New business ideas: $30k cat box, $10k consulting, 20x micro-influencers šŸ¤‘

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Hey, it's Niall šŸ‘‹

You usually get this newsletter every Tuesday and Friday.

But, given the time of year, I'll be skipping the next two Tuesdays.

The scheduleā€¦

āŒ Tuesday, Dec 24 = no newsletter
āœ… Friday, Dec 27 = newsletter
āŒ Tuesday, Dec 31 = no newsletter
āœ… Friday, Jan 3 = newsletter

After that, we'll be back to every Tuesday and Friday as usual.

Alright, let's get stuck into some fresh business ideas.

SUBSCRIPTION BOX

Subscription Box For Cats = $30,000 Per Month

šŸ˜» Alex Brittingham tweetsā€¦

CatBox has crossed $30k in MRR! šŸš€

CatBox is a subscription box for cats.

Each delivery contains toys and treats.

Plus the box itselfā€¦

An added bonus for your fur baby to sit in. If I fits, I sits!

The founders ā€“ Alex and his partner Dani ā€“ look quite young, perhaps still in their 20's.

And Alex is bullish on the potential of the businessā€¦

CatBox is gonna be a 7 figure brand next year

Mark my words šŸ«”

I'm thinking this business model could work for other pets.

Could also be worth trying in other countries, since CatBox is only available in the USA šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø

More generally, think about a subscription box service you wish existed.

How about creating it yourself? šŸ¤”

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Over 1,000 students have taken his course (but heā€™s sharing the best way to get started here).

SOFTWARE CONSULTING

Earning $10K Per Week as a Consultant

šŸ“ A recent post on Redditā€¦

Officially had first $10k week

I have been hovering around $20k a month for the past 5 months and right now a lot of things in the biz are starting to come together all at once. 

Iā€™m shooting for my first $30k month in Decemberā€¦

šŸ’¬ Then in the commentsā€¦

I run a small NetSuite consulting company

NetSuite is a big complicated enterprise software.

OP probably worked in a company that used it, then became a consultant, helping companies make the most of the software.

Goes to show that you can make a lot of money if you know your way around software like this šŸ¤‘

Other examplesā€¦

  • AWS

  • HubSpot

  • Jira

  • Salesforce

  • SAP

Lots of enterprise software have free training and certification programs (eg. HubSpot Academy).

Pick one you already have an interest in, get trained and certified, then hang your shingle šŸ’Ŗ

SELLING TEMPLATES

$100,000+ From His Template Business in 2 Years

Michael Andreuzza tweetsā€¦

āœŗ Lexington has smashed past six figures in sales!

He's referring to Lexington Themesā€¦

Premium multipage themes and UI Kitsā€¦

Beautifully crafted with Astro.js, and Tailwind CSS ā€” Simple & easy to customise.

Looks like Michael launched that 2 years ago šŸš€

Nothing fancy here, just doing the work and tweeting about it every day.

Consistently and persistently.

I've shared before how people are making good money making templates for platform like Framer and Squarespace šŸ‘‡

Michael's templates aren't built on any particular platform, so they can be used anywhere.

These kinds of templates are much easier to build nowadays with the help of AI šŸ¤–

Michael apparently uses Copilot.

You could try building something with that yourself. There is a free version.

MEME BREAK

The Perfect Work Day

VISA PROCESSING

Try This $780,000 Business in Another Country

šŸ”„ #19 on the latest Gaps Income Reportā€¦

StampMyVisa.com raised a Pre-Series A funding round of around $780,000 (converted from rupees) in November.

The business allows any travel agent in India to effortlessly handle the visa requirements of their customers who wish to travel to countries like Malaysia, South Africa, Singapore and beyond.

Essentially, they take a tedious job and enable companies to easily outsource it to them.

To date theyā€™ve helped process over 5 million visas with a 98.5% success rate.

ā€¦ I could totally see people modelling this concept around the world.

How about trying this elsewhere? šŸ¤”

More broadly, what businesses have you seen work well in one place that you could emulate in another?

MICRO INFLUENCERS

Sponsored a Micro-Influencer, Got a 20x Return

Cesar Gil is the owner of Symphony Advertising, a digital marketing agency šŸ˜Ž

He shares on Redditā€¦

Last Month, I sponsored a Micro-Influencer for $120. All this person did during their post was say "If you need Web Design or Markeitng Services, contact Symphony Advertising". 

Earlier this week, I got a call from this company that is looking for someone local to Houston, that can speak spanish, and also knows about marketing. They were interested in our $2,500/month package.

Had the consult, did an audit, and today they agreed to move forward. I have to say, $120 for $2,500 is a heck of a return lol. 

A few ideas off the back of this šŸ‘‡

  • Sponsor micro-influencers to promote your own business.

  • Manage micro-influencer sponsorships for your clients.

  • Help micro-influencers find more sponsorship opportunities.

  • Build a database of vetted micro-influencers and sell access to it.

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