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" It&amp;#039;s time to be your own boss-and make your own fortune! Set aside a moment to brainstorm, gather your supplies - or friends - and then spread the word. Here&amp;#039;s how! Pick a skill. Choose something that you&amp;#039;re good at, enjoy doing, and will make money off of. Ask yourself, What does this town need? What am I really good at? Organize. Make a list of all the supplies you need to get started, like a car, printer, and any materials. You can photocopy flyers at a public library or an office supply store, like Staples. Advertise. Start a buzz about the service you&amp;#039;re offering: Post flyers at town hall or the supermarket, and e-mail and talk to friends about it. Since the best advertising is through word-of-mouth, you might want to consider working for free once or twice. You&amp;#039;ll build up a customer base and have people who can serve as references. Or you can cut a deal for your new clients, like &amp;quot;get the first hour of babysitting for free.&amp;quot; Work hard. Establish a good reputation - be on time and do work you&amp;#039;re proud of - so you&amp;#039;ll get more customers through recommendations. When you finish a job, ask if they know anyone else who might be interested in your services. Collect e-mail addresses from everyone you work for and, in one month, ask if they have any more work available.  Stay safe. Tell your parents where you&amp;#039;ll be working, and always carry a cell phone. If you feel uneasy around a client, just leave. Record your earnings. Make a computer spreadsheet to keep track of the money you earn. Even if you&amp;#039;re getting paid in cash, you need to keep a record and file an income tax return if you earn more than $400 annually. (Talk to your parents for more help).  --&amp;amp;gt;  How to cash in! Here are several different businesses you can start yourself.  Bill yourself as the babysitting tutor. With a pack of flash cards and some early-reading techniques you might pick up by sweet-talking an old teacher, you&amp;#039;ll get bigger bucks. Become a kids&amp;#039; party planner\u2014from the invitations to the balloons to the cakes to the favors. Abracadabra! Refine your party talents by learning some card tricks, and make a child&amp;#039;s birthday magical. Clown around at parties: Get paid to make &amp;#039;em laugh! Hire yourself out to do odd jobs: watering plants, trimming trees, painting garages. Run a weekly car wash\u2014and collect good tips. Get up early and set up a commuter coffee stand (fresh brew and your homemade muffins) by the train or bus station. Assemble care packages for campers whose parents are busy: Include books, candy, and trail mix. Design and sell your own thank you cards or invitations. Create a portfolio of handmade designs that you can show friends and relatives. Provide &amp;quot;taxi service&amp;quot; to younger kids from your school\u2014the ones who are too old for a babysitter but too young to drive\u2014who need to get to sports practices or other events while their parents are working. Work as a Party Helper. You and a friend can check coats, pass hors d&amp;#039;oeuvres, or wash dishes afterward. Instruct senior citizens who aren&amp;#039;t familiar with computers to use e-mail, word-processing programs, and Internet search engines. Type up a lesson plan based on the &amp;quot;Lessons and Activities&amp;quot; section of http://4h-technology.ifas.ufl.edu/youth.htm.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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