Last night I was so consumed with reading possible new hobbies that I could try my hands on, both as a means of art venture and eventually wanting to turn it into a small manufacturing business. I slept past my bed time since I was so engrossed reading about beaded jewelry making (already tried it in the past and liked it), baking (too many people doing it) and doing other crafts like knitting and crochet (done it in the past) among other things. There are two things that came to mind, one would be reviving my jewelry making venture.

For beaded jewelry making, I’ll have buy new tools as my old ones are all rusty, literally, all because of the flooding brought about by Typhoon Ketsana back in 2009. A little investment on the beads, wires and of course some magazines for patterns. I’m thinking of signing up for an advanced wiring class but I think with a little research and right keywords, I could easily get youtube videos for simple tutorials on that. So that’s one.  Read more…

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I am currently taking a Sabbatical, against every body else’s wishes. Anyway, one of the things I am currently wondering about is setting up a low capital business, and one of the things that comes up all the time when I try to research on it, is setting up a junk shop. Read more…

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If interested try checking out Freelancer.org or Odesk and Elance. Medical students who can still multitask and manage to add writing to their load can definitely make some money through these writing jobs.

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People nowadays, including me and my husband, are constantly thinking about good business ideas to help come up with additional income for the family. Companies are likewise thinking of coming up with innovative business ideas that would of course give their customers value add service.  Here are some good business ideas that you might want to check out and consider.

1. Basic Necessities – If you want to be conservative, marketing basic necessities is one good option for you. When I say basic necessities, I’m referring to everyday items we cannot live without like rice, cooking oil, sugar, salt, gas. These are things that people will buy regardless of its price.
2. Baby items – There will always be babies! And I don’t think I need to elaborate why. As such, marketing baby items like clothes, shoes, diapers (especially diapers and milk), is a sure way to earn good bucks.
3. Food cart business – people are always eating nowadays, and with the ever demanding lifestyle that people are now having, most tend to gravitate towards fast food. For frugal people who are always on the go, food in kiosks are a sure way to fill that hungry stomach without putting too much dent on one’s daily budget.
4. Corporate giveaways – with the business process outsourcing business booming, more and more companies are expanding their operations and setting up offices here in Manila, which means corporate giveaways have larger markets. Items like pens, tshirts, trophies, bags etc are good corporate giveaways.
5. Online selling – with Filipinos becoming more and more adept in online shopping and with the increased user base of PayPal in the Philippines, this is certainly an area that business should explore.

Well, I certainly hope that helped you in your search. If those are not your cup of team, I hope I was able to help you come up with another idea altogether.

I remember when I was a kid when my uncle showed me his business card.  At that time, business cards were machine made.  They were pressed using those big printing presses that print out election fliers.  I was really impressed with the embossed print of gold letters, the smooth edges on the card.  Yeah, I wanted to have one just like it.

Well, these days you can have cards printed out using a software and your home printer.  Inks are not that expensive as well.  You can have your printer converted and get some color printing done all the time, no more ribbons.  But I would like those old school cards with the embossed letters.  It just is as expensive as it was when I was a kid.  Oh well…

Earlier I was going over my current cravings for ice cream, hmmm now I’m thinking of White Hat Frozen yogurt. Well, anyway, I remember a local brand of ice cream – Dan Eric’s Ice Cream, that I used to buy,  back when we were still living in Makati. It’s not as good as other high end brands but it is still good nonetheless. And with the tag price that goes along with it, I don’t think a lot of people could actually complain.

For those of you who may be interested in retailing Dan Eric’s Ice Cream, here’s what I found:

- you pay PhP3,500 (not sure if they’ve already increased the pricing. But the said comment in the forum I checked is dated January 6 of this year.) initially, for the freezer. Then there’s an installment plan.

- no franchise fees.

- text or call 09209140242 look for Belen Palmenco, who is a distributor in Paranaque area.

It sucks that I’m back in the corporate world. Well, alright I should be thankful that I at least have a job. A woman at this time and age could not afford not to have one, it is a sin in itself to be idle. Pardon me for not making sense, most of what I’m writing have personal subtexts.

Anyway, I’m planning on scouring the web to look for unique products from different parts of the globe to bring here in Manila. A friend of mine who is a wholesale distributor of glutathione has hit big and is now filthy rich! My cousin who happens to be the sole distributor of Avaya’s market competition has also hit a gold mine! I’m looking for products with a longer shelf life, so yeah I’m crossing out food on the list. Perhaps cosmetics, or other items pretty unique and still unheard of.

Any ideas people? Please leave me a message.

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