Ideas for Online Business Startups

Want to start your own business but you don't know what to do? Here's an article that will help you find your niche, hopefully a profitable one. These ideas could be used both as retail and  online businesses. While this article was written in 2012 by Chad Brooks, Senior Writer for the BusinessNewsDaily.com, it is still very useful and current for today's markets. He explains 10 business ideas such as e-recycling, socially responsible public relations, or disaster consultant. These jobs are easy to understand, but a few others need more explanation. Here are Chad's words.

Local marketing services

Creating a business that serves local markets is another smart way for aspiring business owners to jump on a growing market. Hulafrog, a service that provides information about local events to parents, is one business taking advantage of the concept. "It's a very good time if you are serving a niche that has a unique need for local content," Hulafrog co-founder Sherry Lombardi said. "Hulafrog connects parents to all of the daily events and business for kids in their local community."

Multicultural marketing expert

All businesses are looking for new ways to connect with customers, but many are missing the mark when it comes to connecting with minorities. To reach those targeted shoppers, businesses must recognize the places where the consumer resides and design a specific message not just for a single ethnicity, but also for cultures among those segments.

That has created an opening for marketers looking to specialize their services, like Lisa Skriloff, founder of Multicultural Marketing Resources Inc.

With minority populations growing at a faster rate than the Caucasian population, Skriloff notes that businesses that want to succeed must effectively tap into the minority markets.

"It is very important that (businesses) don't ignore this, and start paying attention to these communities," she said.

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There are an increasing number of new possibilities, and certainly those folks who are in danger of being "downsized" out of their jobs should look into these new online business startups that could go from part time to full time endeavors. Being flexible in this fast-changing world is what is needed. Have any other good ideas for businesses to meet social or community needs? Leave a comment below and share your ideas with the other readers.