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1. "Multiple Income Streams" and eBay
2. Gettin' paid twice on eBay
3. Quick tips:
   - eBay sellers save a bundle on taxes!
   - The Christmas special at MySilentTeam.com
4. Past issues available & How to subscribe
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1. "Multiple Income Streams" and eBay
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As a warm up for this article I posted a simple question
on my blog yesterday and so far well over 189 of you
have posted answers and comments...and they are
still pouring in!

Great feedback everyone! I read them all. Some
of you are quite creative.

As we prepare to welcome 2008 I want to get us
all on the same page about something though...

The "multiple AUTOMATED income stream" philosophy
WORKS and eBay can and should be part of the plan
for all of us.

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It's not too hard to convince any budding
entrepreneur of the BENEFITS of having a multiple
income stream mentality, but let's review how
VITAL having this mentality really is.

Here's the question from my blog yesterday: Which
of these two scenarios is better?

OPTION 1: You can have FOUR separate AUTOMATED
income streams that each produce $1K per month
consistently.

OPTION 2: You can have ONE income stream that
requires a few hours of daily attention and
produces $6K or more per month.

I did ask my 8 and 11 year olds and they got it
right because we talk about these things.

Option ONE is FAR better if you place any value
at all on your time and if you understand the
enormity of the benefits of "multiple automated
income streams". About 90% of those that have
replied so far agree (you guys are so smart).

With option one you are free to establish new
income streams that will easily out perform
option two over time. With an "option two"
mentality you'll eventually become too busy to
add on new revenue streams.

Not convinced? Consider these other factors:

WHAT IF...

... you get sick (or worse) and can't work?
... a biz you are working dies for some reason?
... a huge opportunity comes along that requires
    all your attention for one month?
... you have to travel suddenly for one month
    for a family emergency?
... a once in a life time family trip opportunity
    opens up? (I'm living this one out right now
    with my entire family in Guatemala for the
    past 3 months!)

Option one is sounding better all the time isn't
it?

But can eBay REALLY be part of it all? Are there
ways to fully automate eBay?

Yes there are many ways, and I have plenty of
proof!

7dayresalerights.com is just the latest great
PROVEN idea.

John Thornhill has shown me PROVEN results with
this strategy. Are you prepared to launch another
income stream? You don't have to know HTML, buy
any pricey "tools", set up any websites, or do
any complicated daily tasks. It's a "set it and
forget it" business that you can be proud of.

If you go back through an entire year of past
issues my newsletters you'll see a theme...

I continually promote the PROVEN opportunities
that present residual results and require very
little or no maintenance once they are in motion.

Do they teach you any of that in school these
days? How about college (where you paid Tens
of THOUSANDS)?

The goal of this newsletter, my books and my
membership site MySilentTeam.com is to get you
in the correct mind set to earn and then
present the opportunities that meet my tough
criteria.

I believe that it is our DUTY as entrepreneur
to put our faith, family, causes near to our
heart, our health, and our friends WELL before
business...but we still have to MAXIMIZE PR0FITS!

How can this possibly be done?

We have to continually pursue AUTOMATION and
RESIDUAL BENEFITS for our work effort. Don't get
stuck trading hours for dollars.

Sometimes I'm asked how I decide what opportunities
to pursue and which ones I decline. It's a pretty
simple formula. If I can work once and get paid
very well I'm possibly interested, but the best
opportunities offer a "work once get paid and paid
and paid" opportunity.

Offer me ongoing newsletter subscribers, profit,
traffic to my sites, or positive exposure for my
business for my one time effort and I'm IN!

Where in your business life are you trading hours
for dollars? Make 2008 the year you STOP doing
that.

www.7dayresalerights.com is a great place
to start.

Jim Cockrum
BLOG: www.jimcockrum.com/blog

AUTHOR: The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay
www.SilentSalesMachine.com

MEMBERSHIP SITE: www.MySilentTeam.com

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2. Gettin' Paid Twice on eBay
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Who is this idea for? Anyone that sells on eBay
or is considering it.

In the December 5th newsletter I told you about
an idea that one member of MySilentTeam.com (ShelbyC)
had come up with to get easy payback from the
eBay affiliate program by tying an affiliate link
on YouTube.com to your auction listings.

Here's a link back to that article:
www.silentsalesmachine.com/newsletter/120507.html#2

The idea is simple, doesn't cost a penny to do,
and has the effect of paying you twice for every
item you sell on eBay.

Since we got so much positive feedback about it
(and a few questions) Shelby decided to make us a
very nice step by step video! Here's a link to the
video he made that we just posted to MySilentTeam.com.

www.mysilentteam.com/members/YoutubeAffiliate.mov

Please note: Most of our videos are for paid
members only, but this is one that we are making
public for all to enjoy!

Members of MySilentTeam.com can see additional
commentary and useful links about the video here:

www.mysilentteam.com/members/298.cfm

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3. Quick Tips
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U.S. eBay sellers take note:

No one likes to talk about taxes, but if you are
ready to take your eBay biz seriously and save a
BUNDLE on taxes check out the new book by two very
popular MySilentTeam.com contributors Tim Knox and
CPA Kristine McKinley.

The book is about minimizing taxes and maximizing
profits. It just came out. One great thing about
Kristine is that she's so available on the forums
of MySilentTeam.com to help answer any tax
questions you have after reading it (but even if
you aren't a member I'm sure she'll still help
out if she can).

Get the book here:
www.jimcockrum.com/ebaytaxbook.html

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4. Past issues available & How to subscribe
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Want to get serious about eBay profits?

Many subscribers ask us how they can get past issues of this
newsletter.

Past issues of "Creative eBay Selling" dating back to Jan.
2002 are made instantly available FREE to customers who
purchase Jim's #1 Top Selling book "The Silent Sales
Machine Hiding on eBay" available *ONLY* at:

SilentSalesMachine.com
Sample topics from past issues:

- Profit by selling "nothing" on eBay
- The Build a Niche Store phenomenon
- Creative ways to use video
- Jim's favorite source for inventory
- MySilentTeam.com $5.00 trial membership
- Are you an eBay affiliate yet?

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