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Do Your Homework
Making a sale is all about tapping the right sales channels and reaching your target group of buyers. Before you can sell a piece of commercial property, you need to do your share of homework and research. Firstly, study the commercial property you plan to sell. It may be a shop, office space or a piece of land, which is ideally suited for a commercial complex. Make a list of pros for a buyer, who would buy it and also list out the cons. Consider the location of your property and identify the niche businesses that could take advantage of such a commercial space.

If it’s a shop in a business district, would a fast food chain be interested in buying it or would a clothing brand prosper there? Thinking on these lines will help you decide your marketing strategy to reach niche buyers who would be interested in it. Make an information brochure with all the details about the property, including square footage, amenities and the nearest landmarks to its location. Lastly, you need to research the real estate market prices in the area, which will help you determine what would be a reasonable price for the property.

Advertise in Newspaper Classifieds
One of the best ways to get the word across about your commercial property is to advertise in a newspaper. Provide all the vital details of the property along with the location details. Let the advertisement be well designed and have a catchy line like ‘Ideal Space For a Boutique’ or ‘Prime Location For a Fast Food Joint’. This advertisement will definitely get you some serious inquiries. Expect a lot of calls and arrange for somebody to take them for you!

Post Ads on Real Estate Portals
Another way of advertising your commercial property on sale is to post information about it on real estate portals that have a national and international exposure. Provide detailed information about the property site, along with photos, with contact details. This is bound to generate a lot of inquiries.

Publicize Through a Sales Billboard
One of the most conventional ways of advertising your property is to put a ‘For Sale’ billboard near it which can catch the eyes of people visiting the area. You will be surprised to know how many properties have been sold through inquiries generated through simple bill boards.

Create a Brochure and Pamphlets
If you want, you can even create brochures and pamphlets which can be mailed to prospective businesses who might be interested in it. This can net in a lot of potential buyers from niche businesses. Read the rest of this entry »

For beginners, these cool small business ideas for college students would prove to be a good source of earning money.

Tutoring: It is the perfect business for a student who wants to just earn as much money as is required to cover his expenses. In order to start tutoring, one can consider teaching subjects, like, Mathematics, Science and English. This business doesn’t require any kind of investment and one can earn enough to pay for one’s expenses.

Handmade Crafts and Items: Selling handmade craft items can earn you handsome cash required for your expenses. The craft works, paintings, knitting, etc. could be sold at fairs, gatherings, etc. One can even start selling such arts and crafts from the home itself. The art and craft items one has prepared during his school days could also be used for this purpose.

Note Taking: One can take notes for their fellow students and charge them for the service. This task would require one to work hard, however, it is an easy way to earn money without investing anything.

Yard Work: It is one of the small business ideas for college students who want to earn money without spending anything. One can mow grass, carry out weeding, reeking, etc. and charge people for the service. If one knows a bit about gardening, he can help the neighbors in giving their garden an artistic and beautiful look. Tending the vegetable patches of neighbors could also help to earn a decent amount of cash. Read more on lawn care and gardening.

Freelancing: The activity of freelancing could include works, like, writing for newspapers, doing photography, etc. It is a creative job and would help in bringing out the best in your work. However, there are a lot of uncertainties involved in this activity. For example, the news that is covered should be appealing and one might not get paid if the employer doesn’t find it interesting. However, just like the above mentioned businesses, even freelancing doesn’t require a person to invest anything beforehand. Read more on freelance writing.

Laundry Service: Starting a laundry service is one of the good business ideas for students to earn money. One can advertise this small business by means of mouth publicity. Since, washing clothes is a boring job and not many people are ready to do it, one could find a better business opportunity in this work. A good washing machine that is capable of washing multiple clothes would prove to be helpful in easing out the work. Moreover, one would be able to save time for studies and other extracurricular activities. Read the rest of this entry »

     Let’s look at the advantages in more detail.

     1. No staff stock or premises

     Overheads are low all you need is some seed capital to get started, a connection to the internet and around 30 minutes a day and you’re all set.

     2. You will never need to seek customers

     You don’t need an advertising budget, as there is a market you can buy and sell in for profit 24 hours a day for profit.

     3. Leveraging your gains

     You don’t need to borrow money, you just need a small amount to start, you can leverage it and this is the huge advantage of this opportunity and what makes it so profitable.

     For example, if you want to buy $3,000 of Euro currency your broker will allow you 100:1 leverage – this means you can trade $300,000 – this allows your funds to work many times over.

     4. Never a recession

     As one currency rises another falls meaning there are constant opportunities for profit. You will never have periods of recession where you don’t have the opportunity to make money. Read the rest of this entry »