It got your attention, didn’t it? If you are waiting for the catch, there isn’t one…you can actually start and run a business from your smartphone if it can handle email like Blackberry mobiles. If you can bolt on some other applications to help you effectively work like you would from your laptop or PC, then you really can ditch everything and go mobile!
So, what business can you start from your mobile? Here are five business ideas you can think about:
1. School pick-up service
You can turn this traditional job into the 21st century by doing everything from your mobile. If you get a basic website done – and make sure it’s optimised for mobiles, you can take payments via Paypal, for example, and have an online booking system where parents can book like they would an appointment at the doctor’s or the hair salon, and all confirmation details would be sent to you via email.
All you’d need to do it turn up! Don’t forget to get yourself a handsfree headset if you’ll be talking while driving!
2. Become a tour guide
Who said that having children should stop your dreams of travelling? If you know your town like the back of your hand, and know places that are interesting and well hidden from the usual tourists, and you like talking to people…a lot…and exploring places. Just grab an appointment booking app from BlackBerry Application World that you can sync with your website and you’re good to go! You don’t even need a car!
3. Become a blogger/writer
Did you know that you can post directly to blog platforms these days in just a simple email? And blogging platforms like WordPress now have smartphone ready apps to make writing posts on your blog a few clicks away.
4. Become an eBay seller
Your BlackBerry mobile will have an inbuilt camera with high megapixels, so you can take pictures, and then create listings in less time than it takes to do it on your laptop or PC.
5. Become a virtual assistant
This is one of those businesses that we talke a lot about here on www.motherswhowork.co.uk. And it’s not because we’re short of ideas – it’s because it’s one of the easiest businesses to set up. You can even work while the kids are asleep if you work with international clients in the US or Asia, for example.
Running this business from your BlackBerry or smartphone will be easy, too. You collect your projects via email, then work on them on your phone. Did you know that you can work on Microsoft Office documents from your BlackBerry? You can even open zip files, edit images…you are only limited by your imagination.
