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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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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.

The worldwide financial crisis has got a lot of people thinking on what other businesses they can come up with to augment their current source of income. Others opted going into the food industry, something I’m not very keen on. Anyway, another low start-up business you can engage in would be the digital printing business. Why you ask me?

1.) You can start up small – if you have a computer at home and a colored printer then you’re all set. You can opt to convert your printers to continuous ink, they said its more ink efficient.

2.) With almost everyone owning a cellphone with built in camera, you have a lot of potential customers.

3.) Other potential customers would be people needing a calling card, those who want to avail of poster printing services and well the regular picture printing.

4.) The things you need do not spoil easily, unlike when you are in the food business.