19 Oktober 2009

Wholesale Beauty Products - How to Create Your Own Line

Selling beauty products is one of the most lucrative businesses you can be in, but not everyone can make shampoos, creams and mineral makeup. So all you have to do is simply find someone to make the product for you, put your label on it and ship it out to you, easy enough right? Well know it is, quite a few business in the beauty industry are actually creating the products, labeling them to get them into their clients hands so that you can resell them with ease.

The best way to start out selling beauty products is to find a company that has been doing it for years; we made it easy for you and listed it below. Once you get in contact with them and see how good the margins are you will fall in love with it just like we did.

There are tons of different beauty products that you can wholesale. You probably know by know that if it is a good product and it does what it says people will buy it no matter what.

Here are a few beauty products that can be wholesaled:

  • Mineral Makeup
  • Skin Care Products
  • Anti Aging Products
  • Eye Creams
  • Face Creams
  • Body lotions
  • Shampoos, Conditioners, Hair Repair Serums
  • Bath and Body Products
  • Face Washes, Toners, Moisturizers
  • Scrubs
  • Naturally Based Hair Products
  • Masks

A good way to do research is just by talking with your friends and seeing what they like and recommend. Magazines are another good way to research these products; websites are also a really good place to gather information. Between all of these resources you should have no problems picking out what you want to sell.

Don't be afraid to call up companies and ask what they offer, see if they can meet your needs. Look for a company that has low minimums, you don't want to have to order a palate full of products because you sold 3 or 4. Compare prices, but beware you get what you pay for, rule of thumb always get samples before you commit to anything.

So here are the steps:

  1. Decide on the products you want to sell
  2. Figure out whether you want your label or the manufactures label in the products
  3. Find a good company

Remember never move to fast you don't want to start out order huge quantities of product, you need to start out slow and build up into being the beauty business of your dreams.

If you have a passion for beauty products than it is well within your reach to have your own line of private label products. Just follow the easy steps. Earlier in the article I referred to a good company to buy wholesale beauty products, we trust them and have used them for years.

Tim Faber - EzineArticles Expert Author

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16 Oktober 2009

Is Lorry Driving What it Used to Be?

Currently, there is a feeling of real doom and gloom hanging over the logistics industry. You just have to look at the squeeze lorry drivers are facing with rising fuel prices, LEZ charges and congestion fees increasingly cropping up. On top of pretty much everyone feelking a financial pinch, a survey on our site has revealed that over half of our members are working in excess of 60 hours per week - it's no wonder there's a hankering for the 'good old days' of haulage. But was taking a backload then really any better?

In a 2006 article in the Independent, about the low number of young people taking up the profession, Nigel Baxter of RH Freight was keen to point out that things have gotten much better for lorry drivers: "It's a much more sophisticated industry these days, thanks to technology such as satellite navigation...Before the Road Transport Directive came into effect last year [2005], drivers typically worked 65 hours a week, whereas now we're down to 48 with more control over finish times... Health and safety has also been tightened up and the rules on manual handling have changed." He also described the logistics equipment as "far more lightweight and less arduous to use than in the past", suggesting a marked improvement in conditions for lorry drivers. Whether or not Baxter's firm is an exception rather than the rule (as mentioned above, our members are still working long hours), is a harking for the good old days of logistics just hopeless rose-tinted nostalgia, as he suggests?

Well, if you were to take a time machine back to the 1960s, the first thing you'd notice in your considerably less comfortable old lorry cab is the weather - whether you're in winter or in summer. That's right - whether the weather was hot or cold, you were stuck with it. In summer, with the windows rolled down, this wasn't such an issue, but in the freezing winter of 1962, with no cab heater (or an early inefficient model) several layers were far from optional in the old lorries!

Seatbelts only began to appear in certain cars in the 1960s, and they were a real rarity in old lorries - set against a debate over whether they aided safety or restricted escape in the event of being trapped. It's universally accepted that lorries are both more comfortable and safe than they used to be - and this comfort extended to the noise too. Many old lorries in the early 1960s had no noise blocking materials between the lorry driver and the main engine, making them extremely loud! Some cunning old lorry drivers would use blankets to cover the bonnet to dim the noise a bit, which would double up as insulation on some of the trucks with ill-fitting engine covers!

As for in-cab devices, you were mainly left to provide your own entertainment. In car radios were far from standard, and were not particularly widespread until the 70s. You could use a portable radio, but the thick roofs of the old lorry cabs meant that finding and keeping a good aerial signal was almost impossible. Cassette players were just coming into fashion around the 70s - later to be fitted into cars. Portable tape players weren't particularly power efficient and would be unlikely to last a significant part of any old lorry's journey.

haps the most convenient thing that we take for granted these days is the wide availability of the mobile phone. Nowadays, mobiles even have internet access on them, allowing easy communication wherever you are on the road, but in those days you were pretty much on your own in the old lorry. If you needed to urgently get into contact with 'base', you'd be at the mercy of finding a payphone - and you'd probably be left reversing the charges to your company!

Add to this the state of the roads in those days (balanced out by the lower volumes of traffic, but still) and the need to constantly monitor the security of the backload on your truck (the old ropes would shrink and tighten in rain, then dry out in sun, loosening the backload, amongst other hazards) and you begin to realise that modern logistics drivers have never had it so good. It's nice to look back nostalgically on times gone by, but give me my mixtapes and mobile phone any day of the week!

Lyall Cresswell is the Managing Director for the Transport Exchange Group. Haulage Exchange, their freight exchange for the 7.5 tonne and above market, offers an independent environment for its members to swap backloads.

Travel Agency School and a Turn Key Booking Site Equals Success!

Are you searching for a travel agency school that will teach you all you need to know about starting a travel business and becoming a travel agent?

Does the intrigue and romance of the travel industry sound fascinating to you? Can't you just picture yourself basking in the culture and fine cuisine of a faraway land that you'v e only dreamed of traveling to? Or relaxing on a tropical beach while sipping frozen cocktails, mesmerized by the sound of crashing waves on the powdery, white sand?

You may call this vacation, but many home based travel agents are combining pleasure with business and taking what they often call "paycations". Upon becoming a travel agent anybody can build a lucrative income and enjoy the amazing fringe benefits that home based travel agents enjoy, including

  • Discounted travel
  • Commissions on their own travel (and all other travel booked on their sites)
  • Tax deductions on their travel expenses
  • Even free trips

Due to the popularity of online booking sites, becoming a travel agent can be an inexpensive and easy venture. Along with receiving a fully operational online travel site, you can learn everything there is to know about marketing and operating a travel business by enrolling in an online travel agency school.

Those who are already working another job enjoy the fact that becoming a travel agent doesn't need to be a full time undertaking. Several factors have made it possible for home based travel agents to create full time success on a part time basis. Consider these facts

  • Online travel sites provide a self-serve business model, becoming a travel agent no longer requires the agent to research or book travel for customers
  • As a result of the paradigm shift created by online travel booking sites, starting a travel agency no longer requires a brick and mortar storefront, or employees
  • Many companies allow their home based travel agents to choose the level they wish to reach in travel agency school, more education equates to higher commissions
  • Once enrolled in a business, anyone can attend travel agency school on a part time basis

Does the thought of becoming a travel agent sound appealing to you? Well, you're in for a pleasant surprise. You see, many home based travel agents have built businesses with companies that offer a guaranteed income. Yes, you read it right, guaranteed income! Up to ten thousand dollars in the first year, even for those who choose not to attend travel agent school!

If the thought of starting a travel agency appeals to you, there has never been a better time to go for it. Just think, a total business in a box, full support, access to online travel agency school, and even a guaranteed income. How can you go wrong?

Hi, I'm Kathy Jodrey, a stay at home mom who helps others to build successful businesses through the use of proven Internet marketing techniques. If you're interested in building a thriving travel business in your part time, I can teach you how to use solid, cutting-edge marketing techniques to do so, backed by a $10,000 company guarantee. Visit http://www.greatexpectationsvacationsbiz.com to learn more. Be sure to check out my blog to get to know me better, and to gain some valuable insight into the powerful strategies that I'm using in my business. I would love to help you do the same! http://kathyjodrey.com

Kathy Jodrey - EzineArticles Expert Author
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