Right around this time of year many people look forward to increasing their income by $30-$40,000. How do they do this? They have their own holiday decoration business. What would it take to create this kind of income in three months?

Many holiday lighting decoration specialists have been doing this for years as a part-time business. They have a regular number of projects that they do every year and they get so many referrals that they are guaranteed a healthy income even in January.

Quite often, seasonal business owners such as landscapers, roofers, and even painters transition to Christmas light decoration. They often get their contracts from their existing pool of customers. Many of these business owners can realize $2-$3000 income in a single day from their holiday decoration business.

What does it take to put together a holiday lighting and decoration business? If you have an existing client base that you work with from year to year, you might have a willing market. Many new Christmas lighting specialists will contact their friends, families and neighbors with flyers announcing a discounted special as a means of introducing the new business.

Once you’ve started your first project, be sure to put up a sign while working that promotes your business as you work. You should have your website and your business information so that people in the neighborhood can contact you. Be sure to get permission from your client of course. Since you’re giving them a discount for the project, there shouldn’t be much of an objection to you promoting yourself as you work.

Take photos of the finished project for promotional purposes. Get a testimonial from your new satisfied client and place that on the website as well along with a picture of the home or business. Once you do have your first job and testimonial, place those on another flyer and get out there and promote like crazy.

Once you know exactly how to set up your business, you can be making money in your first week. In order to conduct your business properly, you’ll need some guidelines. There are ways to conduct business that will bring you a lot of money and a lot of referrals, if you start out on the wrong foot, you can end up with a lot of headaches. That’s why it’s important to get started properly with all the right tools and information.

If you have a strong desire to secure more money for your family over the coming holidays, pay close attention. You see, many people proudly display their Christmas lights every year but hold a secret they don’t usually share with their neighbors. If you are like me, quite often during the holiday season when driving the family around you’ll go to those neighborhoods where the light show is spectacular. I discovered their secret years ago at a party.

A prominent doctor had a Christmas party in his home in an exclusive part of town. While enjoying the festivities my wife and I took a walk through the neighborhood and gazed at all the gorgeous Christmas lighting. We got back and commented to our host how beautiful the lighting was on all the streets in the area and he commented that several of the companies that come out each year compete unofficially against each other for the best lighting display.

When I remarked why his neighbors would hire someone to do the lighting for them, he looked at me as if I had three heads on my shoulder. My wife later commented that there was no way any of the people in this neighborhood making half a million a year would risk going up on their roof for the sake of Christmas lighting and decorations. Many of his neighbors would not think twice about spending $3,000 or $4,000 to get the job done properly.

That’s when I understood why there is over $200 million a year spent on professional Christmas lighting installation. The truth is, if someone is busy, stressed out, or just plain tired, they don’t want the headache of putting up Christmas lighting if they can hire someone to do it for a few hundred dollars. If they have a huge home, that makes matters even worse but the job even more lucrative.

So, if you thought that every one of your neighbors actually do put up their own Christmas lighting, you would be in for a pleasant surprise. The more affluent the areas, the less likely it will be that they’re putting up their own Christmas light display.

If you want to make $10,000 a month during the holiday season I suggest you take a close look at becoming a commercial Christmas lights installer. The market is definitely out there for that service and growing more each year.

How can you make a lot of money in the Christmas Holiday lighting business? If you follow the right system and layout your business plan according to the expert trainers in this field, it’s not very difficult to be successful.  There’s a lot of money to be made in the Christmas holiday lighting business.

Trained holiday lighting installers make this look easy. As in any profession, there are rules to follow and the right way to do things. What a well trained holiday lighting installer brings to the table is a solid program for working with a customer, knowing the products and the tools that will do the job and do it well. If you are interested in becoming a well paid holiday lighting installer, take the time to get proper training in operating your business.

Starting out with no existing clientele? You can still do very well. Because the start up costs in this business is relatively low, it is easy to get started with a simple strategy. For instance, start with your own home. One of the biggest holidays that you can use to draw attention is Halloween. Get your home decorated, in a brightly lit Halloween theme and take lots of pictures.

Get your home in the local newspapers as a news item and send out press releases to get further attention. Place your ads in local circulars and start talking to local businesses about Christmas decorations and lighting design. Start drumming up business in the fall and you will have a great Christmas season.

Grow your business the right way from the start. Get the right information and training in the business model to make your business a success from the beginning without suffering through the pitfalls of learning as you go. If you are low on funds, invest in the education that you need to secure profits right away. There are proven systems available for those who are looking to create a profitable holiday lighting business without having to spend close to $100,000 on a franchise.

If you have a head for business but cannot do the work yourself, you can still take home study courses in Christmas lighting installation. Hire and train your installers and management the business.

After this brief introduction to the Christmas light installation business, you can see how with you can create a profitable business with very little initial capital.

The holiday season is approaching with the speed of Santa’s sleigh. Before you know it, the sound of carols will fill the crisp winter nights, and the familiar smell of Christmas trees will permeate the air. Even the curmudgeonly among us will become infused with the holiday spirit.

For those of us in the landscape contracting business, it can often be difficult to revel in the good cheer that has become so closely associated with the holidays. The winter months bring with them a work slowdown. But you don’t have to let the winter months turn you into a Scrooge. There are a number of services you can offer your clients that will ensure a busy pre-holiday business rush.

In recent years, the installation of holiday lights has gone from being a burdensome do-it-yourself chore into a thriving niche market. People want their homes to be decorated with Christmas lights; they just don’t want to deal with the aggravation that comes with hanging them. As a result, they’re willing to pay someone to do it for them. There is no reason why that person shouldn’t be you.

“Holiday lighting is a wide open market, and it’s a great way to keep revenue flowing when business drops off in the winter months,” says Steve Christie, president of Automatic Irrigation Supply Company in Indianapolis, Indiana. “In a lot of markets, there is more demand for the service than there are people who offer it. I just can’t think of any reason why contractors couldn’t make money right off the bat.”

For landscape contractors, the transition into holiday lighting is a pretty easy one. You already have most of the tools you’ll need, and, more importantly, you have an existing clientele you can market to. “You have a captive audience that you’re associated with, so you’re not going to have to spend a lot of time trying to drum up new clients, and that’s half the battle right there,” says Mark Borst, president of Borst Landscape and Design in Allendale, New Jersey. “I’d say that about 90 percent of our holiday lighting customers were landscape maintenance customers first.”

Even in the lagging economy, the demand for holiday lighting remains strong. “Last year, with things the way they were, our numbers were up,” says Robert Evans, president of Property Creations, Cumming, Georgia. “They were not up as much as the previous couple of years, but the growth remained pretty solid.”

While holiday lighting of homes and residences will still be a mainstay, the commercial market holds tremendous potential. Retail stores, restaurants, shopping malls, etc., need to make their stores look festive. “Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a lot of businesses that used to install lights themselves—whether in a mall, a restaurant or a homeowner’s association—are now deciding to outsource the work,” says Evans.

“These companies need holiday lights—they’re not going to go without them, but it’s such a stressful and busy time of year that they don’t want to deal with the hassle of installing them. For this group of people, it’s worth the cost of having someone come out to do the installation for them.”

Initially, Borst got into holiday lighting as a way to retain his best employees. “Come November, we kind of ran out of work, but I didn’t want to have to let my guys go,” says Borst. “So we looked into some of the different things we could do to keep ourselves busy. When we came across holiday lighting, it was very obvious that it was the best route to take. It was a no brainer.”

Today, thanks to holiday lighting, the winter months are one of Borst’s most profitable times of year.

This story is not unique. “We’ve really used holiday lighting as a way to take advantage of the winter slowdown,” says Evans. “In our market, the winter can be tough for landscape contractors. It’s really a great way to keep your crews busy during the holiday lull.”
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During the holiday season lights are everywhere. They are a great way to celebrate the season and impress your neighbors if you’re a home owner, and they’re a great way to celebrate and attract customers if you’re a business owner. However, many people and businesses lack the knowledge and the time to decorate their place the way they want. This is why you should start a holiday lighting business.

The holiday lighting business is something that many people don’t know about. It’s actually a very well kept secret. So when someone hears about how great the business is and that they should start their own business, their initial reaction is usually: Why start a holiday lighting business. Well, here’s why:

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