(21) HOME MANUFACTURING
Many saleable products can easily be made at home, and sold through
gift shops and other retailers.
(22) USED CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
at reasonable prices are in demand and several people in America are
running this type of mail order business. They include second-hand
instruction manuals and self-improvement books in their lists.
Advertise under "Educational" in "Exchange & Mart". Combine with NO 114.
(23) UPHOLSTERING AND FURNITURE REMODELLING
Once you have learned the "know-how" this can pay well. Public libraries
have some good books on the subject and a lot can be learned from craft
and hobby magazines. Many start with just a box of hand tools and some
special equipment. They call in a specialist for extra difficult jobs
and get discount prices on their work. Advertise in local papers.
(24) WINDOW DRESSING
calls for, of course, artistic ability and skill with tools, plus
imagination. It is advisable to get tuition in the subject at evening
classes.
(25) MAKE PLYWOOD NOVELTIES
and sell through gift shops. Popular items: weather vanes, ships,
squirrels, dogs, birds, row-boats, name and address backgroungs,
picture puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, jewel boxes, comic plaques, doll
furniture.
(26) JUVENILE CLOTHING EXCHANGE
Many women in the suburbs of London and other cities run a children's
clothing exchange, where mothers exchange children's unwanted,
out-grown garments for others and pay an exchange fee. This project
can be combined with the sale of boys' and youths' wear such as shorts,
T-shirts etc., of your own make, or from wholesale suppliers listed
in "The Trader".
(27) BOOK INDEXING
Indexing books for non-fiction publishers is pleasant, profitable work.
The technique can be learned from handbooks in public libraries. Work
is obtained by writing to non-fiction publishers listed in the "Writers
and Artists Year Book".
(28) DANCING LESSONS
Needs skill and a gift for teaching. Local classified ads bring pupils.
Teach in your own home at first. Special classes for middle-aged
people pay well.
(29) HANDWRITING ANALYSIS
This is a service which can be profitably advertised with classified
ads in magazines and newspapers. The skill can be acquired from manuals
on graphology.
(30) REMINDER BUREAU
With such a service you undertake for an annual fee to remind people
of birthdays, wedding anniversaries, dates for payments, etc. You get
your customers through "Personal" ads in "Sunday Times" and "Observer".
(31) RAISING RABBITS
has the advantage of three markets: selling fur, breeding stock,
and meat. This project can be started in a large backyard free from
local restrictions against raising animals. Get "know-how" from local
library.
(32) ENTERTINING
in the form of singing, recitations, magic, dancing, doing a comedy
act etc., calls for skill in your particular line, and a "way" with
an audience. To get bookings it is necessary to become well known in
your area by giving benefit performances for charitable affairs,
hospitals and orphanages. These can lead to paid bookings at clubs,
social gatherings, night clubs.
(33) EMBROIDERING
beautifully decorated cigarette cases, velvet compacts, pin cushions,
baby dresses etc., is profitable. Sales are through gift shops. Get
"Embroidery" magazine which advertises opportunities and a correspondence
course from Embroiderers Guild, 73 Wimpole Street, London W.1.
(34) DRAW CARTOONS FOR MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS
Cartoons are well paid today and there are some excellent handbooks
and correspondence courses on the subject. Some cartoonists do well
by specialising in supplying industrial magazines with cartoons.
Markets are listed in "Writers and Artist Year Book".
(35) DECORATED CANDLES
These are good sellers to gift shops. Study craft magazines,
visit gift shops, and try to turn out something different.
(36) PART-TIME PUBLICITY WORK
You supply public relations help to small businesses in your area,
arranging press parties, preparing news releases, arranging interviews,
etc. Know-how can be obtained from handbooks on public relations at
your public library.
(37) MAKING & SELLING HANDMADE SHELL DECORATED JEWELLERY
For this home business you need artistic ability, finger dexterity
and knowledge of the market. Handbooks give full information. Sell
through friends, neighbours, church groups, members of women's clubs,
gift and novelty shops, dress shops and beauty salons.
(38) DOG TRAINING
If you have the gift for it and the necessary know-how from books on
dog training you can get this kind of profitable work with regular
advertising in the local press. This can be combined with the sale
of dog requisites.
(39) BOOK-KEEPING SERVICE
Local newspapers often contain part-time vacancies, or you can
approach grocers, service stations, clubs, public houses and various
retailers who may need a home book-keeping service, rather than a
more expensive firm of accountants, to help prepare and maintain
tax forms and records. Training can be obtained at evening classes
or by correspondence from School of Careers, Aldermaston Court,
Aldermaston, Berkshire.
(40) MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE AT HOME
This means calling in independent and chain retail stores of all kinds
and soliciting volume orders. You handle no merchandise but send the
orders to the factory which then ships the order direct to the retailer.
There is no selling door-to-door to consumers. You need no office,
only a telephone and some stationery. Ask your reference librarian
for books.
