10 Business ideas which can be started with zero investment.

There are lots of people around us who want to start their own business, but they are struggling just because they don't have the enough money as well as a right idea. For those hardworking people here are the 10 business ideas which can be started with 0 investment.   

1. RESUME WRITING

Hiring managers are notorious for the short span of time they spend scanning a résumé. This is not about to change anytime soon – given the pressures of recruiting fast. A résumé written professionally by a person who is conversant with both the language and the needs of a hiring manager makes life easier for both applicant and recruiter. 

A résumé is a snapshot at the candidate that can help determine suitability for a given role. Sweeping generalisation, clichés, or inane statements which are nothing but claims can reduce the credibility of the candidate and move him/her to the bottom of the pile in seconds. 

Professionals and students who’re getting their résumé made for the first time (or when switching career paths) can profit from your services if you have good writing skills. You need to have a penchant for research and express the candidates in clear, simple words – enhancing your claims with valid numbers.

REQUIREMENTS -Good writing skills
INVESTMENT - INR 0 -25,000

2. SEO CONSULTANT 

The web has taken over our lives but there is a way to streamline the content we’re exposed to – and this is carefully shaped through digital marketing. It follows simple logic – the most relevant content should appear topmost on a search engine, and it is the SEO consultant who makes that happen. 

Any and all business these days hire SEO consultants to make their webpages web-friendly, user-friendly and attractive. SEO convinces users to take affirmative action whether it is joining a membership or buying something. Learning these steps is easy provided you’re interested in detail work and are quick to learn. 

SEO evolves over and over and major changes come quite regularly – and an SEO consultant has to stay current on all these developments. You can branch off into teaching SEO, or hire more people to handle more clients. Small businesses and solopreneurs will appreciate your services – and you still don’t need an office.

REQUIREMENTS -Good SEO knowledge
INVESTMENT - INR 0 -35,000

3. TUTORING

Teaching is an evergreen business you can conduct from anywhere, even on the go! If you live in a large community or township, you can advertise your tutoring services to the people around you and get your first pupils. You can decide whether you’d like to teach adults or children and what your offerings are. 

Mainstream tutoring would be in academic subjects and disciplines; but there is something to be taught all year round, even during sthe ummer holidays. From a sport to an indoor hobby, arts or fitness; anything you’re good at can become your offering, provided you have expertise in this chosen area. You should be able to demonstrate your ability and also demonstrate the intent to teach. 

If you love teaching, you can gain popularity through word-of-mouth and even consider teaching online, having a YouTube channel for teaching videos and much more. Within the same student-group or age group, you can take as many students as you’re comfortable handling in one chunk of time. You can fill your entire day by scheduling classes with care. This business plan is scalable to a large extent.

REQUIREMENTS - College degree, Convincing portfolio
INVESTMENT - INR 0 -10,000

4. VIRTUAL ASSISTANT

This is a job you’ll find appearing everywhere. The role you perform can range from sending out emails, scheduling events, and catering to all the professional needs of busy business people, leaders and public figures. You will be their first point of contact in the virtual space, and in some cases, their spokesperson. 

For this reason, good communication skills, presence of mind, and attention to detail go a long way at this job. You might often need to compile clear, concise reports. Your role frees up time for busy workers who do not wish to get tied up with repetitive tasks administrative work. Your role may involve invoicing, cross-checking details, making travel arrangements and sometimes personal tasks too. 

Expect to get on board with the job immediately as you get trained and learn on-the-job. Virtual assistants are often involved in content creation that demands subject-matter research, fact checks, finding images and collating all of it into a finished piece. The key is in promoting your services relentlessly. This will help you get fresh clients. Plan and schedule them during your day (or night). Be honest about your availability and you can scale this up to full-time hours!

REQUIREMENTS - Good communication skills
INVESTMENT - INR 0 -30,000

5. CAREER COUNSELLING SERVICE

The next time you’re at the brink of giving a friend advice on what she should spend her professional life on, take a moment. See if your education, career experience and current stage in life allows you to do this full-time for a fee/paid membership. Career counselling doesn’t stop with telling someone to pick one career over another, nor does it start there.

As a career counsellor, it is your business to find out what a person’s areas of interest are and whether working in that area would be suited to that person’s personality and temperament. It helps to decide on whether you plan to work with say students of technical education, or arts students. Defining your niche helps you to focus all your attention on offering true value to this category of students. You can even choose a niche that you yourself have majored in, and therefore have a personal interest and experience in.

Your job is to build up overall confidence in addition to helping people find careers. You can scale up by reaching out to universities and colleges. Proper advertising on online job portals attracts professionals planning to switch to other areas.

REQUIREMENTS - Active listening skills to gauge students’ interest areas, Energetic promotion to students and professionals 

INVESTMENT - INR 0 - upwards

6. CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

The need for good content is ever-increasing. Every marketing campaign you can think of needs images, words, video and dynamic explanatory features like infographics. Content developers, depending on their area of expertise, write the words, curate visual content, and fill in the details.

Starting a content development business is something you can do with no extra skill other than what school and college already teach you. You need to find information related to a topic (research) and construct a sensible narrative around it. Presenting this content in an engaging manner to readers is the primary focus of content development. It includes taking inputs from different sources, incorporating the mostsearched keywords, and getting the readers and search engines to value the content presented. Content development is an important function of content marketing.

Every business in the process of promoting itself has content needs your growth can be astronomically high.

REQUIREMENTS - Excellent writing skils, Storytelling strengths, Penchant for research  
INVESTMENT - INR 0 - 50,000

7. SALES TRAINING

Being a salesman is about playing a mind game with a prospective customer, they say. Once you have a lead on who potentially has the need for a product, the art of selling lies in creating the urge to buy that from you – and not from a competitor.

If you have experience with direct sales, fieldwork, on the shop floor, or at conventions, it is time you converted all your tricks and tips into a handy training course for up-and-coming sales personnel. Selling as a process begins long before you make a pitch. It’s about studying prospective customers, understanding the ideal buyer persona, and making it work so that both buyer and seller walk away from the deal happy.

As the sales trainer, you teach your students effective techniques of selling things to say, making the right gestures, and logging up a high rate of conversion. There are subtle non-verbal cues, body language tips, and reading the situation’ which many newbie sales people have to learn quickly. You can help them do that.

Growing through your teaching materials is certainly possible when you offer value. Sales managers would be happy to recruit you for their training needs if you network well.

REQUIREMENTS - Excellent pitching skills, Experience in selling
INVESTMENT - INR 0 - 5,000

8. SKIN CARE CONSULTANT

Your skin reflects your health. Given the increasing levels of pollution and hormonal upheavals the body goes through, skin needs external help to remain smooth and soft. This can begin at home itself, but the knack is to know what simple kitchen pantry ingredients can help in cleansing, toning, and moisturising.

For instance, exfoliating is a big part of skin care, and it can be done with a little rice flour and turmeric mixed with milk or rose water. This is a great scrub that you can put together in minutes. If you have such cool tips that can help people get rid of dullness, pimples, oily T-zones, or callused elbows, consider skin care consulting.

At first, you need to set up a Facebook page (or group) and channel your wisdom into a blog. A website comes at a later date. You can even offer personalised consultations to followers for a fee. As you keep adding tips, your blog can become popular enough to attract a regular batch of clients. Conduct webinars or Q & A sessions through Facebook Live the outlay is zero.

REQUIREMENTS - Knowledge of skin types, products, A wealth of tips, home remedies
INVESTMENT - INR 0 - 30,000

9. YOGA CLASS

Yoga is India’s claim to fame. It has become synonymous with health and all things Indian. From Hollywood celebs to PM Modi, everyone’s social media feed has at least one post dedicated to an asana!

If you are a certified yoga instructor or have been a practising enthusiast for a while, opening your own yoga studio may be just the thing for you! Since all you need is a few square feet of space and a mat, investment is negligible and there are a host of things you can do to popularize your classes including having an website or youtube channel and a good social media presence.

Home based yoga classes are also quite popular. Certifying yourself with unique yoga variations like Aerial yoga or Iyengar yoga would help you offer a very specific range of yoga practices.

REQUIREMENTS - Minimum 100 sq ft of space, Certification from a yoga institute
INVESTMENT - INR 0 - upwards

10. FINANCIAL PLANNER

I don’t need to be financially secure… said no one ever! The modern individual is bombarded with a lot of financial information and could do with some help.

If you have had a sound career in the financial sector then becoming a financial planner is your road to success. Start a blog where you can write about FAQs that generally figure on people’s minds.

While financial goals are broad and mostly the same (everyone wants to own a home, go on vacations, drive a nice car), each person’s individual needs are different (Where will the home be, what kind of vacation, which car?)

Your expertise and reputation will be built on how well you can help people set realistic goals and guide them to achieving those.

REQUIREMENTS - Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business or statistics, Working experience in the financial sector
INVESTMENT - INR 0 - upwards