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Make Money With a Holiday Lighting Company

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

Many people pass up on the ultimate opportunity to make money during the holiday season. If you are like many contractors, landscapers, or painters, you know that the holiday season is fairly slow and dull. By starting your own holiday lighting company, you could overcome many of the pitfalls that the holiday season brings. The holiday lighting business is also one that is easy enough to start – whether it is your first business, or an add-on.

If there was ever a business to invest in to make a solid income during the winter season, then the holiday lighting season is definitely a business to look into. With home and business owners spending in excess of over $200,000,000 each winter season, you can see that it is a very viable opportunity to look into.  All of this money was spent on having someone else hang their lights for them.

Now, you may be thinking to yourself, “Why can’t they just hang their light themselves?” Well, people pay other people to do things such as: clean their pulls, mow their lawns, and even clean their houses; it is all about convenience, and more so, safety. Many people do not have the ability to implement a proper layout, a good design, or a good lighting scheme. They also may lack the skills, tools, the know-how, or be in the best shape to climb and hang them themselves. This is where you come in with your expertise and capitalize on the opportunity.

To get started in this business, you do not need a huge budget. As a matter of fact, a lot of business owners you their equipment and tools from their other small businesses to help them get started making their own holiday lighting company. Already having a small business, many people can use their existing customers as a staple to make money right from the start. This business is easy enough to make money for first-time business owners as well, pending they have the right training.

To get the most out of this business, you definitely want to invest in proper training course and learn everything needed to maximize profits and keep the business running year round. This includes knowing the proper lighting displays, clips, marketing, etc. With the proper knowledge, you can make thousands from the start, and without, things can be disastrous.

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As you may know, in the lawn mowing business, the winter can take a huge toll on your income. While your profits may flourish in the early months, your income could severely decrease during the winter season. Luckily there is one business opportunity that can possibly supplement your full winter income and bring in larger profits than you may have received throughout the prior months. The business I am referring to is holiday light installation.

You see, during the winter season, businesses and residents hire people to hang their Christmas displays. Year after year, the Christmas season becomes more profitable with home and business owners spending an excess of over 200,000,000 each holiday season. A lawn mowing business with existing clientele can easily jump in and grab a piece of the pie.

Holiday lighting has become a tradition amongst businesses and residential neighborhoods alike. With the amount of foot traffic an attractive lighting display will bring, business owners are willing to shell out thousands of dollars to have their lights hung. Some business contracts can garnish more revenue than you would have earned in a month from your lawn mowing business.

It is not uncommon for 4-men crew to earn daily profits of $2000 and $3000. For you to maximize profits, a rule is that the earlier you start, the better. Generally, you want to start looking for clients as early as late August/early September. This ensures you will be making cash right after Halloween, which is generally the time you will begin hanging lights. So you can toss your lawn mowing business aside (figuratively speaking), and get ready to start making tons of cash in this new business.

Already having existing clientele, you have many prospects before you even begin. Offering your customers a discount for hanging their lights, or perhaps even giving them a discount on mowing their lawns for letting you hang a sign in their yard is a great way to attract new customers. Word-of-mouth marketing is always the best, especially if they let you hang their lights for them.

It is safe to say that the holiday lighting business is more than just an “add-on” business. In fact, you can make money hanging lights after the Christmas holidays. There are wedding receptions, tree wrappings for parties, as well as other commercial lighting displays. This along with your existing lawn mowing business can bring around huge yearly profits. You could easily make more to the tune of $1,000 on your first day with the proper training and a proper marketing plan.

So the question is, do you want to earn more money than you ever thought possible during the winter season? There is no reason to slow down or completely stop your lawn mowing business for the whole winter season when you can more than double your income during the winter season. All you need to know are the facts, and you can get started right away.

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Many people, as well as business contractors are in need of a job for extra cash during the winter months. If you are like most people, then you look into a seasonal job which does not pay a lot just to add some income around this season. What many people do not know is that there is a lot of money to be made by starting your own holiday light business.

Christmas light installers can potentially make more money than they have made in the last few months (easily surpassing your typical seasonal job) hanging Christmas lights. Christmas light installers bring to the table solid expertise and the ability to be very meticulous – far beyond that of a regular home owner hanging their own displays. Prior knowledge is not required as long as you receive the proper training. However, you should not be afraid of heights (i.e. climbing ladders, roofs, etc.).

No existing clientele is needed, although having an existing customer base can put you a few steps ahead of the pack, so to speak. One way to practice — as well as attract potential customers — is to hang lights on your own home – before Halloween! This is typically when the installations take place, but the perk of having your lights up before this period is a lot of people can see your lighting display, and some curious folks will ask you who hung your lights. A nice Halloween display will do for this occasion.

Another great way is to market yourself is to get your home listed in your local and home newspaper. Also think outside the box. If you are a landscaper, tell your clients that they can get a discount for an installation, or even get a discount for their next landscaping job is they allow you to place a yard sign with your information in their yards.

Now it is time to decide if you want to do the installs yourself, or hire and manage a team to do the installs. It is not unusual for the business owner to install the lights right along with the Christmas light installers. You also do not need a lot of money to start up your own business. It typically costs less than $4,000 to start in this business. There are some franchises that charge as high as $80,000 to help you with your business, but you do not need to spend that much cash to learn how to start your own holiday lighting business.

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