I live right by the woods and often get ‘attacked’ by dogs that look like they’ve been bathing in mud. As mucky as their paw marks make my clothes, I can’t help wondering what kind of mess they make once they get home. Perhaps their owners would appreciate a German idea I recently came across.

Lars Schutze has located Germany’s first Dog Wash right next to the car wash he already owns. For less than five euros, owners can foam, shower and dry their pets while they’re waiting for their car to be cleaned. Given that bathing a dog usually involves a huge amount of mess and inconvenience that seems like a good deal.

I can see no reason why something like this wouldn’t work here. Taking the dog for a walk and then arriving back home with a pristine car and a spotless dog seems a pretty good combination to me. Time for someone to reach a mutually beneficial deal with a car wash owner.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” 

Peter Drucker

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“Once I was doing a sponsored walk. In the end I managed to raise so much money, I could afford a taxi.” 

Jimmy Carr

Vintage Clothing Trading  

If my daughter and her friends are anything to go by, vintage clothing is in vogue at the moment. A combination of environmental concern and the desire to have something you won’t find on the High Street is leading many young people to seek out vintage items. It seems to me that there is money to be made here.

One person’s old tat is another person’s vintage. By scouring charity shops and jumble sales for bargains, cleaning them up and then selling them on via eBay or concession in an existing shop, it should be possible to make some interesting profits.

The key here is that you need to have an eye for fashion and a firm idea what’s likely to appeal to vintage clothes lovers. Not one for me then, but certainly an opportunity for the right person.

Today’s National Day   

NATIONAL WORK PLACE NAPPING DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

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When someone else dies, those left behind are left with a multitude of problems, while still coping with the inevitable grief. Most deal with it in a piecemeal way – consulting with lawyers, bankers, public utilities, local and national authorities, auctioneers and house clearance companies…and even then do a great deal of work themselves.

So what if there was a ‘one stop shop’ where someone separated from the emotion of the situation, could handle everything in a systematic fashion – making sure that all parties were correctly notified, all legalities completed correctly, and all goods and chattels distributed and disposed of in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.

Done correctly, it’s a service that could easily pay for itself, just by ensuring that everything was dealt with in the most economic fashion.

I don’t know whether such a service exists, but if it does, it hasn’t reached my consciousness, so maybe it’s not marketed too well. I really believe there’s a market for this, and anyone with good organisational and trading skill could cash in while carrying out a valuable service.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“I accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”

Michael Jordan

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“I haven’t spoken to my mother-in-law for eighteen months. I don’t like to interrupt her.”  

Ken Dodd

Second Hand Profits  

Thanks to the likes of eBay, buying second hand or used goods has never been as popular (or easy) as it is today. A lot of mainstream retailers are catching on to this now. You’ve been able to buy used books on Amazon for a long time now, but even primarily off-line businesses are getting in on the act. My favourite retailer, Ikea, have now set up a system to facilitate customers disposing of their second hand furniture.

At first glance, this seems counter-intuitive, but there is a logic to it. Having the option to buy used (and cheaper) second hand furniture will draw more people to the company website, as well as improving customer goodwill. And of course, sometimes a customer needs to dispose of an old piece of furniture before they’re able to buy a new one.

Is there some way you could facilitate your customers disposing of the products they no longer need or want, and if there is, would it help or hinder your business? It’s a question worth asking.

Today’s National Day   

NATIONAL EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY! 

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

Dear Streetwise Customer, 

“OMG, Ludlow 3:45…two horses to back. Bott N Brown WON at 25/1 !!! Average odds taken on Betfair exchange 80/1. I backed for £12 winning me £960. Can you please thank Bill for me.” G.B – 6th February 2020

“Many thanks. Thursday OMG Newcastle 5:30. Special Lady WON 50/1. Won £500.” G B – 7th February 2020 

A couple of weeks ago we wrote to you about The Hermes Strategy, a unique approach to horse racing created by Bill Burrows. I’ve reproduced word for word, two emails I received recently from one of our customers who tried the strategy for the first time just a few days ago.

He just won £1,460 in two days! 

Needless to say, he’s pleased!

Now we don’t get 80-1 and 50-1 winners every day (although it looks like we do at the moment!) but because this strategy looks at the whole thing from a VERY unusual angle, long odds winners come along pretty regularly alongside more mundane wins.

It all adds up to a great second income for anyone able to spend 7-10 minutes a day putting the strategy to work. For full details visit… 

www.streetwisenews.com/herm  

You could very easily be up and running and copying Bill within a few hours of reading about this. Everything you need is at your fingertips.

Kind Regards

John Harrison
 Streetwise Publications

P.S. If you can find 7 minutes a day, you can do this for yourself. 

www.streetwisenews.com/herm 

Have you ever thought about a TV programme from the past and wished someone would bring it back again? Well in Sweden, you can do something about it.

Through website Reupp, you can search a database of old shows which have stopped running and pledge money to bring them back again. If nothing happens the campaign just keeps running, but if a decision is made to bring the show back, the crowdfunded cash is donated to the producers.

The idea isn’t to fund a whole series, which would be impossible, but rather to provide a platform for a display of strength of support.

It’s an interesting idea and one with wider applications. Could you set up a site to crowdfund the reformation of bands or for inactive (but popular) authors to write new books or songwriters to write new songs? Perhaps something to think about.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”      

Albert Einstein

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“I saw this bloke chatting up a cheetah, I thought ‘he’s trying to pull a fast one’.”

Tim Vine

Getting The Boot   

You might be excused for thinking that the now ubiquitous Ugg boot is a relatively recent development. Not so. It was invented in 1973 in Australia by a chap called Shane Stedman as a product to keep surfers feet warm between waves. He sold out to US Company Deckers in 1973 for £10,000. Today the brand is worth over 3 billion dollars.

Perhaps Mr Stedman could be excused for feeling a little bitter, but it’s heartening to hear that he doesn’t. You see he recognises what most inventors simply never grasp…that an invention is little or nothing without the marketing and brand building expertise that builds it into a fortune maker. In his own words, “to make my Uggs the number one brand, I’d have had to move to the US, and work my arse off in a suit and that’s just not me.”

So few inventors and product developers realise that they simply never had what it took to make their idea into a real money maker, and spend a lifetime begrudging those who had the skills and abilities to do so. If your skills are in invention and design, there’s no reason to think you can turn your work into cash without a great deal of help and talent of a different kind. Should you sell out or team up? That’s ultimately a decision for you. 

Today’s National Day   

NATIONAL  FAST CAR  DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

Dear Streetwise Customer, 

“OMG, Ludlow 3:45…two horses to back. Bott N Brown WON at 25/1 !!! Average odds taken on Betfair exchange 80/1. I backed for £12 winning me £960. Can you please thank Bill for me.” G.B – 6th February 2020

“Many thanks. Thursday OMG Newcastle 5:30. Special Lady WON 50/1. Won £500.” G B – 7th February 2020 

A couple of weeks ago we wrote to you about The Hermes Strategy, a unique approach to horse racing created by Bill Burrows. I’ve reproduced word for word, two emails I received recently from one of our customers who tried the strategy for the first time just a few days ago.

He just won £1,460 in two days! 

Needless to say, he’s pleased!

Now we don’t get 80-1 and 50-1 winners every day (although it looks like we do at the moment!) but because this strategy looks at the whole thing from a VERY unusual angle, long odds winners come along pretty regularly alongside more mundane wins.

It all adds up to a great second income for anyone able to spend 7-10 minutes a day putting the strategy to work. For full details visit… 

www.streetwisenews.com/herm  

You could very easily be up and running and copying Bill within a few hours of reading about this. Everything you need is at your fingertips.

Kind Regards

John Harrison
 Streetwise Publications

P.S. If you can find 7 minutes a day, you can do this for yourself. 

www.streetwisenews.com/herm 

Business is generally perceived to be hard-nosed, totally profit-driven and calculating, but sometimes there is a middle ground – one that benefits everyone involved. Take Mirakle Couriers, based in Mumbai India.

As the name suggests, the company offer a pick up and drop service in Mumbia. What isn’t obvious though, is that the company only employ deaf workers. India has one of the largest deaf populations in the world, with around 6% of the population affected. Many find it difficult to find work. Mirakle Couriers are able to provide that work.

The company founder is a former investment banker who insists that the company is a commercial operation rather than a charity, and that the social element is simply embedded in the commercial operation. In any event, it seems to work and the company has grown rapidly since its 2008 launch.

So from the companies standpoint, is there an advantage to solely employing workers who have a disability? There could be several. Prospective customers could be impressed with the companies social element, and be therefore more likely to use them.

It’s something unusual, and is therefore likely to be of immense PR value. And the workers themselves – having experienced difficulty finding work elsewhere – are likely to be hard working and loyal.

It seems like a win-win situation, and one which could be copied elsewhere. Are there European laws against positively discriminating in favour of people with disabilities in the workplace?

I’d like to think not, but don’t know, so that would need looking into. But this seems like an idea with potential.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“You’re not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.”

George Carlin

Pants For Profit  

I’ve got to be honest, I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my pants, and I’m probably not alone. You see while the market for women’s underwear is vast and varied (I had to do a lot trawling through catalogues and websites, just to be sure) the men’s market is – well, a bit stagnant.

Innovation and development in the market has been pretty non-existent. Australian company, Sly Underwear have set about changing that. The company have developed a range of innovative designs and styles incorporating features such as denim, bold graphics, breathable fabrics and side pockets.

There are two questions to take from this I think:

Is there a gap in the market for someone here in the UK to shake up men’s underwear. (You can make up your own jokes at this point)

Are there other stagnant markets which nobody really thinks about which would benefit from a bit of blue sky thinking.

The answer to either could throw up a big profit opportunity

Today’s National Day   

NATIONAL GRANDPARENT DAY!  

 John Harrison

PUBLISHERS NOTICE 

Dear Streetwise Customer, 

“OMG, Ludlow 3:45…two horses to back. Bott N Brown WON at 25/1 !!! Average odds taken on Betfair exchange 80/1. I backed for £12 winning me £960. Can you please thank Bill for me.” G.B – 6th February 2020

“Many thanks. Thursday OMG Newcastle 5:30. Special Lady WON 50/1. Won £500.” G B – 7th February 2020 

A couple of weeks ago we wrote to you about The Hermes Strategy, a unique approach to horse racing created by Bill Burrows. I’ve reproduced word for word, two emails I received recently from one of our customers who tried the strategy for the first time just a few days ago.

He just won £1,460 in two days! 

Needless to say, he’s pleased!

Now we don’t get 80-1 and 50-1 winners every day (although it looks like we do at the moment!) but because this strategy looks at the whole thing from a VERY unusual angle, long odds winners come along pretty regularly alongside more mundane wins.

It all adds up to a great second income for anyone able to spend 7-10 minutes a day putting the strategy to work. For full details visit… 

www.streetwisenews.com/herm  

You could very easily be up and running and copying Bill within a few hours of reading about this. Everything you need is at your fingertips.

Kind Regards

John Harrison
 Streetwise Publications

P.S. If you can find 7 minutes a day, you can do this for yourself. 

www.streetwisenews.com/herm 

It’s probably just me getting old, but bananas aint what they used to be. I eat them every day for breakfast, and tend to shop for them a couple of times a week. Most days, those on offer fall into two categories…under-ripe and rotten.

Given this unappetising choice, I always opt of the lesser of two evils…the green under-ripe variety. It turns out I may have been accidentally doing myself a big favour. 

According to New York Times Best Seller, The Carb Lovers Diet, green bananas contain a special type of carbohydrate that actually helps you to lose weight. Dubbed ‘resistant starch’, it adds bulk, so helps you feel full for longer.

According to studies, it also switches on your fullness hormones, keeps your blood sugar level steady, and even helps your body burn more calories. 

So there you are. It won’t stop me picking yellow bananas, given the choice, but at least I won’t feel so bad for having to go green. 

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”     

Bob Marley

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“I think that when you get dressed in the morning, sometimes you’re really making a decision about your behaviour for the day. Like if you put on flip-flops, you’re saying: “Hope I don’t get chased today. Be nice to people in trainers”

Demetri Martin

Cocktails By Subscription 

There seems little end to the number of possible subscription businesses out there, and here’s another one. Julibox is a subscription service that provides information and materials to make cocktails at home. 

Subscribers pay $36 a month for a six-month subscription, which will provide a package containing recipes, spirits and mixers for two different types of cocktail each month. The delivered ingredients are enough to make two of each cocktail and recipients can use their box as a way to entertain guests during a night in. 

As we’ve said many times here before, subscription businesses give a continuity and certainty to income. What subscription business could you add to your money making portfolio?

Today’s National Day   

NATIONAL PLAN YOUR VACATION DAY!  

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

Hello.     

Are you worried you’re going ot have to “work until you drop”?

Are you tired of working all day, every day to make someone else rich  when it’s YOU who should be the one becoming wealthy?       

Ian once shared that grief, but now he never has to worry about money  again…

Here’s a PROVEN way to make enough money to retire on as soon as you want, never work again and enjoy a fabulous income for life.

And it’s not like you even have to quit your job if you don’t want. You can  keep your regular paycheque coming in if you’d like while you follow the specific steps of this blueprint in your spare time.

Let us show you everything about this when you click the link below:

www.streetwisenews.com/wizard 

Best Wishes  

John Harrison 

The economic downturn seems to have created a whole new category of business person – the reluctant or involuntary entrepreneur. These people are not fired up by a burning desire to go and be their own boss.

No, they have fallen into self employment as a result of not being able to find work (or enough work) in their usual profession. The number of ‘consultants’, ‘freelancers’ and ‘contractors’ has grown rapidly over the past couple of years. 

Are you one of these people? If you are, then I think you need to be mindful of ensuring you have the right attitude to prosper in this new arena. The approach you need to take as an employee, is very different from the one you need to take as an entrepreneur.

So even if you’ve been forced down the entrepreneurial route, resolve to fully embrace the attitude and culture. That means learning everything you can about marketing, running and administrating you new enterprise. 

There’s a world of difference between being an employee and an entrepreneur, even if you’re doing fundamentally the same job.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty
    seconds of happiness.”   

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“I love restaurants, and that’s the thing now, they always boast about restaurants being ‘home made cooking’….I don’t want homemade cooking, that’s why I’m here! ‘cos I don’t like the rubbish at home.”        

Lee Evans

Milk Crate Farm 

Restaurants across America have hit on a novel idea. Instead of buying in their vegetables from local farms, they’re growing their own on roof top gardens and bits of waste land near to their premises. How do they do that? By planting in old crates?

As you might imagine, I know nothing about growing vegetables at all, let alone the process of growing them in milk crates, but if it can be done in a busy city centre like New York or Los Angeles, it can surely be done pretty much anywhere. 

Would it be possible for UK restaurant owners to ‘grow their own’ in this manner? I don’t see why not. Might it be possible for an entrepreneur without land or experience to set up a milk crate farm supplying local restaurants? Very possibly. 

This would take a bit more research, but it sounds an interesting idea. 

Today’s National Day   

NATIONAL WELLINGTON BOOT’S DAY! 

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

Hello.     

Are you worried you’re going ot have to “work until you drop”?

Are you tired of working all day, every day to make someone else rich  when it’s YOU who should be the one becoming wealthy?       

Ian once shared that grief, but now he never has to worry about money  again…

Here’s a PROVEN way to make enough money to retire on as soon as you want, never work again and enjoy a fabulous income for life.

And it’s not like you even have to quit your job if you don’t want. You can  keep your regular paycheque coming in if you’d like while you follow the specific steps of this blueprint in your spare time.

Let us show you everything about this when you click the link below:

www.streetwisenews.com/wizard 

Best Wishes  

John Harrison 

One thing I always find annoying and frustrating when researching travel plans is the almost universal focus on cheapness and price. I don’t want to over-pay, but I don’t want to be transported like livestock either. I was therefore interested to read about Routehappy, a service aimed at those who want to travel in comfort. 

The company has created a database of information about flights around the world, detailing attributes such as seat type, legroom, entertainment options, wifi access, dining and other amenities. Routehappy uses this research to assign a “Happiness Score” for each airline flight. Users can then check to see whether their planned route will provide the facilities they’re after. 

Every comparison site you look at today, irrespective of the product or service, focus’s on price. This is unserstandable, because it’s what most people are interested in. But within all product categories, there’s a group who are equally interested in quality, comfort and style. Might there be a demand for a Routehappy-style service in a field you know something about.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained,   progress stops”

Thomas J Watson

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“‘I am’ is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that ‘I do’ is the longest sentence?”

George Carlin

Pedal TV

There’s no doudt that child obesity is a growing problem. Goverments are investing a lot of time and resources in coming up with an effective solution. Entrepreneurs like Margie Mullen are thinking about it too.

Margie came up with the idea of the 123GoTV. Marketed through her company, Kidexercise, it’s basically a stationary exercise bike linked up to a TV. If you pedal, you get to see the TV, and if you stop, the screen goes blank.

I’m not sure how well this works in practice. Most homes have more than one TV and kids seem to spend more time on their phones and computers (which also gives access to TV) these days. However, it’s a manifestation of the need to solve the problem which is likely to become a bigger health, economic and social issue over the next decade or so. I think there’s a lot more money to be made for anyone who can meaningfully encourage kids to take more regular exercise.

Today’s National Day   

NATIONAL POLAR BEAR DAY!  

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

Hello.     

Are you worried you’re going ot have to “work until you drop”?

Are you tired of working all day, every day to make someone else rich  when it’s YOU who should be the one becoming wealthy?       

Ian once shared that grief, but now he never has to worry about money  again…

Here’s a PROVEN way to make enough money to retire on as soon as you want, never work again and enjoy a fabulous income for life.

And it’s not like you even have to quit your job if you don’t want. You can  keep your regular paycheque coming in if you’d like while you follow the specific steps of this blueprint in your spare time.

Let us show you everything about this when you click the link below:

www.streetwisenews.com/wizard 

Best Wishes  

John Harrison 

People are primarily lazy. I can say that without guilt, knowing that I fall fairly and squarely into that category myself! And many lucrative businesses have been built up which cash in on this common trait. 

Ticketbust.com is a US business, set up to help people either get speeding tickets dismissed, or to facilitate a smaller fine. It’s all done through a process called ‘trial by written declaration’ which is clearly offered on the back of every ticket issued.

Every driver could do this for themselves, but few bother. Instead they go to Ticketbust.com and get them to do the job for them. Ticketbust.com now has revenues in excess of $1 Million a year, and all from doing something which their customers could easily do for themselves. 

One of the big mistakes I see a lot of would-be entrepreneurs making is discarding iseas and opportunities because they involve doing things that people can do for themselves, or can get done for free with a bit of effort.

The truth is that a significant proportion of any target market won’t do things for themselves and can’t be bothered to make a bit of effort. They’d rather pay someone else to do the job for them. It would be rude for you not to take their money!

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“Do not wait to strike until the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking”

William B. Sprague

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“Don’t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.”    

George Burns 

Your Personal Car Park

Sometimes, making some extra cash involves nothing more than making use of under-utilised resourses you already have. More than 150,000 people in the UK have made over £3 Million through www.parkatmyhouse.com a website where they can advertise their driveway as a temporary car park.

This is an ideal opportunity for anyone who lives in the city centre, near a railway station or close to a tourist attraction or sporting venue. In these locations, the option of parking on a private driveway is very attractive compared with the alternative of parking in a public car park with the associated issues of queues, cost, hassle and potential damage.

So if you have a driveway in the right location, why not take a look? It’s free to list your space and everything is organised through the site. You won’t make a fortune doing this, but you won’t have to do any work either.

Today’s National Day   

NATIONAL TELL A FAIRY TALE DAY!  

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

Hello.     

Are you worried you’re going ot have to “work until you drop”?

Are you tired of working all day, every day to make someone else rich  when it’s YOU who should be the one becoming wealthy?               

Ian once shared that grief, but now he never has to worry about money  again…

Here’s a PROVEN way to make enough money to retire on as soon as you want, never work again and enjoy a fabulous income for life.

And it’s not like you even have to quit your job if you don’t want. You can  keep your regular paycheque coming in if you’d like while you follow the specific steps of this blueprint in your spare time.

Let us show you everything about this when you click the link below:

www.streetwisenews.com/wizard 

Best Wishes  

John Harrison 

Wealthy people are always concerned about their phones being hacked. And following the news that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman might be behind the compromising of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos’s phone, many will conclude that the latest iPhone just isn’t good enough.

Powerful people are increasingly adopting extensively customised, hyper-secure smartphones that guarantee safety through special software. Politicians, executives and underworld bosses are turning to “unhackable phones” to keep them safe from crooks – and often from the police too.

Though similar in appearance to “bog standard” smartphones, clients pay monthly fees stretching into the thousands to keep special security software running. Spanish manufacturers BQ, for instance, claim its Aquaris X is “impenetrable”.

It has an adjusted Android operating system, coupled with a messaging system called EncroChat, which developers describe as the “electronic equivalent of a conversation between two people in an empty room”. Data can be remotely wiped from the phone and messages can be programmed to self-destruct automatically.

Motivational Quote Of The Day

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”                      

Winston Churchill

Alternative Quote Of The Day

“I love restaurants, and that’s the thing now, they always boast about restaurants being ‘home made cooking’….I don’t want homemade cooking, that’s why I’m here! ‘cos I don’t like the rubbish at home.”

Lee Evans 

Sanitised Shopping Trolley’s

We appear to be going through a cleanliness fetish phase at the moment – or at least the entrepreneurs we feature are.

Here’s something you didn’t want to know (but I’m going to tell you anyway)… a new study has found that 72% of shopping trolley handles have fecal matter on them. And 50% of trolleys tested also tested positive for E.Coli bacteria. This is in the United States, but I can’t imagine the situation here is any better. 

The Americans are already doing something about it, with at least two companies marketing systems which supermarkets can use in-store to clean and sanitise the trolleys before returning them to the front line. These systems are mechanised and quite expensive. They may arrive here eventually (and someone has to negotiate those deals with the supermarkets – why not you?) but in the meantime, it seems to me that is a problem that could easily be tacked manually with some anti-bacterial spray and a cloth. 

Here’s my thought. Supermarkets are always looking for an edge over the competition. What if one of them were to publicise the potential issue with germ laden trolley handles, but tell customers there’s no need to worry at Sainsburys because trolleys are thoroughly cleaned and sanitised on site after every use? Might that give them a lead on the competition, and might this idea provide an easy-to-run business providing this valuable service to supermarkets? 

Today’s National Day   

NATIONAL LETS LAUGH  DAY!  

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

Shock Discovery: Ancient Code Cracks The Banks…

PROVEN:An 82.4%Chance of a £55,250 

Windfall with just a few clicks… Legally.

To find out why I’m discreetly allowing 181 people to use this windfall.

Secret visit…

 www.streetwisenews.com/bws10

Best Wishes 

John Harrison