The Benefits Of Engaging In Past Time Hobbies And Ideas

What is your favorite past time?  Hobby enthusiasts know that spare time is not to be "spent" but savored.

If you have a past time you enjoy, you will never look at your spare time in the same way again.

 If you're not sure what past time hobby you would enjoy, here are some suggestions.

Many people listen to music as a favorite past time. There is much you can learn about any style of music.

  You can learn composers, famous melodies, and all about performers past and present.

You can develop sophisticated tastes in jazz or classical music or collect a large assortment of Mp3's or CD's. Music makes a great past time hobby.

A lot of people love animals.  Pets of all sorts can become your hobby.  Perhaps you enjoy watching birds.

 If you have trouble finding them in the trees to watch, maybe you'd like to get a pair of canaries, or a budgie.

People who live in the country sometimes become interested in raising ornamental chickens, pigeons, or pheasants.

It is very interesting to watch a mother bird take care of a nest of young chicks.

Perhaps you can even raise some prize winners!

Dogs make a great hobby, too.

Walking and enjoying a pet dog is one thing, but breeding and raising show dogs is something else entirely.

Show dogs may require a bit of an investment, but many puppies are free.

There is also the aspect of training a dog in obedience.

Dogs give a lot of love back to their owners, too, so if you start a past time hobby of caring for a dog, you will never be lonely.

However, dogs require quite a bit of work and attention, especially when they are being trained, so keeping dogs is not for everyone.

Bicycles can become your favorite past time.

Hobby bicyclists are becoming more and more common to see cycling along lesser traveled highways seeing the countryside up close and personal.

Bicycling requires a helmet and suitable clothes as well as a small tool kit for roadside repairs.

Or maybe you would enjoy cycling on a smaller scale, simply taking fun rides with your family.

 The choice is yours.

The world is full of interesting things to learn and do.  Don't just merely sit back and watch TV.

Get interested in a past time hobby.  It's good for your mind.

  In fact, it might even keep you from going senile in your old age, if you stay active in a past time hobby.

And it's a good example to our kids and grand kids if we spend our time doing something meaningful.

Have a Nice day.

How To Use eBay To Grow Your Other Businesses

Most of the people who make money from eBay don't actually make all of that money on eBay.

There are all sorts of ways you can use eBay to give your existing businesses a helping hand.

The Supply Side.

If you have any leftover stock or used items from another business you run, then why not sell them on eBay?

You can make this a regular thing, using it to get rid of things that won't sell for the premium you ask for in a shop, or items that are no longer in demand in the town or city where your business is based.

You can really make a lot of money this way, if you know what you're doing.

You will, of course, already be an expert in the items you're selling, as you use them in your business, and you'll know that the items are of high enough quality to be sellable. This is a whole new market for your old inventory!

Not only that, of course, but remember that your good eBay reputation will make you a great buyer! If there's ever anything you want to get for your business, the chances are you'll be able to get it on eBay for a discount.


The Sales Side.

Here, though, is where the true power of eBay lies. eBay give you an 'About Me' page, where you can write anything you like and link anywhere you like.

This means that you can get traffic to your business' website by linking to your website from your About Me page and linking to your About Me page from each auction.

To create an About Me page, just click on 'Community' on the toolbar, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click 'Create an About Me page'.

You then get the option to either enter your own HTML or let eBay guide you through the process.

All you need to do is write a little about your website, link to it, and you're done - you'll notice that more people start to come to your site straight away.

There are thousands of people who swear by this technique to drive traffic from eBay to their website - with a little persuasive sales copy on your site, they say, you can sell directly to buyers, cutting out the eBay middleman.

What's more, all the traffic you'll get will be targeted - because the people who click through were interested in your auction to begin with.

This can be a really powerful technique, especially if you've already got an e-commerce site.

Even if you haven't, you might find it worth your time to set up a website that does nothing but list your eBay inventory with a few dollars off each item, with a PayPal 'Buy Now' button for each item.

 Then simply make the link to your About Me page read 'Visit my website for even more bargains!', and you're done.

Now that you've seen how to drive visitors to your website, maybe you'd like a little help getting your auction in front of buyers.

That's why our next email will show you the secrets of taming the eBay search engine.