Unconventional Advertising Agency | Business Ideas

Even though companies have reduces their promotional budgets, this is the perfect time to promote your business because in crisis periods, the best way to get out of it is marketing.

Unconventional ads can cost less than traditional ones and could have a bigger impact due to the fact that nobody done it before. Usually, the clients want to stand out in an unusual way, so to speak,

In a very good business idea because it forces you to think outside the box, to find new ways to promote different businesses, products or services. The best asset of your advertising company will be the employees, they will have the brilliant ideas that will help your company evolve.

I think that companies will start using unconventional ways to promote their businesses because they know that their consumers want something new.

You can put ads on toilet seats, in elevators, you can write on the sky, you can do whatever you want, you can advertise in places where no one has the courage to do it, BE DIFFERENT

Source of picture : www.finioglasi.si

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Best Crisis Businesses

Even though the world economic doesn`t fell that well, and many companies go bankrupt, there are a couple of business industries that are still goign very well and some companies that bring their owners big profits.

So, i tried to put up a list for domains that are doing well even though we are in an economic crisis.

1. Collection agencies
Because many companies fell back with their payments, the creditors hire collection agencies to recover the money for them. This business is very profitable right now. But, I have to give you some advice, if you start your collector business now, hire experience personel in this domain so your company could extend more rapidly.

2. Management company
With all the businesses beeing in trouble, a management business with experience people could help businesses that are in dificulty move on and come back on it`s feet.

3. Repairing businesses
Because people don`t have so much money to spend on new stuff, they prefer to repair their broken stuff rather than replaicing them. An example for repairing or service business: computer service, auto service, shoe repairing.

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Laser Shows - Business Ideas

In the last couple of year, laser shows have been a part of every concert and every entertainment show, they are now part of an entire industry, and it is a very profitable business.
You can do different things with lasers, you don`t have to stop at concerts or shows, you can do laser shows at private parties or for special occasions.

You want to impress your fiancé? Order a laser projection with her name on the club ceiling where you celebrate your engagement.

You want people to see in the range of a couple of miles that you are the sponsor of en event? Easy, just order a laser projection and on the sky will appear your company logo.

What are the advantages of the business

1. The equipment, the software and the expertise can be provided by a specialized company, so it wont be hard to start such e business even thought you are not an expert in this field.

2. The equipment is light and easy to transport to every location and it runs from a 220v source, so you can run your business using just one van.

3. Your business should take of instantly because if you participate at one or two event, thought word of mouth you will become known in the industry.

4. If you don`t use the equipment, your business profits wont have to suffer because you can just rent the equipment, without your expertise.

Business Profits

Just one light show can put into your pockets between 3.000 and 10.000$, depending on the duration and complexity. You also can rent just the equipment, in this case the fee is about 600 $ / day. For private events like I presented earlier you can charge between 200 – 1.000$.

Good Luck!!!!

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Food business with a twist -- Business ideas

Everyone eats, that is a fact. With globalization, people often travel all around the world to learn about different cultures and habits. Now, what if you bring the culture to them. Make a store that sells food from different parts of the world. I don`t mean a restaurant, i was thinking a store that sells cookies, pastry, different foods from all over the world. I think this type of business will be a success especially in you live in a city visited often by tourists. All you have to do is to find recipes that are easy to make, recipes from all over the world.

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Growing Crawfish | Business Ideas

Is the growing crawfish a good business? It surtenly is a very profitable business. On the european market fresh crawfish is traded with about 12 – 17 $ / kilogram, and frozen crawfish with about 7 $ / kilogram. The demand is much grater than the offer, especially on european markets.

You would not need sofisticated equipment to help you grow the crawfish, and their diet is made out of food, with very low economic value. The only condition is to provide them o good habitat climat.

For this business to work, you will have to have some specialists near you, so they could help you in the beginning, with the habitat and the texture of the soil. The place where you want to place your farm, has to be near a water source and in an area that has a positive temperature. Crawfish don`t like cold winters.

The initial investment in such a business can start from 50.000 $ and it could reach 150.000 $ depending on the surface of the farm, the equipment used and the number of employees you will want to have

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Indoor playground for children | Business Ideas

In our days even children that have 3-4 years learn to play on the computer before they learn how to play with other children. In the computer era, it is good to help our children relax in other ways, not just playing all day on the computer. In this way we give them another type of entertainment besides computer games.

Today I have decided to present to you a business that is developing very fast all over the world. The business that I am referring is the indoor playground for children.

Parents come with their children at the playground and for a small fee; their kid could play with other children, with toys, with inflatable toys. The staff could organize contests between children and fun games.

While they wait parents could serve a drink at the tables specially arranged for them.

Also to boost your income level, so that your business becomes more profitable, you could also sell a couple of models of toys and you could organize parties for children.

The costs of opening such a business can vary from 20.000 $ - 100.000 $. The price range is so big because is depending on the location, the designs, the decors, the size of the place, the rent level (if you do not own the space).

To make the business known you would not have to make big investments because you should count on the “word-of-mouth” method. You could also distribute flyers to the neighborhood kindergartens so parents could study your offer. And last but not least, a web sites, its cheap but it gives a lot of benefits to the business.

I wish you good luck!!

source of photo: www.alibaba.com

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The winners and losers of the economic crisis

Massive staff cuts, production interruptions, budget cut offs and rethinking of future strategies. These are just some of the headlines of the economic crisis that we are facing at the moment. We all have do deal with one of the crisis problems at one point, some of us did and some of us will, it’s just a matter of time.

With this article I want to present to you business opportunities, domains that are not suffering because of the crisis. And business domains that collapsed and in the next couple of years we won’t see a comeback.

So, let’s start with the businesses that are doing pretty well in this period:

Entertainment - This industry was not hit as hard as it was thought. Here we can talk here about pubs, fast foods, movies, coffee shops. Because of all the bad news about the crisis and wars at TV people prefer to go and relax with friends at a coffee shop or at a movie. Also people can’t afford now to go to medium or high class restaurants so they prefer fast foods.

Business Consultancy - Especially juridical. It’s a domain that makes good profits during the crisis. Because of the economical conjuncture, litigations appear between business partners and they need juridical consultancy to pass over these problems.

Online businesses – This type of businesses doesn’t seem to be very affected by the crisis. They have two major advantages: they keep their costs to a minimum and they represent the future in commerce so customers prefer these types of shops.

Luxury - Planes, diamonds, expensive cars. In some parts of the word these luxury items are sold better than ever. All luxury clothing sold better this year. All the brads reported increases in sales and profits.

Now we move onto the loser’s category:

Real estate - It totally collapsed no good news. Financing is hard to get and no one buys anything any more.

Auto Industry - Sales dropped by half. GM reported a drop with 45 % of sales on the American market. Renault fired over 6000 employees in this period. Porsche announced a drop by 39 % of sales. So, I would not suggest starting a business complementary to the auto industry. Maybe just car service could have some success because people will need service to their old cars in the conditions that they are not buying new ones.

Start-ups - in any domain you want to start a new business it will be very hard to find financing, banks are very exigent at the moment.

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Doing City Tours With Buses | Business Ideas

This type of business can be made in big cities or in cities that are very nice. Also it could be made in cities that you have many things to see or that have many landmarks. I was thinking of buses that are double decked without roof.

Tourists can make pictures from the bus while the bus is moving and could admire the view. While the bus is moving tourists could be presented with a description of each tourist objective or landmark.

This type of business has a couple of inconvenience. The city that you will want to make this business in should have a light car traffic so the busses could drive easily and tourists would not wait in traffic jams. And a second problem would be suspended phone wires, if they are too low, they could bother your clients. And finally the third problem could be the gas price, but as we saw lately the gas price degreased significantly

You could start the business with a single bus, then buying others if the business is growing nicely. I would suggest that you sign different partnerships with travel agencies so the customers will buy the city tour, provided by your company.

The cost of single bus starts from 150.000 $ and could go up to 500.000 $ for an used one. For a new one, the cost could reach up to 1.000.000 $, but I suggest buying a new bus if you are going to start this business in a very big city.

To advertise for your new business you could put flyers in hotels and travel agencies, building up a web site and buy outdoor advertising.

You could also make promotions like: “For groups bigger than 25 people, you get 10 % discount”

Source of photo : http://z.about.com/d/studenttravel/1/0/G/C/original_tour_troc.jpg

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Luxury perfume boutique | Business Ideas

This business idea came when I have realized that an important client of mine did not have a place to buy a good perfume. Of course there are the generalist stores that sell perfumes, but I am talking about high – end perfumes.

If your country has a high economic growth and the population likes luxury (I mean that if they have the money to buy luxury items) I would suggest that you start a perfume boutique, a luxury perfume boutique.


A high –end perfume could cost from 300 $ to a couple of thousand dollars depending on the brand and on the edition (limited edition are more expensive).


The investment in such a boutique could start from 90.000 $ (70.000 euro) and could go up to 260.000 $ (200.000 euro) depending on the location, the design of the boutique and how many square meters it has. Your turnover will be around 200.000 – 500.000 in your first year. Don’t worry about the profit; it will come very quick because the profit margin is very good in luxury commerce.

source of photo : www.clubparfumerie.co.uk

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A new business opportunity, free wireless network

I guess that everyone knows what is a wireless network, so the business opportunity that I have found is very simple. Give free internet wireless access for users. I know that you will ask me how would you get your money back, it`s very simple, by selling ad space.


Let’s say that I use your network and get online using a browser. When I open the browser for 10 or 15 seconds it displays me ads or commercials, and then after that I can navigate for free. From the user it doesn`t imply any cost and you will get your profits by selling ad space. It`s a win-win situation.


You will be paid more for displaying ads if you have a precise target. Let’s say that you will install a network in a university campus. In this case your users will be mainly students. Many companies want to have young people as their clients so their ads will be better targeted and you can charge them more money.

Good luck!!!

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Finance your business - Problem or Challenge?

"I don`t have money to start my own business", I hear that very often. People all over the world use those words when they want to express their fear of entering in business and becoming a successful entrepreneur. They say it like have everything except money, they have the knowledge, the experience, they have studied the market, they have the rare business sense, but no money.


You need money to start your business? of course you need. A lot? That depends on the profile of your future business, you have to calculate for yourself all the costs that are involved. You may have a surprise to discover that the costs are not as high as you thought and, in fact are relatively small. Your business seems to have a bright future. Why does everyone think that a business can only be started with tens of thousand of $. You are right to say that, if you look at a couple of successful businesses you will see that they didn`t started with a small amount of money.


They have luxurious cars, lots of employees, big office buildings, you see their names everywhere, and you say to yourself that you don`t stand a chance. You are forgetting a crucial aspect regarding those businesses. They didn`t appear over night, they have a history of 10 -20 years, and when they started they didn`t have luxurious cars, big office buildings, they started just like you. They were happy if they didn`t go bankrupt, and their growth was small but steady. If we take a look at global companies like Gillette or Nike we will see that they started with a small amount of money. If they could do it, why can`t you?

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Putting company logos on cars | Business Ideas

You drive your car in the city, when you go to work or simply because you have some business that you have to resolve, why not put your company logo on your car. I think that putting your company logo, telephone number and address is one of the cheapest ways to make your company known. The car inscription business is a good business to start if your country has registered a good economical growth, and many people decided to start their own business.

There are two ways to make custom logos and inscriptions:

1. With cutter plotter, this king of technology is kind of old, but many people still use it. It is harder because you have to cut manually the letters and the logos.

2. With a big printer, that could print large pieces so they could be applied directly to the car.

Using the printer is much easier to make complicated designs.

In many countries you will find families that run this kind of business in their spare time because it doesn’t need much money to start.

The Investment

The initial investment will be around 1500 euro (about 2200 $). With these money you will have to buy a cutter plotter, a used one costs about 500 euro (700$) a new one costs 2500 euro (3500$), a computer, a printer, a scanner, a phone and a drawing licensed software (like Corel Draw - 300 euro (420$)).

Office Space and employees

You don’t have need many employees, 1-2 are sufficient in the beginning (to keep the costs as low as possible and the profits high, you could be the only employee). For running your business you will need a small room in witch to put al the equipment. Also you do not need an office or a garage because the work will be done at the client’s garage.

To make a design, you will need about 30 minutes for a simple one and it could reach 3 hours for a much more complicated one.

Profits

Don’t expect to become a millionaire if you start this business, at least not in the first 5 years :), but the profits are quite good, every square meter of inscription costs about 15 - 20 euro (20 -30$) depending on the design. From that amount half of it goes into your pocket, that’s about 10 euro (15 $).

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Rent luxury items | Business Ideas

Everyone wants to be a millionaire but just few succeed. For those who love luxury but they don`t afford buying expensive object, we come with a solution. A business idea that will be a success. Rent luxury items.



Of course the investment will be pretty high, but I will expect you to recover your money quickly because the market wants this king of products. Let’s say that you are going to a party and you want to have a luxury purse but you only will wear it then and you don`t have the money to spend on an expensive accessory that you will use just once or twice. No problem, you can rent a purse to go to the event, it will cost you 100 times less than if you have bought the purse.


You can expand in many domains like rent jewelry, rent cars (Ferrari, Bentley. Maseratti, Rolls Royce), rent dresses for special events, rent watches.

Good luck!!!

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Money making adrenaline rush - Zorb | Business Ideas

Zorb is a new way to pump your adrenaline. The Zorb was invented in New Zeeland in 1995 and from then it’s been used all over the world on slopes (it doesn’t matter if it is winter or summer), in any season it will bring you nice money.



This concept is very simple, a sphere, made from transparent PVC, that has a compartment in the middle where one human can stay. People don’t get injured because they are protected by a membrane of about 70 cm. The Zorb rolls over a mountain sloop giving the person inside a thrilling ride (it reaches about 50 km / h).


The rollover is chaotic, any bump may change the trajectory of the sphere, you can go up, down and left in a couple of seconds. For the business to be a success you have to find a mountain slope, with the length of about 50-100 m, and with not so many big rocks. Once you buy a Zorb the company will give you a complete training on how to use one of this "toys".


You will make considerable profits, and make a big splash in the world of extreme sports enthusiasts in your country.

source of photo : www.hakatours.com

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Rent a gadget | Business Ideas

Have you ever needed a Gps but you didn’t buy one because you had to use it just once and then probably will have sat in its case, never used again?

Well, this business idea comes in the help of people who needs electronic items to use for a short period of time. The service is very simple, like we have the “Rent a Car” companies; we could have the “Rent a Gadget” concept.


You could rent a GPS, you could rent portable TV’s, portable DVD players, notebooks, and you could practically rent any type of gadget.

Your investment in the company will be very little. Let’s make a short calculation: A GPS gadget costs about 200 $, if you will rent it with 5 $ a day, in 40 days you will get your money back.

You could advertise with flyers and with a web site, you could also advertise in campuses and universities.

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Graffiti removal, a profitable niche | Business Ideas

I bet you have seen a lot of walls painted with graffiti, some of them are very nice, but other is ruining the buildings aspect. Some of the times you can see shops that have graffiti on their windows, and that is not so good for the image of the shop. In some times clients may not enter your shop because of the graffiti.



That problem created a niche, graffiti removal. It is a business that you can start with a very small amount of money, under 8000 euro (10.000 $). All you need is a car that carries your equipment, chemical solutions that are environment friendly, 2 workers, and good promotion. You don’t have to start with new equipment, you con start with used equipment, and then extend your business.


Graffiti can be removed with chemical solutions, with water jet, or in extreme cases, sand blasting. You can remove graffiti from surfaces like: brick, glass, and metal, wood. As your clients you can have the city council with witch you can have an agreement to protect the local landmarks, statues and historical buildings. Other clients can be small business entrepreneurs who want their shops to look good.

You can advertise in outdoor media, and with flyers to keep the low cost of the project

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Employees in the crisis, hiring opportunity

With the crisis that we are dealing with many companies that have very competent people are on the brinks of bankruptcy. That is why is a good moment for you to hire excellent and very competent people with minimum costs.


Also is a very good time to try to devote your time and resources to your most valuable employees and try to make your best (if you are a manager) to not let go your most reliable employees. Hard times pass with devoted employees.

If you are a manager it’s a good time to listen to any ideas that your employees may have. You will never know where you can discover a talent. You can implement their ideas and make your business more efficient, they can have ideas on how to reduce the costs or how to be more productive.

Some companies tent to leave all regarding to the company’s management, don’t make this mistake, try to involve all your employees in this process, you will only discover new and good ideas.

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Aquatic club for children | Business Ideas

A business like this will need serious investments from you. You don’t have to build you own swimming pool, you could rent one from the swimming federation in your country. You will have to send your employees to training so they could get certified. For the club you will need an about 150 - 200 sq feet.

The market is formed from people who want their child to learn how to swim in an interactive environment, and the children will have maximum 6 years. You make the club according to your future clients, and if you want older children you will have to make the design according to them.


Your clients should pay a fee of about 200 euro (290$) per month, but the fee may rise if the clients will chose to have more sessions. For a club with a surface of about 200 sq feet, you could have about 150 children. Your annual turnover will be around 400.000 euro / year. (570.000$)


I will suggest you should look for an indoor swimming pool so you could have a business not only in the summer but in the winter as well. You will need about 5-6 trainers that will work with the children.


This is a good business if your hobby is swimming or your city or country has a deficit of swimming pools (if you decide to build the swimming pool). Your profits will be around 100.000 euro (142.000$) per year. Good luck!!

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Bio products - healthier food | Business Ideas

Either you want to produce bio products or just to be the distributor; I think that this is a great business opportunity. Since people have access to all sorts of information (TV, Newspapers, and internet) they think twice before buying a product that is full of additives. So, even though these products will be a little bit more expensive than the normal ones, they will be healthier. You can buy all kind of bio products, from fruits, to bread, to sweets.


The difference between bio and natural in those bio products are made exclusively natural. That means that the plants used have grown on a farm that didn`t use chemical fertilizer and when the plants were processed they didn’t` used additives. You could start this type of business with just a couple of thousand of dollars, if you want to be just a distributer or a small producer, and it could go up to 100 – 200.000 dollars if you want to be a big producer.

I wish you good luck!!!

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Make money from dirty toys | Business Ideas

Have you noticed that after a while you kids toys become all dirty. You don`t know how to clean them, and you can`t buy another toy because your child is emotionally attached to it. Usually a need becomes a good business idea.



Have you noticed that after a while you kids toys become all dirty. You don`t know how to clean them, and you can`t buy another toy because your child is emotionally attached to it. Usually a need becomes a good business idea.


That is why I come with a new service: cleaning kid’s toys. Either the toys come from household or from companies. You can set up a monthly fee for the companies and a price per toy for the households.


When I say companies a mean: kindergartens, medical cabinets for kids, kid stores, stomatology cabinets. They pay a monthly fee and your employees will get the toys and clean them back so other kids can enjoy them.

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