Small Business Guides business. Create small business guides and take advantage of the growing influence of small businesses in the U.S. and Canada. Business Overview Small businesses drive the economies in both the U.S. and Canada. In fact, small business is responsible for 80 percent of all new and existing employment in both countries. Starting a desktop publishing business in your community that specializes in creating a monthly small business guide is a terrific new...

Newsletter Publisher business. Help businesses and organizations get their news out by publishing newsletters. Business Overview The newsletter is one of the hottest marketing vehicles around. It's a terrific way for businesses and professionals to keep themselves in their clients' minds and promote new business. It's also a great way for the word-wise entrepreneur to develop a subscription publication with far less cost than a full-fledged magazine or newspaper would entail. ...

Community Business Maps business. Guide tourists to local attractions and points of interest but don't be surprised if you get lost in the profits. Business Overview Community business maps are simply maps featuring information about local attractions and points of interest within a community, as well as highlighting the participating businesses that sponsor or advertise on the maps. Typically, business advertisers will receive a display-size advertisement on the back of the...

Self Publishing Consultant business. Know the secrets to self publishing? Help those who want to succeed too. Business Overview Here is your opportunity to help people fulfill their dreams of becoming published writers by starting a self-publishing consulting business. Offer your clients numerous services in both print and electronic formats for nonfiction and fiction books, journals, and short stories, including proofreading, editing, printing, marketing, and distributing...

Restaurant Menus business. Combine page designing talent with a love for food with this business idea. Business Overview How do you provide business owners in your community with highly effective low-cost advertising options, while also providing restaurant owners with high quality menus printed free of charge every month and make a profit for yourself? Easy, start a restaurant menu advertising program in your community. The business concept is very basic. Secure agreements...

Home Decorating Guide business. No, print isn't dead. Give homeowners a decorating guide they can flip through while sitting on their couch. Business Overview In spite of its popularity, we haven't turned our world completely over to the internet. Good old print publishing is here to stay, at least for the foreseeable future. A publishing business that creates and distributes semiannual home decorating guides can still earn excellent profits. The business concept is very...

Barter and Swap Publication business. One person's trash is another's treasure. Bring these people together with a barter and swap publication. Business Overview Barter and swap publications have become very popular in the past decade, as people seek more creative ways to get rid of items they do not want or need, and trade for useful items they'd like to have. Herein lies an outstanding opportunity to start a community barter and swap publication. The publication can be...

Campus Newspaper business. Give college students an alternative to their university newspaper. Business Overview The fact that most universities and colleges already have campus newspapers doesn't mean that they're good papers or that there isn't room for another campus newspaper. Creating and producing an unofficial campus newspaper is very straightforward. The paper can be published on a weekly or bimonthly basis and distributed free of charge throughout the campus and...

Proofreader business. Take your crusade against bad grammar and spelling to a career as a proofreader. Business Overview The written word makes the world go round. It's what businesses, associations and organizations of every description use to educate their target audiences, potential clients and existing customers. The problem is that most people view any sort of writing assignment with the sort of dread reserved for high school civics term papers, and if they do manage to...