TEN GREAT WAYS TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY continued...

YOU NAME IT

Recently, I came by a business which would not have surprised me to discover had been started by a consumer competitions addict, but I sadly have no evidence to support this deduction.

The business concerned was the invention of names for all manner of businesses. Slogan creating skills were much in evidence in the shape of a neat play on words, or use of those double-meaning words and phrases which play such a big part in the life of the ardent competitor. The price for creating these names was something in the region of œ14,000 a time. Now I'm not suggesting you set out immediately to compete nationally with the firm concerned, but just think what opportunities await you at a local level.

There are openings too for anyone who can provide slogans for delivery vans and business premises, perhaps even for the firm's advertising literature. My local florist and greengrocer bears the name 'Bloom n' Fruit'; another is 'Top of the Crops'. The latter was my suggestion in a competition to name the shop, but sadly someone bet me to the post with an identical suggestion. This is a business idea currently in its infancy and well worth exploiting by someone with a good feel for words.