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Some people love nothing more than to be inside, reading informative material, typing on their computers, running reports, and making phone calls; when they drift off into visions of their dream job, images of a cubicle come to mind. Other people, though, would much prefer fresh air and room to move on a regular basis. If you're someone who, by design, needs to regularly get out of the confines of an office, move around, and constantly break the routine, there are home business opportunities to suit that need. Though the following franchises won't take you to Yellowstone National Park or the Ozarks, they will frequently take you out of your house, which is better than being trapped between those 4 walls all day.
Possibly the most outdoorsy home based business available, this franchise often takes its owner to some of the most beautiful parks and beaches in the area. This is because ElizaJ is the premier provider of high-class portable restrooms for rent. When a bride and groom need to accommodate 200 guests with restroom facilities at their outdoor wedding but they don't want an ordinary construction-site outhouse, ElizaJ is the only business able to provide them with units equipped with music, flushing toilets, running water, handicap access, and air conditioning. And because the business specializes in weddings and other outdoor events, the franchisee has the special privilege of not only getting out of the house, but getting to go to beautiful outdoor engagements on a regular basis.
Vehicle Tracking Solutions
Though this business doesn't provide nearly the same outdoor access that ElizaJ franchisees get, it is still a great business for getting its owners out of the home office and into other locations. Since Vehicle Tracking Solutions is one of the only providers of GPS tracking equipment specifically designed for use in corporate auto fleets, vendors of the product spend a good deal of time making sales calls to potential and existing clients. This gives them the opportunity to move away from their computers, take a trip in the car, and go visit their clients' places of business. They get to interact with new people as well as some they already have a standing relationship with, shake hands, and discuss business across a table instead of over the phone. And since only a small fraction of the market is equipped with the product that Vehicle Tracking Solutions supplies, there are plenty more places for franchisees to visit.
TVME Inc
Another sales franchise business, TVME Inc markets computerized media centers to businesses in the hospitality and entertainment sectors, providing a digital source for all overhead music and videos. Whether the client is a restaurant, bowling alley, or bar, the TVME Inc franchisee is always interested in finding future clients and selling them the product. As such, work often means making visits to prospective clients to sell the merchandise and return trips to past clients' places of business to make sure that everything is continuing to work as expected. Though traveling the town is not constant for TVME Inc work at home franchisees, the trips out of the house they do get are a relief from the grind.
Vendstar
Whether you are interested in a little extra cash or a fulltime job with a steady stream of income, Vendstar vending is the way to go, and it's perfect for the person who just needs to get out and do some work in the field. Equipped with some of the hottest-selling name-brand candies on the market, Vendstar machines promise to be profitable business tools wherever a franchisee puts them. And the more locations that a franchisee can find for his machines, the more weekly time he gets to spend on the road, visiting each site, claiming his profits, and refilling the machines with goodies. Many vending work from home business owners report that the vast majority of their work week is spent making the rounds, which bodes well for the businessman who just needs to get out.
Allstate Investment Group
Another vending franchise, Allstate Investment Group provides the same opportunity for a franchisee to get out of the house and make restocking runs as Vendstar does. The difference with Allstate Investment Group, however, is that the runs may not prove to be quite as long, because franchisees with this business have larger vending machines, designed to hold snacks and beverages. That twist on the ordinary one-product-type vending machine tends to increase sales, which means that a franchisee does not need to have as many machines running at once to turn a good profit, which in turn means that the time it takes to make the rounds and fill the machines is not as high. But, the fidgety franchisee still does get out on a regular basis.
Many business opportunities exist that allow the owner to get out into the world and get a change of scenery on a regular basis. If you need those times to get out and see more than 4 walls and a glowing computer screen, give serious thought to any of these franchises, and you won't be disappointed.
As everyone knows, the kind of business a person goes into depends heavily on what their natural skills and abilities are. Those who are good at organizing and overseeing people benefit most in management positions. Others excel in matters of physical labor and craftsmanship, and they tend to do excellently in home service and cleaning industries, both owning and operating their businesses by themselves. Still others display their greatest skill in persuading others to a certain course of action, and these folks tend to be perfectly suited for product sales.
Though it can often be overlooked as a viable career, or seen as a less-than-admirable one, sales is actually one of the most profitable businesses out there. And really it isn't an isolated business at all: every industry has some aspect of sales included in it, and only the best salesmen profit in that. If you're a great salesman looking for a franchise opportunity that will put your specific talents to best use, here are a few franchises that will do just that.
Vehicle Tracking Solutions
There aren't many businesses that provide the services that Vehicle Tracking Solutions does: selling GPS tracking equipment to American companies for use in their 20 million corporate vehicles. Within a designated sales territory, the franchisee with this business is responsible for approaching potential clients with a franchisor-provided presentation about the product. Because this tool is so useful for clients who need to keep abreast of where their delivery vehicles and executive cars are, it's not a tough sell. And with revenue streaming in for the franchisee from initial sales as well as ongoing subscriptions to the network that maps and records where the vehicles go, money flows in at all times. Among the handful of companies across the country that do this kind of work, VTS is the only franchise business, so this is the entrepreneurial salesman's one opportunity to get in on this vast market that is, to date, only 7% tapped.
TVME Inc.
Television Music Entertainment is a one-of-a-kind home based business opportunity for the talented salesman. Approaching the entertainment and hospitality industry, franchisees have exclusive rights to sell the TVME touch-screen entertainment system, which houses over 450,000 songs and nearly every music video filmed in the last 40 years. Even if the average restaurant owner possessed that many songs and videos in a personal collection, there is no single computer system that could hold it all (it would take roughly 1.5tb just to contain the music collection, apart from the videos). The only way it can be done, and the way that TVME does it, is by linking purchased equipment to a central media hub that narrowcasts to subscribers, making this both an amazing system and a fairly self-selling item. And its sales can only be enhanced by a talented salesman.
Air Advantage
This work from home sales franchise does most of its business by way of marketing plans that are broader than simple sales presentations or door-to-door selling, but that doesn't mean that it isn't a good fit for someone who knows how to communicate with a specific demographic, because one specific demographic is the lifeblood of this company: rural America. Already established in much of Michigan's northern countryside, Air Advantage franchisees provide wireless internet to Americans who aren't close enough to urban areas to otherwise receive it. This is the sales opportunity for anyone who can sell internet connectivity to enough people in a rural area to justify the installation of a cell tower as well as a business.
The Love Maine Lobster Claw
Few sales business opportunities come along that are truly fun for franchisee and client alike, but this is one of them. A home business, The Love Main Lobster isn't like any of these other businesses right for a salesman, because instead of the consumer, the person that needs to be sold on this interesting breed of vending machine is the owner of the shop at which the machine is located. The reason that might be a tricky sale is entirely wrapped up in the machine, which is combination between an arcade claw game and a live lobster tank at a supermarket. Customers pay $2 to control the claw that, hopefully, grabs the live lobster of their choice from the tank. Customers love the game because it's fun, challenging, and strange. Franchisees love this profitable and quirky machine because convincing a location owner of its value is fun, challenging, and strange.
Salesmanship may be an underappreciated art, but it is an art and a necessary piece of the business puzzle any way you look at it. Without people who are talented enough to persuade clients to purchase products that they need, sales would never be sufficient to justify continued product production and continued business. There are many large corporate powers that need good salesmen, but there are just as many great business opportunities in the franchise sector that give the chance to make sales and do so for the development of your own business. So never short-change yourself and your abilities.