115 Ways to become your own Boss and gain your freedom: HAND DECORATING, ADDRESSING AND MAILING SERVICE, COLLECT AND SELL COINS, CORRESPONDENCE CLUB, PROFITABLE SEWING AT HOME, MAKING LAMPS AND SHADES, RENTAL BUSINESS, ANIMAL BREEDING, and more...

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115 Ways to become your own Boss!

(1) HAND DECORATING
of ordinary objects pays well. Their value is often quadrupled. Prepared stencils and designs are available from hobby shops. You can work in attic or basement and need invest very little in supplies. Saleable items are initialled tumblers, stools, trays, jugs, boxes, waste-baskets, greeting cards, toys. Sell your work to gift shops on a sale or return basis.
(2) ADDRESSING AND MAILING SERVICE
This work can be obtained by writing or telephoning department stores,
retail and mail order firms, addressing bureaux, and direct mail services listed in the telephone directory. You can advertise your service under "Employment" in local newspapers and in the telephone book.
(3) COLLECT AND SELL COINS
Coin collecting is booming. Supplying collectors is a profitable home business. Get to know values by reading books and catalogues. Buy carefully from reputable dealers and from private sources through classified ads in local papers. Sell through private contacts and mail order advertisments in "Coins" and other collectors' and hobby magazines, and in "Exchange & Mart " Weekly, under "Coins". See No 113 on Home Mail Order Business . Combine with No 79.
(4) CORRESPONDENCE CLUB
Your income is from fees charged for people to join the club to receive the names of others who wish to correspond. In this home mail order business you cater for some special interest: hobbyists, coin or stamp collectors, booklovers, prize contest enthusiasts, writers. Place classified ads in writers', hobby, mechnics and women's magazines, also "London Weekly Advertiser" and "Saturday Tit Bits".
(5) PROFITABLE SEWING AT HOME
There is money in a home dressmaking service. It often pays to specialise.
Some do well re-modelling old dresses, or making novelties or children's
wear. A sign in your window, a card on Y.W.C.A. notice boards and students' bulletins, classified ads in the local newspaper and calls on dress shops and gift stores bring business. See manuals at your local
library. A money-saving idea if you make children's dresses is to buy bulk remnants from large manufacturers. A firm selling cotton print and patterns, is J.W. Coats & Co Ltd., Nelson, Lancs. Useful magazine: "Pins and Needles".
(6) MAKING LAMPS AND SHADES
at home pays well, as they often sell for many times the material costs.
Lamp shades can be made in home workshops from linen, plastics, silk,
paper and parchment. Local public libraries have manuals on the subject.
Outlets are gift shops and department stores. Co-operate with interior designers.
(7) RENTAL BUSINESS
This has mushroomed into an attractive new business opportunity. People like to borrow, do-it-yourselfers rent professional equipment. Many men are doing well these days by acting as rental agents for all manner of things - power tools, trucks, cars, electric generators, etc. There is no capital investment because you act as middleman between the
person owning the equipment and the person renting it. Advertise in local
newspapers.
(8) ANIMAL BREEDING
Pedigree dogs and other pets command high prices today. It is important
to start with the right stock and keep to the instructions given in handbooks available at local public libraries. Two females mated at different times of the year could prove profitable. People in all walks of life make a good income from breeding not only dogs but cats, canaries,
budgerigars, etc., but dog breeding is particularly profitable. Whatever type of animal you choose to breed, it pays to go in for unusual ones, such as Papillon dogs, Persian cats, Chinese hamsters, etc. Sell through
classified advertisement in local newspapers and "Sunday Times".
(9) BASKETRY AND CANE WORK
can be successful if you keep a good standard of workmanship. Use bright enamel paints for finishing and keep to standard designs and articles. Study the market and offer your products on sale or return to gift and novelty shops, stores, women's exchanges etc. Basketry and other wickerwork with raffia, needs, etc...,appeals to many people. Popular items are lamp shades, baskets, mats, trays, footstools, hats, chair seats and backs.
(10) LOCAL NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT
Suitable if you are a good 'mixer' and have good local knowledge and write plain English. Start by sending local editors specimen reports.
(11) CRITICISM OF WRITERS' MANUSCRIPTS
Profitable if you are keen, have some flair, and study writers' manuals. Advertise in "The Writer", "Writer's Review", and "Writing".

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