10 Small Business Ideas

Consider These for Summer 2020

- Laura May

Summer is lurking just over the horizon, almost ready to make parasol sellers very happy. With every seasonal shift comes a reminder of the possibilities of life. If you feel stuck in a rut, you must not get too downcast, because reinvention is closer than you think. You can feed off the energy and vibrancy of summer and parlay it into great success — and what avenue could be more satisfying than starting your own small business?

Of course, I can’t really avoid touching upon the other big change to the outside world: that being the relative dearth of people due to the COVID-19 pandemic keeping them indoors in an effort to slow the rate of infection and save lives. It does not look likely that things will be back to normal by the time summer arrives, so I can hardly recommend ideas that will not work then.

Consequently, I am going to set out 10 business ideas that you can consider for summer this year even if the pandemic refuses to relinquish its grip on the structure of our lives. Here we go:

1. Copywriting

Businesses need copy now more than ever before. Aware that people across the world are looking to the online world for entertainment and education, they are all hard at work putting out blog content, website updates, and new product descriptions. The more attention they can get, the better they can do in these trying circumstances.

Many of the businesses are used to being quite casual about content production, though, and are not sure how to meet demand. That is where you can enter the picture if you have copywriting skills. You can respond to freelance placements or just reach out to brands you think you could help, offering up suggestions for how you would get their content seen.