Demographic Data Broker

Startup Costs: $10,000 - $50,000
Home Based: Can be operated from home.
Part Time: Can be operated part-time.
Franchises Available? Yes
Online Operation? Yes

Once a business determines who their target market is for a product or service they'll be selling, they have to know where the target market is, how many potential customers are in the target range and what are the trends in terms of their target market. Starting a demographic data brokerage service will enable you to fill the demand for corporations, organizations and small-business owners for demographics information. The data can be researched and acquired for free in most cases via government agencies, the internet and with reprint permission right from publishers of almanacs, encyclopedias and populations directories. The quickest away to secure paying customers that require this type of demographics data to create business, marketing and advertising plans is to contact companies that create business, marketing and advertising plans.

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