Need a Home Based Business Idea?

Been looking for a home based business idea and don't know where to start looking? Well, here's lots of great information to get you started. The Following is a list of Home Business Ideas for your metro area! Let's talk about how to start your own business with one of these ideas.

Remember, this is not a COMPLETE list but simply a start to get the idea juices flowing in your mind. Owning your own business is the dream of many a budding entrepreneur and it's a pleasure to welcome you to your future. Let's take a look at the following starters.

Arts related business ideas:

Antique Refinishing and Repair

Appraisals - Art, Antique, etc.

Art Dealership

Artist

Cartoonist

Costume Design

Entertainer

Film Production

Illustration/Graphic Arts

Music/Dance Lessons

Photography

Publishing

If this list doesn't contain your art interests, that's OK.

If you have one in mind, then pursue that.

Business Services:

Why not start your own business in:

Accounting

Advertising/Public Relations

Answering Service

Architecture

Billing Service

Buying

Calligraphy

Collection Agency

Consulting

Coupon Clipping Service

Data Processing

Detective Agency

Editing/Proofreading

Entertainment Bureau

Home Economics

Importing

Interior Design

Inventor's Bureau

Lobbying

Messenger Service

Personnel Agency/Executive Recruitment

Research

Software Development and Sales

Stationery-Design and Production

Technical Writing

Telephone Solicitation/Surveying

Trade Show/Convention Organization

Translation

Typing/Secretarial/Word Processing

Writing

Retail Business:

Furniture Retail

Furniture wholesale

Home Retailing & Selling (Amway, Avon)

Mail Order

Trades and specialized areas:

Carpentry

Contracting

Electrician

Landscape Design/Gardener/Horticulture

Vegetable Growing & gardening specialist

Plumbing

Miscellaneous Businesses:

There are all kinds of niche areas you can consider as

well if that's where your interest lies.

Candy Making

Catering

Cooking/Baking

Dog/Cat Breeding

Dog/Cat Grooming

Rentals

Personal Services:

Astrology

Baby Items/Stork Deliveries

Babysitting/Day Care

Beauty Salon/Barber/Beauty Consultant

Bed and Breakfast

Chimney Sweeping

Cleaning

Cooking Lessons

Counselling

Dentist's Office

Doctor's Office

Gift Basket Service

Important Dates(Reminder Service for Birthdays, Anniversaries)

Insurance Agency

Lawyer's Office

Limousine Service

Mobile Home Rental Registry

Party Planning

Plant/Pet/House Sitting

Private Investment

Real Estate

Resume Writing

Sewing/Tailoring/Dressmaking

Shopping Service

Sports Lessons

Telegrams-Singing, Cookie, Balloon

Tours, Transportation Services (Children, Seniors, etc.)

And more here:

Travel Agency

Manufacturing/Design/Repair:

Clothing Design

Doll Manufacture and Repair

Furniture Manufacture and Repair

Jewellery Design and Repair

Repair-Electrical, Appliance, etc.

So do you think you could start your own business by choosing one of these as your home business or another one that isn't on the list? The next thing we need to do is show you how to choose a business that best suits you, your personality and experience. Then show you how to set up your business and how to market both it and you.

We'll cover that in our next article.

Rod Jellison is a semi-retired tax accountant that has more than 30 years of self-employment under his belt. He has shared his experience and insight through seminars, classrooms and one on one instruction. For more information visit Rod at his instructional website decoupageandpapertole.com Learn Decoupage and Paper Tole