Why I'm hibernating in July . . .

publication date: Jul 2, 2007
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Hi there
 
I never knew buying a sofa would be so much hassle!
 
We've been desperately searching for an L-shaped sofa to go into our newly refurbished basement. Not only have we had to contend with the massive choice of designs and materials, but the added pressure of the furniture factories shutting down for the whole of August!
 
In Spain, France and Italy, all the designer sofa makers (and just about everyone else) shut up shop on 31st July, head off to the coast (or wherever) and don't reappear until 1st September.
 
Despite my sofa delivery worries, I think a month-long break makes a lot of sense. Us Brits are renowned for working longer hours than our continental brothers and sisters. OK, that's all well and good for the UK PLC, but what about having time for the family, for reflection, for gathering our energies ready to start again fully refreshed? I suspect that our longer hours in the long run add very little to our overall productivity.
 
Anyway, this is a long and tortuous way of saying that I am actually following their lead. However, instead of August I will be taking most of July off to be with my family and basically recharge my entrepreneurial batteries.
 
Rather than do our usual long-haul jaunt, we thought we'd risk a UK break and will be off to Cornwall for a couple of weeks.
 
Yes, I will still be working and checking my emails, but at a much reduced intensity. So please, if you try to make contact and I am slow to respond you'll know why!
 
If you ever have any issues with your subscription or any of our products or services, you can contact our subscription office on tco-services@dial.pipex.com or call 0208-597-0181.
 
Of course I would never let you go long without providing you with some meaty money making ideas, so I have something very special lined up for my most loyal readers - it's a free compendium of the very best reviews, blueprints and money making ideas I have published over the last 6 months plus a few added surprises.
 
More details very soon . . .
 
**** Resale Rights for Sale
 
Here's something that doesn't come up every day . . .
 
Last August, a WRMM reader and his business partner attended one of Tim Lowe's workshops. Not only did they get a whole day's worth of training into the black arts of information publishing, but they got a huge bundle of resale rights.
 
Now, for reasons that have nothing at all to do with the quality of the package, the guys were unable to proceed with the business. After having heard the reasons, I went to Tim Lowe and was able to broker a deal where these resale rights could be transferred, along with support from Tim for another 6 months.
 
I don't have the space to list all the things you can get as part of the package, so if you are at all interested in picking up this valuable bundle, then please email Gordon Ross on neahellas@dial3.co.uk
 
The original package was a wallet-clenching £6,000, but I am sure Gordon would be open to serious offers. I would buy this myself as it is an easy way to quickly create unique products ready for market. Alas, Tim Lowe has banned me from going anywhere near it! So if you are interested, contact Gordon today and have a chat . . .
 
**** The countdown begins here . . .
 
You're the first to hear about this . . .
 
You may recall that we were limiting the initial intake on the Don't Tell The Professionals 2007 trading training course. Well, that wasn't some sneaky marketing trick.
You see, the places are now almost completely full and we WILL be closing the doors at midnight on Tuesday 31st July 2007. Tempting as it may be, we know that if we take too many people on, we wouldn't be able to deliver the close support we believe is essential for students to become success (and make profitable trades).
 
I will be reminding you in the weeks ahead, but if you want to guarantee that place, I urge you to do it now. As I have said many times, if day trading the forex market doesn't fit with your schedule, then positional trading of the FTSE 100 shares could provide the answer. Here's what one very happy DTTP student had to say yesterday: 
 
 "...[DTTP] has given me some excellent profits without the pressure of intra-day forex trading." 
 
If you haven't checked out this great trading programme, then have a look now:
 
 
**** If you're interested in property, read this . . .
 
I was at a one-day confidence for Specialist Information Publishers on Tuesday and bumped into an old friend who runs a property investment information publishing house. The last time we met was a few days before I got married back in 2001. Back then we had a nice lunch, but the shellfish main course violently disagreed with me (and by this I don't mean the prawns and I had a set to in the restaurant!). Instead I ended up doubled over with stomach cramps for a day. Luckily, I still managed to make it to the church on time. 
 
But I digress . . .
 
Neil Lewis is the Managing Director of Property Secrets.
I worked with him all those years ago on developing and marketing a series of property investment training manuals, including Buy to Let Secrets and Property Development Secrets. I was always very impressed by his professionalism (he used to work for The Economist) and he's as honest as they come.
 
But here's the really interesting bit . . .
 
At the conference we got chatting about the current state of UK property market and he made the really interesting observation that 90% of all the people he meets and talk to about property are desperate to find opportunities in the UK. That's fine, but the problem is the yields are just not there anymore. We've had almost a decade of speculative buy-to-let investment and the returns just aren't as attractive as they used to be.
 
He said the bargains lay on the continent - specifically in emerging markets such as Eastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Latvia Poland, Romania etc). I am talking to Neil about how we could best benefit from his insights and I will try to squeeze as much out of him as possible and pass it on to you!
 
By sheer coincidence I've just commissioned research about property investing in Morocco (another emerging hotspot) - that will be published in August, so look out for that!
 
Right, I'm knocking off early and heading down the pub - I want to savour the smoky atmosphere one last time before the smoking ban comes into force on Sunday and every pub smells of disinfectant and air freshener!
 
Regards
 
Nick
 
 
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