Fundraising Consultant business. Use your sales and financial experience to be a fundraising consultant. Business Overview Acting on behalf of charities as a fundraising consultant can earn you as much as $100,000 per year, of course providing you have the skills and abilities to raise funds for the charities that your service represents. The first step required for establishing a fundraising service is to build alliances with local or national charities to represent the...

Portrait Artist business. Highlight the best in people with your artistic expertise. Business Overview Artistic talent does not need to be on your side for this new business enterprise. Person, pet or object, many people wish to have something immortalized on canvas for a myriad of reasons. The first step will be to establish a working relationship with a few professional portrait artists or art students seeking income opportunities. Next, you will want to acquire some samples...

Stenciling business. Put designing know-how to good use when stenciling for clients. Business Overview Specializing in custom stenciling is a fantastic low-investment business you can start and manage right from a home based office. In the past few years stenciling has once again become a popular interior decorating art medium. The uses vary from decorative wall borders to creating beautiful patterns on cabinet doors. To get started all you have to do is practice. There are...

Online Art Gallery business. Create a venue with no boundaries for artist showcases. Business Overview Like an online art auction, an online art gallery also offers works of art for sale, but not in an auction format. This is the type of art marketing system that many well-established artists prefer to the auction format, as the value of their works cannot be diminished by lack of bids. The site can be indexed into various art mediums, and artists wishing to be featured on the...

Seminar Speaker business. Business Overview Corporations, associations, and event planners are on the constant lookout for interesting speakers to lecture at corporate events and seminars. If you possess special life experiences in business, travel, finance, or overcoming the odds, then an outstanding opportunity awaits you by becoming a freelance seminar speaker. Initially to secure speaking engagements, create a resume outlining your experience and related skills, and...

Cloth Diaper Service business. Business Overview The not so sweet smells of success. Disposable diapers are not environmentally friendly and can often irritate a baby's skin. The solution? Environmentally-friendly cloth diapers made of natural fibers. A baby can go through as many as 4,000 diapers before being fully toilet-trained, and this fact of life creates an outstanding business opportunity. Depending on your business start-up budget, there are two methods of pursuing...

Sales Training Service business. Train others with your sales and management expertise. Business Overview Are you a sales professional who is recognized as a top producer in your industry? If so, in addition to your six-figure yearly commission earnings, you can add another $100,000 simply by training other sales professionals to also become perennial top sales producers. The sales training can be taught at the client's site or in a home based classroom atmosphere. The course...

Artist Agent business. Represent artists to secure them work and gallery space. Business Overview An artist agent is the same as any other industry agent. You simply represent the talents or skills of an individual or group of individuals. Remuneration is by way of a commission charged on work sold; generally the commission rate is between 10 and 20 percent of the total selling value of the art. Why would an artist seek to be represented by an agent? There are many reasons why...

Bicycle Safety Courses business. Teach parents and children how to stay safe on their bikes. Business Overview Thousands of children are seriously injured each year as a result of bicycling accidents. Most of these accidents and injuries could have been avoided had the children and parents attended a cycling safety instruction course. Here is your opportunity to not only start your own business, but also provide a service that can help prevent needless cycling accidents...

Employee Training business. Combine good teaching and management skills for a career in employee training. Business Overview The demand from employers for specialized employee training is enormous, and starting a home based employee-training service is a terrific new business venture to set in motion. The key to success in this business is specialization, and your service should focus on one particular training style or method that you have mastered or can quickly master....