New Business Idea Journal Posted

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

I just got back from visiting my family in Virginia yesterday and was greeted with 690 emails to sort through. The spam really piles up when you take a few days off, doesn't it. :)

I did get a little bit of productive work done through. I am starting to get past issues of my ezine, the Business Idea Journal, posted online.

Here is the first issue:

Business Idea Journal: Parents Making Cash

To Your Success,

James

Revenge of the Turkey!

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

James

Unusual Subscription Service

Here is an idea from one of my newsletter subscribers that I thought you would enjoy:

This is a twist on an idea that is already being profitably done. I see no reason why this shouldn't also work.

The model that it is based on is a subscription service for black socks. See http://www.blacksocks.com and www.blacksocksusa.com

Their business is simple. They have a simple website which sells a choice of black calf length or black knee length dress socks. (Actually, they also added white socks for health care workers recently.) You can get a pack of 3 either 3, 4, or 6 times a year. The owner believes in keeping it simple, and it has worked out profitably for him.

See: Business Week Article for more details.

How about a subscription service for white t-shirts (undershirts)?

Just like businessmen need a steady supply of black socks, they also need a steady supply of plain white undershirts. With the wear and tear of everyday use and washing, and sweat staining the armpits, men go through white t-shirts quickly.

You could offer v-neck and regular. Keep it simple. White only. Send packs of 3 or 6 either 3, 6, or 12 times a year.

Wholesale t-shirts can be found easily by doing a search on google. If you ran the business like the guys from blacksock.com, you would concentrate on marketing, and leave the order taking, fulfillment, and shipping to outside contractors. Just as the blacksocks website received a lot of free publicity in the press, I think this concept would too. And I'm sure that wives would order a subscription for their husbands who don't renew their t-shirts often enough!

Submitted by Bill M.

Women may not immediately see the need for this service so ladies let me try to explain: You know us guys will wear the same underwear or socks or t-shirts until they have holes all through them and practically fall off our bodies. Right? I am sure you have seen that first hand. So, why do we do this? Because not only do we hate to shop -- we hate going anywhere that even sells clothes. It has to do with our mom's taking us shopping when we were kids and making us try on clothes. Arggg --it make me squirm just thinking about it. :)

James

Money Making Driving

Wow, I didn't realize how lax I have been in posting lately. It's been a crazy, busy month but I am going to try to work in a post every couple of days from now on.

Here is an interesting -- little-known -- way to make extra cash...

We've all seen brand-new cars being delivered, often 10 or more at a time, from the factories to the dealerships, on the back of long, car-carrying trucks. But have you ever seen recreational vehicles delivered that way? Or ambulances? School busses? Even limousines?

It takes a big workforce to get these vehicles delivered. In the USA and Canada at least 100,000 people are doing this at any given time (and additional thousands in Australia and Europe), working either full-time, part-time, seasonally, on-call (when the regular drivers for a company are all busy, and a supplemental driver is needed), and even just on weekends, by people who work "9-to-5" jobs during the rest of the week.

The weekend drivers typically earn an extra $150-350 per week, by doing this! Knowledgeable full-time drivers typically earn $45,000 to $60,000 a year. And the income for couples is even more comfortable!

For more information see...

www.roadrat.com