I think this is a difficult one,I worked on markets for a good number of years,getting up at 4am and arriving home at 7pm and quite often not even taking my rent and fuel costs.In fact at the end of my last year i worked out that i infact made less than two pounds an hour,and yet it seemed that i was always desperate for stock even though people constantly told me that i had a fantastic range for a market stall selling fishing tackle.
I used to think its my product there is so much competition out there,but to tell the truth the only person i knew that was making money was a guy doing key cutting,watch batteries and jewelery repairs,but even he was putting in 80 hours a week.Then i found out that Car boots on a Sunday were the best bet and i was home for 3pm,another lesson that i learned was dont buy anything unless i can at least treble my money,ie sell for at least three times cost.the shops do when they sell during a sale they still sell for double cost and plus some.
Ray
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- So You Want To Work From Home ! Choose A Niche
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Monday, 16 November 2009
Start your own domestic cleaning business.
Have you ever fancied your own cleaning business,well you can earn a decent living without spending lots of money,and once you get your first couple of clients you will find that you get lots of word of mouth referals after that.
If you dont have a criminal record i would reccomend going to the police and asking for a crb check first,this is handy to show perspective clients,when you apply for positions.
Quite often clients will tell you how much they are prepaired to pay,however you should consider the minimum wage,and look around and work out how long it will take you to do the job,and take into consideration that you have to pay your own national insurance,holiday pay,and travel expenses,plus vehicle insurance etc.at the time of writing this you should be looking for between £8.50 and £10.00 per hour.dont sell yourself short and be in the situation whereby you dont earn a living.
How to promote yourself
First when ever you go to see a potential client,take some one with you until your happy and feel safe.
You want to be sure that people can afford your service.
Put a small advert in your local paper.
If you can afford it get a thousand leaflets printed,just a5 leaflets
and put them out into decent areas,this should take you no longer than two days,
from 1000 leaflets you should get 10 replies,the rest is up to you.but if you get just one job at say 5 hours a week at £8.00 thats £40.00 a week X by 50 weeks =£2000 a year.so dont get dispondent if you only get one job,by the way you use the clients cleaning materials,and you can charge extra for egs ironing,prepairing food etc.
good luck
Ray
If you dont have a criminal record i would reccomend going to the police and asking for a crb check first,this is handy to show perspective clients,when you apply for positions.
Quite often clients will tell you how much they are prepaired to pay,however you should consider the minimum wage,and look around and work out how long it will take you to do the job,and take into consideration that you have to pay your own national insurance,holiday pay,and travel expenses,plus vehicle insurance etc.at the time of writing this you should be looking for between £8.50 and £10.00 per hour.dont sell yourself short and be in the situation whereby you dont earn a living.
How to promote yourself
First when ever you go to see a potential client,take some one with you until your happy and feel safe.
You want to be sure that people can afford your service.
Put a small advert in your local paper.
If you can afford it get a thousand leaflets printed,just a5 leaflets
and put them out into decent areas,this should take you no longer than two days,
from 1000 leaflets you should get 10 replies,the rest is up to you.but if you get just one job at say 5 hours a week at £8.00 thats £40.00 a week X by 50 weeks =£2000 a year.so dont get dispondent if you only get one job,by the way you use the clients cleaning materials,and you can charge extra for egs ironing,prepairing food etc.
good luck
Ray
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
So You Want To Work From Home ! Choose A Niche
Choosing a niche to work with is the best idea if you are just starting out,as specially if you choose to work online.
Lets say you want your own fishing tackle web site,well fishing in its self is a massive niche,and with massive competition,so to start it would be better to specialise in one or two products within that niche,i have a friend that only sells floats,and another that sells hooks,and if you fish you will know that you are always buying these two products,and these two products light,so easy to post.
So look for a niche within a niche.This web site is about working from home,but at this time there are over thirty niches on these pages all relating to working from home,for egs affiliate marketing,drop shipping,arbitrage,are niches related to working online.So pick a niche become good at it before you move on.
Ray
Lets say you want your own fishing tackle web site,well fishing in its self is a massive niche,and with massive competition,so to start it would be better to specialise in one or two products within that niche,i have a friend that only sells floats,and another that sells hooks,and if you fish you will know that you are always buying these two products,and these two products light,so easy to post.
So look for a niche within a niche.This web site is about working from home,but at this time there are over thirty niches on these pages all relating to working from home,for egs affiliate marketing,drop shipping,arbitrage,are niches related to working online.So pick a niche become good at it before you move on.
Ray
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WORK FROM HOME DROPSHIPPING
WHAT IS DROP SHIPPING ?
WELL QUITE SIMPLY YOU SELL AN ITEM ON PLACES LIKE EBAY COLLECT THE MONEY USUALLY THROUGH PAYPAL,YOU THEN PLACE THE ORDER WITH YOUR SUPPLIER,PAY FOR IT,AGAIN WITH PAYPAL AND THE SUPLIER SENDS OUT THE PRODUCT.
DOES IT WORK ? YES IT DOES.
I tried this business last year,i found a product i knew something about and placed it for sale on ebay.each time i listed this particular product it never failed to sell,then the suplier sold out and as of yet eight months later they havn't had it back in stock.
You can go about this in a number of ways.
1 purchase a web site with lots of products on and promote the web site.
2 place individual items for sale.to start with.and move on to your own web site
when you feel comfortable with the process.
Warning beware that just because someone is selling a product for x amount doesnt mean you cant get more for it.
WELL QUITE SIMPLY YOU SELL AN ITEM ON PLACES LIKE EBAY COLLECT THE MONEY USUALLY THROUGH PAYPAL,YOU THEN PLACE THE ORDER WITH YOUR SUPPLIER,PAY FOR IT,AGAIN WITH PAYPAL AND THE SUPLIER SENDS OUT THE PRODUCT.
DOES IT WORK ? YES IT DOES.
I tried this business last year,i found a product i knew something about and placed it for sale on ebay.each time i listed this particular product it never failed to sell,then the suplier sold out and as of yet eight months later they havn't had it back in stock.
You can go about this in a number of ways.
1 purchase a web site with lots of products on and promote the web site.
2 place individual items for sale.to start with.and move on to your own web site
when you feel comfortable with the process.
Warning beware that just because someone is selling a product for x amount doesnt mean you cant get more for it.
Friday, 6 November 2009
Online Loopholes
On the top of this page you will see a blue box titled Online Loopholes,the system converts every online free bet bonus into real money in your bank account 100% risk free-gauranteed or your money back.
60 day money back gaurantee,if you decide to join this program you pay through clickbank,and believe me with any clickbank product you are 100% certain to get your money back.
There are 8 bonus offers to encourage you to sign up,and all of them worth having +
there are two options on sign up no subscription or quaterly subscription of £47.00.
you can operate the system from anywhere in the world.
WHAT DOES ARBITRAGE MEAN ? IT MEANS MAKE A PROFIT WITHOUT ANY RISKS.TAKE A LOOK AT THE SITE SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
WHAT DO I THINK ?. I joined the system three weeks ago,although i havnt spent much time on it i made £74.56 profit in my first week,i spent about 6 hours on it,and the second week i made £194.56 with the same number of hours.
The system is easy to understand,however i feel that if you are new to computors
it may take you a bit of work to get used to things.
BUT THIS REALY DOES WORK
GOOD LUCK
RAY
60 day money back gaurantee,if you decide to join this program you pay through clickbank,and believe me with any clickbank product you are 100% certain to get your money back.
There are 8 bonus offers to encourage you to sign up,and all of them worth having +
there are two options on sign up no subscription or quaterly subscription of £47.00.
you can operate the system from anywhere in the world.
WHAT DOES ARBITRAGE MEAN ? IT MEANS MAKE A PROFIT WITHOUT ANY RISKS.TAKE A LOOK AT THE SITE SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
WHAT DO I THINK ?. I joined the system three weeks ago,although i havnt spent much time on it i made £74.56 profit in my first week,i spent about 6 hours on it,and the second week i made £194.56 with the same number of hours.
The system is easy to understand,however i feel that if you are new to computors
it may take you a bit of work to get used to things.
BUT THIS REALY DOES WORK
GOOD LUCK
RAY
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Bee Keeping
People are being encouraged to take this up,even people in big cities are keeping bee hives in back yards ect.there are courses available that dont cost that much money,i understand it would cost about £200 to start and you would earn around £2-3 for a 1b of honey,but i think this would be a great little hobby that you could earn some extra income from,
Useful contact
The British Beekeepers Association
02476 696679
Useful contact
The British Beekeepers Association
02476 696679
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Hiring out your garden as allotments
This is an idea you wont make a fortune from,but if you cant be bothered with your garden well,you will get a rent from it say £20 a year and all the free vegetables/chicken you can eat.
Useful cantact
National society of allotments
01536 266576
Useful cantact
National society of allotments
01536 266576
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