time, simply because of the advancement in technology. Many recording studios that specialize in voiceovers for radio advertising, compact disc recordings, and videocassette recording are even homebased operations....

Taxi Cab Publication business. If you've ever been stuck in traffic during a cab ride, then you can probably see the appeal of an in-taxi publication to pass the time. You'll have plenty of advertising clients who will also want to take advantage of this audience. Business Overview Starting a taxi cab publication will take some clever negotiations skills to accomplish, but like any new business venture the effort is generally rewarded financially for the determined...