Consider these points before starting:

Anyone with a big of effort can start their own home based business. Although you need to realise that working from home has its disadvantages.

Loss of privacy in your own home. Unless you are well organised it could conflict with your family life. Take this into consideration before starting. You may need to use another entry door to your home office, otherwise customers will invade your private space.

This will also go against the way you run your business from the customers point of view, it may not be professional enough for them.

You need good management skills for this one. Knowledge of all the relevant accounting software, such as MYOB, Quicken and many more is essential. If you have taxation, knowledge you could set up bass payments for small businesses.

Services you could supply

Type Resumes, account payment, financial record keeping, copywriting, memos, and many other services that any business would require.

You will need

Reliable computer, printer, and the necessary software packages and general office stationery is necessary before start up. As your business grows, you could think about offloading the extra work to another person, pay them a set amount, or per job. This way you would not have to pay extra workers compensation or wages.

Before you start this, find out what the other competition has to offer their clients. Then find ways to improve this service, maybe you could offer a mobile service by going to the client. Once you have this equipment set up, ring all the small business in your local area. Explain what benefits you have to offer them and the costs. Send out letters of introduction with your business card attached, displaying the services you can provide to any small business or retailer in your district

Disadvantages

Clients could call in at all hours of the day and night. Your life will never be the same again. Then again, you could lay out the hours of service at the time of acquiring your customer.

First, you need to know how to take photos. Read, books, articles on different ways of taking photos to obtain the best results. Learn how to setup, organize, and position the lighting to obtain the best results.

Can you make your photos look old, in other words using sepia? Good customer service and management skills are required. If you cannot be friendly and considerate under pressure then do not attempt to do this. It will take effort and all your patience especially when dealing with children and their tantrums.

Pet lovers, willingly pay to have their photo taken with their beloved pet. This gives you another option. Ask for referrals from your local dog washing and grooming businesses. In return, refer clients to them.

Develop and Print Photos

Decide whether to print and develop photos yourself or have them professionally done. If you can develop and produce good quality photos yourself, this will bring in more income.

Other Suggestions

There are many other options for making money with photography. Wedding Photographer, Sport action shots, sell your beautiful sunset and landscape photo's on the web. Offer your services to the local real estate companies in your area.

Look around you there are literally hundreds of ways to earn a living with photography. Make sure you know how and when to take the shot of a lifetime, so it will take you to the top of photographers.

You will need

A good reliable camera is essential. Reliable transport and Professional lighting will also be required.

You can start this type of business without too much outlay. The most important factor is availability 24 hours a day, to be successful. If you can organize this then you will make a good income. The more clientele the more you earn.

Professionals such as doctors, lawyers, therapists, physiotherapists, all need a reliable service. They require constant up to date knowledge on everything that happens in their business.

Human contact is very important to a patient or client needing attention. This is where you come in; people do not want to talk to a computer. The personal human touch is very important in times of stress.

You will need

It is very important to set up this business correctly, before you acquire your first customer. You need a reliable computer, on wireless, or broadband. Remember all computers will fail at some time so be prepared with a backup system. Reliable staff is another thing to setup, as you could not possibly work 24 hours every day yourself.

Tip- Prevent children yelling out, or TV blaring in the background, use professionalism at all times.

Many catering firms require a variety of party hire services. It saves them the extra workload and responsibility. Often parents hire the inflatable toys for kids to play on.

Types of party hire

Party theme and Props: Balloons, wigs and hats, masks and costumes

Party Crockery, glass, and cutlery: start small, enough crockery, glasses, and cutlery to cater for 20 people.

Party Tent or marquee hire: buy tents, with enough ropes, pegs and deliver and setup and remove.

Party Seating, chairs etc: Buy suitable stackable chairs, deliver, and pickup when required.

Party Bouncy castles for kids: Buy types in demand then deliver, setup, and pickup when required.

For any party hire services, you will have purchase the equipment in the beginning and insure it allowing for breakages.

Checkout your opposition, their prices, and see if you can offer better deals and improve service. Do not under quote to the extent that you will not make a profit, because you will not last long.

I hope one of these ideas will start you off on a business of your own. Remember before doing anything, research every little detail, and make sure you understand all aspects of expenditure and risks involved in starting up this particular business. Get quotes for all the equipment required. Ring the opposition and find how much they charge for their particular service. Talk to your accountant and be guided by his advice.

Make enquires about starting up a business with the small business people in your area. Some do offer assistance when starting up a new business.

A very wise man told me- to look around your own community and find something not already supplied. In other words, find out what there is a need for in your own community, now research this, and market it.