We all want to provide something more for
our family, but we may not want to compromise on
being a “stay at home” person.
Luckily, the growth of working at home has paved the way for you to have it
all. Work at home persons are persons who have found a way to keep their family
a central part of their day-to-day lives, while also managing to bring in extra
income with their own business. While certainly no easy feat, starting your own
business could be the key to achieving your own personal and work dreams. To
help get you started, I’ve compiled my list of thirty four perfect business ideas
for young “stay at home” people:
Artist
If you have some artistic talent, you can
start just about any business that reflects your abilities. Sell paintings
online or create your own designs and sell them on merchandise through online
stores like etsy.com, olx.com.ng, tradestable.com. Art doesn’t necessarily mean
drawing either. If you have a talent for jewelry, sewing or any artistic
endeavour, there are many ways to turn that passion into profit.
Blogger
Simple to get started and incredibly
self-fulfilling to work on, blogging is a go-to work at home idea for many
young people. It allows you to focus on a topic that you enjoy most and work
around your own schedule.
Bridal
Consultant
If you love weddings and are a
detail-oriented and organized person, you may want to consider becoming a home-based bridal
consultant. With many women juggling their work life with their home life, managing a huge event like
a wedding may seem nearly impossible. Working with a bridal consultant is great way to help alleviate extra stress during this
time.
Business
Plan Writer
As more people start to realize that being
more self-sufficient can help through economic downturns, self-employment is
becoming more and more the norm. While someone may have all the know-how to
create their product or service, they may not have the knowledge to actually
run the business or get it started. Become a freelance business plan writer and
you can help these individuals realize their dreams.
Cake
Decorator
Have a passion for making cakes beautiful?
With some examples of your creations and a bit of social networking, you could
be on your way to the business of your dreams. There are always reasons to celebrate,
and where there’s a party, a cake is never far behind. Increase your chances of
standing out from the crowd by targeting a niche cake business such as GMO
free, vegetarian, or even Disney or other specialized design areas.
Career
or Life Coach
It isn’t always easy for people to figure
out what’s best for them. Sometimes we just need someone to help us along and
to get us through the rough patches. Career and life coaches can help people
get to that better place more easily and quickly than they would on their own.
If you love people and have a true desire to help them, this may be the
business opportunity for you.
Children’s
Book Writer
If you love to write and illustrate and
can’t keep good stories out of your head, you may want to give writing a
children’s book a try. Luckily, with the iPad and Kindle, it’s easier than ever
to get your story out to the masses. You can test your story ideas out with
ebook apps on these devices. If one gets extremely popular, you can publish it
afterwards.
Craft
Business
There are many ways to capitalize on your
love of crafting. You can sell your homemade goods at local craft fairs and
bazaars. You can sell your items on eBay or Etsy. You can even start a craft blog
with tutorials for crafts you make. Or, you can do a combination of all three.
Consulting
Business
Do you have knowledge in an industry that
may be helpful to other people. You may be a great startup business expert or a
social media guru. Maybe you know how to break into the music or acting
industry. Whatever your specialized knowledge, you can bet that other people
would be willing to pay to avoid the hard-knock lessons you’ve learned.
Copywriter
With the age of the Internet in full bloom
and content marketing becoming the center of it all, the need for copywriting
has never been greater. If you have a love of the written word and a firm grasp
on the grammar rules that make up our language, becoming a professional editor
could be your ideal freelancing business.
Direct
Sales or Home Based Franchise
If you love meeting new people and helping
them use the latest gadgets or products, you may want to consider a direct
sales business. All the products are picked out, you are given all the
marketing materials you need, and you’ll have the support of other people who
are doing the same thing. Some of the more popular businesses for this idea
include: Avon, Mary Kay, Passion Parties.
Event
Planner
Love to throw parties? Help others create
the perfect event with your party prowess. You don’t need to cater to just
home-based parties either. Some of the best income in this industry can be made
through business and corporate event planning. To stay competitive, make sure
you create a good network of businesses to work with.
Fitness
Trainer
Your love for helping other people get in
shape could become your next business opportunity. You can help coach people in
your home, go to theirs, or offer online classes through Skype or video chat.
You could even start a blog helping people with fitness and workout tips. Using
your blog to create a following, you could also create and sell personalized
workout plans online.
Freelance
Writer
The need for writers has grown
exponentially over the last few years. From website article writing to technical
writing, your options are endless. If this is something you are interested in,
you may want to consider specializing in a specific industry to help establish
your expertise more easily, such as gaming, health or eCommerce product
descriptions.
Grant
Writer
Non-profits are constantly struggling to
get money in the door. Grant writing is a necessary component to raising funds.
Your ability to write and research will be the key to your success with this
business. As a freelance grant writer, you can help multiple non-profits at
once. To help get started, you may want to offer your services for free for the
first few grants to establish your resume.
Graphic
Designer
Graphic designers have many business
opportunities that cater to their skill set. You can work as a freelance
graphic designer or illustrator. You may also want use your skills to create
your own line of stationery, printables or even web design templates. You could
also specialize in a specific field such as logo design, infographics,
brochures or annual reports.
Hobby-Related
Business
Your love for your hobby could turn into a
passion for profits. With the success of online marketplaces such as eBay and
Etsy, you can have an instant platform for selling your creative wares. If you
don’t feel like selling your creations, you can sell tutorials that will let
others make them instead.
Home-Based
Bakery or Food Business
Take your love for baking or cooking and
turn it into your own business. Your culinary skills can be turned into a
variety of businesses, from working as a personal chef to baking at home and
selling your goods to local stores. If you like cooking for a crowd, you may
even want to try your hand at catering.
Image/Fashion
Consultant
Let your passion for fashion make you some
extra income. If you love pulling together the perfect outfit, you may want to
consider becoming a fashion or image consultant. While it may not be obvious at
first, the reasons that people may need an image consultant are quite varied.
You may be helping someone get a complete wardrobe makeover, or you might help
someone work on their image to land their dream job or even their dream mate.
To help establish your credibility, you may want to consider becoming a
certified consultant .
Interior
Designer/Home Staging
A desire to make the world around us more
beautiful is a great reason to want to go into the interior design business.
There are a few ways to enter this business that you may want to consider.
First, you don’t necessarily need to be an interior designer. You can help
people with limited budgets by doing home staging or decorating their home with
what they already own. A good way to help set yourself apart from the pack in
this industry is to specialize in a certain area or style of design.
Internet
Marketing Freelancer
Internet marketing has grown tremendously
as a field, and it’s not diminishing any time soon. There are plenty of business opportunities within this industry, from
content marketing to search engine specialization.
You may even want to focus on traffic generation or helping businesses with the
art of conversion. Your skill set
can help you determine what area would create the best opportunity for success.
Licensed
Day Care Operator
If you have a passion for kids, don’t just
sit there admiring them, or if you are already taking care of your own little
ones, it makes sense to look for ideas that allow you to take advantage of the way you’re already spending your
time. Day care can seem like a natural
extension.
Nanny
or Babysitter Service
Know people looking for work? Help everyone
out by starting a nanny service. Use a website and local marketing to help
generate leads to find both potential nannies or babysitters and families looking
for one. To ensure success, you’ll need to make sure you carefully examine your
nannies backgrounds and resumes. A good place to start for more information if
you’re considering this business is the International Nanny Association.
Online
Store Owner
You may have dreamed of owning your own
store when you were younger, only to find out later how difficult it is to
actually run a brick and mortar store these days. The good news is, you can
sell just about anything online. There are plenty of ecommerce solutions online
for you to sell your wares, as well as the classic standbys of eBay and Etsy. The
trick for selling products online is to make sure to specialize in a certain
industry, for instance – secondhand clothing, discounted brand names, vintage
finds, housewares, books, geek-related products, art, etc. The options are
virtually endless.
Online
Teacher
The growth of online courses has exploded
over the last few years. If you have a teaching background, you may want to
supplement your current income or strike out completely on your own in this new
industry. You will need to be able to create video lectures and/or some type of
online class work.
Personal
Chef
Not everyone has the time to create their
meals, especially if they have specific dietary needs. A personal chef can
become an essential part of keeping the day-to-day aspects of a family moving. Being
flexible in this business will help you stay competitive. Don’t just think of
dinners or working with only one family. You can offer a week’s worth of
healthy lunches or quick breakfasts. You may also want to be on call for
special family or holiday events. Specializing in a specific area such as gluten
free, low calorie or vegetarian will also help you target people looking for
solutions to more specific needs.
Pet
Related Services
The pet industry is booming, and as such,
business opportunities in this industry are growing. Your love for pets can be
applied to a variety of businesses such as pet grooming, homemade pet snacks, designing
your own pet fashions, pet walking or even pet sitting.
Seamstress
If you have talent with a needle and
thread, you may want to put that talent to work. Your sewing skills can be the
key to a number of business opportunities, from mending and sewing custom
clothes to creating homespun projects and selling them online.
Sell
Used/Vintage Items Online
Vintage clothing is all the rage, and many
people would rather buy their clothes from eBay than go thrift shopping for
themselves. Use this to your advantage by finding some great clothing at your local
thrift shops, fixing it up at home and then listing it online. You don’t have
to stop at clothes either. You may have a love for vintage or secondhand
jewelry or even vintage brand-related products.
Stock
Photographer
Becoming a freelance photographer probably
relies 80% on your ability to market yourself and 20% on your actual ability to
take great photos. Since this is an incredibly competitive industry, you may want
to consider other opportunities in the same field. One alternative idea is to
become a stock photographer. A stock photographer can take pictures of certain
material on their own terms and then sell the photo numerous times after. You
can sell your pictures through online stock photography websites such as
Shutterstock or iStock . You could also specialize in a specific genre, such as
food or corporate photography, and sell the photos online yourself.
Social
Media Consultant
With the growth of sites like Facebook,
Twitter and Pinterest, the need for someone to help businesses navigate these
marketing avenues is high. If you love to use these types of platforms and you
can help companies grow their own following, this may be the business for you.
Web
Designer
Web design combines the technical know-how
of creating a functioning website with the creative requirements of making that
site look good and draw in visitors. With the tools available today, almost
anyone can create a template-based website, but it takes that special something
to make it successful. If you want to challenge yourself in a fairly
competitive industry, this might just be the business for you.
Website
Content Writer
Content marketing is a big deal right now,
and while many people are running successful websites, they may not be great at
churning out compelling content to help promote their business. That’s where
you come in. Helping companies write quality articles and blog posts can be a
great way to make extra money, especially if your writing gets results.
Write
& Sell eBooks Online
If you have a good amount of knowledge in a
field that other people are interested in, then writing and distributing ebooks
on the topic is a great, easy way to make some extra money. With the rising popularity
of ereaders like Amazon’s Kindle, the time has never been better to
self-publish your own ebooks. In order to maximize your profit potential, make
sure you take the time to copyedit your ebook and have some outside sources
look it over and critique it before you put it up for sale.
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