Creating Your Own Business Why Create Your Own

Creating Your Own Business

Why Create Your Own Business? • Learn responsibility • Learn time management • Build your résumé to help you get into college or get a better job in the future • Earn money for college, car, etc. • Learn how to interact well with others • Learn determination

Seasonal Business Ideas • Fall: raking leaves, cleaning gutters, growing pumpkins to sell for Halloween, • Winter: gift wrapping, hanging Christmas lights, painting windows, cleaning windows you painted • Spring: weeds • Summer: growing vegetables to sell

Wirth Your Time Carpet Cleaning • Clean carpets with your own machine Jaycob Wirth Class of 2022

Able Body Advertising • Make a sandwich board and advertise for local business

Manuel Labor • Do any job that require manual labor “Manuel” Labor

Flyers for U • Create flyers for local businesses. Print free sample. Charge for copies. E L P M SA Flyers For U

Mow on the Go • Mow lawns with your own mower. Mow on the Go

Hoe on the Go • Hoe weeds with your own hoe Hoe on the Go

Details, Details • Wash & detail cars Details, Details

Maid to Clean • Clean Houses with a partner Maid to Clean

Grafix • Design logos, flyers, or other graphics Designs

You. Tube • Generate income with your own You. Tube Channel!

Mr. Clarke’s Own Business Ventures as a Kid • Pac-Man Stickers • Used Items • Suckers • Copy Machine • Sports Bottles • Gum Ball Machine at home (M&Ms) • Gum Ball Machines in Businesses • Graphic Design • Video Yearbook • Wooden Reindeer Disclaimer: Selling at school is not allowed

Promotional Ideas • Discounts for first time customers • Volunteer your way into a job • What do you offer that others don’t? • Customized shirts/uniforms • Mention that you are saving money for college • Consider donating a portion of your earnings to charity (put this on your flyer).

Don’t Give Up • Door-to-door salespeople expect failure 90% of the time. They get turned down 9 out of 10 times. • They realize they must visit 100 houses to make 10 sales. • Focus on the 10% that say yes, not the 90% that say no. • 44% of salespeople give up after 1 “no” • 92% of salespeople give up after 4 “no’s” • 80% of potential buyers say “no” four times before saying “yes”

Business Ideas: • Babysitting • Landscape maintenance (mow lawns, do weeds, install sprinklers, plants, trim bushes, pick up dog poop, rake, etc. ) • Website developer • Computer training • Graphic design (create logos, flyers, signs, etc. ) • Painter • Dog walker • Pet sitter • Wash and groom pets • House sitter • Clean gutters

Business Ideas: • Car detailing • Tutoring • Clean houses • Lemonade stand • Handyman (or woman) • Pass out flyers with coupons (25 cents each for those returned to the business) • Write articles for online websites like Ezine. com, Howthingswork. com, and Wiki. com • Sell handmade items on http: //www. etsy. com/ • Photographer • Videographer • Resell items bought with coupons

Business Ideas: • Window washer • Paint seasonal pictures on windows • Be a personal assistant • Clean/organize garages, cupboards, closets, desks, etc. • Cook • Recycle • Pool cleaner • Paint street numbers on curbs • Make address signs with wood and a router • Gum ball machines/vending machines • Party planner • Teach (swim lesson, crochet, knitting, sewing, guitar, piano, another language, etc. )

Tips for Flyers • Use a larger font for the name of your business • Add a logo or image • Put contact information (name, phone number, email address, website address) • Use a catchy slogan • List your products/services • Limit the amount of text on the page • List your experience or special skills • Offer discounts • Print in color

On Your Own