Using social media as a sales channel can be valuble for any business.

After beeing self employed for 17 years i have seen the effect of using social media as a tool to reach customers.
And i belive that social media can be very helpful for selling your locker stuff. We all have friends and family that might need things, but we don't speak to everyone on regular basis. So by using your social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Myspace or other social media sites can be worth a lot. This way you reach people who knows you, and you reach their friends.

Since i started using social media back in 2003 for my business, we have increased sales with 25%.
The best part is that it is totally free to use. Of course you can run ads thru some of them, but in most cases, it is more than enough to use it without buying ads.

It does not matter what you are selling, there is always someone out there looking for that one thing.
In my case i have used social media from 2003 until today promoting our Power generators, and steel buildings. I have also used this form of selling for my auction stuff since early 2010. But this was a little more of a challange since most of my friends base are located in Europe.  But i slowly built it to fit my contact base on this side of the pond.  Today i sell 50% of all my stuff from lockers thru social media, this means i don't need to use Ebay or CL as much to have my products sold.  I also use my tenants list to sell, since i own several houses and apartments that i rent out, most of my tenants needs stuff on regular basis. They all are on a mailing list that i send out weekly. When new tenants move in, i have furniture to offer them, or other stuff, whatever they need.  Having a malinglist is also a "social media" way to sell your stuff.

So go out there and find new ways of selling, you will be suprised how easy it is when you first start to use it.

As time goes and more lockers are won, i have decided to open a store.
Only so much can be sold at Ebay,CL, Yardsales, and etc.

Therefor i have decided to open a store by the end of this year.
It will be a concept store, nothing like a regular Thrift store or outlet store.

The main thing is that i will not rent a place to have the store, i own the land and will build a 6000-7000 sq ft. building and storage facillity. There will also be a complete processing plant on the property.

The plan is for the futurte to exspand in the back of it, and have storage units for rent, there is enough room for about 280-300 units. This way i will draw a lot more traffic to the place then what a single store would.

It will also serve as my new location, for my office and main business.

All i am waiting for now is for the city of Memphis to clear the zoning and approve the plans.

Can't wait to have this up and running.

Today i received an email from a friend, and he told me about a place to sell for free online.
I have not tried it yet, but i still want to share it with you guys.
The more of us who try it the more we can see if it works.

Here is the link: corkin.com/

A couple of weeks back, i got two lockers for free.
The locker that had most stuff in it took me one trip to the dump.

But i sold a bedroom suit to a fellow auctioneer of mine who lives in missouri. He bought it for 125.00
I still have things to sell from this locker. So i expect maybe another 100 bucks from that unit. It all depnds on what i can get for the 90 AC filters from merryweather foam in florida brings in.

But in the second locker there was only one item, and it was facing the wall, so all you could see when bidding was the backside. Well after i got the unit i turned it around, and the link below show you what i got for free. I think they call this, beeing at the right place at the right time.  I have not decided if i am selling it or not, as my wife wants to keep it. lol.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=155318761198244&set=a.138258676237586.26293.124251090971678&type=1&theater

I got 2 new lockers today, they are of the good kind. The ones i love to make money of.

First locker i got for 1 dollar. From this one i have already sold for 75 dollars.

Second locker i got for 50 dollar, this one has potential of hitting 800 dollars when i am done.

Update of what was in them will follow when i have gone thru locker number two.

Went to the U-Store-IT auction today, and got my self a $150.00 locker.

This unit was screaming ARMY! lol as there was alot of of army stuff that we could see. I have justdone a quick looking thru and i have found tons of millitary and army stuff.

I also found a jar with 30 bucks in coins, so basicly i only paid 120 out of pocket for it.

Does anyone in here know what army stuff sells for? i mean uniform jackets, flashligths, awards, medals, ...etc. He also had his IRAK worn jacket in there with an award for the tour and duty.

After a long period without auction we kicked it off here in memphis today.
The next 2-3 weeks will be nasty busy.

Well i got my self a unit at todays U-Haul auction. Had to fork up $425.00 for it. But thats ok, there was a safe in there. and a lot of other goodies. Can't wait to go thru it all this weekend.

All i know is that this unit belonged to a self employed real estate agent, and i think she went out of business.

I took home one little box with stuff, and so far it has a re-sale value of close to 1500 bucks. can't wait to bring home the safe, big tv, HON filing cabinet, and 7 boxes full of stuff, and a 22" flatscreen tv.

Here is a way of selling old cell phones that you find in units.

Often i find 2,3,4 cell phones in one unit. Some of them i sell on ebay, some on CL.
But not to long ago i found a company that buy old cell phones, and in many cases they pay better then what you will get on ebay.

I just got paid today for 2 nokia phones, the payment was 64 dollars. not bad when they came from a 70 dollar locker.

usell.com.   Prices on phones are listed on the website.