So what Business will i do within the 3 weeks NYSC Orientation Camp?
Well, for you to engage in any kind of this business on camp, you will have to register with the camp officials. The amount you will be charged for; depends on the kind of business you want to set up on camp. Once your registration has been approved, then you are free to go on with your business on camp without any kind of harassment.
If you think your business is too small to pay for registration, then, try and go into collaboration with another business on camp.
1. Start Selling Food and Drinks
Selling food and drinks like minerals, yoghurt, zobo, beers and other assorted drinks at the orientation camp will fetch you a lot of money no doubt about it. naturally humans can’t just do without food and drinks so go to the camp, set up a restaurant at the MAMI MARKET (nick-name given to markets at NYSC camps), offer your services to them and get your cash.
Although NYSC will provide food to Corpers, 3 times, in a day all through the duration of the Orientation exercise. Nevertheless, majority of Corpers on camp will find it difficult not going to MAMI MARKET to get a feel, of the local dishes in the community where the camp is located.
More so, at nights, MAMI MARKET seems to be the meeting and dating joints for Corpers and even Non-corpers on camp, hence, just imagine the number of drinks that will be sold everyday on camp. and if you sell yours, you get your cash.
2. Photocopying services
Yes of course, there will be a lot of xeroxing and photocopying of original files and documents by corpers at the camp. so if you arrange for a source of electricity or its alternative like a generator, together with a photocopying machine, you can take it to the camp and start doing business. i will advice you to go for the 3 in 1 deskjet photocopying machine that has a scanner on it.
3. Taking Photographs/photo shots
This is one of the hottest businesses on the camp. With thousands of Corpers engaging in different activities, for a whole 3 weeks, then, you should just imagine how much you can make from this business. No matter the competitions, you will surely have your own customers and make your money.With quality snaps shots, fast delivery and good customer interfacing skills, you will surely make it.
This business is easier for Non-Corpers because, as a Corper, in NYSC kit, you will not be allowed to do business during camp activities. Nevertheless, as a corper, if you have your personal digital camera, you can take loads of pictures during the activities. Then, during leisure time, you can ask one of the registered photographers on camp to help you print them out in town. All you just have to do is to give the person your memory card, coupled with good compensation.
4. Phone Calls and Battery Charging kiosk
Selling Recharge cards, offering phone call services and charging of mobile phone batteries can also make good money on camp for you.
All you just need to start this business is a small generator set, some desktop chargers, some power sockets and a kiosk. you can pay an electrician to wire the socket board perfectly for you.
You will have to be very careful with your customers phones, to avoid troubles; hence always make sure you label their phones or batteries with their names using a permanent marker/sellotape.
There might be competitions but there is no way you will not get your own share of the market.
5. Film Video Business:
This is a very good business which is not really common in most camps as compared to photography. I so much love this business because, the returns can be so high beyond your imagination if you really mean business.
Get a good video camcorder, you will have to cover all camp activities. there after, edit the whole stuff and burn it to DVD for Corpers to buy and take home after the Orientation exercise. Wondering how sensible it is to burn all 3 weeks activities into a DVD and also make plenty copies? just buy the nero smart burner software and install it on your PC. it helps you burn copies of DVDs fast.
The content of the DVD which you will offer for sale will just be short pieces of the major activities that will be carried out on camp. i think with your Blackberry phones, you can also make some reasonable coverages.
If you are to make 90% of Corpers to buy your DVD, then you just have to prove to them that they appear in the video. To make this happen, try and make sure you cover all Corpers while they line up on the Parade ground, Platoon by Platoon. More so, try and be on ground with your camera when they are on queue for registration, food and during the endurance trek. Those are the instances you can capture almost all Corpers on camp.
What if you come to camp with a TV and DVD, so that every night, you can be showing the stuffs on TV ? If a Corper sees him/herself in the video, don’t you think he/she might instantly register to get a copy of your DVD before the end of the orientation camp? That’s food for thought.
To make money engaging in this business on camp, you don’t need to know how to edit videos nor how to burn videos to DVD. I am very sure there will be some video producers in town, that will do all these for you, just for some token.
6. Laundry services:
There are many Corpers out there that will not be able wash their kits by themselves while on camp, for different reasons best known to them some are very lazy perhaps, hence all they do is to find someone that will help them wash their dirty kits and pay some cash in return.
More so, Corpers don’t go to camp with electric irons. Even at most camp, Corpers are not allowed to make use of electric gadgets. As a result of this, you will be making extra money just helping Corpers to Iron their clothes. you can use a charcoal pressing iron but make sure you are careful‘ with it. label every shirt, khaki or jungle boot received with the Corper’s unique State code, so that when the owner comes back to claim his/her khaki, you will find it very easy to locate it without any mix-up with other khakis that are in your care.
You might not be able to do this business alone because I wonder what you will do when you have over a hundred of kits on ground to be washed and ironed. Corpers will be mad at you if you tell them that their kits are not ready when they are suppose to wear it to the parade ground, the next morning.
Buy a washing machine if you can afford one or better still organize boys whom are willing to combine the business with you, while some of them will be washing, some will be ironing, you will be on the field, marketing and others will be going from one hostel to another, packing dirty kits to their stand. If you are to do all these all alone, what do you think might happen to you in the long run?
7. Mending torn clothes:
You can also make money on camp helping Corpers to fix their torn wears. Most kits supplied to majority of the corpers don’t suit them, hence many of them always love to adjust the size to fit them properly. More so,there are usually cases where shorts tear during exercises.
Hence, if you can be fixing all these for corpers, you will surely be making some real cash.
8. Free browsing Configuration:
Most corpers will come to camp with phones and laptops. if you know how to configure mobile phones and laptops for free browsing, then these is your opportunity. note that only web-enabled phones that will be able to browse, provided there is at least, GPRS service at the camp location. As a corper, you can be making some money for yourself if you can be configuring free browsing for fellow corpers just for a token. It can also fetched you a lot of new friends if you are doing it free.
You can also maintain a mini cyber cafe with about five computers using the mtn mifi modem like device that can connect five computers via WiFi connection
9. Video and games viewing centers:
You can also make money on camp setting up a games/video viewing center. If you can offer games like snooker, table tennis and video games, at your center, then, you will surely make some good cash.
A friend of mine thought me how to make money with my PS3 game console, he was a copper then, and he told me he used to make a lot of cash offering this services to people who love games especially the football type. its a business for every body and its good try it.
More so, if premier league/champions league matches fall within the duration of the orientation camp, then its obvious that you will make money if you can make these matches available to corpers on camp.
10. Selling Inspirational books and offer unique services:
You can also make money on camp selling Inspirational books, Novels, Motivational books, Cutleries, Magazines, Newspapers, wears, musical CDs etc you can also write a book on how to do anything that you know will attract peoples attention.
What of setting up a mini barbing salon or a nail-fixing center? The list is endless. Just think of something you know Corpers will need/love to buy and you will see money flowing well into your pocket.
11. As a Corper, you can leverage on your presence on camp to help some businesses or companies to market their products in return for commissions. On camp, you will see different corpers trying to introduce you to one business or the other. You will even see some sharing fliers and handbills.
All these are ways of making money either directly or indirectly.
During one of my friend’s time on camp, He introduced his Bulksms serviceto some Corpers and even let them realize that they can be making money during their service year, just as a BULKSMS CONSULTANT to churches, private schools, businesses, organizations, clubs etc.
Till now, most of his mates on camp that time do buy their bulksms from www.osamediasolutions.com/bulksms and some even been asking him how they too,As a Corper, you can leverage on your presence on camp to help some businesses or companies to market their products in return for commissions. On camp, you will see different corpers trying to introduce you to one business or the other. You will even see some sharing fliers and handbills. All these are ways of making money either directly or indirectly.
Marketing tips
Branding also helps a lot. Get a stand in the market place, erect your umbrella with a big banner carrying the name of your business, and probably be putting on Vests customized with the name of your business. With these, your business name will be ringing in the head of Corpers on camp and they will also find it easy to reach and patronize you.
It will also help you a lot if you are already on ground as at the time Corpers are registering for admission into camp. While corpers are lining up for registration, you can easily walk around, welcoming them to camp, while at the same time introducing your business to them. Help them with some little things during registrations and you will see them dancing to your ads.
Well, let me stop here for now….With this article of mine, I am optimistic that if you are the type that has been looking for ways of making money for yourself at NYSC camps, then you should now have ideas of what you can do.
EVERY ORIENTATION CAMP IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU. IF YOU MISS OUT IN ONE, YOU CAN ALWAYS PREPARE AHEAD OF THE NEXT ONE. IF YOU ARE POOR, PLEASE, STOP BLAMING THE GOVERNMENT, JUST BLAME YOURSELF.
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