Making Money vs a Busines (and Business Models too)
Over the last 15 years, I have counseled scores of people with just making money through buying and selling of personal property (chattel). Some have dabbled and made an extra 200 to 300 a week and a few are making serious money, some $1,000.00 a day and more.
So join in the discussion about making money or starting a business or the various business models out there. We probably won't cover them all,. but it might be educational for all of us.
I'll start in my neighborhood of Cuyahoga Falls, OH. My neighbor Sue started several years ago grooming dogs in her basement, she did not have a business just did it for friends and family. Today she owns a dog spa, and sells many dog related items in her retail store.
This is a HOME Based to Brick and Mortar model of a business.
Phyllis made wire jewelry and had it on display and consignment in several area beauty shops. She did not start a business. But she sold a lot of jewelry.
Dee, has a kiln in her back yard. Does stain glass work and makes glass beads and also does jewlery. She has a business and some of her work fetches thousands of dollars, even small pieces sell for several hundred dollars.
John cleans headlights and does auto detailing, not a business but he is mobile.
Bud cleaned headlights and had a business.
Lots of types of money making activites can get started and then become a business. Most MLM and network start-ups are like this..
Just to mention this, but certainly NOT to encourage anyone, but the guys peddling drugs are NOT in a business although some, I'm sure, make more than most Warriors do.
As there are dozens of ways to have an Online or Internet Marketing business, there are ways off line to just make money...and some service providers for online businesses are just about making money. Many cash deals going down.
It usually begins with "I just want to make money", but most quit the tested and proven ways to do it and some end up choosing a business model.
Gary down the street has 5 businesses in one, a brick and mortar boutique clothing store, a mascot shop. a trophy business, a screen printing business and an embroidery biz too. They are all related to ONE customer, that is, a guy from Falls High can buy a trophy, get a hat with logo, a sweatshirt with monogram...all in one place. Any of these could support a mom and pop at home business.
So, do you know of any hidden, out of sight, little known, "secret" or strange and unusual ways to make money or a business?
Please share.
gjabiz
PS. Being a Student of the Masters over the years, I've discovered dozens of little cash flow business models...and NO, never going to be a WSO on it, I'm glad to share here if you keep the thread alive with YOUR discussion, OK?
OH, one of my favs is a lady in Canton who makes laminated signs for a department store, in her home and does a thousand a week. Sweet, eh? Speaking of sweet, I have a friend in the candy biz.
~ Zig Ziglar
~ Zig Ziglar