This year hasn’ t been a very good year for the majority of the world, but maybe some of the best business ideas for 2012 will make this year’ s failures fade away. If 2011 wasn’ t the perfect year for you to start your own business venture, then make it happen in this new year.

Here are 8 Best Business Ideas for 2012 that I’ve listed below:

1. Start an Online Business in Advertising: this is becoming one of the most important part of the society today. The online market is far from reaching its saturation, so starting an online business might be the best choice. Advertising was and always will be. Combining the 2 can give you a tremendous advantage over others.

2. Become an Internet Affiliate Marketer: the affiliate programs nowadays are more and more promoted and very good reviewed. This is a good online business you can start on your own by promoting others products and services. Just by harnessing the power of email, social networking sites and blogs, you can promote another product and gain extra money.

3. Computer maintenance: if you got a tech background, this is the best choice for business. With the rapid increase of tablets, laptops and smartphones for every member of the family, there are many opportunities to provide private computer services such as desktop cleanups,,anti- virus software installation, important software downloads and printer hookups.

4. Being a web- designer: a good business idea is to create sites for elderly people. Why? Because more and more elderly people are using the internet nowadays to find pieces of information, products and services. Not many people have taught to target the older person, but this can be a good business, as they are not so skilled with internet and really need somebody’ s help. You can help them by implementing different sites: personal, business promotion, e- shop etc.

5. Second Hand Stores: today people are less inclined to spent their money to buy new and expensive product, especially as the crisis has struck us all. So they prefer visiting second hands for buying good quality clothes, furniture and others. This is one of the best business ideas for 2012.

6.  Selling eBooks and Audiobooks: with the recent success of the Amazon Kindle and other  audio, video and text download platforms, this new idea of paid downloadable content is becoming very popular and accepted. This kind of business is a great way to start a new year.

7. Green Energy Products and Services: with the solar energy technology constantly improving and with the wind farms popping up everywhere, this is a very interesting business idea that can bring great advantages to those who are willing to take a risk and start a business in this area. For sure there’ s going to be a lot of business opportunities in the “green area” in the years to come.

8. And finally, one of the best business ideas for 2012 is the Recycling business. Have you ever taught that your laptop could be a gold mine? Today, Computer components, steel and copper are all worth more than ever. In order to start this business all you’ ve gonna need is a good local advertising campaign and a pickup truck. Then you can start buying or simply offering to remove old computers, scrap metal, ink cartridges, electronics and any other recyclable materials.

There you have it, this is 8 of the best business ideas for 2012. There are many more a little research, thought and creativity, will reveal many more. the one that is right for you will be the one you are passionate about.