Free Courtesy Telephones business. Aid those that are too busy to keep life organized themselves. Business Overview Strategically locating courtesy telephones in high-traffic gathering places in your community has the potential to generate enormous monthly advertising revenues, and best of all the business can be kicked into high gear with an initial investment of less than $10,000. Courtesy telephones resemble commercial pay telephones with one big difference; there is no cost...

Extras-Only Agent business. They may not be the big starts, but movie extras can still make you money as an agent. Business Overview The film and TV production industry is booming, and starting an extras-only casting agency can potentially secure you a portion of this multibillion-dollar industry. Extras casting is simply supplying people to act as background performers in a film production. Typically extras or background performers represent every walk of life in terms of...

Online Bagpipes business. Start a site where bagpipers can advertise their services. Business Overview An online bagpipe service is simply a listing or posting service for bagpipe musicians for marketing their bagpipe playing services. In the past decade live bagpipe music has become extremely popular for entertaining guests at weddings, funerals, trade shows and just about any other special event or occasion. Starting an online venture dedicated to helping people and event...

Transit Advertising business. The profits will roll in when you start operating and marketing a transit advertising program. Business Overview Like many advertising service contracts, operating and marketing a transit advertising program is generally awarded by the transit commission or agency that operates the transit service on a tendered basis. Typically, the tenders renew every few years and the decision to award the contract to one particular service provider is made on...

Online Actors Directory business. Give actors a place to promote themselves online. Business Overview In North America thousands of actors and models are hoping to be 'found' and creating an actors directory website might just make you a financial star. You can charge actors and models a small yearly fee to post their headshot and portfolio pictures on the site. Directors, casting agents and producers who visit the site would only be a click away from finding the perfect person...

Site Sign Installation Service business. Business Overview Here is a terrific business to start and operate in conjunction with a door hanger service. Company site signs are temporally installed in front of a customer's home telling people in the neighborhood who the company is that is performing work, as well as what business they are in and how to contact the company. Most construction, renovation, and home service companies realize the value of installing site signs....

Hoarding Advertising Service business. Sell advertising along the fencing that protects construction sites. Business Overview For anyone who is not familiar with the term hoarding, it is the temporary plywood fencing that is erected around the perimeter of a construction site. Typically, hoarding is used for construction sites in densely populated urban areas to prevent foot traffic from being potentially injured as a result of coming into contact with falling debris or...

Used CD Shop business. Share a love of cheap and legally-purchased music with your customers. Business Overview If you love music, consider starting a used CD shop. The business can be established in a storefront location or alternately in a sales kiosk located within a busy mall or public market. To initially establish an inventory of CDs for the business, place classified advertisements in the local community newspaper offering to purchase whole or partial CD collections....

Band Rehearsal Space Rentals business. Business Overview Musical bands and performers have always had a difficult time securing space for rehearsing their acts and numbers, and starting a business that rents rehearsal space to musicians by the hour, day, week, or month is a fantastic new enterprise to get rolling. Ideally, the business will be established on leased premises in an industrial building so that noise will not be a concern or become a problem. Additionally, the...

Elevator Advertising business. Sell advertising space that will reach a captive audience. Business Overview Elevator advertising is probably the most effective advertising available in terms of consumer awareness, simply because occupants of elevators are a captive audience surrounded by few distractions. The key to successfully operating an advertising service that specializes in marketing elevator advertising spaces is to secure the busiest elevators in the community for the...