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.

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.

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.

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. 

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:

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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.

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