The Recession is back and you are certainly not the only one who needs some serious money for Christmas. Short of getting yet another credit card (which is NOT a solution), what can you do?
Traditional Christmas jobs like store clerks, delivery and extra postal workers are dropping in numbers. Canada Post, after its recent Company Lockout, has announced that it will no longer be hiring seasonal casual workers. Seasonal employment in the traditional areas of hospitality, travel and outdoor sports is disappearing.
How can you make an extra income this Christmas?
What are the Top Five ways to make Christmas Money?
1. Become a Department Store Santa or Elf.
2. Become an in-home Caterer: more busy couples and parents are hiring caterers and chefs to prepare their meals in-home.
3. Gift Buying Service: More upper income families are too busy to buy their own seasonal gifts. From major companies to families with a good income, many are in need of a top notch gift buying service to seek out the perfect Christmas gifts for co-workers, clients, family members and friends.
4. A Christmas Tree Lot: a popular and profitable small business that's been a seasonal fixture for over a century.
5. Christmas Holiday Lighting Business: the hottest new trend. In the past six years, the Christmas Lighting and Decorating Service has grown 800%. And yet existing holiday decorating services are swamped with business they can't accept.
"Christmas Holiday Lighting Business Can Lead to Big Profits!"
Let me ask you a simple question; if you could bring in $20 to $30,000 in two months every year, would you take the time to learn how to do that? There are many contractors, landscape designers and painters who're currently doing just that as a profitable side business they conduct just three months out of the year.
You may not reach that level right away, unless you have the infrastructure already in place. But some new Christmas holiday lighting business owners are already seeing $20,000 from last year's business. If you remember, the Christmas holiday season was supposed to be terrible last year.
What we have discovered is that people want their holiday spirit.
You may think that everyone in your neighborhood does their own lights. But you may not be right about that. Here's an example of what's really going on. I've watched several well-to-do homes in my area lit up as bright as the Rockefeller Center Plaza on Christmas Eve. Every year our family drives through the neighborhood and enjoyes the light show.
When I first started investigating this business, I thought that doing this much work to make a spectacular looking Christmas light display couldn't possibly be a profit-making venture.
And then I looked closer. Man, was I ever surprised! Several of my older neighbors no longer install their own lights. One reason above all was safety. They wanted to see many more Christmases!
Nobody wants a 70-year-old climbing onto the roof of his house every year to put up a spectacular Christmas light display. Yet many elderly folks want to have their display that they've been putting up year after year and are willing to pay someone good money to do it.
There are of course things to consider when starting your Christmas light design and installation business. You'll want to get the best training possible to make the experience for you and your customers the best it can be. You'll need to learn the tricks of:
- lighting design
- display lights
- tools and supplies
- decorating techniques
- proper maintenance
- utilizing manpower
- appropriate marketing techniques
- customer service and business practices
This unique field is not for everyone but if you have the drive and willingness to learn this trade, you can transition your Christmas light decoration business from seasonal to a year-round range of services for your clients. What are you waiting for?
==>> Start Your Own Christmas Light Installation Business! <<==
Have you ever said, "It's about time I worked for myself!" After all, the biggest increase in new jobs has been in the self-employed sector. It's the National Dream, isn't it? Be your own boss. Do it yourself. It's how our country began and became so prosperous. You CAN start a holiday lighting business and make lots of money. And it's all up to you.
Learn more about making money for Christmas -- go to Top Ten Jobs to Make Christmas Money This Christmas
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