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If you want to find out what the online social networking buzz is about on any topic click into Twist. You simply enter a keyword and you’ll get all the related tweets, starting from the latest and stretching back in time. The braod mashup of tweets means that you’ll probably want to define your search keywords to get a useful list.

There’s also a link to Twitter Trends on the same page.

Then you can click over to Twitter Search to see what people are saying about your topic of interest.

Journalists use these tools as a way of finding leads for stories - and some bloggers might find threads here too. Or you could pick up a feel for how people are talking about a product such as an iphones…which may give you clues about how to reach segments of that audience.

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If you want to tap into the lucrative world of non-information products then you need to get a firm handle on product sourcing.

Once you’ve identified your niche there are two basic ways of sourcing products if you are starting out.

1. Drop shipping – your wholesaler stores the products you offer on your website. When you make a sale, the wholesaler ships the product directly to your customer. Your customer pays your retail price, and you pay the drop shipper your wholesale price.

2. Light bulk – you buy products from your wholesale supplier in small, affordable quantities (under $500). You’re in charge of all aspects of warehousing the products and shipping them to your customers.

Basic Methods - The Upside
Drop shipping lets you bypass inventory investment, as well as storage or shipping issues. You get to test how well new items sell, and you can try products that are hard to carry or ship.

Light bulk lets you buy in smaller quantities, once you have found which drop shipping stock sells well. It boosts your profit margins over drop shipping. You gain more control over your inventory.

Basic Methods - The Downside
Drop shipping - your the profit margins are usually slim.

Light Bulk - sourcing suppliers who sell in such small lots.

There are three other methods of product sorucing - not recommeded for beginners though:

1. Volume wholesale – you buy products from your wholesale supplier in large quantities. You also take care of storage and shipping.

2. Importing – you purchase goods from manufacturers in other countries, taking advantage of lower production costs.

3. Liquidation – you purchase excess merchandise in lots from reclamation centers or B2B auction websites, often when manufacturers or suppliers, often at a small percentage of the wholesale cost.

Its advisable to use a reputable dropshipping company, such as World Brands run by Chris Malta.

Kerry Atma
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Chris Malta and Robin Cowie of Worldwide Brands pick their top sellers for 2008 as:

1. Green
2. Buying time - save your customers time because its a more precious commodity than money in todya’s world
3. Home Health Care - meet the needs of the aging baby boomers
4. Mass Luxe - provide scaled versions of luxury items for the masses
5. Transforming furniture - provide furniture that saves space by being able to morph and serve multiple purposes.

To learn how to milk these trends them for maximum profit - and to pick others - learn from the expert - get in early on Jeff Johnson’s Underground Training Lab before its official launch on March 15th.

Kerry Atma
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