How to Make Money

Chapter 12: FOR THE STUDENT

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About This Book

A practical compendium of short, runnable business plans and money-making ideas aimed primarily at individuals seeking small-scale enterprises. Each section outlines startup steps, suggested supplies, costs, promotional copy and selling tactics for ventures such as a neighborhood pantry, homemade candy, custom shirts and neckties, tea rooms, real estate sales, dyeing services, kindergartens, lamp shades and newspaper bargain columns. Emphasis is placed on cash trading, sample handbills, scripts and simple marketing moves like introductory free offers, sample placement, and buying wholesale. The tone is instructional and focused on actionable checklists and scaling suggestions to help readers launch and expand modest enterprises.

FOR THE STUDENT

In almost every town and city there are homes where the children are just at the age to prevent the mother and father from going out to the theater, church, parties, etc., in the evening.

These people cannot afford to keep a maid, but could and would pay $2 an evening to a reliable girl or woman to come in and stay with the children once a week.

Why not spend two dollars in want ads telling these people about your plan. It would be easy to get six families who would pay you two dollars each per week; Monday at the Smith’s, Tuesday at the Brown’s, etc.

This is especially good for the girl who studies, since the children will go to bed by 8 o’clock and the remainder of the evening can be spent quietly studying or reading.