Work from Home Ideas

Looking for home based business ideas?
Are you looking for a Work at Home or a Home based business plan? I have a few for you and I’ll show you the simple process I go through to come up with new business ideas. The following idea combines internet home business and unique home based business ideas.
I’m a bit of a car guy. I attend car shows and auto swap meets with a few friends and I like to nose about. Most of my fellow car guys are teachers on limited budgets. So I like to listen to car guys and why they do what they do to their cars. So I listen, learn and dream. I was at a car show for The Cure a few weeks ago and saw thousands of cars and tens of thousands of people. There is no reason for many cars to be built other than that car has a place in the owner’s heart. Why would someone invest $75K in a 1986 station wagon? So that question got me to thinking. If someone would spend $75K on a station wagon, why would they not spend $200 on a photography session or $300 on a video secession or pay me to post their car on EBAY right there at the show? The idea started to take shape in my head, and I started to visualize myself doing just that!
At many of these auto swap meets shows you’ll see over 1000 cars for sale at one time. So I asked myself, ”How can I profit from my knowledge of the internet and my love of cars? Simple, how about an on-site business at the swap meet offering to photograph, write and post your car or parts on EBAY? So I called my buddy, who’s also one of my fellow car geeks and a teacher and an EBAY expert to see if this idea has legs. (It does.)
Let’s analyze what I did. I have 2 very similar businesses for 2 different markets all wrapped up in one idea. I looked around for a low cost idea that was not being marketed to car guys, asked myself some key questions to determine how I can do this, and reached out to others who were experts in areas I am not. TIP: If I can explain my idea to my wife and she likes it, I usually go for it. God gave women better intuition than men.
Now let’s look at what skills and hardware I’ll need to pull this off. I’ll need a video camera. No problem, the Kodiak Zi8 is under $200 and perfect for what I need. A simple $200 green screen and Sony Vegas video editing software at $50 is all I’ll need to get started. Plus a Cannon Rebel is prefect for the photos. My HP laptop with an air card from Verizon is all I’ll need to get on the internet at the car shows and it is perfect for editing the videos on-site. It should take less than 1 hour per car to shoot the video and edit and about 30 minutes to photograph and put the car or parts on EBAY. I’ll need some really nice post cards, so I’ll go on line and choose some preprinted cards with my own business message, and I’ll rent a booth for $100 at the shows. I’ll use my cell number so owners can contact me at the show to sign up. I’ll pass the cards out to the car owners, and I’ll recruit my EBAY expert friend and offer him some ownership or a fee to take care of the technical stuff at the show. Oh sure, there are many other items to put on my list to get ready, but the point is to let you see the process it takes from idea to inception.
If the crowds look like they are responding positively to my new business, then next week I’ll improve my systems to make it faster, more profitable, and duplicable.
The dirty little secret is I can learn to use the cameras and software for free on You Tube. There are thousands of videos on these subjects.
It doesn’t have to be expensive or hard. Just try it, and see what you come up with. It doesn’t matter what business you start, just do it. Stop making excuses and just do it. What’s the worst thing that can happen if you fail? So what, you’ll try something else. The key is to ask the right questions and implement. Take action today. If you want to steal my idea, go right ahead. I have many more where those came from. I keep a word doc with all my ideas. Ask me about my funeral consultant idea or my Franchise tracker idea or my idea for ?????????? Just keep thinking.

Steve Dale is the founder of Exseed Marketing, Blind Brokers Network, Blind Butler, Advanced Window Tint, decovan Window Fashions, and several other companies. Steve can be contacted at steve@myblindbiz.com