Sirus Digital Newsletter – Edition 69

Halloween marks (for me) the beginning of the “Holiday Season”.

Those who know me personally have seen a pattern over the past few years where I am usually “burning” PTO in November & December during and around the holidays because I enjoy what I do.

If you enjoy my content, it’s usually a fun time of the year because I produce a good bit of it! If not, I want to say Thank You in advance for enduring it! LOL

I expect my “time off” this year to be pretty busy!

Again, those who know me are aware that I’m married to a VERY artistic and creative wife, Stephanie. One of her hobbies is drawing and coloring. She’s REALLY good at it.

I plan to spend some time minting some of her original work as NFTs. If you are into avatars or Tweets, they might not be for you, but if you do like original art, be on the lookout!

(Note: For those of you who get this newsletter and have a Wallet address, shoot it over because there might be a little Holiday Cheer coming your way as we’re learning how this works! *wink*)

I linked a GaryVee video in the newsletter below where he was sharing some ideas about the arbitrage of “Sale Price” and “Clearance” items in Big-Box retail stores via online marketplaces like Amazon. It’s an interesting watch.

Additionally (and this is me talking), January / February of 2022 might be a monster opportunity to exploit doing this. If you know someone struggling or you need a way to create some #HustleCash, the post-holiday sales, closeouts, (and unfortunately) business closings that will open this opportunity could be widespread.

The reason that I’m suggesting this is a simple visit that I took into Walmart, Marshalls, and Michael’s yesterday.

All of these Big-Box retailers had boxes of items just stacked (unsorted) in the different departments.

How is this a problem?

Most had only one (or no) associate actually sorting and shelving the merchandise!

Less than a month before #BlackFriday (when retailers are going to be starting their “Black Friday” sales early), they lack the staff to put the merchandise on shelves to sell!

It looks as if buyers will go shopping this holiday season at stores that can’t hire employees to shelve the stock that they have been able to get.

Net Result: Large amounts of merchandise will go unsold and end up on clearance racks or sold as lots on sites like Overstock.com. Amazon will yet again win the Holiday-Shopping wars by a landslide and a bunch of resellers will profit from the opportunity.

Might that be some of us? 😉

If you haven’t checked out my recent post (Content Marketing for Bankruptcy Attorneys), I’d love to hear your thoughts. Sharing it with your audience would be doubly appreciated!

In the sports world, the Atlanta Braves stand one game away from a World Series title (as of this writing) and the Georgia Bulldogs punched their Red-and-Black ticket to the SEC Championship after their win over Florida & Kentucky’s loss to Mississippi State.

(Update: The Braves lost Sunday night, but won Game 6 in Houston on Tuesday night to win their first World Series since 1995. Max Fried pitched a “lights-out” game and Jorge Soler capped his World Series MVP run with a 440+ 3-run Homerun that landed outside Minute Maid Park! #ChopOn)

Here’s to keeping the fun rolling & congrats to my buddy ScotC on Michigan State’s win again over Michigan. Mel Tucker was a very good coach for us and he’s doing great things for you guys!