{"id":116,"date":"2008-03-12T20:31:06","date_gmt":"2008-03-13T01:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samcarrara.com\/marketing\/unclutter-your-house-3-solutions\/"},"modified":"2008-03-12T20:31:06","modified_gmt":"2008-03-13T01:31:06","slug":"unclutter-your-house-3-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.samcarrara.com\/marketing\/unclutter-your-house-3-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Unclutter Your House- 3 Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Do you have books, DVDs, CDs and other items lying around your house?<\/strong> Have you used them in the last year? I have alot of said items that are using up space. I&#8217;m planning to get rid of many of these items over the next month.<\/p>\n<p>Why would you unclutter your house? Two Reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sanity<\/strong>&#8211; Many studies have shown that a cluttered house causes anxiety. So clean it up and reduce your stress, this can help you get your creative juices flowing.<\/li>\n<li><strong><font color=\"green\">Money<\/font><\/strong>&#8211; As a fast food restaurant slogan goes, &#8220;Because you gotta eat.&#8221; Selling items helps raise money to pay bills (car, house, utilities, etc.) or fund product launches (marketing, producing, paying fees, etc.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;m going to do with them:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Trash<\/strong>&#8211; There are items that have little to no value that it would be easier just to throw them away. Magazines, newspapers, receipts (non-business ones), etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Donate<\/strong>&#8211; Medium value items are good to donate to your local Goodwill or Salvation Army. The money they make on them will help their programs continue. You can get a receipt to get a tax deduction, but many times I forgo that. I that by giving to others, I will get more back later (Law of Reciprocity).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sell<\/strong>&#8211; Those items that have a <u>higher dollar value<\/u> can be sold at auction. They need to be higher dollars due to the fact of shipping, listing and credit card cost. As a minimum I would say something that sells for $20 or more. If you end up making a regular business of this your figure may go up or down. <font color=\"blue\">Don&#8217;t forget to figure in your time, it is valuable<\/font>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To get started visit the link below and start listing items:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samcarrara.com\/auction\">http:\/\/www.samcarrara.com\/auction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll give more tips soon to help you out. If you have specific questions, leave a comment. <font color=\"red\">To let you know I have gotten <strong>warnings<\/strong> from EBay before for violations I didn&#8217;t know existed<\/font>. If you get too many of those, you lose your account no matter how many positive ratings you have. Stay tuned to learn&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unclutter,<br \/>\nSam Carrara<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>p.s. Just say no to clutter. Tell me your clutter story, best one gets a <font color=\"red\">prize<\/font>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have books, DVDs, CDs and other items lying around your house? Have you used them in the last year? I have alot of said items that are using up space. 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