Key to making money

You would like to earn some money... big money, but... what to do? Earning money.

To do anything you must have a big money, ANYTHING. Even opening a shop, food store on the corner is a huge financial investment especially when you have nothing or almost nothing. Everything requires big funds, everyone who has succeed had got rich parents or enormous help from the powerful friends or had money from the street.

Believe me or not, it's the sad true. Everyone who speaks different lies and want to sell you bullshit propaganda.

It's true for 99% percent of the society. Only single people success, rest falls.

The truth is that MOST (if not 99.9%) of the market is fulfilled with products, on which to produce you need to have enormous funds. From where take them? Job? Forget.

Why you think there is something like minimum pension? To cover workers? That's what you've been told. They're really to smash any competition on the market. So, when you have 0 money, earn something and need a worker couldn't hire him, because of the minimum salary.

Becoming owner of a TESCO, LIDL or SHOPPING MALL (GALLERY) becomes unreal.

No wonder why most of you including me was thinking about only arm robbery on some good point with money. I've thought...
jk. ;)

I suffered whole my life from lack of money, to be clear with you. I've took some many attempts (27! unsuccessful in a row), read so many books, so many materials that it's impossible to imagine this.

Skipping little success which gave me shit, to be honest. I didn't earn me anything.

But one day i woke up feeling different.
I only knew one thing: I would be rich.

After working in US in a seriously hard job (warehouse, cold, 12h/day) and getting another, after another unsuccessful attempts to change my destination I've felt into a hard depression (and losing all my money on forex).

With no money, no horizon, depressed (in #2 lesson of spirituality you would learn that depression isn't a state of mind, it is a state of "µ" power level of the soul) I was searching for the answers. Thanks to money of my friend (which visited me in uk and was rich) I've made an investments in research.

To be honest, when I've worked I haven't had ANY MONEY. It was JUST IMPOSSIBLE to have ANY MONEY, savings from 600$/week (then less). I've done a lot effort to put any savings, but it's just not worked.

Idea went from the people: everywhere where I went people wanted to buy from me drugs. Research (with research drugs) went insane. I've read everywhere that you must do what in life you enjoy the most. I didn't think much, I only liked in my life: drugs. Why to not start?

Here it is. Find what you do in life the most, for example...if people always comes to you for something.. wink wink , than you know what you are best at ! USE IT AT YOUR OWN ADVANTAGE!

SELLING IS THE KEY TO POWER 

How to get things done

You just do them like from the famous Nike advertisement, but there are many things which people don't know about what has the affect on the whole process of motivation and decision making. I would explain them in the article.

You're probably aware of the fact (or if you are not) that energy is crucial to making things done. You're probably standing every morning from bed and maybe not feel tired, but you don't know that you're energy levels could be much higher, about min. 100-20000% than you've got now. 

• PLAN of ACTION with order of priority.
  
  Before going sleep you take a piece of paper and you do the list of things you need to do in order to progress (you just make 1,2,3,4 number or A,B,C,D next to it) of what you need to do – where A (or "1") is the most important and needs to be done in the first place. Where until the point with "1" or "A" mark isn't done you not do things from "2" or "B" mark. It often appears that things that are the most hard are often marked "1" or "A" and need to be done first. You can't have time to make all the things, but you always have time to make the most important things. Delegate your work if possible (learn to delegate). Preparing the list for next day saves you time and energy, besides you're subconscious mind things about your goals in order to complete them – giving you ideas and clues on how to make them.
  
  Working with the list would give you great advantage. Think it in this way: "I need to do it and when I would do it I would have lots (many) more time for leisure". It should be enough. Do you know yet how miraculously you would feel after you done it?



• SPLIT you work on parts.
  
  Giant cake is hard to eat at once, but on parts it seems much easier to eat it, where doing "parts" it's not so much scary like the ALL cake. DO YOUR WORK IN VERY SMALL / SMALL PARTS everyday. Where here is very important: "systematic work". You always do in systematic work more than in "rush", one time things. Everything is cyclical, get use to that.



• CONSTANTLY MOVE YOUR COMFORT ZONE.
  
  In the work you would very often find (especially on the beginning) things, which are not comfortable for you or rather:those that you fear (not want to do) like going for the allowance, approaching unknown girl and starting a talk (or rather: set of girls). By facing you're fear (even if it means shaking and couldn't say a word) moves your comfort zone of things: which you can do (after a few tryouts). You learn them and you start to feel comfortable and situations & fears from past seem funny in the time perspective.
  
  After you do the thing you fear the death of fear is gone. If you sense that you fear something just do it, in an automated manner. What you've got to loose?  All barriers are in your mind. Believe me that they were so many people who had unbelievable much greater obstacles and become successful anyway. Let you be too.
  
  



• DISCIPLINE & SYSTEMATIC WORK.
  
  You do the things whether you like it or not. Ability to [1] be specific, [2] immediate execute all the plans "do it now" is the winner altitude, but where it causes lots of problems on the beginning, in time you begin to work a habit to make things do immediately (without much thinking on them, where there is no need to do that) and you begin to enhance your life on better. It's the most important value: sense of urgency.
  
  

READING IS POINTLESS, UNLESS YOU DO.

You would get sooner or faster to the point when you've got enough knowledge (there is never enough knowledge) when you feel you need to do something. Most people end on reading and that's the biggest factor of their failure, because they're afraid (deeply, not saying it) to try. You won't never fuck a girl, make a business, grab this deal, earn money if you won't make an action.

Successful people are doers rather than thinkers, only thinkers. Keep it in mind and go to work, making things happen. Where in the very beginning it would be hard, in the end you would have bunch of people working for you and you could relax and have leisure for the rest of you're life... but would you?

Work is addictive. Start to pursue your dreams now.

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Let the "hero" from the picture above not be your share.

- "I've so many time procrastinated, that it's time to talk to her"

How to sell anything on ebay

In this article I would feature some ideas which may increase your sales on the internet auctions websites. However thing is, that you shouldn't put anything on auction if you can find a buyer, locally – in your city, because of the provision system which you need to pay (for the auction provider website) & huge competition on this market (it applies when you're selling in an not-organised way, not having a shop/wholesale – holding e.g. 1-2 piece of item(s)). The first thing you should ask yourself is: who, that has money – would be or may be interested in buying my product? Create a list of friends or even ask them on facebook (with sending to them link, so they can see the product you're offering).

If internet or website auctions (online selling) is for your store a place where you increase your revenue/profits, you should consider preparing some very good auctions with appropriate description. Few points may be crucial when client chooses the person from he would buy. Important factor may be price, however its not the essence always when taking a buying decision. It depends. I would go through some ideas for an individual, which may increase visibility of your auction, (or rather: help to sell) your item.

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It's possible to sell almost all, however at a reasonable price, at least when you're selling on the internet. Client, can with 1 easy click check the lowest prices e.g. in the shop comparison services or he might get the lowest price on auction, from the trusted (by user reviews) sellers. By obtaining an item, from a person who has most of the positive comments (reviews) his not risking almost anything, so you're 1. first task when selling items on such auctions would be to obtain significant amount of user reviews, e.g. by buying many – less than $1 dollar items (digital media! send by internet, e.g. like points on (service like) rapidshare [in PL: chomikuj.pl] or a less than $1 dollar book/publication/key etc.), each from a various seller & getting positive feedback, by placing the positive comment first. It's not a huge cost, for less than $50 you may obtain 50 comments which would allow you to set your credibilitywhen applying in auctions. No one likes to buy and would not buy from a person who has got the "letter" (read: not fully activated account, with not confirmed address [at least on PL auctions, allegro you've got something like this]), with 0 trustworthiness, at least when you're a private person – wanting to sell an item. At least I don't see it, its better to invest little cash in items which are not expensive & needed for you, to set the initial trust for the (possible) buyer. When you're starting a shop and you've got at least those 2 places set in the real world, it might not be necessary, however its advised (you would learn later why).

 

The best is learning on an example, so let's start. I wanted to sell a camera, from my home – which I don't use currently (you've got such cameras currently in phones e.g. like HTC SENSATION or HTC DESIRE HD [only 720p]) and I need money, because of my situation. Thing is, that 2-3 years ago, cameras in phones were rather calculators, so camera was a need for me to create videos which can be found on this website. It's role has ended, besides I need to get the money fast, cashing it – by selling to someone who would give money.

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Explanation.

1. EYE attracting focus thumbnail – it's more visible in the #3 image.
   Thing is, that you need to fight for the customer attention to the potential auction from the very beginning. Those who don't fight – get lost in the crowd, resulting in hugely smaller sale (or even none).
   Visibility of your auction is everything and the more its opened, by more & more people – theoretically the higher you've got chance of selling your product to the wider audience (which is your priority goal, the #1 – most important: to sell, as much as you can).
   
   
   PURE (JUICY) RED
   border has be proven to be the most effective eye-catching color (#f2050b, #fe0406 or [mine] #fd0000 in RGB values).
   
   
   However in the example it wasn't used exactly what I'm writing it is the most efficient in attention catching (thumbnail) method, despite I was experimenting with some other forms of attraction, however proven not so effective (thumbnail would be changed after finishing this article).
   
   It's also wise to use clear(photographic)-producer-made photo, which gives user exactly the experience what he is buying. Those photos are usually well-done and beautiful, making the exact impression on the buyer. You can find them, by putting product model on the Google and going (on the top) on the IMAGE section.
   
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2. DESCRIPTIVE TITLE WHICH POINT all the commonly searched terms and uses "@@@@@@@" as a distinction which makes the title more visible to the eye.
   An example of this title is (on example): "CAMERA FULL HD JVC GZ-HD300 HDD 60GB @@@@@@@@@@@@" (as translated). Let's see what has been used, in the title:
   
   [1] you need to write what it is: is it a camera or a laptop? You really need to use that word, because most of the people USE IT to search for what they want to buy, e.g. TV or "contact lenses" ("eye lenses" or just "lenses") and by only putting e.g. "Johnson & Johnson AVUCUE xx 500" you're making it non-visible (mostly) for the people who search only by title name (as in the service provider above), using term: "lenses").
   
   [2] NEXT it's wise to use "bonus" which extends the primary title, e.g. I don't sell "normal" camera, but FULL HD CAMERA!, so after the word: "camera" I add + "full HD", off course – all in CAPITALIZED letters, because they PUT MOST OF THE ATTENTION on the title (making it "wanted" to be clickable, at least in some degree), but mainly: taking eye focus on it, firstly. In another example of "contact lenses", title may be: "one-day" or "monthly" (suggesting the amount of time they should be used).
   
   [3] AFTER IT comes the model of the product, exactly specified (users often search for exact models, e.g. "HTC DESIRE HD" or "NOKIA N95 8GB"). It's obligatory. In my case it's: "JVC GZ-HD300".
   
   [4] NEXT you should put some distinctive features which customer MAY want to know, before he clicks, e.g. in my case – this distinctive thing is 60GB HARD DRIVE, so I put: "HDD 60GB" (hard disc drive 60 gigabytes).
   
   [5] Usage of "@@@@@@@@@@@@" makes makes distinction between other ads/descriptions which don't use it, however it's poorly visible e.g. in the image of category list, but greatly visible e.g. in the example of eye_focus ads image (question to ask is: "on which ad first you would put focus?").
   
   Usage of words like "promotion", on the end – when not auction (only "buy now" type) doesn't make sense, because after e.g. typing world "promotion" I've received 194596 results (3892 pages of results). It is pointless to use words which everyone uses.



3. REASONABLE PRICE – SEE THE IMAGE: #4 image (& READ the explanation on it).
   Remember that the client would buy [select to buy] (if they are not found any other reasons) – the cheapest offer which he has some sense of knowledge/trust that he would get this product (it may be false, however – it doesn't matter in the big picture).
   
   If you want to sell the product fast, make sure you've got 15%-20% cheaper price for pay, than your competitors (e.g. on used things).
   
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4. MAXIMUM ACTION TIME.
   When you're placing an auction – you __ALWAYS__ choose the maximum time frame. Why? Because you're drastically reducing the costs (often you pay +10% more of value and if you would be forced to put again auction you're loosing all the costs of issuing it [starting/placing again]). It's crucial. Longest time frame of auction gives you also more time for finding clients (even when it's done in an auction time: somebody has got MORE time to write to you & to ask you (or give the amount) he would pay you). If the (potential) client has got too less time to make a buying decision – he would often, not buy. Keep it in mind.



5. BUY NOW.
   It's better to put only 1 price as "buy now" and to put the minimum amount you're agreeing to sell the product, because when you're setting e.g. auction on bidding: 600 PLN and BUY NOW for 1,000 you've got less chance (at least I feel so) that you would sell for e.g. 900 as you've wanted for or e.g. 870. It often appears that people would be able to give you the "minimum" amount you've set the auction and which is: 600 PLN. It's rare chance that somebody would give the full 1,000 because of the fact – he's got better option to bid and to buy it at smaller price, so don't take chances like this (you would need to sell the product for the amount which was bid, when not setting minimal price [which costs a lot on this portal auction]). I never set minimal amount, because you would need to pay even 20 PLN for more (even when the auction hasn't been won). I only set "BUY NOW" (it may differ on various auction sites, but it's the best option, to set only BUY NOW – ALL).
   
   Remember that people who get things on the internet (buy), want to get the best possible deal and they can come to another site with a mouse click, so please make sure you've got the best offer (or your offer is unique, distinctive, one of a kind). When buying things in the REAL world – you often don't have any comparison, so its far much easier to overpay for the product. REMEMBER IT.
   
   Summing it up: buying on the internet has got very different characteristics than buying in the real world where the choice is limited often to one store in which you are (almost nobody uses phone to compare prices, at least I didn't seen it – person see's the product often and just buys it, without thought, because of the strong emotions it caused in the person, all).



6. FREE SHIPPING included in the asking price.
   Although it's not a obligatory thing to do – I do it, because on my auction website shipping costs are displayed near to the asking price and people who want to buy it at cheapest cost – watch on this column.
   
   I like the feeling, which customer may have: I'm only paying for the product, shipping is FREE ("ehhhh, +30 PLN to shipping costs – too much, maybe I would find it somewhere cheaper"). However as you may know – the shipping costs are included, added to the money I wanted for the camera (as on example).
   
   It depends from the competition you've got on the auctions with your product. Typically: when the prices are low, you add the shipping costs normally, because of the strong competition and clients, that watch only on the price. In products which are expensive – it's better to give *FREE* shipment.
   
   Some variations of this method include that you earn on shipping costs really, but it's tricky for me – I wouldn't used it personally (e.g. you can take 20% more in some cases [to secure additional costs], but its wise to put the required amount [some people watch on it]).



7. DESCRIPTIVE DESCRIPTION, covering ALL the basic information (which client wants to know or might & could ask).
   Except the things which are attached on the image (point #7) I would like to put information that the description is the second most important thing when selling a product. Your task is to create – won't write it again and again, it's all in the below articles (AIDA selling scheme).
   
   
   • HOW TO SELL, PART I: general rules (introduction)
   • HOW TO SELL, PART II: manipulation in action (manipulation techniques)
   • HOW TO SELL, PART III: Inner game (fake it, till you make it) in practice
   
   
   Your task, generally is to show the client, that he can trust you and wouldn't be scammed. You're doing it by having near 100% positive comments and could also establish by giving contact to yourself [phone contact → on the top of each item page, probably messenger & e-mail too] (watch next point) and when you're a shop (and have got at least, at best: 2 points) – put images, address, phones of __ALL__ it's points across the country (and outside country too, but on a specified link). Adding website address to your shop is also a good idea & probably link to references on some "price comparison site" (however I'm not sure its a good idea, because they mainly pay for clicks, not buys – so, if it's possible: make sure you've got no products and only users "independently" put reviews about your shop on this site).
   
   Your task is mainly to present all the features of the product, give links to movies / presentations of it, to the producer etc. (e.g. show games, graphics when selling PC's). It's the work you need to do.
   
   In the example, for this article, it's: http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/JVC-Everio-GZ-HD300-Camcorder-Review-36553/Product-Tour.htm [mirror].

 

However those, point – above are only the beginning of the selling – the minimum & basic necessary in order to sell anything. 90% of success consists – advertising & don't count that auctions service provider would do it for you.

If you would count that after you put the items – they would sell, you make be in a huge mistake. They might sell, I don't say: "no", but its better to "help them sell" by advertising link everywhere, where you can. It often applies that when you've sold 1st piece (unit) – sales would then skyrocket and sell to the end. It's wise, when you've got some more items on 1 auction – shown to the public: offer free shipping for the first person who would buy & send the cash (or -30 PLN discount). It could accelerate much sales and I've had such experience in the past, believe or not.

MARKETING (attracting the customers) / IDEAS WHAT YOU COULD DO TO SELL – + INCREASE SALES.

• Find a similar auction with the product you want to sell – write to a person (who put this auction): to give you profile links to the 2 (to 5) highest bidders – write to them, if they aren't interested in buying your product from link X for the price in the item page.
  I've did such action in the example page (auction, for this article), however seller didn't posted his phone number & he didn't replied on my e-mail (he set minimal price, so he wasn't obligated to send the item). Unfortunately there wasn't anybody who had an auction with this product, before & at the moment.
• Put on status update (on your messenger) – link to the auction, send it to all your people on mail, send it to all people you've got on facebook/twitter, post it everywhere in the web – where you can reach your potential customers. Smart thing is & I do it all over again: have the link in the signature, on forums/boards where are people with money (potential customers). Put it under the signature of every mail you send/reply to anybody.
• Post the link on site like e.g. business ads (but don't pay for posting it!), who are often visited by people with money. Make sure you're posting an alias, like e.g. http://tiny.pl/ALIAS or best http://yoursite.com/go/x1 – where you can replace easily the redirecting link [!] (e.g. when you would put new auction & you need to update the link, in order to don't do it all the time, useless work).
• Offer cash to people for finding a client (share in profit, e.g. 500 PLN on business worth 5,500 (or 20,000, offer 1,000) PLN).
• Put your item/auction on groupon-like website (group buying), e.g. in the service provider which often put links on the homepage, increasing hugely visibility – by sharing part of your profit (count it all).
• Advertise for cash on other websites – buying links on them for a pennies (e.g. in digg-like websites).
• Did you've already put your item ad on free-ads pages like craiglist or gumtree?
• Buy advertisement on a homepage in the auction-provider company.
• Facebook, has proven to be successful tool in spamming your links (LIKE some popular page, e.g. "forbes" or "funny sites" – authors/workers of those websites often posts "feeds" on your wall – put a valuable comment, then put 2-3 links below (where 1 is useful for the most & 2 others are "spam", example: fb spamming). It's legal & moral (you're helping by posting link), because its not e-mailing people with unwanted information.
  You may be blocked (to don't put any more comments in fb feeds), however I've still haven't been in 90% of the "like" pages I've posted in. Those who blocked me possibility of putting a comment – I've unlike'd their pages.

For more ideas, visit: MARKETING IDEAS, innovative marketing, promotion ideas.

SELLING is an art and if you want to become the best seller you need to put focus, attention & time in order to study new things & use them in practice in order to get the results you've always expected. You can also hire somebody who already knows it. You're choice.

REMEMBER that talk with the client is essential and nothing could replace it. Sale is the priority in every company & the goal of every entrepreneur. Please share you ideas in comments, thank you.

6 keys to wealth

1. If you want to be rich you need to do something

   Most people seem to think that cash would fall from the skies, since many people are rich already without working for it. Yes, I know that some people may have more than you, your friend has rich parents he doesn't need to work . Listen to me carefully now: I have faced the same problem, there are few things you need to know.
   1. His reactivity (if he doesn't works, do anything – only takes cash from parents), would go on his abilities to handle himself in life. I know he has got really easy, has chicks, but your life experiences  experiences make you stronger, you're not a pussy, but confident man, yes?
   2. Look on you first, always. He got better, think how he could help you with your projects. Base is that telling everybody and thinking how bad you have it doesn't change the situation, never. Keep it in mind!
   3. What would he do if his parents would die? If he has established everything and has got done before, he has got really good, but neither? When parents are living and giving money it seem to be everything is alright. When they die, who would have better – you or him? Point is that it maybe hurt, but you need to think what to do to change situation.
   4. Ask yourself: do you want to be him (not! in his situation, parents etc). So face your reality and start to think and do something!



2. PLAY TO WIN! NOT TO PLAY!

   This point is think the most obvious, but... most people seem to lost their goal, vision! Lost the big picture! They're playing to just play! Not to win!
   A sample story of that: I had a friend who just liked to play on stock market, but he earned nothing for 3 years! He just liked to play, wanted to win, but it seemed that he liked the vision (and telling to girlfriends) that he is a stock market investor, liked the appreciation of people (but really? he wasn't appreciated).
   People like to chase the rabbit, not the catch, they're focused on process, which is absolutely wrong. Focus on results, but skip the expectations and limitations part (like high volume sale, share with people, more in godlikeism book).
   When I enter the field, doesn't matter what I want to be the best, be the leader, at ALL COST! I'm doing the best what I can, and what I can contribute! People, they're satisfied with being average. To me being average is the biggest nightmare! With time and hard work I am the best, I know that. Sometimes they're obstacles, but who cares? Without them I would feel bad (the hard work is worth play).
   Another element in here, where you would like to focus is: fear of loosing money, time. You play to win, if you loose – happens, but you're stronger by those experience. Summing up: you can't loose, even if it looks so. Remember: "reactivity (not taking action) causes more problems, than doing anything".



3. HONESTY at all cost! Sense of Urgency

   What matters the most is honesty, where: it's not enough to be only honest, you need to carry yourself with honesty,
   always – in every situation (not only business). Even if you seem to loose (money, time) you need to be honest, without any excuses.
   



4. You're in this game ALONE!

   I would repeat it one more time: you're in this game alone! Remember it, memorize it. You're working only for yourself, not for others. Family? Girlfriend? They could help, but don't count on them. I would like to be in a serious mistake here, but I've understood something. If you want to earn YOU NEED TO THINK, YOU ALONE NEED TO ACT, YOU ALONE NEED TO WATCH AND DEVELOP YOUR BUSINESS and you know what? NOBODY would help your except GOD. Yes, they could give you and idea, but YOU NEED TO DO EVERYTHING ON YOUR OWN! OR PAY THEM!. It's YOU vs THE WORLD!
   Besides, on the margin: would you like to share with your friend with money, when you do 90% of work? I bet no.
   When you understand this simple, but small thing: you would take for your own all actions full responsibility. You know how to count? Count on yourself, only!



5. Don't gamble, ever

   At least at beginning. You need to establish an passive income to play on stock/currency market or other types of gambling. Without the first, it would be fear and probably a disaster. For me personally gambling is the worst thing ever, it's an addictive also. You shouldn't touch those until you're prospering well (or just interest into the field, and focus: play on the market and live from it). For me, it's unmoral in some way, so I don't touch it. For you, it could be different, but what I think it's that without a solid passive portfolio you should avoid gambling. Playing at stock market it's partially gambling (depends on strategy, but you get the point, think).
   What I wanted point in this article: some people start to gamble (even fruit machines!) and they loose all their money (in Poland they're are fruit machines addicts who loose all their salary on payday! hard to guess how it looks in other countries) and it brings suffering to all family. Children's don't have anything to eat, it brings pain to everybody touched – when their father lost everything in 1 day...



6. Live far below your financial earnings

   Even if you've got money, live far below your financial earning. Treat money with respect. It doesn't mean to don't buying for yourself anything, but to think about what you're buying. Yacht, new clothes, new car are things which don't bring money to you, aren't "actives", but rather new duties (tax, fuel). Focus on things which build your passive income, bring value to people.