Do you have a dream to make money from the comfort of your own home? There are many home based business ideas that you can use to get your business started, but you have to be sure you choose one that is right for you.It can be difficult to find the right idea for you when you don’t know what they are, but there are many different ideas that can be found on the internet. To help you get started, below are a few of the ideas that anyone can get a business started with easily.One: Network marketing – This is also referred to as MLM and many people are skeptical about using it to start a business. If you take the time to thoroughly research the network marketing opportunities online, then you can very easily find a good one that is legitimate.The mistake that many people make that leaves them skeptical about this type of business is choosing the first one that they find. You can’t do this because you have to ensure it is legitimate and profitable for you before using one of these opportunities to start a business.Two: Affiliate marketing – There are thousands of affiliate programs online that you can join for free and get started promoting to help you make money at home. You want to be sure you choose programs that you believe in and like so you don’t end up struggling to make money with it.Three: Sell your own products or services – If you like creating products of your own like, candles, gift baskets, jewelry, cookies, or other types, then this may be the best idea for you.There are many people online that will pay for different skills such as, writing, web design or copywriting. If your skill is in demand, then this can easily be a profitable business for you to start.Four: Niche marketing – You can find many products that you can promote in specific niches and use them to start a business for that one niche. You have to be sure that you only promote quality products and that you enjoy the idea that you chose so you don’t have to struggle to make money.Five: Business opportunities – There are many different business opportunities online that you can choose to start a business. Be sure you look at as many of the opportunities that you can find before choosing the one to use to help you earn money from the comfort of your home.These are just a handful of the home based business ideas that you can find online to get your business started with. You want to be sure that you choose one that you will enjoy building a successful business with because this will make it much easier for you to achieve that goal.
How to Find Great Live Auctions for Resale Items
Hi, my name is Walt. I’m an auctioneer with 25 years of experience in the auction business and licensed in the state of MA. I own Quick Auction Service, a company that specializes in building and running custom auctions, I’m also the webmaster of my own site and have been on eBay for 8 years. Besides eBay, the types of auctions I run most frequently are antiques and on-site estate auctions, although I’ve run everything from business overstock auctions to charity & special event auctions.
I enjoy sharing my knowledge and stories of the auction business. My goal for article is to help folks get the absolute most out of their auction experience.
Whether your fresh out of the package or a seasoned dealer I think I can offer something in this article to help you with your auciton adventures.
There may be as many reasons to attend auctions as there are types of auctions to attend. Maybe you want to attend an auction to buy items for re-sale on eBay, or some other market. Maybe you want to furnish your home with wonderful antiques, or you want to furnish your home as inexpensively without sacrificing quality.Some folks are just looking for a fun night out. With a little perseverance all these things are possible.
There are antiques and estate auctions, auto auctions, overstock auctions, absolute and no reserve auctions, real estate auctions, specialty auctions where only one genre of items are sold, tailgate auctions, live auctions, online auctions, sealed bid auctions, silent auctions, charity and fund raising auctions and many more.
Can you really buy for pennies on the dollar at an auction? You bet! Many times I’ve seen folks buy and re-sell at the same auction on the same night for a good profit, although be advised, this should only be done after the auction is over.
There are a lot of ways to find an auction, but here are some tips on how to find and attend the best ones.
Visit the genre of shops in the area that apply to the type of auction you want to attend. IE: If your looking for a good antique auction to attend, stop in the local antiques shops and ask for what there are for good auctions in the area. Sounds obvious right? But listen to what they don’t say as well as what they do say. Oftentimes when a dealer speaks poorly about an auction he or she attends, it may be likely that they are trying to keep a good thing secret. Think for a moment, why would a dealer keep attending a lousy auction?
Newspaper ads: I personally like to find ads in the classified ad section rather than flashy display ads. Flashy ads are usually indicative of an auction that will be high priced, may have reserves, (a set price on an item), and usually an enormous crowd. While any auction can be profitable to attend, it is usually best to steer clear of the glitzy ones, at least for the beginner.
Here’s the minimum you want to find out before you go. If there is a phone number in the ad, call and ask for the terms of the sale. What forms of payment do they accept? Is it an absolute auction? An absolute auction is one that has no minimum or reserve bids on items. These are the best auctions to attend! Is there a buyers premium? A buyers premium is like a tax that everyone who makes purchases at that auction must pay above the winning bid price. Most auctions these days do charge a buyers premium, 10% is not unreasonable but I feel much more than that is greedy, and the auctioneer that charges over 10% is counting on most bidders not doing the extra math as the bids quicken in pace.
A fair auction will have ample time to inspect the merchandise, usually at least 2 or 3 hours. Find out when inspection starts and make sure to attend! Never attend an auction if you can’t make the inspection, not unless your prepared to gamble. Most auctioneers sell at a rate of about 100 items per hour, which is why they sell “as is”. They simply don’t have the time to give a detailed description of all the items. Since almost all items at auction are sold AS IS, there are sure to be some damaged, refinished, fake and incomplete items at any given auction. Beware of any auctions that offer very little or no inspection time.
Good auctions will usually have 150 to 400 lots. A lot may be one item or a group of items. The exception to this are specialty auctions, auto auctions, real estate auctions etc.
When you attend your first sale, take note of the 1/2 dozen or so dealers that buy the most often. See if you can find out about other area auctions they attend.
When you do find an excellent auction, attend it as often as possible. By frequenting good sales, you help increase the bottom line of that business. It’s difficult for many auctioneers to keep the quality of merchandise consistent, so good attendance certainly helps. And when an auctioneer gets to know you as a buyer, he/she will go out of the way to accommodate you, to keep you coming back.
Tips to Write Educational Resumes
Educational resumes are typically written by people seeking entry into academic careers, either as learners or teachers. If you are, for instance, applying to study at one of the top notch universities in your country, chances are that you will be required to furnish it with your education resume, with the resumes that the universities receive in that way being the basis on which they decide who gets in and who doesn’t. This is because the best universities typically receive more applications than the number of academic places they have, and a sorting criteria therefore has to be applied in deciding who gets in and who doesn’t.
In a similar manner, if you have just finished your graduate studies (masters or doctoral) at a particular institution, and are now looking for an academic or research position, you will typically be required to furnish the institution where you are looking to teach with an educational resume if they are to consider you for a teaching post there.
Now an educational resume is different from an ordinary resume (the type people write when seeking for employment in the corporate sector for instance), because the corporate sector and the educational sector look for different things in the people they consider working with. In a nutshell, the corporate sector is basically looking for an history of work-related accomplishments (how you improved performance in a department, how you raised a company’s bottom-line, how you improved sales for a company and so on), whereas the educational sector is typically looking at one’s academic accomplishments, things like what grades you attained in what units, what research and internship projects you took part in and so on, of course in addition to how you have gone ahead to apply the education so acquired in the real world ‘out there.’
Consequently, you might find yourself having to create a chronology of educational achievements, and a clear one at that, if your educational resume is to be termed as well done.
Before starting out in creating an educational resume, it is essential to first do a bit of soul-searching, work out why it is that you are actually developing it (whether it is an academic position, say a studentship, fellowship or professorship you are looking for) and ensure that the educational resume you finally come up with reflects you as just the right person for that. This is in line with the well proven success principle of ‘starting with the end in mind’ and it more often than not determines who wins or fails in a particular endeavor.
Don’t look at the educational resume as ‘just a formality’ even if you have been assured of the academic position you are applying for beforehand, because even if that is the case, you still have to keep it in mind that the document will be filed in your record with the institution in question, and should it – going by the educational resume you filed – later turn out that you were apparently ill-qualified for the position you are eventually granted, then you could see yourself getting stripped of whatever it is (whether a studentships or professorship) that you are granted through the educational resume you so write.
Needless to say, your educational resume needs to be in ‘language of academia’ just as your corporate resume has to be in ‘business language.’
Brevity, while not sacrificing important details, will be a good reflection on you in your educational resume, as will be orderliness in your presentation of information.