I had a phone conference this morning with Susan Blair our national and international sales manager. One of the topics that we discussed is that there are literally millions of people on the Internet who spend endless time reading about making extra money on the Internet with some kind of a business. The numbers are staggering and we can tell by our own experience that only a small fraction of these people ever really follow through in spite of the fact that we bend over backwards to make the process as inexpensive and as simple as possible. Many of these people have written to us several times over the past years and still have not made a move towards starting even a part time business. We have visions of them sitting around and talking about it, but never going any further. I have been marketing products for easily fifty-five years and I can tell you that it has always been that way in my lifetime. Many people only dream of a business, but never get off the dime. Sometimes I think that is why it is called "The American Dream"!
Now here in Rhode Island where I have lived for most of my life I can show you examples of other people many of whom came here as immigrants with virtually no money in their pockets and started little cottage type industries, became multimillionaires over the years and retired. The difference is that they had a plan when they came here and they stuck to it. No matter what it took - they did it! What they didn't do is they didn't sit around all day talking and dreaming about it and there wasn't any Internet to browse endlessly all day either. All I'm saying is pick a widely in demand proven product, or service, make a business plan, start small, give the best quality and service, then move forward and don't look back! There will be bumps along the way and the business will change in many ways as you grow so be prepared for that. Keep your expenses down, your work ethic up, and remember my famous saying that "Overhead is the monster that eats businesses" so take it easy on the expenses
Here is a great weekly web site that I subscribe to all the time. It's from Europe and it is loaded with super business ideas. http://www.springwise.com/
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
A Money Saving Tip From Walt Barrett
Here is a tip that over your life time will save you a great deal of money and who doesn't need to save money in this economy? The next time that you have to purchase a battery for one of your vehicles, or other pieces of equipment be sure to get one with filler caps so you can add distilled water when needed. Believe me, I know because I own a battery company. Let me give you a little history.
Every time we come across a relatively new sealed battery that has failed prematurely, and that happens quite often, we autopsy it by drilling into the top of it and scoping the inside. We usually find that it is out of electrolyte which is as mixture of distilled water and sulfuric acid. That is because there is no such thing really as a sealed battery. If the battery was really sealed it could blow up while recharging because during the charging process vapors and gases are given off. Without the vents the battery would build up pressure inside and then you know the rest of that story.
The solution to premature battery failure is very simple. Buy a battery with service caps so that you can check it every 30 days and add distilled water to any cells that are low. This by the way, is the policy in just about every military application that I have ever seen. At the same time, you can check the battery condition with an inexpensive tester called a hydrometer. This water loss could be normal, or it could be caused by over charging due to a faulty charging regulator. You only have to do this once a month and it is well worth the time. Check all of your belts and other fluids at the same time. You can consult your owner's hand book or the Internet.
The next step in the process is that if you have to add water to your battery cells I strongly recommend using distilled water which you can buy at the super market for about $1.00 a gallon. I don't care what anyone else says. I have seen the insides of too many batteries that have been destroyed by bad tap water full of harmful minerals. Do not over fill. Just add enough to cover the top of the cell plates by about 1/8th of an inch.
WARNING: BATTERIES WITH LOW WATER LEVELS CAN EXPLODE!
Always wear eye, face and clothing protection if you service your own battery.
Another thing, in case you do not like getting stuck somewhere, especially in the middle of the night, be sure to have your battery cables cleaned and checked for damage twice a year minimum because they tend to crumble and rot from battery acid corrosion. It is always a good idea to learn the basic maintenance checks for your vehicle and look under the hood a minimum of once a month, or at least go to a full service gasoline or repair station once a month and have them check the belts, battery, and all of the fluid levels. That's what you are paying the extra price per gallon for. Back in the day it was normal procedure, but too many people ignore the procedures today. Just imagine if our airlines did that! Well the safety of your car is just as important. One more thing, if you want to learn more about automotive and forklift batteries there is a full free training program including videos at:
Free Battery Maintenance Training
Every time we come across a relatively new sealed battery that has failed prematurely, and that happens quite often, we autopsy it by drilling into the top of it and scoping the inside. We usually find that it is out of electrolyte which is as mixture of distilled water and sulfuric acid. That is because there is no such thing really as a sealed battery. If the battery was really sealed it could blow up while recharging because during the charging process vapors and gases are given off. Without the vents the battery would build up pressure inside and then you know the rest of that story.
The solution to premature battery failure is very simple. Buy a battery with service caps so that you can check it every 30 days and add distilled water to any cells that are low. This by the way, is the policy in just about every military application that I have ever seen. At the same time, you can check the battery condition with an inexpensive tester called a hydrometer. This water loss could be normal, or it could be caused by over charging due to a faulty charging regulator. You only have to do this once a month and it is well worth the time. Check all of your belts and other fluids at the same time. You can consult your owner's hand book or the Internet.
The next step in the process is that if you have to add water to your battery cells I strongly recommend using distilled water which you can buy at the super market for about $1.00 a gallon. I don't care what anyone else says. I have seen the insides of too many batteries that have been destroyed by bad tap water full of harmful minerals. Do not over fill. Just add enough to cover the top of the cell plates by about 1/8th of an inch.
WARNING: BATTERIES WITH LOW WATER LEVELS CAN EXPLODE!
Always wear eye, face and clothing protection if you service your own battery.
Another thing, in case you do not like getting stuck somewhere, especially in the middle of the night, be sure to have your battery cables cleaned and checked for damage twice a year minimum because they tend to crumble and rot from battery acid corrosion. It is always a good idea to learn the basic maintenance checks for your vehicle and look under the hood a minimum of once a month, or at least go to a full service gasoline or repair station once a month and have them check the belts, battery, and all of the fluid levels. That's what you are paying the extra price per gallon for. Back in the day it was normal procedure, but too many people ignore the procedures today. Just imagine if our airlines did that! Well the safety of your car is just as important. One more thing, if you want to learn more about automotive and forklift batteries there is a full free training program including videos at:
Free Battery Maintenance Training
Logic Dictates by Walt Barrett: More Jobs For Americans by Walt Barrett
Logic Dictates by Walt Barrett: More Jobs For Americans by Walt Barrett: Logic Dictates that if we are ever going to repair our sick economy we are going to have to bring back and create more new jobs for Ameri...
More Jobs For Americans by Walt Barrett
Logic Dictates that if we are ever going to repair our sick economy we are going to have to bring back and create more new jobs for Americans. Politicians are mouthing the words, but please notice that none of them from either side are getting down to specifics except for one and I'm not here to promote political candidates so you can find that one out for yourself. Besides, he can't do it because congress won't let him even if he gets elected, which he won't.
So we have decided here at our company to take matters into our own hands in our own small way and start a new division in the USA where we already manufacture 95% of our products.
I'm writing about this because I'm hoping it will inspire others who are a lot bigger than us to follow suit. Business cannot be all about cheap labor and excess profits at the expense of our entire economy and labor force. If Americans don't have any money they cannot buy products at any price and it appears to me the the chickens are already coming home to roost. I predict that many if the big box stores will close their doors this year. I have been saying it for months.
I have personally decided to take a gamble on getting things moving in the right direction by in my own small way starting a trend in the right direction to reverse the job situation in our country. So we have decided to enter the very competitive market of Green Laundry Detergent and have added an Internet twist and a very attractive price combined with a green product. We are actually selling 5 gallons delivered to your door in the Continental USA for only $10.95 delivered. It is a simply add water kit that I have developed personally and have done considerable field testing on already. It is for both HE and regular washers. Our testing has been very successful and now we are moving forward. This is a big gamble for us and we can either win big, or fail big, but to me, it's worth the effort.
Please visit our new site and help us create new jobs for Americans.
http://greenherondetergent.com/
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Time and Money by Walt Barrett
What is time? Logic dictates that time is several things. To my scientist side it means that although time may be infinite, I only have a certain amount of it to spend. To my businessman side, time is a form of currency. Lets focus on the business side today. In order to acquire success, or the things that you need in life, because that is also success, you have to spend time. How you spend your time has a great deal to do with how much your ration of time is and how much your ration of success is. If you abuse your health badly for example, you won't have as much time to worry about your successful future.
I'll give you an example. Lots of times when I meet a person for the first time they will tell me how "lucky" I am to have such a successful business. That is my cue to smile and tell them that "luck had nothing to do with it. I worked sixteen hour days for 15 years to build our Internet business". I'm not complaining either because I enjoy the business building process. I work hard and I play hard, I take great vacations and I spend lots of time with my family. So what's my point? My point is that we all have to ration our time properly unless we really don't care about being successful. In that case, squander all the time you want. Everyone really knows this but they just need to be reminded from time to time. It's very easy to fall into the abyss, but oh so difficult to climb back out.
You cannot find success by browsing the Internet all day, or by playing the various games and chatting on the social networking pages. The Key word about the Internet is "networking" Since 1995 I have made my best connections for both business contacts and products to sell by browsing the Internet. But, I had to budget my time because in the beginning I found myself addicted to it. You have to set aside time to work and time to browse. It's the same with all of the other pastimes in life like watching TV, playing video games, drinking, drugs, smoking, gambling and on and on and on. They are all addictive to humans. So all I am saying is that life, health, and success all boil down to choices. No one is telling you what to do. This is just my simple view of time, health, success, and money. I just want to make a point that success is not about luck and it is all about time. There is a time to work, a time to play, and a time to study and improve your lot in life. It's in your hands and no one else's.
Personally I gave up blaming other people for my failures a long time ago. It didn't help a bit.
I'll give you an example. Lots of times when I meet a person for the first time they will tell me how "lucky" I am to have such a successful business. That is my cue to smile and tell them that "luck had nothing to do with it. I worked sixteen hour days for 15 years to build our Internet business". I'm not complaining either because I enjoy the business building process. I work hard and I play hard, I take great vacations and I spend lots of time with my family. So what's my point? My point is that we all have to ration our time properly unless we really don't care about being successful. In that case, squander all the time you want. Everyone really knows this but they just need to be reminded from time to time. It's very easy to fall into the abyss, but oh so difficult to climb back out.
You cannot find success by browsing the Internet all day, or by playing the various games and chatting on the social networking pages. The Key word about the Internet is "networking" Since 1995 I have made my best connections for both business contacts and products to sell by browsing the Internet. But, I had to budget my time because in the beginning I found myself addicted to it. You have to set aside time to work and time to browse. It's the same with all of the other pastimes in life like watching TV, playing video games, drinking, drugs, smoking, gambling and on and on and on. They are all addictive to humans. So all I am saying is that life, health, and success all boil down to choices. No one is telling you what to do. This is just my simple view of time, health, success, and money. I just want to make a point that success is not about luck and it is all about time. There is a time to work, a time to play, and a time to study and improve your lot in life. It's in your hands and no one else's.
Personally I gave up blaming other people for my failures a long time ago. It didn't help a bit.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Growing your seed money for your business by Walt Barrett
I have been doing a great deal of thinking lately about how to invest a few meager dollars that a person might want to save every week and become a success. No one has a great deal of cash to save these days. If you put it in the bank you will never lose it like people in the stock market did, but you will never get rich either at the terrible percentage rates that banks pay. Most of my friends got burned very badly in the stock market and banking crisis.
I'm trying to keep things positive so I won't pursue that blind alley. So what is a person supposed to do? Years ago I started my first businesses with no money and you can do it too if you have the patience and the ambition to do it. It also takes will power and we'll get to that in a minute, but first let me tell you what I still do to this very day, but currently on a much larger scale. This is not rocket science. I put my cash into very carefully selected inventory and store it very cheaply until I can resell it. Now lets explain it at a beginners level first and then scale up from there. I'm sorry if this sounds overly simple and stupid, but I have to start somewhere.
Let's say you are at a flea market, or a garage sale and you spot a neat little item for very low dollars and you absolutely know that you if you paid a dollar for it you could sell it for at least five dollars. So let's say you resell it for five dollars plus shipping and handling on Craigslist list, or some other free ad site and the customer pays the shipping. That means you just made a profit of 400% on that item. That sure beats the bank interest by a long shot!
No this is where the will power comes in when you are shoe stringing a new business. You cannot spend all of that profit because you need it to build up your seed money and inventory. So you keep repeating the process and it won't be long before you have several hundred extra dollars.
Always take your profit and reinvest it in more products to sell. You can never make the profits at the bank, or in the stock markets like you can buying and selling inventory. Just think about it. 1% to maybe 10% profit with the bank, or the stock market as opposed to making anywhere from 20% to 500% selling your inventory for cash. I've seen people pick up trash off the curb, fix it up in a couple of hours and make 500% profit on the Internet, or a yard sale, or flea market. You start off small as a sideline and you just keep right on growing. This is just one of hundreds of profitable ideas I have seen that always work. The trick is to work hard and don't waste the seed money. I'll talk about this more in the future.
By the way, junk automotive batteries are bringing over $10.00 each right now. I see them sitting all over the place, even in parking lots. That's easy money. I'm not too proud to pick them up!
You know, all that cash adds up quickly! C A S H !!!
Feel free to contact me at wbarrett1@aol.com
Walt
I'm trying to keep things positive so I won't pursue that blind alley. So what is a person supposed to do? Years ago I started my first businesses with no money and you can do it too if you have the patience and the ambition to do it. It also takes will power and we'll get to that in a minute, but first let me tell you what I still do to this very day, but currently on a much larger scale. This is not rocket science. I put my cash into very carefully selected inventory and store it very cheaply until I can resell it. Now lets explain it at a beginners level first and then scale up from there. I'm sorry if this sounds overly simple and stupid, but I have to start somewhere.
Let's say you are at a flea market, or a garage sale and you spot a neat little item for very low dollars and you absolutely know that you if you paid a dollar for it you could sell it for at least five dollars. So let's say you resell it for five dollars plus shipping and handling on Craigslist list, or some other free ad site and the customer pays the shipping. That means you just made a profit of 400% on that item. That sure beats the bank interest by a long shot!
No this is where the will power comes in when you are shoe stringing a new business. You cannot spend all of that profit because you need it to build up your seed money and inventory. So you keep repeating the process and it won't be long before you have several hundred extra dollars.
Always take your profit and reinvest it in more products to sell. You can never make the profits at the bank, or in the stock markets like you can buying and selling inventory. Just think about it. 1% to maybe 10% profit with the bank, or the stock market as opposed to making anywhere from 20% to 500% selling your inventory for cash. I've seen people pick up trash off the curb, fix it up in a couple of hours and make 500% profit on the Internet, or a yard sale, or flea market. You start off small as a sideline and you just keep right on growing. This is just one of hundreds of profitable ideas I have seen that always work. The trick is to work hard and don't waste the seed money. I'll talk about this more in the future.
By the way, junk automotive batteries are bringing over $10.00 each right now. I see them sitting all over the place, even in parking lots. That's easy money. I'm not too proud to pick them up!
You know, all that cash adds up quickly! C A S H !!!
Feel free to contact me at wbarrett1@aol.com
Walt
I am planning to write a great deal of positive
and informative copy in the new year that I
pray will encourage and assist our friends who are filmmakers, actors, or
simply hoping to
make it in a business of some type. It's
all really about imagination, marketing and getting
your name and products out there in the marketplace. Personally, I find
it a great deal
easier to
accomplish that with the ever expanding Internet.
We
are also trying our best to create Jobs,
any jobs, here in the USA.
They all add up at the end of the year.
We have to think positive and get the job done because no one else is going to do it for
us.
We have started doing our part already by starting another new division in the USA (Green
Heron
Detergent) and
will start at least one more new division here in 2012.
Our
Battery Chem product is manufactured in the USA and is now sold world
wide.
Why don't you think of a product, or service and start your own
business? It's the best
investment that you can ever make for your retirement and for
your children's future. Start
small and grow big - one dollar at a time if that's what it takes. Just
make a start! You can
do it! Our first Internet business did not make a single penny for two
full years. That was
sixteen years ago and here we are. Business is booming now in spite of
the economy. If you manage it
properly, your own business is the only real security you will ever
have. Keep your day job if you have one.
Start off small and grow big. Sell things that people are always in need
of buying. It works for us.
Walt Barrett
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