The Bootstrapper’s Bible MRR Ebook

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Massage Services

If you're only interested in basic massage or becoming a nontherapeutic masseuse, you can learn many of the fundamental tenets of massage through books at the library or online.

First, research your state and city's requirements for a massage business. Many jurisdictions regulate massage therapy, but not simple massage. Once you know you're in the clear legally, start practicing on friends! It's important to develop what's called a "bedside manner," which is your conduct as you perform the massage. Your friends will usually be quite willing to help you practice, as well - who doesn't love a free massage? Once you feel you’ve got it down, you can start offering massages as a service, as long as you're careful to let people know that you're a masseuse, not a massage therapist.

If you want to become a massage therapist, there are different requirements. Massage therapists help millions of people with pain management, recovery from injuries and more. It's a lucrative job for patient, empathetic people who thrive on healing others.

In order to become a qualified massage therapist, you'll need to attend a formal school and learn not only the art of massage, but human anatomy and medical training. Many massage therapists specialize in fields like sports massage, clinical massage, reflexology and Reiki.

Moving Service

There are a lot of things to be said about moving (most of them unrepeatable in polite company) but this at least is true: You really know who your friends are on moving day. You can be that friend to a lot of people!

If you have a strong back, great customer service and a desire to help people, consider opening a home-based business in professional moving. There is always demand for movers - people love to hire other folks to do their heavy lifting.

When you're first starting out, leave long-distance moving to big companies. You should focus on in-town moves, because many of those customers will start the job, thinking they can finish it themselves, then decide to hire a professional mover. Also, you can zero in on apartment moving or college students to keep it really small (and have some income) while you build up a reputation for yourself.

You may need to incorporate a moving service with someone else, as many large items can't be moved with just one person. You can start by contracting temporary labor if you want to run the moving service yourself, but long-term, you're going to encounter enough California King-size beds and pianos that you'll want someone full-time to give you a helping hand.

Personal Concierge Services

If you're a highly efficient, organized, Type-A kind of person, you might have great success with a home-based business in personal concierge services.

The concept of this business is simple: People want things done but don't have the time to do it themselves. A personal concierge is someone who makes things happen for extraordinarily busy people like executives of companies or celebrities. Your job is to make things happen when someone needs to them happen, to provide things when people want them, and accomplish your mission, no matter how customized or strange it may seem, with a personal touch and class, to boot. If that sounds difficult, it's because it is! But personal concierges are consistently facing new challenges with every day and feel very rewarded by being part of a team that's accomplishing big things.

There's no real way to prepare yourself to be a personal concierge except to get out and do it; for that reason, it may be difficult to establish yourself without offering your services at a discount to begin with.

However, this is a world where networking is more valuable than anything else - once you've got a satisfied customer willing to give you a referral, it's much easier to find another executive or VIP to work for. You can also consider joining the National Association of Professional Organizers for networking, directory listings and continuing education as a professional concierge.

Personal Training

Some folks need a little extra help learning to diet and exercise, and others are serious about a fitness lifestyle, but are looking for an expert's advice. In either case, they go to a personal trainer.

Are you passionate about fitness, and love to help people? If so, this might be the right business for you. It's a quickly growing profession in America because of its many perks - flexible hours, doing what you're passionate about, and inspiring people to be their best. There's a lot of satisfaction to be had from helping someone achieve their maximum potential.

As a personal trainer, you'll be responsible for educating people about fitness and motivation. Of course, you have to be proficient in this yourself, so it's important that you be in the best shape you can be. You'll also need to have a good understanding of human anatomy so that you don't injure your potential clients. Lastly, you need to have good leadership skills, because when you're training someone, you're essentially forming a team with them and leading them toward their goals. If you want a client to stick with you, you'll need to care for them, inspire them and gain their trust - after all, you'll be traveling through very painful, intense personal territory with them, and they need to know that you know the way, and have their best interests in mind.

Pet Sitting Service

This is a business that requires almost no startup capital. The only thing you need are some basic credentials to get started - you should own a pet and it helps to have a little experience with pets (for instance, a background in a veterinary clinic.)

Pet sitting is a fairly simple proposition - you watch other folks' pets while they're not able to care for them. If you're watching dogs (the most common) you'll need to feed them, play with them and walk them on a regular basis.

This is a bit counterintuitive, but there's some paperwork involved:

Be sure to protect yourself with signed contracts every time you agree to watch someone's pet. You'll want to give owners a "report card" when they come back as well, detailing the activities you performed with the animals. Also, if pets need any medications or other special care, you'll have to have a way to record when you administered that to them.

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