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Control Your Destiny: Top Ten Home-Based Businesses for Women (continued)

# 5-Event Planner

If you love throwing parties but you lack either the funds or the causes to celebrate, you should strongly consider the possibilities of an event planning business. In order to start a business in this field, you should have great people skills, a passion for organizing events, and strong organizational skills. These are the three most important characteristics of any successful event planner.

The wonderful thing about event planning is that you hold a tremendous deal of power. No matter what kind of event you are hired to plan, you are in control of all the details. From entertainment, to floral arrangements, to catering services, you choose exactly how this event will run, along with which other companies will take a cut of the profit. Since you have to be in contact with a variety of other businesses, it would be best for you to find some reliable contacts in the various businesses that make these events possible.

Though you do not need any formal education to be an event planner, you should have a good idea of how to draft a contract. Since these events typically pay a good deal of money to the event planner, it is best to put your deal in writing. This will protect you from any foul play that could prevent you from receiving the money that you worked so hard to make. Aside from the issue of contracts, the rest of the details should come naturally to the woman who loves to plan events. If that woman is you, success is right around the corner!

# 6-Instructor

Every person with a skill had to learn it from somewhere-and if you have a skill that's worth learning, you might as well make a profit off of it! All you need to be an instructor is an idea, a skill, and a good place to hold some kind of classes. You can teach one-on-one or with a group, so long as there is demand for your particular area of expertise.

When it comes to areas of expertise, you can focus on just about anything. If you know how to create a household budget without batting an eye, chances are that many other women would like to learn your secrets. If you know how to bake and decorate a seven-layer cake from scratch, many people would rather pay you to learn your skill than to repeatedly visit a bakery. If you know how to piece mementos from your life into fascinating scrapbooks, plenty of people would love to know how to do the same. Simply put, there will always be someone who wants to get to know your particular skills a little bit better.

The most important thing you can do to bring your instructing business to life is to learn how to cater to your customers' needs. You can offer group or single classes from your home, send out monthly tips or newsletters, or write an e-book to include on your much needed website. These things will keep your customers interested and keep them coming back for more. And with any luck, your shining people skills will inspire them to bring a friend along next time! Continued>