"Get into selling and make your fortune" the headline seemed to shout at me from the classified page. It went on to explain how anyone could become rich by learning how to sell.

As a gullible young man just out of Military Service and looking for a job, I was hooked on the idea of a sales career despite suffering from a general lack of confidence.

The huge advantages of starting a business dealing in laptops are not always appreciated but consider the following points:

Laptop portable computers are easy to store. It is possible to operate the business from a single room. They take up minimal space and several could be stored under a bed.

They are always available from liquidation merchants and other specialist trade sources at prices which allow good reseller profit margins.

Why not consider dealing in repossessed and liquidated personal computers and laptops? It is a business that can be operated in any democratic country in the world.

It's a very simple business and there's really nothing to prevent anyone from starting their own liquidated resale business just as many others have done.

The chance to produce an annual income from a home based operation, or even from a commercial unit, reselling computers and software for profit is a definite possibility.

Software publishing offers opportunities for all who keep up with changing technology, according to a recent government report. Employment is projected to increase 68 percent before 2012, ranking software publishers as the fastest growing industry in the economy.

Small publishers also have opportunities to move into sales positions as they gain knowledge of specific products and services.