One of the easiest home-based businesses to start is a soap business. Marketing soap on a small scale is quite easy since many people really want to buy handmade soap. Making soap is not hard, but it's hard enough that there isn't a great surplus of soap sitting around. So if you want to sell soap, you just need to find those people who want to trade cash for soap.
You can probably think of a dozen ways to sell soap. Some are easier than others. Part of the problem is many soap sales outlets will only move just a trickle of product. In those cases you may have to worry about your stock getting worn or stale. Then there are delivery costs and restocking time. Small volume sales outlets can be a real pain.
If you can sell a lot of soap in a hurry that solves many marketing problems. One way to do that is to set up at events and sell direct to the consumer. Events may include festivals, arts and crafts shows, and even farmers' markets. If you get in the right place, you can move a large volume of product in just a day or two.
Now finding the right events may take some time. Only some experimenting will reveal what works best for you. You can start with little local events, like those sponsored by schools and learn to display your products and learn to sell. After some experience, you can apply for bigger shows. Some more regional shows will attract tens of thousands of shoppers and may be just the way to catapult your sales.
Here's the real trick though. Your sales at an event are just a start. What you want to do is to follow up with your customers and market to them after the event. The hardest selling is to a new customer. After you have a happy customer, just continue to give them chances to buy and you now have a real business. Follow-up is as easy as including sales material with every purchase. Then keep a customer contact list so you can mail your little catalog to your customers. Making a simple brochure and catalog is very easy. You probably have software on your computer that will do that right now.
Starting a soap business is an easy way to begin making profits from home. One of the best ways to start marketing soap is to sell at events. If you follow up with your customers with brochures and a little catalog, you can sell more products without even leaving home. Convert soap to cash!
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