Custom shipping labels
Looking at shipping label I wondered why they have to be so boring. Looking at Flickr I found quite a few customized shipping labels that were very creative. Here is one of my favorites.
and here is another one.
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Now Is The Time For A Real Deal
Although the economy world-wide is experiencing a downturn, this also is exactly the time when great deals can be made. Now is the time for making long-term investments, rather than looking for a quick return for your buck. One of the ‘safest’ investments is in bricks and mortar. Granted, now is not the best time to sell a house but if you have ready cash, it is a great time to be buying property. If you can afford to wait, inevitably the real estate market will improve again, and you can make a killing.
A friend of mine is a very successeful internet marketer who lives in North Carolina, and she is doing just that. Investing in properties, knowing that the return on investment may take a bit longer but that it will come. She showed me Wilmington NC Real Estate and is planning on buying some of their more prestigious properties. Having looked at some of the dream homes available, and the prices at which they are being sold, I am not surprised she is very excited about the whole thing. I am hoping that one day I can be as successful as her and start buying up the coast line along here, because as in the USA in Spain too properties are being sold at very advantageous prices.
I look forward to spending some time with her later this year, when I will be able to visit some of her new acquisitions.
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Our Day With The Lawyer
Yesterday we finally went to see our new laywer regarding incorporating our business. It was something we have been working towards for two years now, and we felt that now the money was in place and we also have some confidence that the business really will grow, it was time to set the wheels in motion.
It looks like it will be a long drawn out process, with lots of hidden aspects we had not really thought about. We will have to employ an accountant and get accountancy software, and our lawyer also advised us about Public Liability Insurance, which we will need in case there is ever an untoward incident with one of our clients.
We also discussed the need for Legal Assistance Insurance and had a talk with the insurance advisers in the office regarding insurance for the dog, the cats and about life insurance rates in general, as it would be good to leave a lump sum for each other in case one of us dies and the other one has to run the business alone.
I had never realised how many different laws apply to the process of incorporation, and have for homework a manual the lawyer has lent me that I need to read. I need to make a list of all questions I have, for when we next see him.
Hope I shall see the day of incorporation, at the moment I wonder if it will be done within the next 20 years but at the same time it is an exciting idea and feels oddly grown-up.
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Surf and Earn
The concept of surfing and being paid to surf is not new. Several exchanges pay cash if you surf a required number of sites. Today I want to look at a relative newcomer in that field, an exchange called Ad-Ventures 4 U
Adventures is not a very old site, but it looks very promising. The site is a family owned site, and the owners say they are sick of people getting scammed. We have all heard that before and therefore I was very cautious before joining. Some of the money they pay out is money paid in by other members of the exchange and some of the money comes from investments they have made. They promise to pay 75% of their Revenue and 90% of all other income (investments).
The exchange offers two different memberships. Free members are required to surf 70 sites a week. As far as I can see free members do not earn any money, but can use the site as a normal exchange. Paid members buy Ventures. One Venture costs $10.00. Paid members are required to surf 25 sites each day. If a paid member does not surf one day, his/her income for that week is reduced by 1/7 th of the weekly pay out for that week. I had bookmarked the site several times before I decided to join, partially to see what was going on and partially because I could not make up my mind about whether I wanted to invest money in it. I know $10.00 is not much money, but I have made a decision to only invest money now in on-line activities if I have earnt the money on-line before. Since I had about $20.00 in AlertPay at the time, I had more or less decided to join when an offer came my way that made the decision for me.
I surf on a traffic exchange that features team surfing. One of my team members said he would pay for one venture for each of the members of the team if they joined under his link. Referral earnings are 15%. He had been with Adventures for quite a while and had regularly withdrawn earnings. He is only paying for new members if he has already earned the money in Adventures so sometimes it can take a little while to get upgraded. However, true to his promise he upgraded me within a couple of days.
I surfed my 25 sites and advertised my site link as well. Got a few referrals and helped upgrade a couple of them. Now I am getting to the point where I will start to see a weekly income quite soon. It will not be a huge amount, but it will be real money and it will be paid into my AlertPay account.
The plan is to leave half the money earned in the account each week, so that it will be automatically reinvested in more Ventures, thereby earning me more money again each week. If you do not withdraw your earnings they will be reinvested. On the site there is a weekly schedule that tells you when to check how much you have earned, how much you wish to withdraw and if you did not withdraw, a day later you see that your ventures have increased.
It is not a new concept. I also belong to another similar site, where you buy a venture and have to autosurf 35 sites a day (Adventures is manual surf) and earn 5% of your original investment each day you surf the 35 sites. Their minimal investment is $25.00 and I plan on blogging about them soon. They have already paid me twice.
What I like about Adventures, apart from the earning potential, is that you can use it as an ordinary Traffic Exchange, it is manual, the claims are not outrageous and it is not expensive to join. The admin is very funny, and sends emails updating regularly. I think Adventures may be a risk worth taking and the potential earnings are very pleasing.
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Online Business Improves with Downline Builders
Its pretty interesting to see how some of these downline builders work. You sign up for a downline builder and then you get to add your code on the different safelist, traffic exchanges, paid to read emails, and other things like that. It just depends which downline builder you join on what different programs you can build up your downlines in. You will probably find several programs that your not signed up for yet and its a good idea to sign up for as many of the programs as you can. So no matter what program your referral joins, they will be getting under you.
Building up your downlines in a number of different programs is the best way to advertise or make money online. Get enough referrals under you and you don’t have to concentrate on that one programs as much anymore. You let your referrals do all the work for you; while your out trying to get more referrals or finding new programs to join. I think joining a downline builder is a great way to get those extra referrals you need.
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