Category Archives: Business Tips, Advice, & Ideas

Clutter Clearance

I once saw a TV programme about a guy who had simplified his life to the nth degree. His wardrobe consisted of a rail of identical jeans and T-shirts, some white and some black. I wouldn’t suggest being quite so radical, but there’s little doubt that clutter can often get in the way, and none more so than between your ears! 

How many half formed ideas have you had that you have written down somewhere, and ‘one day’ you’re going to do something about them? Guess what, if a year or more has gone by, you’re never going to do anything with them. So what’s the solution? 

Well I’d suggest a bit of a de-clutter. Get your ideas out in the open and share them with the world. In any event, it’s not the idea that’s important, it’s the execution of the idea. There may be someone out there who can take your idea on, run with it, and take you along for the ride as a joint venture partner.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.”

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Katherine Hepburn 

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you’re off it.”
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Buddy Hackett

Praying To Lose Weight

I recently read about a church in Los Angeles (where else) which is offering weight loss advice and support to it’s attendees alongside spiritual guidance. I’d imagine the rationale behind this is that converts are difficult to come by, and anything that gets people through the door has to be a good thing. 

Businesses face the same problem as churches – how do you attract more customers? Perhaps what this LA church teaches us is that it can be fruitful to look beyond our core offering, and find something else that we know our customers want.

Give them that, and there’s a good chance that they’ll end up buying what we really want to sell. So what could you offer prospective customers to get them in through the door?

Today’s National Day  

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NATIONAL I AM IN CONTROL DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

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Dear streetwise Customer,

  If you were to design a money-making strategy from scratch to take advantage of the circumstances we’re currently experiencing, here is exactly what you’d come up with – a business where…

. You can work exclusively from home and never have to leave the house  

.  As long as you have a computer with internet access, you’re in business  

.  The method behind it doesn’t just cope with turmoil and uncertainty… it positively thrives on it.  

.  You can get started and be making money in days rather than weeks or months.  

.  Start-up costs are virtually zero. 

  How do I know this is perfect for now?

  Because the guy who developed it is something of a recluse. He started ‘self-isolating’ years ago before it became a thing, and has run this business from the top of a French mountain, from a remote Swedish farm and from the wilds of northern Scotland…

  He didn’t have to self-isolate…he just chose to!

  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months…or even if you just like the idea of doing that…then this is perfect for you.  

  Take a look now and respond today. In every crisis, there are opportunities. Even if you’ve looked at doing something like this before and decided against, think again. Now is the time.

Click HERE for more information 

   Kind Regards,

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  John Harrison 

P.S  Uncertain and volatile times are precisely when this works best. What other opportunity can you say that about? 

 www.streetwisenews.com/wizard

Hoist Away Bags

In these environmentally aware times, products made from recycled materials are finding a ready market. If those materials have a bit of history to them, so much the better. That’s the premise behind Hoist Away Bags, a small company from Maine in the United States making bags from recycled sailcloth. 

The cloth may have become too worn to power a yacht, but that doesn’t mean that some of the cloth isn’t good enough to be fashioned into a bag. No two bags are the same, and each one has a label stitched in revealing the boat name, skipper and type of vessel that the original sale came from. So buyers get a unique product with a bit of history attached. 

If you live in a seaside area, maybe this is something you could copy. Alternatively, what other material which is about to be discarded, might find a new life in a recycled product? The key I think, is to find something big, which can be fashioned into something small.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“It’s insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.”

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            Vin Diesel         

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“My wife went to a beauty parlor and got a mudpack; for two days she looked nice ..then the mud fell off.”
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Charles ‘Chic’ Murray

My Monopoly

Monopoly is probably the most successful board game of all time, and the original version featuring London landmarks has spawned myriad specialist versions based on other areas and countries.

My Monopoly offers buyers the opportunity to buy a Monopoly game where the names of the properties are chosen by the buyer. It’s completely personalised and personal in other words.

The desire to have something totally bespoke is a strong one, and the basis of many a fortune over the past hundred years or so. The thing about a bespoke version of a standard product is that it always sells for a premium price, and the increase in price over a standard version is usually much higher than the incremental cost.

So is there an opportunity to produce a premium priced bespoke version of your product or service? If there is, it could open up a lucrative new profit centre.

Today’s National Day  

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NATIONAL OPPOSITE DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

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Dear streetwise Customer,

  If you were to design a money-making strategy from scratch to take advantage of the circumstances we’re currently experiencing, here is exactly what you’d come up with – a business where…

. You can work exclusively from home and never have to leave the house  

.  As long as you have a computer with internet access, you’re in business  

.  The method behind it doesn’t just cope with turmoil and uncertainty… it positively thrives on it.  

.  You can get started and be making money in days rather than weeks or months.  

.  Start-up costs are virtually zero. 

  How do I know this is perfect for now?

  Because the guy who developed it is something of a recluse. He started ‘self-isolating’ years ago before it became a thing, and has run this business from the top of a French mountain, from a remote Swedish farm and from the wilds of northern Scotland…

  He didn’t have to self-isolate…he just chose to!

  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months…or even if you just like the idea of doing that…then this is perfect for you.  

  Take a look now and respond today. In every crisis, there are opportunities. Even if you’ve looked at doing something like this before and decided against, think again. Now is the time.

Click HERE for more information 

   Kind Regards,

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  John Harrison 

P.S  Uncertain and volatile times are precisely when this works best. What other opportunity can you say that about? 

 www.streetwisenews.com/wizard

The Evasive Alarm Clock

Sometimes you have to think beyond the obvious if you operate in a crowded market, or have a ‘me too’ product with no unique selling position. Clocky is an alarm clock with a difference.

It’s on wheels and when the time comes for it to go off, it doesn’t just ring – it scoots off and hides! The owner has to get out of bed to find it before switching it off. This overcomes one of the major problems with ordinary alarm clocks – the owner switching it off and going back to sleep.

So is there a commonly experienced issue with the product or service you offer – and might there be a lucrative market to be had by offering a unique version of your product or service which tackles the issue head on. This will mean different people, but it’s something for everyone to think about.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.”

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Euripides

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“I’ve had so much plastic surgery, when I die they will donate my body to Tuppaware.”
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Joan Rivers

Backdating Profits

Backdating is a trend which has spread across many markets. In the market for used Porsche for example, companies are taking comparatively new cars and giving them a makeover to make them look like models from a previous era.

In the market for used furniture, ‘distressing’ is often carried out to make a piece look older. And even with new good’s, manufacturers often hide away modern mechanicals under a retro style façade to make their radio’s, TV’s, phones, computers or whatever, appear vintage.

 Has the demand for vintage looks combined with modern functions reached your area of influence yet? And if it hasn’t, is there a profitable opportunity for you to develop a backdated product in your market? 

Today’s National Day  

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NATIONAL WINE DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

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Dear streetwise Customer,

  If you were to design a money-making strategy from scratch to take advantage of the circumstances we’re currently experiencing, here is exactly what you’d come up with – a business where…

. You can work exclusively from home and never have to leave the house  

.  As long as you have a computer with internet access, you’re in business  

.  The method behind it doesn’t just cope with turmoil and uncertainty… it positively thrives on it.  

.  You can get started and be making money in days rather than weeks or months.  

.  Start-up costs are virtually zero. 

  How do I know this is perfect for now?

  Because the guy who developed it is something of a recluse. He started ‘self-isolating’ years ago before it became a thing, and has run this business from the top of a French mountain, from a remote Swedish farm and from the wilds of northern Scotland…

  He didn’t have to self-isolate…he just chose to!

  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months…or even if you just like the idea of doing that…then this is perfect for you.  

  Take a look now and respond today. In every crisis, there are opportunities. Even if you’ve looked at doing something like this before and decided against, think again. Now is the time.

Click HERE for more information 

   Kind Regards,

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  John Harrison 

P.S  Uncertain and volatile times are precisely when this works best. What other opportunity can you say that about? 

 www.streetwisenews.com/wizard

Pimp My Mask

Masks in black, the perennial fall-back for the stylish, are the new staple in the fashionable quarters of the French capital. Masks are now compulsory on public transport in Paris and the city’s fashionable residents have ditched the mass-market pale blue surgical ones for a dash of coronavirus chic.

When President Emmanuel Macron visited a school wearing a navy-blue mask with a small French flag on the trim, its manufacturer was flooded with calls the day after. The manufacturer, Bonneterie Chanteclair, had sent the president a mask on the off chance he might wear it.

The firm is now launching the model in 44 different shades; a limited edition of it with Breton stripes sold out in half an hour. Designer Erik Schaix sells couture masks in charcoal-grey denim and batik print. Celebrities are also jumping on the mask bandwagon.

Supermodel Cindy Crawford has “entertained” her 4.8 million Instagram followers with a tie-dye twinset of a mask and matching top. Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who runs the wellness website Goop, has also matched her mask to her outfit – not to commute in, of course, but for a trip to the farmers’ market.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own action.”

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            Dalai Lama      

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“I am a marvelous housekeeper… Everytime I leave a man I keep his house!”
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Zsa Zsa Gabor

It’s Been A Good Month For

Some UK and US hedge funds reaped a combined €1bn profit last month after their bets against German payment processor Wirecard, paid off with its dramatic collapse. Chris Hohn’s TCI Fund Management and David Greenspan’s New Yorkbased Slate Path Capital are among the winners, making estimated gains of €193m and €220m respectively in just a week.

Bosses at many FTSE-listed companies are back on full pay after taking a pay cut due to the pandemic’s effect on business. Foxtons, Persimmon, Severn Trent, Burberry and Bakkavor are among the companies to reinstate full salaries, a decision that has attracted scrutiny from investor groups and high-pay campaigners, particularly after the UK revealed the largest drop in gross domestic product on record and with millions of jobs at risk.

It’s Been A Bad Month For…

Kylie Jenner’s beauty company is being sued in a fresh blow for the reality show star, coming shortly after she was stripped of billionaire status by Forbes. The 22-year old’s beauty brand, Kylie Cosmetics, is being sued by Seed Beauty, which formerly produced her products. They claim Jenner’s recent deal with make-up group Coty, to whom she sold a 51% stake in her company for $600m, will leak their “tricks of the trade” to a competitor.

The slashing of interest rates to record lows of 0.1% has created the worst environment for savers since the financial crisis. In January the average individual savings account (Isa) paid 0.81%, but now the average rate is just 0.37%. The first half of 2020 now represents the poorest six-month period for savings since 2009.

Today’s National Day  

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NATIONAL HAPPINESS HAPPENS DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

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Dear streetwise Customer,

  If you were to design a money-making strategy from scratch to take advantage of the circumstances we’re currently experiencing, here is exactly what you’d come up with – a business where…

. You can work exclusively from home and never have to leave the house  

.  As long as you have a computer with internet access, you’re in business  

.  The method behind it doesn’t just cope with turmoil and uncertainty… it positively thrives on it.  

.  You can get started and be making money in days rather than weeks or months.  

.  Start-up costs are virtually zero. 

  How do I know this is perfect for now?

  Because the guy who developed it is something of a recluse. He started ‘self-isolating’ years ago before it became a thing, and has run this business from the top of a French mountain, from a remote Swedish farm and from the wilds of northern Scotland…

  He didn’t have to self-isolate…he just chose to!

  If you find yourself having to live and work a little more remotely in the coming weeks and months…or even if you just like the idea of doing that…then this is perfect for you.  

  Take a look now and respond today. In every crisis, there are opportunities. Even if you’ve looked at doing something like this before and decided against, think again. Now is the time.

Click HERE for more information 

   Kind Regards,

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  John Harrison 

P.S  Uncertain and volatile times are precisely when this works best. What other opportunity can you say that about? 

 www.streetwisenews.com/wizard

A Loan To Help You Bounce Back

Businesses that have borrowed relatively modest sums through the government-backed Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) could dramatically reduce their interest costs by, switching to the Bounce Back loans facility.

Ministers launched the Bounce Back scheme several weeks into the Covid19 crisis, responding to criticisms that smaller businesses were struggling to access cash through CBILS. By then, however, many businesses had secured finance through the original scheme. 

Both schemes are administered through the banks, with the state underwriting the loans. Crucially, however, Bounce Back loans come with an interest rate set by the government at 2.5% a year, while with CBILS, lenders set their own rates; many are charging 6% a year or more!

The maximum Bounce Back loan is £50,000, so for businesses that have borrowed less than this from CBILS, it makes sense to switch. The Bounce Back loan scheme isn’t open to businesses that have already secured finance from CBILS, but there is an exception for firms borrowing in order to pay off a CBILS loan in full. Your bank should be able to help you refinance. 

The government has pledged to keep the Bounce Back loan scheme open for applications until 4 November. Both Bounce Back loans and CBILS carry no interest charges or fees in year one, so for businesses confident about repaying CBILS there may be no need to switch.

However, for any business that expects to begin incurring interest, moving scheme makes more sense. On the maximum £50,000 Bounce Back loan, interest charges will cost £1,250 a year from year two onwards. Assuming an interest rate of 6%, the same loan from CBILS will cost £3,000 a year to service

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

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              C S Lewis        

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are cheese.”
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Luis Bunuel

Shares We’re Buying This Month 

While Main Street retail banks contend with shaky consumer confidence and ultra-low interest rates, the trading arms of investment banks help them to profit from loose monetary policy.

Surging corporate debt issuance is good for the underwriting operation and merger activity may pick up later this year. Unpredictable earnings and the Malaysian 1MDB scandal remain problems, but Goldman Sachs Group appears well-placed to profit from the current market environment. 

Struggling high streets and empty offices mean that real-estate companies are firmly out of fashion, but that has created some serious bargains to be had. Harworth Group, the land and property regeneration group trades on a reasonable 35% discount to net asset value.

Harworth invests in about 100 residential, industrial and logistics sites across the north of England and the Midlands. That diversification should leave it well-placed however the postpandemic future of work and e-commerce ultimately develops.

Today’s National Day  

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NATIONAL EMOJI DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

Dear Streetwise Customer,

I’ve already written to you a couple of times about this cash generating system.

This time though, I’m not going to tell you how good this is. I’m going to let our customers do it instead!

Here are just some of the comments we’ve received recently…

(Incidentally, all of these comments are completely unsolicited and the original copies are held on file at our offices and are available for inspection.)

To get the full story take a couple of minutes to read visit the website below and read the message from David Houghton who figured this out. It reveals this extraordinary opportunity in detail. 

Take A Look Now By Visiting:

www.streetwisenews.com/AB

There is absolutely No Risk to you in taking a look at this. The whole
thing comes with a full Cast Iron Money Back Guarantee.  All the best for now

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John Harrison
Streetwise Publications

PS. Just for good measure here are Mike Pears comments on the A Minus B System:

“O.k. – here are my updates on the A-B System up to my trading week 51. These are all to level stakes. 

Week 40 – w/c 16/2 – loss of 16 pts
Week 41 – w/c 23/2 – profit of 37 pts
Week 42 – w/c 2/3 – loss of 2 pts
Week 43 – w/c 9/3 – profit of 80 pts
Week 44 – w/c 16/3 – profit of 37 pts
Week 45 – w/c 23/3 – profit of 75 pts
Week 46 – w/c 30/3 – profit of 38 pts
Week 47 – w/c 6/4 – loss of 51 pts
Week 48 – w/c 13/4 – profit of 62 pts
Week 49 – w/c 20/4 – profit of 30 pts
Week 50 – w/c 27/4 – profit of 144 pts
Week 51 – w/c 4/5 – loss of 45 pts

Total Level stakes profit is 1,821 pts which averages 36.42 per week… A £1,000 starting bankusing 0.1% stakes, now stands at £5,569.”

Have Diamonds Lost Their Sparkle?

With investors fleeing for safe haven assets, now is the time for gold to shine. Diamonds, on the other hand, have lost their sparkle. In March, when stocks were plumbing new depths in the coronavirus crisis, the price for a single diamond carat fell by 6.8%. But the woes facing the industry actually go beyond the current crisis. Over the year, the single-carat price is down by 13.1%.

What’s going on?

Well, for starters, Covid-19 has exacerbated an existing problem. India, where 90% of the world’s rough diamonds by volume are cut and polished, is in lockdown. That has resulted in a 50% drop in diamond exports from this processing hub.

For an industry that depends on being able to dig jewels out of a mine from Canada to Angola, fly them to the trading hubs of Antwerp or Botswana, and sell them to wealthy, hopeful consumers from London to New York and Beijing, coronavirus has been a fiasco. 

With shops shut and people losing their jobs in, say, the US, the world’s biggest consumer market for diamonds, but also in Europe, and China, where the market is growing, diamond prices can be expected to fall further – by 15% or more this year.

De Beers cancelled its latest sale after witnessing a 28% year-on year drop in sales, and it’s been a similar story for its rivals.

But even before the coronavirus outbreak, the market had been in a sorry state owing to a glut, coupled with declining marriage rates among millennials. London-listed Petra Diamonds, already crippled by debt, has also had scant recent success at its famous Cullinan diamond mine in South Africa.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”

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            Napoleon Hill         

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices; take it or leave it.”
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Buddy Hackett

That, in itself, wouldn’t be so bad for diamond merchants. Scarcity in other markets leads to higher prices. But the diamond market has had to contend with “fakes”.

In fact, artificial diamonds are not fakes – they have the same chemical and physical properties as their earth-born brethren. They are just “grown” in a lab. They are also cheaper to produce, free of any historical and ethical taint and, in theory, are potentially greener. 

Colour, in the literal sense, is important for collectors, as coloured diamonds are among the most sought-after – and few more so than the pink diamonds from Rio Tinto’s Argyle mine in western Australia. Most mines will be lucky to unearth one pink in the entire haul; at Argyle, it’s about one pink carat for every 1,000 carats mined.

They are also consistently of the highest caliber, with a strong, pure, intense shade. But the mine, which gave the world around 90% of its pink diamonds, has given up all but its last 150 or so carats. It is set to close later this year.

Demand has been rising, however. So coveted are Argyle pink diamonds that it’s been rumoured Rio Tinto could end up selling the Argyle name.

Today’s National Day  

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NATIONAL GORGEOUS GRANDMA DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

Dear Streetwise Customer,

I’ve already written to you a couple of times about this cash generating system.

This time though, I’m not going to tell you how good this is. I’m going to let our customers do it instead!

Here are just some of the comments we’ve received recently…

(Incidentally, all of these comments are completely unsolicited and the original copies are held on file at our offices and are available for inspection.)

To get the full story take a couple of minutes to read visit the website below and read the message from David Houghton who figured this out. It reveals this extraordinary opportunity in detail. 

Take A Look Now By Visiting:

www.streetwisenews.com/AB

There is absolutely No Risk to you in taking a look at this. The whole
thing comes with a full Cast Iron Money Back Guarantee.  All the best for now

john sig.png

John Harrison
Streetwise Publications

PS. Just for good measure here are Mike Pears comments on the A Minus B System:

“O.k. – here are my updates on the A-B System up to my trading week 51. These are all to level stakes. 

Week 40 – w/c 16/2 – loss of 16 pts
Week 41 – w/c 23/2 – profit of 37 pts
Week 42 – w/c 2/3 – loss of 2 pts
Week 43 – w/c 9/3 – profit of 80 pts
Week 44 – w/c 16/3 – profit of 37 pts
Week 45 – w/c 23/3 – profit of 75 pts
Week 46 – w/c 30/3 – profit of 38 pts
Week 47 – w/c 6/4 – loss of 51 pts
Week 48 – w/c 13/4 – profit of 62 pts
Week 49 – w/c 20/4 – profit of 30 pts
Week 50 – w/c 27/4 – profit of 144 pts
Week 51 – w/c 4/5 – loss of 45 pts

Total Level stakes profit is 1,821 pts which averages 36.42 per week… A £1,000 starting bankusing 0.1% stakes, now stands at £5,569.”

Eating In The 50’s And 60’s

Pasta was not eaten.

Curry was a surname. 

A takeaway was a mathematical problem.  

A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.  

All potato crisps were plain; the only choice we had was whether to put the salt on or not. 

Rice was only eaten as a milk pudding.

Calamari was called squid and we used it as fish bait.

A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining.

Brown bread was something only poor people ate.

Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking.  

Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green.

Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was regarded
as being white gold. Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.  

Fish didn’t have fingers in those days.  

Eating raw fish was called poverty, not sushi.

None of us had ever heard of yoghurt.

Healthy food consisted of anything edible.

People who didn’t peel potatoes were regarded as lazy.

Cooking outside was called camping.

Seaweed was not a recognised food.

“Kebab” was not even a word, never mind a food.  

Prunes were medicinal.

Surprisingly, muesli was readily available, it was called  cattle feed.

Water came out of the tap.

If someone had suggested bottling it and charging more than petrol for it, they would have become a laughing stock!!

But the one thing that we never ever had on our table in the sixties …..”Elbows or Phones”

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
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       Thomas Jefferson 

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.”
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Joan Rivers

New Way’s To Profit A Love Of Whiskey

Investing in whisky has never been easier from the comfort of your home, even when it’s still in the cask. Whisky Invest Direct is a platform that was launched five years ago by the people behind gold and precious-metals dealing service BullionVault.

Users simply log on and buy whisky that is still in the barrel and kept in the original distiller’s bonded warehouse. The idea is that, as it slowly ages, and other whiskies get consumed, your whisky appreciates in value.

Then, you sell it via the platform. Just like on BullionVault, there is a live order board that allows you to set your own asking price. Another option is to buy and sell whisky by the cask via an online auction.

In February, Cask Trade’s newly launched auction service, called auctionyourcask.com, held the world’s first live, online whisky auction dedicated to casks. Around 300 whisky lovers registered to take part, with roughly 100 samples sent out to prospective buyers in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia.

Today’s National Day  

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NATIONAL SLEEP UNDER THE STARS DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

Dear Streetwise Customer,

I’ve already written to you a couple of times about this cash generating system.

This time though, I’m not going to tell you how good this is. I’m going to let our customers do it instead!

Here are just some of the comments we’ve received recently…

(Incidentally, all of these comments are completely unsolicited and the original copies are held on file at our offices and are available for inspection.)

To get the full story take a couple of minutes to read visit the website below and read the message from David Houghton who figured this out. It reveals this extraordinary opportunity in detail. 

Take A Look Now By Visiting:

www.streetwisenews.com/AB

There is absolutely No Risk to you in taking a look at this. The whole
thing comes with a full Cast Iron Money Back Guarantee.  All the best for now

john sig.png

John Harrison
Streetwise Publications

PS. Just for good measure here are Mike Pears comments on the A Minus B System:

“O.k. – here are my updates on the A-B System up to my trading week 51. These are all to level stakes. 

Week 40 – w/c 16/2 – loss of 16 pts
Week 41 – w/c 23/2 – profit of 37 pts
Week 42 – w/c 2/3 – loss of 2 pts
Week 43 – w/c 9/3 – profit of 80 pts
Week 44 – w/c 16/3 – profit of 37 pts
Week 45 – w/c 23/3 – profit of 75 pts
Week 46 – w/c 30/3 – profit of 38 pts
Week 47 – w/c 6/4 – loss of 51 pts
Week 48 – w/c 13/4 – profit of 62 pts
Week 49 – w/c 20/4 – profit of 30 pts
Week 50 – w/c 27/4 – profit of 144 pts
Week 51 – w/c 4/5 – loss of 45 pts

Total Level stakes profit is 1,821 pts which averages 36.42 per week… A £1,000 starting bankusing 0.1% stakes, now stands at £5,569.”

Ask Sunday

Personal assistants used to work only for the rich and famous. Not anymore. Sign up for a subscription at AskSunday.com and you can have the site’s virtual secretaries do tasks for you, like schedule appointments, set up dinner reservations or give you a wake-up call even if you are on a trip around the world.

In fact pretty much any secretarial, administrative or organisational task can be arranged through the site. Time can be booked in just five minute increments.

I mention it for two reasons: 

1.  You might be a one man/woman band or run a very ‘tight ship’ and have use for such a  service on an occasional basis.

2.  There could be a business idea for you there.

Is there a service you could provide over the internet in short time slots, which would help entrepreneurs to run their businesses more effectively?

Motivational Quote Of The Day

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Alternative Quote Of The Day

“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes.”
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Jack Handey

Information Publishing

Information publishing is one of the most heavily promoted ways to make some extra money, and yet many people aren’t really clear on what it is.

Put simply, an information product is any piece of knowledge that has been recorded in some way – whether that be in a printed format, an audio format, or a video format-so that it can now be passed on to others.

There are dozens of ways to package and sell information. Some of the most common products are, printed books and e-books, booklets and special reports, manuals and workbooks, CDs, downloadable audio files, DVDs, newsletters, subscription-based web sites, workshops and seminars. 

All of us have information or knowledge that would be useful to others, and packaging and marketing it in the right way can be highly lucrative. If you have an idea for an idea for information product, and want a second opinion on it, don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Today’s National Day  

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NATIONAL TOSS AWAY THE “COULD HAVES” AND “SHOULD HAVES” DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

Dear Streetwise Customer,

I’ve already written to you a couple of times about this cash generating system.

This time though, I’m not going to tell you how good this is. I’m going to let our customers do it instead!

Here are just some of the comments we’ve received recently…

(Incidentally, all of these comments are completely unsolicited and the original copies are held on file at our offices and are available for inspection.)

To get the full story take a couple of minutes to read visit the website below and read the message from David Houghton who figured this out. It reveals this extraordinary opportunity in detail. 

Take A Look Now By Visiting:

www.streetwisenews.com/AB

There is absolutely No Risk to you in taking a look at this. The whole
thing comes with a full Cast Iron Money Back Guarantee.  All the best for now

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John Harrison
Streetwise Publications

PS. Just for good measure here are Mike Pears comments on the A Minus B System:

“O.k. – here are my updates on the A-B System up to my trading week 51. These are all to level stakes. 

Week 40 – w/c 16/2 – loss of 16 pts
Week 41 – w/c 23/2 – profit of 37 pts
Week 42 – w/c 2/3 – loss of 2 pts
Week 43 – w/c 9/3 – profit of 80 pts
Week 44 – w/c 16/3 – profit of 37 pts
Week 45 – w/c 23/3 – profit of 75 pts
Week 46 – w/c 30/3 – profit of 38 pts
Week 47 – w/c 6/4 – loss of 51 pts
Week 48 – w/c 13/4 – profit of 62 pts
Week 49 – w/c 20/4 – profit of 30 pts
Week 50 – w/c 27/4 – profit of 144 pts
Week 51 – w/c 4/5 – loss of 45 pts

Total Level stakes profit is 1,821 pts which averages 36.42 per week… A £1,000 starting bankusing 0.1% stakes, now stands at £5,569.”

Follow The Pumpkin Plan

When Mike Michalowicz was trying to grow his first company he got locked in a cycle of make-sell-make-sell. Although he was making steady money, there was never much left over. His company was alive, but hardly a fortune maker.

That’s when he discovered an unlikely source of inspiration-pumpkin farmers! He tested this Pumpkin Plan on his own company and transformed it into a remarkable, multimillion-dollar industry leader. He’s now written a book about it. Here’s the gist of the plan…

1.  Plant the right seeds; Don’t waste time doing lots of different things just to please your customers. Instead, identify the thing you do better than anyone else and focus all of your attention, money, and time on figuring out how to grow your company doing it. 

2.  Weed out the losers: In a pumpkin patch small, rotten pumpkins stunt the growth of the robust, healthy ones. The same is true of customers. Figure out which customers add the most value and provide the best opportunities for sustained growth. Then ditch the worst of the worst.

3.  Nurture the winners: Once you figure out who your best customers are, look after them. Discover their unfulfilled needs, innovate to make their wishes come true, and over-deliver on every single promise.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“It’s not the load that breaks you down; it’s the way you carry it.”
 
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Lena Horne

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”
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George Carlin

The Bicycle Library

Imagine you want to buy a new bicycle. There are hundreds of models to choose from, each with very different characteristics. Choose the wrong one and you can end up making an expensive mistake. That’s the scenario behind the launch of the London Bicycle Library. 

The library is based on a double decker bus. The bus contains information and resource materials where visitors can research their choice, and also a wide selection of bicycles which they can try out, and even take home for a few days. If it’s a marriage made in heaven, they can the order their own bike, direct from the manufacturers via the library. 

One of the greatest fears – and one of the greatest barriers to making a sale – in any market, is the fear of making a mistake. Anything which allows the customers to try-before-they-buy will ultimately be rewarded with increased sales.

So is there some way you could adapt or apply this concept to your business?

Today’s National Day  

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NATIONAL DIFFERENT COLOURED EYES DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

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   Dear Streetwise Customer, 

  I hope you’re keeping safe and well. 

  This offer is limited, so we are only make it available to our most valued Streetwise customers at the moment. 

  Back in the autumn, we alerted a few of our customers to a course, created by a guy making what seemed at the time to be an outrageous prediction. 

  He predicted the world would soon be gripped by a unprecedented crisis which would create a huge financial opportunity. Crazy eh? 

  Anyway the course revolved around a strategy which would enable anyone to make £2,803 a month to ‘tick over’ in normal times, but would then transform into a massive fortune maker once the implications of the predicted crisis hit. 

  Not many people (including me!) believed the prediction, but £2,800 a month is certainly worth having and a number of our customers got on the bandwagon and started doing well with it…and then the crisis came…sooner than anyone thought. 

   The big opportunity he planned for is about to hit, and I want as many of our customers as possible to benefit…but there’s a hitch. 

   For reasons explained when you take a look at the details here, I can only help NINE people at the moment. But those nine people are going to get something nobody else has been able to get up until today…

       The full programme in one package and at a huge discount! 

   For full details take a look here.

        www.streetwisenews.com/secret  

     
    Very Best Wishes,


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John Harrison 

Paying To Look

A speciality food store in Brisbane Australia, recently made the headlines by announcing that they were charging $5 for customers to come into their store and browse.

I’m not sure whether it was it was a publicity stunt, or a genuine protest against the number of people who were coming into the shop to check out products before ordering from someone else online, but it raises an interesting question – could you charge customers in a different way? 

With more purchases being made online, is it impossible that ‘shops’ become showrooms that you pay to enter in the future? And that’s just one alternative source of revenue for retail businesses aside from product sales.

For example, we recently featured a coffee shop where the coffee was free, but you paid for the time you spent in there – perhaps a reaction to the number of people taking an hour over a filter coffee while taking advantage of the free Wi-Fi. Given the number of people ‘browsing’ magazines in places like WH Smiths, how long before they provide seating and become a paid-for library? 

If you can come up with an innovative way to charge for what you do, it could separate your business from the crowd and generate valuable free publicity. Something to think about.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“Your life is a book; make it a bestseller.”
 
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Shanon Grey

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.”
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RIta Rudner

Brown Toilet Paper 

I’m not sure whether it’s a colour issue, or the fact that people are sensitive about what they apply to their more delicate areas, but recycled toilet paper isn’t as popular as you might expect.

Cascades Tissue Group in the US hope to change that with a toilet paper called Moka that is made from recycled cardboard boxes. People are accustomed to brown napkins and paper towels, but how receptive they’ll be to brown toilet paper is unclear. Without going into detail, there may be issues.

This is further proof though, that thinking outside of what is traditionally accepted is worth a try. Is your product always a certain size, shape or colour and are there good reasons for that?

A little critical thinking might lead you to the conclusion that there is no logical reason why you can’t do something very different, and doing that will help you stand out from the crowd.

Today’s National Day  

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NATIONAL GET OUT OF THE DOG HOUSE DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

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   Dear Streetwise Customer, 

  I hope you’re keeping safe and well. 

  This offer is limited, so we are only make it available to our most valued Streetwise customers at the moment. 

  Back in the autumn, we alerted a few of our customers to a course, created by a guy making what seemed at the time to be an outrageous prediction. 

  He predicted the world would soon be gripped by a unprecedented crisis which would create a huge financial opportunity. Crazy eh? 

  Anyway the course revolved around a strategy which would enable anyone to make £2,803 a month to ‘tick over’ in normal times, but would then transform into a massive fortune maker once the implications of the predicted crisis hit. 

  Not many people (including me!) believed the prediction, but £2,800 a month is certainly worth having and a number of our customers got on the bandwagon and started doing well with it…and then the crisis came…sooner than anyone thought. 

   The big opportunity he planned for is about to hit, and I want as many of our customers as possible to benefit…but there’s a hitch. 

   For reasons explained when you take a look at the details here, I can only help NINE people at the moment. But those nine people are going to get something nobody else has been able to get up until today…

       The full programme in one package and at a huge discount! 

   For full details take a look here.

        www.streetwisenews.com/secret  

     
    Very Best Wishes,


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John Harrison