Sunday, January 25, 2009

49 Ways For A Handy Person To Make Money

WOODWORKING
1. Building shelves
2. Stripping furniture
3. Floor refinishing
4. Making stereo cabinets
5. Making two-way pet doors
6. Designing closets
7. Refinishing and rebuilding furniture
8. Building patios
9. Building fences
10. Building secret compartments
11. Framing pictures
12. Making knives
13. Caning chairs


PAINTING AND DECORATING
14. Painting houses
15. Whitewashing
16. Hanging wallpaper
17. Wall decorating with rollerwall


CLEANING
18. Graffiti removal
19. Janitorial service
20. Window-washing service
21. Fish tank cleaning service
22. Carpet cleaning service
23. Chimney sweep service
24. Door-to-door car wash service
25. Mini-blind cleaning/ installation
26. Exterminator service


MISCELLANEOUS
27. Glass etching
28. Weather stripping
29. Repairing vinyl
30. Recycling tires
31. Gym and locker maintenance
32. Pool maintenance service
33. Upholstering
34. Building barbecues
35. Grocery cart maintenance
36. Golf club renewal service
37. Curb - painting house numbers
38. Garden statue repair service
39. Auto parking service
40. Parking lot striping service
41. Driveway sealing service
42. Spray painting cars and trucks
43. Doll hospital
44. Screen and storm window service
45. Building carports
46. Changing patios into porches
47. Dog cleaning and clipping service
48. Boarding kennel for pets
49. Cemetery maintenance service

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Make Money Clipping Newspaper Articles

Many organizations, businesses, and just individuals have a
great interest in what is put in print about them. They
constantly seek information as to their "public image". This
widespread interest provides a good opportunity to operate a
clipping business.
You will need access to many newspapers, local and perhaps
national as your business grows. Go through each paper and clip
out articles, photos, etc., which mention some person or
business of local or national prominence. Keep an alphabetical
file and accumulate clippings on the various individuals and
enterprises.
When you have accumulated sufficient clippings, photos and other
information, write to the individuals and firms advising them
you have a collection of articles about them which you will send
upon receipt of so much money per article, etc. Many of those
you contact should order.
Also clip out research reports on various subjects which may be
of interest to professional people.
Retail merchants are often interested in advertisements that are
being used by their competitors, hoping to be able to dream up
better or competing ads. They may also be interested in
advertisements featuring different product lines to give them
promotional and advertising ideas for their own products.
Information on marriages, divorces, births, deaths, new
businesses, etc., are also of interest to many different kinds
of organizations.
You can use the "Directory of Periodicals" at the library to get
names of magazines and publishing companies when you have
expanded to the point you can use clippings form national media.
Don't clip or send copyrighted materials. Clips from magazines
are most always copyrighted. Newspaper articles are not usually
copyrighted unless it has UP/AP or other codes (United Press...
Associated Press, etc.). Syndicated features and cartoons are
all copyrighted.