How many commemorative events have you either attended or were aware of over the past year? In the town I live, just this year we read in the local newspaper of a city employee who was about to retire after a distinguished career spanning over 25 years. The city was planning a small thank you event in his honor as was customary for employees who had a long tenure with the city.
Besides this commemorative event for the city employee, I continue to notice the numerous graduation parties, birth announcements and birthdays being advertised throughout the city by means of the signage that gets scattered across many street corners informing guests of the location of the special event.
So what does this mean to you? Can these commemorative events be used to start a home-based business? Absolutely, here is your new work at home opportunity, the Home Based Commemorative Directory Business. This opportunity will be unique and there should be virtually no competition in this business.
One thing I am sure of is, that in attendance at all of these events are numerous amateur photographers who will be feverishly cranking away on their digital cameras. The pictures captured will later be distributed and stored in boxes, photo albums and even framed if they even end up being printed.
Besides the pictures, what about the other memories, the funny stories, the jokes, the incident and all the many table discussions that make an event so memorable that everyone wishes they could just bottle up and keep revisiting as time passes. Luckily, your business does just that. You collect and package all the memories into a format that can be visited repeatedly.
So how do you put together a Commemorative Directory for events of these types that will not only be valuable to the attendees but also will pay you for your creative time?
First, gather all event photographs and the event guest list. Then gather any newspaper materials, articles written as in the case of my city employee example, or announcements of births, birthdays or graduations, solicit an interview with the event coordinator, do they have unique untold or known stories that can put some color to the event, find a sponsor for the directory, the sponsorship money should not only cover your cost of producing the directory but will also be your profit. If you have 50-100 people attending an event, you can imagine that a local business will be extremely enthusiastic about having their business name and picture on the inside and back cover of the directory. Nobody will be throwing this away and it will always serve as a reminder of the businesses involvement in the event, lastly, put everything together in a booklet format and mail out to the events attendees
As you grow this business, one of your biggest advertising mouthpieces will be those who receive the Commemorative Directory. Make sure that you place your contact information somewhere on the back cover so that others know how to get in touch with you for their own events.
Good luck and I hope you enjoy your work at home experience.
Have you ever dreamed of owning your own business and not having to work for someone else? If you've dreamed about it, you may have wondered should I start a home based business. Here are some questions to ask yourself before starting down the road to owning a home based business. Answer them honestly so you'll have a better idea if this is a road to travel down.
1. Are you a person who enjoys making decisions? Are you naturally a leader? These are traits that anyone thinking about starting a home based business must have. You will have to make some hard decisions as a business owner, so these are important personality traits to either already possess or work toward developing.
2. What is the most important quality for business owner, particularly a home based business owner, to have? Some people may think that being organized or having a desire to make money are the most important qualities. Being able to take the initiative and follow through are much more important.
3. Do you already have a good amount of money saved for start-up expenses? There are people who have been able to start a business with little more than a week's paycheck, but they are very rare. Most financial experts recommend a new business have a minimum of $25,000 in savings so they are contributing financially if they seek outside funding of any kind.
4. Do you handle change well? How flexible are you? Flexibility and adapting to change are more traits that are important for a home based business owner. These traits will serve you well when you have plans and they change due to a problem or a client needing something quickly.
5. How are you at planning? If you can't make short-range goals and meet them, how will you expect to make long-range goals and actually succeed? Poor management is one of the problems that cause new home based businesses to fail.
6. Do you follow through with the plans you make? Can you complete projects within the timeframe they are needed? Or do you have a bad habit of procrastinating? If you're unable to make plans and follow through with them, starting a business would not be a good idea for you. Persistence is a definite prerequisite to success.
7. Are you a risk-taker? There is a huge risk inherent in starting a business. If taking risks makes you uneasy, you may not be a candidate for this venture. Of course, you don't want to take a risk just for the thrill of it with business; you want to be able to calculate the risk and for them to be acceptable.
Starting a new home based business is on a lot of people's minds these days. You may be asking yourself, "Should I Start a Home Based Business?" Your answers to the above questions may help you make that decision.
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