I have spent some time during lockdown and its aftershock thinking about economic depressions, which we are once again feted to enter, just over ten years after the last Great Recession.

But there have been many myths around economic depressions. In fact, many simply signal a shift in economics.

The British depression of 1873-1896 caused real hardship. This was a result of the economic opening up of the prairies, the pampas and Australia to farming, combined with falling freight rates by land and sea, lowered the cost of food.

In 1870, Britain produced half the world’s coal. But by the mid-1920s, it produced barely a fifth as producers in both the New and Old worlds dug coal for a third of the British cost.

Distress among coal miners, agricultural workers and the landed gentry who had built their fortunes on coal and farming was palpable. Rural areas depopulated and emigration soared.

In the economy as a whole, however, nominal wages were at least stable and prices fell. And most of the economy in fact prospered.

The 1920s were a difficult time for the UK, especially for traditional industries such as iron and steel, shipbuilding and coal mining, exacerbated by austerity and competition.

But in 1931, Britain enjoyed a boom, driven by new industries like cars and aircraft building. Yet the popular narrative is that this was a period of unemployment and deprivation. In a period of structural economic change, the losers were again more visible than the winners.

In the early 1980s. Unemployment rose to three million. But while traditional industrial output fell, new services — which are still with us — expanded and thrived. But when all the data came in, it became clear that the recession was much less severe than predicted.

Output fell by less than 3% in 1980-1981 and grew strongly thereafter. There is now much gloom about a post-Covid British economy. It sure looks bad: businesses shutter up and job losses increase daily.

But maybe a shake-out and a technological leap forward is just what the economy needs. As in any recession, companies have to cut costs, improve efficiency and change their business practices. This does not mean that the economy as a whole may not benefit.

Online shopping is soaring, and a shift from consumption to savings and investment may improve stability. Employers have found that working from home raises productivity and many new business opportunities have opened up.

For now, there should be no need to worry about markets, the global economy, inflation or the euro. We must not fall prey to the doom and gloom narrative of another depression or recession.

This is simply a time of recalibration, brought on quicker by Covid. But whether Britain will over-perform, as it has done in past periods of structural change, or underperform with dire consequences, is far from clear and rests with the government.

Today’s National Day

NATIONAL INNERGIZE DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

“I want to cancel all my subscriptions”

Dear Streetwise Customer, 

Streetwise member Roger had been using Guy Cohen’s trading system for years …

But suddenly he wanted to cancel ALL of his subscriptions.

Why?

Well, take a look…

Yep, Roger had just made over £300,000 (c. $400,000 at the time) using Guy’s trading system …

SO MUCH money he simply wanted to stop trading and “enjoy a comfortable retirement.”

As Roger says in the email, “I am now approaching my mid 70s and the time has come to enjoy my money rather than spend time making more of it.”

I wholeheartedly agree with Roger … what’s the point in making money if you can’t enjoy it!

So, how about you? Have you made enough money to enjoy “a comfortable retirement” yet?

If not then I have good news for you …

I’ve persuaded Guy to hold an exclusive live training session for Streetwise members only.

During this short training he’ll walk you through the exact same 3-step system that made Roger $400,000 (by the way, he’s made even more since!).

And even show you how to automate it so you can profit in less than 30 minutes per day.

The training takes place at 8pm on Thursday. 

And it’s absolutely FREE.

Reserve your free spot now. 

Seriously … 

Why wouldn’t you want to discover how Roger made $400.000? 

Maybe you’ll even become Guy’s next protege and make that kind of money too! 

But, that can only happen if you attend. 

So reserve your spot now. 

Best wishes,

 John Harrison 

PS. 

By the way, hedge fund managers trading with tens of millions of dollars every day pay Guy amounts like $122,177 and $105,399 to use his systems … 

 And yet I’ve arranged for you to receive his personal training for FREE. 

So, what are you waiting for? 

Reserve your spot now.

A trust is a legal arrangement where assets such as cash, property or investments are given to someone to look after for the benefit of a third person, saving on tax in the process. Put savings in a trust for your children and it will not count towards your inheritance tax (IHT) bill.

This can protect assets from divorce or the bankruptcy of a beneficiary, and the trustees can control who benefits, what they benefit from, when they benefit and how the money is invested.

There is a catch, however. While these assets do not form part of the beneficiary’s estate for IHT purposes, the trust itself is liable to 20% IHT at inception if the amount invested exceeds the donor’s £325,000 “nil rate” band, and it may be liable to up to a further 6% on every 10th anniversary.

This is can still better from an IHT perspective compared to if the assets were held outright by the individual, leading to IHT being payable on their death.

Use Investment Bonds 

Investment bonds are life insurance policies where you invest a lump sum in a variety of funds. Some run for a fixed period, others have no set term.

When you cash in such a bond, how much you get back depends on how well or badly the investment has performed. All gains and income earned within an investment bond are taxed at 20%, while withdrawals of up to 5% a year are allowed for up to 20 years without incurring an additional tax charge.

One tax-efficient device is to gift a bond to another taxpayer — such as a child or grandchild — before cashing it in, so the original policyholder can avoid paying income tax, as well as inheritance tax.

Alternatively, if the original policyholder is able to reduce their income in the tax year in which the bond is cashed in — perhaps by not taking a bonus from their company, or turning off income withdrawals from a pension for a year — then they may be able to withdraw money personally at the basic rather than the higher rate, known as “top-slicing”.

But beware some heavy charges with these products.

Today’s National Day

NATIONAL LOVE PEOPLE DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

Streetwise Member Makes $400,000

Dear Streetwise Customer,

Streetwise member Roger Woodman tried making money from the financial markets for YEARS with little success.

In his own words…

“I bought many, many courses, spent thousands of pounds on webinars, books, systems … At the end of it, I worked out that I’d made precisely nothing.”

Maybe you can identify with how he felt?

Well, it all changed for Roger when I personally introduced him to my good friend and expert trader Guy Cohen …

In Roger’s own words … “Trading with just Guy’s system, I’ve made over $400,000.” 

That’s a pretty big difference … From “precisely nothing”, to over $400,000, right? 

And this success has enabled Roger to live the kind of retirement life he’s always dreamed of. For example, here he is pulling up into Guy’s driveway in his rather swish new car (Guy often meets with his students to help them) … 

 Better yet, with Guy’s system Roger has never been chained to his computer desk all day … 

He says, “It takes me about 30 minutes a day … remarkably little stress … very little drawdowns. If I have got drawdowns, they’re peanuts.” 

It’s no wonder he calls Guy’s trading system a “godsend”. 

And here’s the good news for you … 

I’ve persuaded Guy to hold an exclusive live training session for Streetwise members. 

During this short training he’ll walk you through the exact same 3-step system that made Roger $400,000. 

And even show you how to automate it so you can profit in less than 30 minutes per day. 

The training takes place at 8pm on Thursday. 

And it’s absolutely FREE.

Reserve your free spot now. 

Who knows … 

Maybe you’ll become Guy’s next protege and make nearly half a million dollars too! 

But that can only happen if you attend. 

Reserve your spot now. 

Best wishes,

 John Harrison 

PS. 

Of course, Roger isn’t the only person whose life has been transformed by Guy’s trading system. 

There are COUNTLESS others too, like … 

• Chloe Hung who made $6,528 in 100 days … and then another $32,616 after that!

• G Lawrence who made $26,733 in 9 weeks …

• And Alan Tunnicliffe who says the extra $1,288 tax-free income he’s making “will make a huge difference to my life right now”.

 Guy even helped well-known online business coach Simon Coulson make $25,356 in just six weeks … and that was with ZERO prior trading experience! 

Want to become Guy’s next success story? 

Join his free training now.

Tax-efficient incentives to invest in entrepreneurship and start-ups were introduced in the 1990s and have been hugely lucrative for wealthy investors in recent years — although the rules have been tightened of late to prevent abuse.

There are two vehicles to invest in: venture capital trusts (VCTs) and the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). VCTs were introduced by the Conservatives in 1995 as a way of providing funding for early stage private companies with the potential for long-term growth. These companies often have unproven business models, and as a result have a high failure rate. VCTs therefore tend to spread these investments across a range of businesses to mitigate risk.

The benefits of a VCT include 30% income tax relief on an investment of up to £200,000 (assuming it is held for five years). In addition, any capital gains and dividends received are free from tax.

EIS shares were introduced in 1994 and allow you to claim back up to 30% of the value of an investment as income tax relief. Again, these are investments in early-stage companies. There is no minimum, but most investment managers will expect you to put in at least £10,000, which would save you £3,000 in income tax. You can purchase a maximum of £1m worth of EIS shares in a year. Dividends are taxed but not capital gains — and you can write off losses against other taxes.

The average VCT has been lucrative for investors, delivering a 140% total return over the past decade. About £250m has been invested in VCTs so far this year — up 4% on 12 months ago.

Suffering From A Tax Conscience 

Ministers and officials ate £3 million worth of biscuits in a year and spent £45 million on taxis to move prisoners and staff around the country.

More than £20 billion is lost through public sector fraud and £15 billion on duplicated procurement across Whitehall departments and councils.

The Home Office spent £427,000 on rubber bullets that the police are not even allowed to use.

Crawley Council spent £5,070 on 12,200 hot drinks from vending machines for employees, when the equivalent number of tea bags would have cost £200.

Today’s National Day

NATIONAL ASK A STUPID QUESTION DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

Dear Streetwise Customer,

If I could show you how to stake £30  in order to WIN £80… knowing that with just a few clicks of your mouse you could AUTOMATICALLY  get back your initial £30 if the result didn’t go your way… would you give it a go? 

How about £44 to make £132? 

Or £104 to make £320? 

Well the bad news is I can’t…but the good news is that I know a man who can! 

Tony Langley is a legendary name in sports betting circles, and now he has broken new  ground…  an  amazing  new  ‘no fear’  betting  strategy  where  you  can AUTOMATICALLY recover your original stake if the result goes against you! 

Impossible? Well take a look here and decide for yourself.

Until today this has only been made available to Tony’s small insider circle, but now he’s released just fifty places on his Gladiator Trading System to Streetwise customers.

I’ve been in and around sports betting for many years, and I’ve never seen anything as clever as this. It’s genius!

I’m expecting demand to be through the roof on this. Once you learn how to do it…and Tony leaves you in no doubt…you’ve got a ‘can’t lose’ strategy you can use for life.

Take a look now.  https://gladiatortrading.com/streetwise

Kind Regards 

John Harrison
Publisher

P.S  With the new football season now under way, there couldn’t be a better time to start cashing in on this.

Britain is on the verge of new PPI claims. You could claim back thousands, for over the years PPI was sold to millions of loan-takers, despite many never being able to claim its benefits thanks to multifarious small-print exclusions.

With hefty commissions on offer, banks feverishly sold PPI regardless of whether it was of any use to the customer. Since 2010 more than £35bn has been handed back in compensation to mis-sold customers.

Claims were meant to end last August. But there is a new scandal that could lead to further claims. The issue now goes beyond miss-selling and focuses on the commission banks earned from insurance firms when they sold PPI. A large percentage of the PPI premiums customers paid went towards the commission, not the insurance. In some cases 97% of customers’ payments went to the salesman. The salespeople benefited disproportionately, and they were paid fat commissions.

Those fat commissions might be about to be repaid.

The good news for customers is that you may be able to get money back, even if you weren’t mis-sold PPI, seeing as more than two-thirds of the premium was going to intermediaries, not for the product.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ruled in 2017 that the banks should refund the excess when commission payments made up over 50% of a premium. But several people have successfully gone to court to argue that their PPI policies were unfair and have won far more of the commission back. This could open the legal gates for everyone to reclaim all of the commission they paid.

In one case a customer discovered that a PPI policy sold by Citibank funnelled 95.2% of the premiums towards commission. Citibank must now repay £7,954.

A new round of PPI claims is likely about to start, in earnest. Be sure to recheck any policy taken out to see if you could benefit.

Don’t Run A Business – Licence Instead  

For many people, the hassle and risk of running a business just isn’t for them. They have a great product or service idea but lack the skills or motivation to carry it forward. Rather than let the idea wither and die, there is a solution, one that leaves the production, marketing, research, sales, accounting and distribution headaches to someone else.

Licencing has grown in popularity in recent years. In the USA alone, it’s a $500 Billion industry. Many of the products you see on sale today have been developed by individuals and then licenced to major corporations in return for a royalty. Perhaps this type of arrangement could be something that would fit in with your plans. For many, it’s the perfect solution.

Today’s National Day

NATIONAL GOOD NEIGHBOUR DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

“How To Beat This Crisis!”

Dear Streetwise Customer,

By any measure, the last few months have been traumatic.

I’m not going to dwell on the details – you’re already being bombarded with the negative news from all angles and it feels like there’s no escape.

You know what’s happening…but maybe you don’t know what to do about it.

The scale and duration of the   health risk remains uncertain, but the economic impact is likely to be felt much more widely and be much longer lasting. Anyone running a pub, restaurant, café, bar or any other kind of hospitality or events business faces an uncertain future – as does anyone whose business relies on face to face interaction with their fellow humans. In fact this is likely to have a knock-on impact on businesses we haven’t even thought about yet.

And  yet  those  people – just  like  everyone  else –  needs  to  continue making money.

They need to keep a roof over their head, food on the table and be in position to go again when all this ends and we get back to normal.

What if there was a way to make as   much  money as  you  need (and  a great  deal  more) without leaving home – one which can not only  survive the crisis we’re currently experiencing, but actually thrives from it?

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

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.

If you’re looking for an insurance  policy  that  will  enable  you  to  make money without leaving home to steer you through this crisis and beyond, I can genuinely think of nothing which fits the bill more closely.

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,

John Harrison

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

http://www.streetwisenews.com/wizard     

Despite being a million times thinner than a human hair, graphene is 200 times stronger than steel. It is an excellent conductor of heat and electricity, making it suitable for electronic circuits; it is also extremely flexible, transparent, and can be made water resistant.

The EU has a specialised graphene project, which aims to bring graphene into the market from the laboratory. It is one of Europe’s biggest ever research initiatives, coordinating over 150 academic and industrial research groups in more than 20 countries, with over 31 partnering projects. The project has estimated the market is worth €100m a year at least, and that figure could climb to €550m by 2025.

From computer chips to aerospace applications to military capabilities to new super-powerful batteries, graphene is the perfect and transformative material of the future.

However, it is proving incredibly difficult to produce graphene in industrial quantities, with researchers making a maximum of a few grams of the stuff, and quality control being poor.

So is it all just a flighty wish, and nothing real or practical? Will it ever be possible to make graphene of good enough quality in commercial quantities, or is the technology just going to stay a fairy-tale? We can perhaps draw comfort from the story of silicon, which was first isolated in 1824 by Jacob Berzelius, a Swedish chemist. The very first silicon transistor wasn’t made until 1954. And the first  personal computers powered by circuits containing silicon chips weren’t seen until around 1977.

Despite graphene’s many excellent qualities, the graphene industry (which resembles a fevered worldwide gold-rush in its current state) currently does nothing for the investor’s pocked. Note, too, that the Financial Conduct Authority, the City regulator, maintains a ‘Graphene investment Scams’ warning page.

The companies to keep an eye on.

Graphene makers don’t seem to be the best bets currently, but over the next decade or with a breakthrough things could shift.

Applied Graphene Materials specialises in producing anti-corrosion coatings, along with composites and inks. It is still lossmaking, however. Indeed, its operating losses increased in the year to the end of July, and revenue fell by a third. But it has a new CEO, which may improve matters. Other tips for promising companies include Hexcel, and Japan’s Toray Industries, both of which at least make money.

For a similar speculative punt, you could do worse than try Aixtron, a profitable German company in the same sub-sector. Aixtron came out of Aachen University in 1983 and has been investigating the use of graphene in semiconductors in association with the EU’s Graphene Partnership. Its latest machines enable it to produce single-layer graphene coatings on metal foils and wafers. It has no debt and made a pre-tax profit of €74.7m in the first three-quarters of 2019 on revenues of €184.6m.

Today’s National Day

NATIONAL WORKING PARENTS DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

“How To Beat This Crisis!”

Dear Streetwise Customer,

By any measure, the last few months have been traumatic.

I’m not going to dwell on the details – you’re already being bombarded with the negative news from all angles and it feels like there’s no escape.

You know what’s happening…but maybe you don’t know what to do about it.

The scale and duration of the   health risk remains uncertain, but the economic impact is likely to be felt much more widely and be much longer lasting. Anyone running a pub, restaurant, café, bar or any other kind of hospitality or events business faces an uncertain future – as does anyone whose business relies on face to face interaction with their fellow humans. In fact this is likely to have a knock-on impact on businesses we haven’t even thought about yet.

And  yet  those  people – just  like  everyone  else –  needs  to  continue making money.

They need to keep a roof over their head, food on the table and be in position to go again when all this ends and we get back to normal.

What if there was a way to make as   much  money as  you  need (and  a great  deal  more) without leaving home – one which can not only  survive the crisis we’re currently experiencing, but actually thrives from it?

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

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.

If you’re looking for an insurance  policy  that  will  enable  you  to  make money without leaving home to steer you through this crisis and beyond, I can genuinely think of nothing which fits the bill more closely.

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,

John Harrison

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

http://www.streetwisenews.com/wizard     

In pre-internet days life was a lot simpler – or so it seemed. You asked the price of something and that was the price you’d pay. Once a year, companies would have a price hike, and then in January, they’d have a sale. What went up only came down in annual sale, and what came down in the sale – stayed down.

The travel and hotels companies were the first to lead the way with more flexible pricing. Through complex computer algorithms, they are able to constantly adjust their prices up and down in response to seasonality, timing and fluctuating demand. Now companies in other fields are following suit. For example, according to consumer price research firm Decide.Inc, a GE microwave ovens price was changed nine times in just one day by it’s seller last month in response to market forces. Prices ranged from $744 to $871.

Now we don’t all have access to the technology that makes this kind of thing automatic (I know that I don’t) but it certainly gives food for thought. How could you introduce a little mutually beneficial price flexibility into your business?

Old Guys(and Gal’s) Rule!  

Judging by the correspondence I receive, the age spread of our customers is definitely skewed towards the middle and upper end. This has always surprised me because it’s supposed to be the young who are entrepreneurial and ambitious. But a piece of research I just read suggests I shouldn’t be surprised at all.

According to a survey by the Kauffman Foundation, Americans aged 55 to 64 start new business ventures at a higher rate than any other age group, including twenty-somethings. Twenty three percent of new entrepreneurs are now aged 55 to 64. That’s up from 14% fifteen years ago.

I still hear from people in their forties and fifties who feel like they’ve missed the boat. The truth is that it’s never too late, and an increasing number of people are discovering that.

Today’s National Day

NATIONAL KIDS TAKE OVER THE KITCHEN DAY!

PUBLISHERS NOTICE

“How To Beat This Crisis!”

Dear Streetwise Customer,

By any measure, the last few months have been traumatic.

I’m not going to dwell on the details – you’re already being bombarded with the negative news from all angles and it feels like there’s no escape.

You know what’s happening…but maybe you don’t know what to do about it.

The scale and duration of the   health risk remains uncertain, but the economic impact is likely to be felt much more widely and be much longer lasting. Anyone running a pub, restaurant, café, bar or any other kind of hospitality or events business faces an uncertain future – as does anyone whose business relies on face to face interaction with their fellow humans. In fact this is likely to have a knock-on impact on businesses we haven’t even thought about yet.

And  yet  those  people – just  like  everyone  else –  needs  to  continue making money.

They need to keep a roof over their head, food on the table and be in position to go again when all this ends and we get back to normal.

What if there was a way to make as   much  money as  you  need (and  a great  deal  more) without leaving home – one which can not only  survive the crisis we’re currently experiencing, but actually thrives from it?

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

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.

If you’re looking for an insurance  policy  that  will  enable  you  to  make money without leaving home to steer you through this crisis and beyond, I can genuinely think of nothing which fits the bill more closely.

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,

John Harrison

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

http://www.streetwisenews.com/wizard     

It’s natural to be wary of bigger, stronger competition in business, but being small has its advantages. It usually means that you can be more nimble, responsive, and change direction and focus much quicker when the world changes.

A new book by Stephen Denny – ‘Killing Giants: 10 Strategies to Topple Goliath In Your Industry’, focus’s on some of these advantages. Two pieces of advice which most of us can adapt or relate to are:

Win the last three feet. What this means is that you should position yourself to pocket customers money after the larger competitor has done all the hard work. In practical terms, that might mean approaching potential customers directly, right after your competitor has softened them up with expensive marketing.

Create Thin Ice Arguments. By shifting the emphasis to areas where your larger competitors can’t go, you can gain an edge. Those areas may involve the environmental impact of the business, detrimental social effects, or other unethical practices. Large businesses are rarely without skeletons in cupboards.

People’s Pops

There’s nothing new about iced lollies, and yet start-up Brooklyn based company ‘People’s Pops’ are selling over 1,200 a week. They have a simple angle. The lollies they make use fresh fruit, and include unusual flavours like Watermelon-Basil and sweet Rhubarb.

With the growing trend towards healthy eating ( or at least a growing trend towards people trying to eat more healthily) there’s huge demand for healthier versions of popular treats. What previously frowned-upon food could be next for a healthy makeover?

Today’s National Day 

NATIONAL DISCO DAY/NIGHT !

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

                      Dear Streetwise Customer, 

  Imagine sitting down this afternoon and tapping out a simple letter. It takes you perhaps a couple of hours to get it right… 

  And Then Over The Next Few Years It Brings In Over £5 Million.

Pure fantasy? 

  Not at all. I’ve done it. I’ll even show you the letter. And I’ve written lots of others just like it, although they weren’t all quite as successful as that one. 

  But Even So, Many Of  Them Landed Thousands Of Pounds In My Bank Account Within Days, and Hundreds of Thousands Within Weeks. 

Like to learn how to do the same? 

Well there has really Never Been A Better Time for three reasons… 

1. These letters bring in serious money when times are tough – and they don’t come much tougher than they are right now. 

 2. These letters are even more powerful when the world is relying on the internet for its requirements, just like it is right now.

 3. You probably have some free time available to learn how to do this at the moment. 

   Allow me to show you, for more details CLICK HERE

   This is an exciting and realistic alternative to the gloom which is all around us today – an escape route.  It’s an alternative that can  quickly see you banking more than enough money to see yourself and your family right through this current crisis and then into  uncharted financial success when all this is over. 

   This comes with a 100% cast iron 90 day money back guarantee.     
   There is absolutely no risk to you to take a look.

  Very Best Wishes,

    John Harrison
  Streetwise Publications 

                                  www.streetwisepublications.com/OLRF

Do you know what people are interested in more than anything else? Themselves! This simple fact goes a long way to explain the popularity of what might be called ‘life capture’ products. They’re products that enable the individual to record or document some aspect of their life, whether that be via the written word, audio, video or something else.

The latest product we’ve spotted is the Looxcie – a Bluetooth style video camera, which fits over the ear and points where the wearer is looking and therefore records everything he or she sees.

If something interesting happens, they simply press a button to save it, so that it can be later uploaded to Mac or PC – and even emailed to a pre – set list of contacts. Otherwise, the Looxcie records in a continuous loop, purging the earlier footage.

I mention this for three reasons: 

1.  There seems no end to the life capture phenomenon at the moment. Is there some aspect of your product or offering that would enable you to cash in on it?

2.  If the device took off, just imagine the amount of footage that would become available, and the potential creative opportunities that would bring. Could you make the first Looxcie film? 

3.  You might just want one, and if you do (and have a lot of female friends with a penchant for low cut tops or short skirts) I’ll be happy to check out the quality of your footage for free.

Make It An Event 

According to Forbes magazine, there’s an easy way to find out about your customers – hold an event. Events can be used to sell and build rapport, and if they’re well attended they can help to build social proof and popularity.

The article goes on to say that energy levels and mood are often high at an event as well, because attendees are excited to get away from the daily grind. This makes them more receptive to offers of new products and services.

 So, could you invite your customers to an event pertaining to your business? What reason or ‘excuse’ could you have? This will mean different things to different people, but there’s no doubt that many businesses could benefit from holding an event of some kind.

Today’s National Day 

NATIONAL WIFE APPRECIATION DAY !

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

                      Dear Streetwise Customer, 

  Imagine sitting down this afternoon and tapping out a simple letter. It takes you perhaps a couple of hours to get it right… 

  And Then Over The Next Few Years It Brings In Over £5 Million.

Pure fantasy? 

  Not at all. I’ve done it. I’ll even show you the letter. And I’ve written lots of others just like it, although they weren’t all quite as successful as that one. 

  But Even So, Many Of  Them Landed Thousands Of Pounds In My Bank Account Within Days, and Hundreds of Thousands Within Weeks. 

Like to learn how to do the same? 

Well there has really Never Been A Better Time for three reasons… 

1. These letters bring in serious money when times are tough – and they don’t come much tougher than they are right now. 

 2. These letters are even more powerful when the world is relying on the internet for its requirements, just like it is right now.

 3. You probably have some free time available to learn how to do this at the moment. 

   Allow me to show you, for more details CLICK HERE

   This is an exciting and realistic alternative to the gloom which is all around us today – an escape route.  It’s an alternative that can  quickly see you banking more than enough money to see yourself and your family right through this current crisis and then into  uncharted financial success when all this is over. 

   This comes with a 100% cast iron 90 day money back guarantee.     
   There is absolutely no risk to you to take a look.

  Very Best Wishes,

    John Harrison
  Streetwise Publications 

                                  www.streetwisepublications.com/OLRF

I couldn’t write a novel, but I’ve written several business related books, and I suspect you could do it too. Over 11,000 business books are published each year, all from a slightly different angle or perspective. Hidden within your knowledge and experience is the basis of a useful and informative book. However, you can’t expect to make a fortune from sales, but that isn’t the point.

The vast majority of books published sell less than a couple of thousand copies – and many sell significantly less than that – so why go to the trouble? Well being a published author sets you apart from the crowd in your market or arena.

It puts you forward as an expert in your field and can lead to all manner of opportunities – invitations to write in trade journals, invitations to public speaking engagements, and invitations to participate in radio and TV shows. Your book also becomes your calling card, and one that won’t be hastily thrown in a drawer. It helps build your personal brand.

So give some thought to what kind of book you could write. It doesn’t have to be a 500 page epic, and printing technology is such these days that you can print in very low numbers until you’re sure how well it’s going to sell. You can even enlist the help of a ghost writer if you really don’t have the time or inclination

Hawaiian Energy

We’ve talked here before about turning waste into profits. Here’s another example. 

Hawaiian energy drink company, KonaRed uses a bi-product of coffee production as a key ingredient in its energy drinks. In order to use coffee beans, you first need to strip away the skin. An estimated 40 million pounds of the stuff gets dumped every year in Hawaii alone, and it costs the companies to do it.

The fact that there is a company willing to pay for the skins is a double bonus. This is a great win-win situation. The coffee companies get to make money from something they previously had to pay to dispose of, and the energy drink company have a cheap and ready supply of key raw materials.

So is there a waste product from your business which you could sell for profit? Do you know of a waste product from someone else’s business that you could utilise in a profitable way?

Today’s National Day 

NATIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT DAY !

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

                      Dear Streetwise Customer, 

  Imagine sitting down this afternoon and tapping out a simple letter. It takes you perhaps a couple of hours to get it right… 

  And Then Over The Next Few Years It Brings In Over £5 Million.

Pure fantasy? 

  Not at all. I’ve done it. I’ll even show you the letter. And I’ve written lots of others just like it, although they weren’t all quite as successful as that one. 

  But Even So, Many Of  Them Landed Thousands Of Pounds In My Bank Account Within Days, and Hundreds of Thousands Within Weeks. 

Like to learn how to do the same? 

Well there has really Never Been A Better Time for three reasons… 

1. These letters bring in serious money when times are tough – and they don’t come much tougher than they are right now. 

 2. These letters are even more powerful when the world is relying on the internet for its requirements, just like it is right now.

 3. You probably have some free time available to learn how to do this at the moment. 

   Allow me to show you, for more details CLICK HERE

   This is an exciting and realistic alternative to the gloom which is all around us today – an escape route.  It’s an alternative that can  quickly see you banking more than enough money to see yourself and your family right through this current crisis and then into  uncharted financial success when all this is over. 

   This comes with a 100% cast iron 90 day money back guarantee.     
   There is absolutely no risk to you to take a look.

  Very Best Wishes,

    John Harrison
  Streetwise Publications 

                                  www.streetwisepublications.com/OLRF

There seem to be two types of people – those whose lives are organised and orderly, and those whose lives are in permanent state of disarray. If you are part of the first group, there may be a business to be built by helping those in the second.

Professional organising is the perfect business for people with a flair for neatness and developing systems. Not all disorganisation is the same of course, so it’s probably a good idea to choose an area of specialisation, such as cleaning out garages, helping people plan for moving or downsizing, or assisting professional men and woman with their busy lives.

Professional organiser Debbie Lillard has written a book on the subject – Absolutely Organised, and wanted to work part time after years as a stay-at-home mother. She launched her business by contacting old friends who were stressed by the disorganisation in their lives and created business cards and flyers and distributed them in shops in affluent neighbourhoods.

That’s where the first customers came from, and word of mouth took over from there.

Hardly Chicken Feed

 Just had an interesting conversation with our printer who has a friend who’s a chicken farmer. He supplies the big supermarkets, and I’ve often wondered how the farmers make any money given that you can often buy a chicken in Tesco and their competitors for just a few pounds.

Well it turns out margins on chickens are indeed tight, and the farmer makes most of his money from a surprising source – chicken manure. Apparently, chicken poo is a rich source of nitrogen and he’s able to sell both the solid manure and (sorry to be so graphic here) the liquid remnants that are left when the sheds are hosed down.

I’ve asked this question before, but it’s worth thinking about again. Is there some waste product associated with your business which could be sold at a profit? Most people would see chicken poo as something which needs to be disposed of, and there may be a waste product in your business which isn’t getting the attention it deserves.

Don’t think too literally here. For example, in our own business a ‘waste product’ might be enquiries who don’t ever buy from use. But perhaps they could be valuable to someone else. Think about what you have.

Today’s National Day 

NATIONAL BEER LOVER’S DAY !

PUBLISHERS NOTICE  

                      Dear Streetwise Customer, 

  Imagine sitting down this afternoon and tapping out a simple letter. It takes you perhaps a couple of hours to get it right… 

  And Then Over The Next Few Years It Brings In Over £5 Million.

Pure fantasy? 

  Not at all. I’ve done it. I’ll even show you the letter. And I’ve written lots of others just like it, although they weren’t all quite as successful as that one. 

  But Even So, Many Of  Them Landed Thousands Of Pounds In My Bank Account Within Days, and Hundreds of Thousands Within Weeks. 

Like to learn how to do the same? 

Well there has really Never Been A Better Time for three reasons… 

1. These letters bring in serious money when times are tough – and they 
    don’t come much tougher than they are right now. 

 2. These letters are even more powerful when the world is relying on the
internet for its requirements, just like it is right now.

 3. You probably have some free time available to learn how to do this at        the moment. 

   Allow me to show you, for more details CLICK HERE

   This is an exciting and realistic alternative to the gloom which is all around us today – an escape route.  It’s an alternative that can  quickly see you banking more than enough money to see yourself and your family right through this current crisis and then into  uncharted financial success when all this is over. 

   This comes with a 100% cast iron 90 day money back guarantee.     
   There is absolutely no risk to you to take a look.

  Very Best Wishes,

    John Harrison
  Streetwise Publications 

                                  www.streetwisepublications.com/OLRF