Our next interview with Walmart’s Get on the Shelf contestants is with Kathy, creator of Christmas Caroloke.
What product did you submit to Walmart’s Get on the Shelf contest?
We submitted Christmas Caroloke, the ultimate Christmas carol sing-along. Our product is comprised of a standard audio CD of musical accompaniment, along with 6 glossy, full color Christmas carol lyric books.
There are 2 volumes – “Traditional Carols” and “Contemporary Classics”, and each volume comes with its own heavy duty vinyl storage case. By simply popping the audio CD into their stereos and handing out the accompanying full color lyric books, our customers can have a rousing Christmas carol sing-along within minutes. It will also soon be downloadable at our site, and customers can purchase the books as well.
Where’d the idea come from?
My husband, brother-in-law, and I were on a family vacation in the Caribbean and we were on a big sailboat. It was warm and beautiful, and we were just relaxing and talking about work. It was December, and as a pianist, I get a lot of work at holiday parties playing carols for sing alongs. One of us wondered aloud what people do when they can’t afford to hire a pianist like me, and when no one in their group plays an instrument. What if they just wanted to sing Christmas carols? Maybe they would ask someone like me to record the piano accompaniment. Then we started brainstorming about how we could provide people with a high quality (i.e. real musical instruments, not a sequencer) product that allowed them to sing Christmas Carols easily with no equipment to purchase. Christmas Caroloke was born!
Larada Sciences is a science-based medical technology company dedicated to the safe elimination of human head lice infestations. Our revolutionary new product, the LouseBuster device, is a breakthrough medical device that provides a safe, fast and highly effective way to kill all stages of head lice without using chemicals.
Our goal is to have this exciting new product available around the world. We are seeking individuals who are interested in running their own mobile or salon-based business using the LouseBuster device.
To continue our rapid growth we are looking for independent partners who are seeking new, profitable business opportunities by becoming LouseBuster service providers!
Candidates must be passionate about helping families get rid of head lice, have business experience, the financial strength to own a business, and have the energy and focus to market this unique service to potential customers. Key contacts may include: school nurses, pediatricians and general practitioners, hair salons, summer camps and many others.
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The never-ending hysteria over a Doomsday cometh has sparked a growing movement of people called “preppers,” who prepare for the end of the world as we know it — and in some cases, make a profit.
Tim Ralston, a married father of two from Arizona, is one such “prepper.”
“There’s a lot of different things that could happen,” Ralston said. “For me, I look at prepping as kind of like insurance. You have car insurance, health insurance, life insurance.”
Call it Apocalypse insurance. Ralston turned his family’s two-car garage into a staging area. Inside is a trailer, which he keeps packed and ready to go at all times, stockpiles of freeze-dried food, including cartons of canned chicken with a shelf life of 15 years, survival gear, such as a system for purifying polluted water, first aid kits and lots of weapons and ammunition.
Tim Ralston’s website, where he profits from the end of the world, is gearupcenter.com.
I love lice removal stories. A reader sent in this guest post about her her lice removal business. This is a huge untapped niche! I’m always amazed at how easy it was to turn something disgusting and shameful into something that is totally normal and profitable.
When Carrie Madej decided to start her new business, because of the current economy, she was hesitant. But a year later her company has grown leaps and bounds. She’s opened her first center in Wheeling, Illinois, and has three more in the works.
“It’s unbelievable”, says Madej. “I really had no idea how this would just take off.”
This Wheeling business doesn’t sound the most glamorous. Madej’s specialty? Head Lice removal.
