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From Fast Food to Plumbing Franchises: The Top 5 Franchise Opportunities of 2009

Franchising dates back to the 1850’s with the invention of the Singer Sewing Machine. Mr. Singer wanted to be able to distribute outside of his area, so he started selling licenses and training other entrepreneurs. According to Don Daszkowski, CEO of Franchise Buyers Network, there are over 120 types of franchises available today.

With the downturn of the economy over the last several months, many people are looking for new ideas and franchise opportunities to make money, build a business and channel their talents.  Franchising offers opportunities for both the knowledgeable business owner that is looking for a way to expand and could use some extra support as well as a business person that is ready to jump into the entrepreneurial pool with a little bit of support from those well-versed in the business.

Recently Entrepreneur.com posted the “best of” results for 2009 franchise opportunities.  With over 120 franchising fields an interested franchisee could pursue, we are going to focus on five franchise opportunities that are “hot” right now:

•    Plumbing Franchises
•    Commercial Cleaning Franchises
•    Fast Food Franchises
•    Tax Service Franchises
•    Health Fitness Franchises

Plumbing Franchises

There are many plumbing business owners that enjoy their business but could utilize the expertise and support of a franchisor, while still maintaining the freedom and responsibilities they enjoy as a business owner.   Many of the newer 2009 franchise opportunities that have opened are those in the fields of handyman and plumbing.   With the demands of the plumbing business to keep up with the work orders, all the while, keeping costs down and personnel trained, plumbing franchises offer unmatched business solutions for many plumbers. 1-800-PLUMBER.com is a plumbing franchise that supports their franchisees at every stage.

“We provide our franchisees with simple business tools and ongoing support to help ensure they achieve maximum growth and profitability over the years. Our business model takes the sales, marketing and administrative leg work out of the business so our franchise owners can spend more time hiring and training the best plumbers.”

A plumbing franchise could easily be the best option of the franchise opportunities available to you, quickly taking your plumbing business from good to great.

Commercial Cleaning Franchises

Of the top 20 fastest growing franchises, seven of them were commercial cleaning companies.  In fact, cleaning companies found their way into many of the franchise lists.  Sanitary conditions are necessary in any corporation. If a franchised commercial cleaning company can find a way to lower costs in order to make cleaning services available for a better price to corporations, it’s certainly a franchise business opportunity worth exploring.  Vanguard Cleaning Systems and Jani-King were #10 and #11 on the Entreprenuer.com 2009 Fastest Growing Franchise list.  With low startup costs, it’s worth recommending as one of the top 5 franchise opportunities.

Fast Food Franchises

The economy’s downturn has caused Americans to begin to pinch money in places they weren’t monitoring before.  Where they may have bought a – latte from Starbucks, they are now purchasing a – latte from a McDonalds franchise. McDonalds has found a way to capitalize on the downturn. According to a May 2009 article in TIME:

“Same-store sales rose 4.3% for the quarter that ended March 29. Profits were up 4%, to 0 million. In this economy, that’s an explosion. “

If you’re looking to open a fast-food franchise, Subway was #1 on the top 2009 franchise list and McDonalds came in at #2.

Tax Service Franchises

Listed # 3 in the top franchises of 2009 right below McDonald’s is Liberty Tax Service.  In low cost franchises, Instant Tax Service was listed #1 in low cost franchises.  One thing is sure, people are looking for a way to save money, and tax experts often find the places to save.  If you are an aspiring business owner with a background in finance or a desire to start something in that field, this may be a profitable option for you.

Health Fitness Franchises

Health fitness franchises also made their way to the top of the franchise lists.  Jazzercize & Anytime Fitness were among the top 10 fasted growing franchises in 2009.  Jazzercize is a home-based business so the startup costs are low.  Anytime Fitness also had relatively low startup costs, which makes the adventure of starting something new great.  There is something to be said for starting a business around something that you enjoy and are passionate about. For a business owner that is passionate about health and fitness, both of these franchise business opportunities are growing and worth exploring.

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The home based business especially are becoming more and more popular by the day in todays world simply because people are starting to see the true benefits of the World Wide Web, consumers are starting to trust the web more, and more importantly, the start up costs for a home based business are next to nothing compared to the offline world of business start ups.

The only set back most people run into when wanting to start one of their own home based business is How and Where to get started.

I did a search under the keyword term “home based business” and the search results returned 64,800,000 results for that keyword alone.

That’s a pretty intimidating number for someone wanting to start their own home based business on the web would not you say?

These were the same obstacles I was up against when I first ventured into the online world of home based business.

But I did not let that stop me and I hope that will not stop you either from wanting to start your own home based business.

So, I saved you the hassle and put together 3 of the fastest ways for ANYONE(that is You) to start their own home based business with next to no investment required and can get started in less than 24 hours.

Are you ready? I hope so.

Home Based Business Model 1. Affiliate Internet Programs.

Affiliate Internet Programs are simply programs set up by the home based business business owner for others to sign up for and promote for the home based business owner for a agreed upon commission(usually between 5 – 75%).

The great thing about affiliate internet marketing is it does not cost you a single penny to get started, you do not have to worry about refunds or customer service that come with owning your own product.

All you have to worry about is generating the traffic to your affiliate link and collecting your commission cheques.

This is the quickest way to get started online… Period!

Home Based Business Model 2. Resell Rights.

Resell Rights are simply products that have already been created and are available to anybody who is willing to pay for the Resell Rights to market them.

The upside to this is you get Ready-To-Go websites with PROVEN sales letters that convert. The best part of all is… you get to keep 100% of the Profits.

The draw back is you can not claim those products as your own. The original creator of the product maintains full rights. You just get to keep all the profits.

Not such a bad trade off would not you say?

Home Based Business Model 3. Private Label  Rights (PLR).
 
PLR are simply products that are ready to be branded with your name to it.

What I mean by that is you get full rights to the product or products and are able to claim them as your own even though you did not create them yourself.

This is the fastest way for anyone to start a home based business who really does not have any experience or knowledge on how to create their own products.

The other really cool thing about PLR products is they come with Ready-To-Go websites which then again saves you time and money in having to create them yourself.

Well there you have it, 3 fast ways to start your own home based business in less than 24 hours.

The easiest way to locate any of the above via the search engines is by entering something like this into there search engine web form:

affiliate programs + “what your niche is”

(Note: make sure you use the quotations around what niche you want to target. Very Important!)

This will save you time and target your search much better, where as if you were to just enter ‘affiliate programs’ into the search engine web form you would get a gazillion results, leaving you frustrated.

Now, the only thing left for you to do Right NOW is make a decision on what you would really enjoy doing as a home based business online.

Once you have figured that out the only thing left for you to do is put together a… Plan For Profit.