Take a Risk? – Why Not, You Only Live Once…

Risk Taking. We all do it. From crossing the road to bungee jumping, everyone takes risks all day long, everyday. The word ‘Risk’ is defined as something with an unknown ending – meaning that you can undertake something but there is always an element of doubt as to whether or not it will all work itself out in the end.

From the moment we are born risks are everywhere, and as we grow we seem to be more aware of the risks around us.

A recent study of risks people were willing to choose to take are:-

·         Parachuting

·         Base Jumping

·         Jumping over the Snake River on a motorcycle (Evil Knievel – Say No More!)

·         Asking your boss for a payrise

·         Getting toast out of a toaster with a knife (we’ve done it and been electrocuted – its not nice!)

·         Not washing hands before eating (that’s you, you know it is!)

Personally, we think that is what keeps things exciting.

Take this morning. We were driving along the road and our petrol light came on. So after saying ‘I’ll get to the next petrol station’ we kept driving. And then we passed the next one, and so on. If we are honest, it was a tiny bit exciting, wondering whether we would make it – sad we know!

Thrills keep you young, and the excitement of not knowing the outcome is what keeps life interesting.

It is true that there are some people who do everything to avoid risks, and play safe all the time. If you are one of those people ask yourself, when was the last time you took a risk? Whatever the word ‘risk’ means to you, you probably play it safe a bit too much. Life is supposed to be fun, exhilarating, lived to the max and most of all exciting – or what’s the point?

The point of this Risk blog is to address what we know people worry about in the betting world, especially in the Sports Arbitrage area.  Check online and you will get people posting questions over how risky it is. Gambling, they say, is too risky to invest in. The real trust is that this scares them. However, its not scary at all - we know its not. But then you probably think we are paid to tell you that.

The thing with risks is that all risks can be counterbalanced. A bit like a see saw (and they are fun, right)

The main question people have is how can we win as we are gambling. Well, here goes in terms of a counterbalance - we don’t gamble! All of the transactions we make are mathematical certainties, checked by traders so that you cannot lose.

Not only do we grab margins from horses, but we also are hugely successful at grabbing margins on football matches too!

Check out our video for more information on this:

If you are still not convinced then we suggest you stay in bed!

Let’s talk about the countries unemployment

Thankfully, as of today, the level of people in employment in the UK is rising.  Meaning the level of unemployment is dropping (look at the pretty picture below)…

 This is good news for everyone.

But have you ever wondered what makes these changes, and what is included in the figures? No? Well shame on you for not being interested.

Thank you to the BBC for the following information, in that interestingly it is people who are looking for work that are classed as unemployed, and if someone does not claim JSA then they also are not counted as unemployed.

·         A person is classed as unemployed if not only out of work, but also actively looking for work and available to start work within a fortnight

·         The unemployment figure is higher than the claimant count as many jobseekers do not or cannot claim JSA

People are become more resourceful – that’s a fact. And people who were unemployed are looking for new ways to make money, not necessarily ‘self- employed’ but using their initiative and trying to carve their own path in life, being in control of their own futures.

We know many people who now freelance, working for themselves and being in control of what they earn and when they earn it.

Recent reports stated that more people than ever are using Multi-Level Marketing to take this control, such examples are a recent article in a daily newspaper about a lady who, with the aid of Avon (yes, Avon!) has made £250,000. Now we know that sounds a bit like a pipe dream but you know, the article is genuine and she is now the company's most successful saleswoman in the UK!

The reason why she has been so successful is that, after being part of the nations unemployment statistics, she decided to take control of her life and do something different. The reason that Avon is so successful is that it operates under the model of Multi-Level Marketing.

Now Multi Level Marketing is also known as Word-Of-Mouth Marketing and is something that we operate here at Winning Express. If you wanted to become part of our network, then standard fees apply however as soon as you refer, via word of mouth, a friend or colleague to us then it makes your fees cheaper, and then if that person refers someone .. well, the world is your oyster!

So if you are looking for a change in direction, or alternatively an income that can be relied upon, look us up today. Whilst we cannot guarantee to beat the Avon Lady you will find the rewards of working with us every bit as lucrative (but we don’t provide mascara!!)

How To Live Longer by Having a Hobby…. (Really!)

Everyone has a hobby. Whether you know it or not, hobbies are, well, what we do when we are not working, cooking, cleaning up baby sick, out with our mates…

The Oxford Dictionary definition of a hobby is

‘an activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure’

We have done some research on Hobbies, and can tell you that some people have particularly exciting hobbies, such as: -

·         Lego building (you cant beat a good Lego sculpture!)

·         Taxidermy

·         Base Jumping

·         Rock Climbing

·         Motor Sports

….. whilst other people have some ‘not so very interesting’ hobbies: -

·         Stamp Collecting

·         Metal Detecting

·         Crocheting

·         Fossil Hunting

·         Leaf Collecting (really!)

Hobbies are good for you. Surprising yes, but lots of research has been done over the years and in general those people with hobbies live longer as a result of keeping active.

Furthermore, hobbies can help in all kinds of ways that you wouldn’t even think of, such as: -

1)        Allowing you to spend time doing something for yourself

2)        Giving you an independent ‘thing’ to do that is not dependant on anyone else

3)        Challenges you and keeps your mind active

4)        Gives you the opportunity to meet others within the same hobby field, and make new friends

5)        Gives you an alternative career, if you have gotten really good at it (not sure about Taxidermy as a career but each to their own!)

Interestingly enough, a recent survey showed that on average people spend 5% of their annual income on hobbies, which we thought seemed a lot. On an average UK salary of £26,500, the average UK person can and does therefore spend £1325 per year on their hobby.

Looking at what that gets you, it’s a season ticket at Old Trafford (plus travel to and from, food and drink), its 4 skydives, and it’s a fraction of the most expensive stamp ever sold (12 million, just in case you were wondering – an 1856 British Guiana 1-cent Magenta no less!)

We know you are waiting for us to get to the point. And here it comes….

Sports’ betting is a hobby. Oh yes it is. We are not just making that up, look it up on the Internet and you will see it listed on hundreds of sites as a hobby. So if we were to apply the

5% rule, those of you who love nothing but a good bet have £1325 per year to spend on your ‘Hobby’. Our packages start at £99 per quarter, meaning you have the rest of your Hobby allowance to invest in what we do best … the guarantee of winning bets and a happier future.

You will just have to find yourself a new hobby then (Taxidermy anyone….)

Did You Say The Word Tax?

There are many different types of tax. We will try not to bore you but to explain what we mean it can be any of the following: -

1.        Income Tax – you know, the type that comes out your salary every month and always seem such alot!
2.        Inheritance Tax – payable on property that may be left to you in the unfortunate case of someone dying
3.        VAT  -  ‘value added tax’ which is payable on certain goods and services
4.        Road Tax – payable when you have car and want to drive on public roads
5.        Customs – the type of tax you have to pay when you bring in too many bottles of gin in duty free
6.        Taxidermy (well, not officially a tax but we left it in to see if you were paying attention, and you are. Well done.)

…. and until 2001 there was betting tax.

You may ask why we are bringing this up now, but for some of our clients, who are new to Arbitrage and are only ever used to betting on the Grand National every blue moon (we wonder if there ever has been a blue moon, will Google it later….) then they think that Arbitrage cannot possibly be the way forward as the betting tax will cause problems.

There are also other clients of ours who are worried that betting tax will come back, ending their good run whilst using our services.

For the first of you mentioned above, betting tax was abolished on the 6^th October 2001. After the tax was abolished the number of gamblers increased tremendously and those who had never betted before went crazy and were able to bet, tax free, on anything and everything (such as the recent Eurovision, really L).

The losers in the abolishment of betting tax were the bookmakers, who had to pay 15% in tax for, well, basically being a bookie!

The rules have remained the same since 2001 however at the end of 2014 new rules are to come in to play, meaning that not only do UK land based bookmakers have to still pay 15% but so do all those bookmakers from overseas who use the internet to supply remote gambling to the UK population.

We can therefore pretty much say that there will be no change back to the old rules, as currently the government is receiving much more money from betting than it ever has done.

So, with all the betting tax you save what can you do?

Well, why not take a look at our Executive Membership for our Sports Arbitrage service? From £325 per quarter, it means that not only do you save on tax but you a guaranteed a return on your money.

Furthermore, if you refer just two of your friends or colleagues to us then you could get the equivalent of £25,000 in commissions just for passing on their names, now that’s the kind of tax return that you do want to fill in. Thank you Mr. Tax Inspector!!

Testimonials (and we have lots!)

We were thinking the other day about how we could convince you that our services were amazing (which they are, by the way) and that you couldn’t help but make money using us (which you will), whilst ensuring that we remained convincing.

We love what we do and are passionate about both our services and our products but lets be honest - how many websites have you visited that tell you how great their product is and you read it thinking  ‘yeah right … you would say that as  its your company and you wrote it....’

Anyway, this got us thinking.

We have hundreds and hundreds of happy clients, who also love what we do (we love them too but don’t tell anybody, as it sounds a bit odd)…

Which brings us on to the point of this blog … we would invite you to review the testimonials on our site, and see how good we really are at what we do, in the words of our customers.  http://www.winningexpress.com/Testimonials.asp

Our website speaks for itself, as do the many customers we have.

Snippets such as …

‘I am averaging 38% per annum on my investment, so as you can gather, a very effective tax free return that I’m very pleased to be part of.’

…and …

‘In 10 months the money earned was £5,454.36 I was now in the position I wanted to be £30,000 and earning a wonderful £825.00 a month. Great, and all Tax Free!!’

.. should go a long way to convince you that not only are we top of our game (get it??) but that we do know what we are talking about.

We think that as a service, ours cannot be beaten and we tell you that because of one simple fact – for £99 per quarter, you can vastly increase your money, without having to lift a finger. Or toe.

The reason we say that is that our managed service has been designed so that, with no effort from yourself, we can invest your hard earned cash in to something a little bit more, meaning that in the future you can do all those extra things you dreamed about without having to worry about where the money is going to come from.

On top of all of that, if you recommend us then the services we provide for you become cheaper and cheaper, in some instances they come close to providing you with our amazing services for free, which means that you have even more money to invest in Sports Arbitrage with us.

We also know that some of you may be wondering why we can be so confident that your money will grow, put simply we have access to the best accountants the UK has to offer, and if they are not happy then we are not happy, and the bet is not placed .. our aim is to not take risks but to ensure that every bet with winning express is a winning one!

What Exactly is Multi Level Marketing (MLM)??

For those amongst you who are not new to Winning Express, you will know that we operate (that sounds like a technical word - its not technical we promise!!) on a model called Multi Level Marketing. Please don’t turn off right yet, we know it doesn't sound appealing but keep reading to find out more on what this means for you, as one of our existing or hopefully new-to-be customers.

Again the word customer is not truly reflective of what we hope to achieve so lets  put it another way -  we are all friends on a journey to ensure our futures are money worry free. There, that sounds better.

So  - what does Multi Level Marketing mean?

You are right to ask, as many people do not interpret this in the correct way - the crux of it is that when you buy that golf club, you know the one that shaves those all important digits off your handicap, then you shout about how great your club is to anyone on the course who will listen. You tell the guy you play with. You tell the guy waiting at the hole to tee off, you tell your wife (at which point she shuts down … golf??)…

And the guy we talked about, you know the one who was at the tee with you? Next time he goes in to a golf shop and looks around and he spots the make of your new club (and knowing how shockingly poor you were before you had it!!) he thinks “well if it improves Andy’s game (that’s you by the way - we don't know what you are called. Unless you are called Andy and this blog was written for you) then imagine what it could do for me.

That is the power of word of mouth - you try it, you like it, you recommend it, someone else buys it, they try it …. and so it goes on, you get my drift?

So, the fact that the guy at the tee with you buys the same club - what do you get for it? Nothing! You get no referral fee, the golf club company do not ring you out of gratitude and offer you free stuff. So why did you do it? Because you like to acknowledge superior products, and you want others to gain benefit from them.

And thats the main point of Multi Level Marketing. We work on a referral basis, so in much the same vein as the golf story above you try it, like it, and most importantly make money. You then think to yourself “hang on .. when I am old(er) and rich(er) then I want those who I love spending time with to be there with me”, be it on a yacht in Grand Cayman, or living it up at St Andrews, and you recommend us to your nearest and dearest. It may be over a beer, it may be over the family summer barbecue (which doesn't happen often - roll on the yacht in Grand Cayman).

That way not only will you be living the highlife, but those you love will be there too. Our only tip - don’t tell annoying Auntie Beryl about us, otherwise she will be there …….

Why Businesses Need Cash Flow

Cash Flow – a phrase that will bring fear in to the heart of anyone who is operating a business today.

To borrow a definition from the much loved Wikipedia;

“Cash flow is the movement of money into or out of a business, project, or financial product. It is usually measured during a specified, limited period of time. Measurement of cash flow can be used for calculating other parameters that give information on a company's value and situation”

Without cash flow there is no business, as to run out of available cash means that your business will not succeed. Furthermore, we know of many small (and large) businesses that do not know, right at this minute, what their cash flow is. Why would you take your eye off the ball when it is so vitally important for your business?

The phrase ‘cash flow problem’ is also bandied around a lot, and again most people wrongly interpret the true meaning of this. A REAL cash flow problem happens when a business is, on paper, making money however there is no cash available. The magic question - where has the money gone? In most businesses this cash gets gobbled up by things like inventory, debt payments, and invoices unpaid. This means that as a business, no matter how much money you are pulling in, without a healthy cash flow there is no business.

Now we are going to talk about Fred. You may remember him from a previous blog. Well we caught up with Fred yesterday, over a pint (or two or three!). You may remember that Fred was trying to go his own way in the world of Sports Arbitrage …. Well he’s still trying but going nowhere fast (unlike the winner of the Grand National, Pineau De Re).

The main problem he is having is cash flow – in that he places a bet, sometimes they win (he’s not mastered the art quite yet) and sometimes they lose. When the bets win Fred is finding that he cannot transfer his money quickly enough from his betting site, back to his funding account/bank/card etc., to then re-deposit funds in to a different betting account that is needed for the next bet. So in effect, Fred has a cash flow problem.

We are pleased to report that things like that do not happen with us here at Winning Express. We have the funds, and expertise, to ensure that no matter what transactions we have undertaken there is always money in the pot for more - we don’t have to wait days for money to become available so we can go again – unlike poor Fred!

The price for doing this is only a small quarterly fee, giving you the freedom to get on with your lives whilst we look after the art of Sports Arbitrage.

Bearing this in mind, if you fancy your hand (pardon the gambling card pun!) at Sports Arbitrage you won’t go wrong by leaving your hard earned cash to us to invest, we promise we will not only look after it well but nurture it so it grows in to your future…