Read more RICHARD'S BLOG How Self-Promotion Can Reap Rewards Many moons ago, as a student attending a Business Studies College, I found myself facing a small financial predicament. Summer was fast approaching and I was extremely short of cash and in need of a financial boost, not only to get me over the summer period, but also to...
RICHARD'S BLOG Trade-In Site Prices Climb – Time to Sell Your CDs & Other Unwanted Media One of my bonus items featured within TheProfitBox.co.uk identifies the top trade-in sites for offloading your unwanted media, for a quick cash return. These are sites will give you an instant quote for your CDs, DVDs, Games & Books. The prices are lower than you would get selling on...
Read more RICHARD'S BLOG Get Paid To Listen to Music If you love listening to music and would like to be actually paid for the pleasure of doing so, then listen-up! I would like to introduce you to www.slicethepie.com , a website which does exactly that: It serves up music tracks for you to listen to, almost as often...
Read more RICHARD'S BLOG How to Sell Locally Using Facebook Are you a Facebook addict? Whilst Facebook is not for everyone, there are some people who seem to spend their lives browsing Facebook. It is a seriously sticky site! When I first heard the term ‘sticky website’ I thought someone had spilled Coke over their keyboard. Whereas it actually...
RICHARD'S BLOG Christmas Sales Started Bang on Schedule I mentioned in an earlier post that one should not be too concerned if your online sales dip slightly during July & August. In fact I recommended that, rather than worry about poor sales, it’s a good policy to concentrate on building up your stock during the summer months,...
Read more RICHARD'S BLOG How to Profit From Your Local Library Buying from Lending Libraries Here’s another question for you. Do you think there is a market for second hand library books? The answer is a resounding “yes”! Not only do people buy second hand books online but they also buy other used media items, all originally owned by lending...
Read more RICHARD'S BLOG How to Banish Those Post-Holiday Blues Come the beginning of September, many of us are suffering from the post-holiday blues. For the lucky ones, who have spent a blissful period of time away from the stresses and strains of work, the thought of having to return can sometimes weigh heavy on the mind. Holidays can...
RICHARD'S BLOG Topicality Sells, as Doctor Who Returns You may recall that in March of this year I wrote a piece about annual calendars, and how some become collectible and as a result profitable, assuming you pick them up at the right price. There are many factors which go to make an item collectible, and one of...
Read more RICHARD'S BLOG How to Profit From Your Dreams If you think that the dreams you have when you go to sleep are just a jumbled assortment of random thoughts and observations from your busy life, then you might want to think again. It has been proved by countless experiments that when we are asleep, our mind and...
Read more RICHARD'S BLOG Unusual Places to Source Books Offline When in doubt, you can always bank on good old-fashioned books to bring home the bacon when you are in need of some fast cash! You may have originally bought books for your own reading pleasure, but, as a commodity, they are relatively easy to sell when times are...