How Smartphone Retailers and Networks Are Secretly Taking More Of Your Money, Each Year

Mobile phone networks and retailers have been extremely nifty when innovating contract deal plans that we assume are the norm: in reality, every year consumers are paying more and more for their mobile phone, especially in the smartphone market. And here's the proof. Apple have recently released their newest pair of models: the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus.

If you take a glance at the best iPhone deals in the UK market today, you'll notice nothing too drastic in terms of monthly payments. Let's take one of the better value deals, that Vodafone is offering: you pay £34.50 a month, and receive the iPhone 6 in grey, along with 600 minutes, Unlimited texts and 500MB internet. That allowance is pretty standard, no major increases, a good number of minutes and adequate internet (remember, the iPhone 6 is essentially a mobile computer, where most apps will connect to the internet and eat data allowance).

Here's the cheeky part which we tend to scan over.

Firstly, we have to pay an upfront cost. Here, the retailer and network is grabbing an extra chunk of almost £50, asking it upfront simply to lower to monthly cost and "appear" cheaper than other deals on the market. This tactic has become very common now: a few years ago, we would never have seen an upfront cost for a mobile contract (it would be included in the monthly payments).

Secondly, the contract length. Many of us assume a year long contract is the norm: this is no longer the case, especially with premium smartphones such as the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. You would strike gold if you were to find a 12 months long iPhone contract now. The majority of deals will lock you in for 24 months. That means sticking to your agreement for at least two years. It does not matter how amazing new deals are when they come to market over the period: you won't be able to leave that contract without a hefty fine.

So let's take all the costs and contract length into account, and work out the cost of this "better" deal described above. £34.50 a month, for 24 months, plus a £44.99 upfront cost. Over two years, that's at least £872.99. So over £435 a year. A few years ago, prices like that would be laughed at, but society has now come to accept their obsession with the latest technology, jumping on the bandwagons for paying premium prices (close to laptop prices!) just to have a smartphone that can only do a little more than predecessors. And paying higher and higher prices to satisfy that demand.

The point of this article? Carefully consider what deal you will take up, do your research, collect as much information as possible from all retailers and all networks. Because the difference in prices varies significantly. Rush into a contract and you could have made a serious financial mistake, regretting not completing that small amount of work that could have occurred.

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How To Get Sales For Your eBook 

Are you getting sales for your ebook? I know, it can be a frustrating thing if you're not, and it causes you to seek other opportunities to make money online, such as eBay and Amazon. But you should know that even though both of these sites get millions of visitors' everyday, it may not be your best option for earning cash.

Now don't get me wrong. I'm sure you have things around your house that you can list on eBay or put on Amazon - that will sell fast. But what will you do when all of your precious household items are gone? At this point, you will have to play the "wholesaler" and "dropshipper" game. This is not a fun game to play.

You pay top price for so-called "wholesale" merchandise, and you have to sell a TON of them to make even just a mediocre income. This is not the ideal lifestyle business. However, selling ebooks is. It's something that I've been doing for a long time now, and I have pretty much mastered the concept of how to get sales on demand.

With ebooks, you have control - and you have a starving market that is constantly being replenished each and every month. If you do your marketing right, you can have a steady stream of traffic coming to your site day after day, and don't have to lift a finger to deliver your ebook to your customers. They can immediately download it.

Now even though this sounds lovely, you do have to put your work in. Even though ebooks are a digital item, you have to treat them the same as a tangible item. You have to do your market research, you have to find a niche, you have to develop content, you have to do paid advertising, and you have to do free marketing (to maximize your profit potential, and to decrease costs of paid advertising.)

But I have faith in you. And if you can find a coach or mentor that will show you the ropes, this is even better. A coach will shortcut your learning curve so that you can reach your financial goals faster - and will help you to automate your business and allow you to virtually run your business via your iPhone or Android phone.

I suggest that you learn about ebook marketing, website traffic, copywriting, and especially email marketing. There are a lot of different ways to get a sale with an ebook, but if you do them all, you can certainly maximize your sales in the best way as possible. This is what I do everyday. I go hard and I work on my business, and because of it, I get sales while I sleep, while I eat, and while I'm hanging out with friends and family.

It's a beautiful lifestyle, and you have to treat your ebook business as if it were your 8-hour job. You have to make it your career. This business is my career - I've been doing this since 2004. I've learned, and now people consider me an "internet guru" (whatever that means). If you don't care about being an internet guru, that's good! You should focus your time and energy on making money and relaxing in life.

Take these ebook tips and think about them as you run your business. Good luck!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Randall Magwood is one of the most respected and highly-regarded online marketing experts on the internet. He has a website about internet marketing that helps site owners learn how to market their website online simply and easily. To learn more, simply visit his website: http://www.internetmarketing-rules.com

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