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Effective e-Sales Copy

EFFECTIVE E-SALES COPY ------------------------------------------------------------ copyright (c) Pavel Lenshin ------------------------------------------------------------ Selling online is mostly about psychology of people. Consumer marketing evolves to the extent when right psychology attitude to the customer plays the crucial role in the game called product selling. This process like any o. . .

How To Build Your Home-Based Business Using Autoresponders

How To Build Your Home-Based Business Using Autoresponders By Ken Leonard Jr. © KLJ Online "Save Time and Money Building Your Leads On Auto-Pilot" A never ending stream of new customer leads is essential to any home-based business' success. Creating this flow of leads is as easy as writing a useful report or series dealing with your particular niche. Post this report to a sequential autorespo. . .

Are YOU Right For A Home-Based Business?

Are YOU Right For A Home-Based Business? By Ken Leonard Jr. © KLJ Online The internet is loaded with all sorts of ways for you to work from home. You will consider many options, finding the right fit for your personality and goals. But first, you have to take a look at yourself. Do you have what it takes to run a successful business from home? How do you know if YOU are cut-out to b. . .

6 Essential Steps To Getting Anything You Want

6 Essential Steps To Getting Anything You Want By Ken Leonard Jr. © KLJ Online You know that dream you've always had? The one thing in the world that you really want! What if I told you that if you do six simple things, you will get exactly what you want? Would you believe it? Well, it's true. These steps have been proven over time, and are greatly responsible for the fortunes of some. . .

Turning Upheaval Into Profit

Nobody likes a whiner, that much is true, but it's even worse when the whining we hear is from people that just don't adjust well to change. If necessity is indeed the mother of invention, why is it that so many people don't see the opportunities that arise in the midst of change? It may sound harsh, but I've always believed that you cannot help those that will not first, help themselves. Take. . .

Bring the Internet Home

Bring the Internet Home by Sharon Fling A funny thing has happened since we discovered the world at our fingertips. Everywhere you look, it's global this, world-wide that, national whatever. It's as if hometowns and cities are small potatoes, not worth fooling with. As online marketers, we're so busy prospecting far and wide that the gold in our own backyards remains untouched. So here we are, . . .

Other People's Products Can Make You Rich

Other People's Products Can Make You Rich by J. Stephen Pope Although there are advantages to selling your own proprietary products and services, there are also drawbacks. For example, the time and investment required to produce your own book, invention, or other product could mean a long delay in receiving profits and cashflow essential to your business survival. For this reason, you m. . .

Press Release SEO - Media Kit Linking Campaigns

by Mike Banks Valentine Search Engine Optimization requires strategizing as well as optimizing for SEO firms seeking online visibility for their clients. Last month a client of our firm sought counsel on their web strategy for an already optimized site. We had tightened up their keywords, focused their content and appropriately titled each well crafted page. The only thing lacking was a linking. . .

It Can Happen To You: Why Any Sole Proprietorship Is A Risky Business

Are you still operating your business as a Sole Proprietorship? Have you considered incorporating your small business or self-employment activity? The tax advantages can put thousands of dollars in your pocket every year. But the Number One reason to consider incorporating has nothing to do with tax reduction and everything to do with asset protection. Here's a story to help you decide whethe. . .

How Any Business Owner Can Reduce The Likelihood of a Tax Penalty by 31 Times

Reprint Guidelines: ** Attention Ezine editors / Site owners ** Feel free to reprint this article in its entirety in your ezine or on your site so long as you leave all links in place, do not modify the content and include my resource box as listed above. If you do use the material, please send me an email so I can take a look: mailto:Wayne@YouSaveOnTaxes.com ===================================. . .

How To Accept Credit Cards Without a Merchant Account

How To Accept Credit Cards Without a Merchant Account by J. Stephen Pope To increase sales on your website, you must accept credit cards. To process credit cards, you could apply for a merchant account through your bank or other financial institution. Sometimes, though, you would be further ahead to use the services of a credit card processor. This is especially true when you are first . . .

Click Your Way to Profits with Pay Per Clicks

Title: Click Your Way to Profits with Pay Per Clicks Author: Jinger Jarrett E-mail: jingerjarrett@smallbusinesshowto.com Copyright: © 2003 by Jinger Jarrett Web Address: http://www.smallbusinesshowto.com Word Count: 604 Category: Online Marketing Summary: Use pay per click search engines to quickly build traffic to your web site. Publishing Guidelines: You may publish my article in your newslet. . .

Tax Tidbit #4: How to Let the IRS Pay for Your Kids' Summer Camp

Reprint Guidelines: ** Attention Ezine editors / Site owners ** Feel free to reprint this article in its entirety in your ezine or on your site so long as you leave all links in place, do not modify the content and include my resource box as listed above. If you do use the material, please send me an email so I can take a look: mailto:Wayne@YouSaveOnTaxes.com ===================================. . .

Article Writing Tips for Non-Writers

Title: Article Writing Tips for Non-Writers Author: Jinger Jarrett E-mail: jingerjarrett@smallbusinesshowto.com Copyright: © 2003 by Jinger Jarrett Web Address: http://www.smallbusinesshowto.com Word Count: 787 Category: Online Marketing/Writing Summary: Use joint ventures to quickly increase your profits. Publishing Guidelines: You may publish my article in your newsletter, on your web site, o. . .

The Biggest Tax Mistake You Can Ever Make

Ah, April 15 has come and gone. And American taxpayers everywhere breathe a collective sigh of relief. Whew, aren't you glad another Tax Season is over? What a relief -- unless you filed an extension, you've got your tax return done and now you can forget about taxes for another year. Yep, that has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? It sounds so good, I think I'll say it again: "Now you can forget . . .

Tax Tidbit #3: Carpe Diem -- Seize The Per Diem Method (and Throw Away Your Receipts)

Reprint Guidelines: ** Attention Ezine editors / Site owners ** Feel free to reprint this article in its entirety in your ezine or on your site so long as you leave all links in place, do not modify the content and include my resource box as listed above. If you do use the material, please send me an email so I can take a look: mailto:Wayne@YouSaveOnTaxes.com ===================================. . .

Your Success Depends on Your List

Title: Your Success Depends on Your List Author: Jinger Jarrett E-mail: jingerjarrett@smallbusinesshowto.com Copyright: © 2003 by Jinger Jarrett Web Address: http://www.smallbusinesshowto.com Word Count: 687 Category: Online Marketing Summary: Build a list of customers you can market to over and over. Publishing Guidelines: You may publish my article in your newsletter, on your web site, or in . . .

Into Every Life A Little Rain Must Fall

Into Every Life A Little Rain Must Fall © 2002 Elena Fawkner "Into every life a little rain must fall." And into every business too. Don't have the luxury of surplus cash to fund a rainmaker for your business? Well then, it'll have to be up to you. As usual. Here's how: YOU HAVE VERY LITTLE COMPETITION "Everyone wants to win on Sunday, but not everyone is willing to practice Monday throug. . .

Buying Your Freedom

Buying Your Freedom © 2002 Elena Fawkner If you're reading this article, it's probably because you're one of millions of people who dream of breaking free of indentured servitude to make it in a business of your own. When it comes to making the break from the paid workforce to business ownership, you basically have two choices: to start a new business from scratch (often in your basement . . .

Letting Go Of Coattails

Letting Go Of Coattails © 2002 Elena Fawkner If you're looking for a way to make money from home and you've been online for any length of time you will have quickly become aware of the preponderance of business opportunity sites and ads for many and varied business opportunities. In particular, you've probably been bowled over by all the promises of fabulous internet riches that can be y. . .

Internet breakthrough

Enormous opportunity. This is the first thought coming to mind about the Internet. The only limits have implied by the physical world and the rules of nature. No country boundaries, no government regulations, no one-man power, fully unlimited market, immense business potential, unrestricted growth, space earnings and so on and so forth. There are also a lot of fishy moments and some frightening. . .

A Big Tax Loophole Just Got Bigger: How To Turn Taxable Income Into Non-Taxable Income

Believe it or not, there are ways to convert taxable income into non-taxable income, without any fear of an IRS audit. Here's one of my favorites. It's been part of our tax code for over 30 years, yet many still don't take advantage of it. What am I talking about? The IRA -- Individual Retirement Account. Now, before you say, "Oh, I know all about that one; what's so great about an IRA?", give . . .

The #1 Way to Get Profits Fast and Forever

Title: The #1 Way to Get Profits Fast and Forever Author: Jinger Jarrett E-mail: jingerjarrett@smallbusinesshowto.com Copyright: © 2003 by Jinger Jarrett Web Address: http://www.smallbusinesshowto.com Word Count: 650 Category: Online Marketing Summary: Use joint ventures to quickly increase your profits. Publishing Guidelines: You may publish my article in your newsletter, on your web site, or . . .

Business

The Invisible Opportunity © Copyright 2002 Sharon Davis http://www.2work-at-home.com ---------------------- How would you feel if you had been searching desperately for something, some magic solution to a problem, and come to find out it was right there in front of you the whole time-- you just failed to see it? For many searching for a way to work from home, this is exactly what they're doing.. . .

Managing Time To Accomplish More

Managing Time to Accomplish More © 2002 Elena Fawkner Time is inelastic. Despite what some of us persist in believing, it will NOT magically expand to accommodate all we have to do. So, in order to maximize the time we have available, we have to spend it wisely. Here's how to do that. STRUCTURE YOUR TIME The very first thing to do is understand the structure of your time. If you think of . . .

The 37 Cent Mistake

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How To Avoid Getting Burned By Your Own Tax Return

Reprint Guidelines: ** Attention Ezine editors / Site owners ** Feel free to reprint this article in its entirety in your ezine or on your site so long as you leave all links in place, do not modify the content and include my resource box as listed above. If you do use the material, please send me an email so I can take a look: mailto:Wayne@YouSaveOnTaxes.com ===================================. . .

How To Audit-Proof Your Tax Return Forever!

Congress recently passed legislation that is supposed to result in a more "sensitive" Internal Revenue Service. You know, not such a lean, mean, tax-collecting machine. I DON'T THINK SO! Here's why. A few months ago, one of my clients (let's call him Mr. Jones) got one of those IRS "love letters" requesting more information about his return, and the IRS wanted to meet with Mr. Jones in pers. . .

Tax Filing 101: It's Never Too Early To Procrastinate

============================================================ Tax Filing 101: It's Never Too Early To Procrastinate -- by Wayne M. Davies Copyright 2003 Wayne M. Davies Inc. ============================================================ For all you procrastinators out there, here's a nuts 'n bolts guide on how to legally postpone the filing of your Year 2002 income tax returns. When it comes to pu. . .

"The Passion and the Rhythm of Small Business"

The Passion Remember when you first put the plan together? Remember when you received your first box of business cards with your name and your company logo on it; the tingle of excitement when you handed the cards out to friends and relatives, proudly announcing that you were now a `business owner`? There are a lot of important things that you accomplish with the passion you first started your. . .

5 Tax Myths That Are Costing You A Bundle

This article is based on the following 2 assumptions: 1) You are a small business owner or self-employed person (including home-based businesses and part-time entrepreneurial activities). 2) You don't like to pay taxes. In fact, whenever you think about paying taxes, you get so mad you end up "all lathered up and nowhere to go." Now, if paying taxes makes you so upset, what have you done about . . .

There Is No Such Thing As Tax Simplification!

I'm a little upset right now, so please bear with me. I don't get upset very often - you can always tell because smoke starts coming right out of the top of my bald head! - but I'm here to tell ya', this one really has me both laughing and crying at the same time! Recently the IRS came out with this press release: IRS Increases Interest/Dividend Threshold Source: Associated Press Publication . . .

4 Simple Steps to Reduce Your Taxes Now!

Does Tax Season get you down? Here are 4 simple steps that any small business owner can take to lower your tax bill this year. STEP #1: Understand How Serious Your Tax Problem Is Are you aware of just how much in taxes you are paying? Here's how much the average family spends on various consumer categories -- as a percentage of income. You must realize that it's not how much you spend on ta. . .

Jumpstart Your Local Business -- Get Online

Internet, If you're not marketing your local business online, opportunity is passing you by. So many people focus on the Internet's global reach that its potential benefit to local business is often overlooked. Global information is great, but people's day-to-day lives are local. Now that so much information is available online, more consumers see the Internet as something useful instead of a . . .

3 Essential Tools for Email Marketers

Title: 3 Essential Tools for Email Marketers Author: Jinger Jarrett E-mail: jingerjarrett@smallbusinesshowto.com Copyright: © 2003 by Jinger Jarrett Web Address: http://www.smallbusinesshowto.com Word Count: 345 Category: Online Marketing Summary: Use these online tools to help you make your email marketing campaigns more effective. Publishing Guidelines: You may publish my article in your news. . .

Got Kids? IRS Wants You to Celebrate Christmas in July

You may find this hard to believe, but if you have children under age 17, you may receive a check from the IRS this summer. No kidding! A new tax law was passed in May 2003 that is designed to put more money in your pocket -- immediately. If you have children under age 17, you are probably familiar with the child tax credit. For 2002, you got $600 for each cherub, assuming your income was under. . .

6 Easy Ways to Promote Your Ezine Articles

Title: 6 Easy Ways to Promote Your Ezine Articles Author: Jinger Jarrett E-mail: jingerjarrett@smallbusinesshowto.com Copyright: © 2003 by Jinger Jarrett Web Address: http://www.smallbusinesshowto.com Word Count: 622 Category: Ezine/Online Marketing Summary: Learn how to quickly and effectively promote your ezine articles. You can make money from this article by clicking here: http://www.jinger. . .

Tax Tidbit #5: How to Deduct Your Next Vacation

Tax Tidbits: Presented by Wayne M. Davies of www.YouSaveOnTaxes.com. Short but sweet tax nuggets for the Small Biz Owner and/or Self-Employed Person, each morsel serving up a specific tax reduction strategy guaranteed to tickle your monetary taste-buds. The U.S. Tax Code is so big, there's only one way to digest it: one little nibble at a time. Just like a piece of candy, one small bite of t. . .

Are You Missing Your Chance to Work at Home?

Are You Missing Your Chance to Work at Home? (c) Copyright 2003, Sharon Davis http://www.2work-at-home.com ------------------------------------------------------ Have you missed the turnoff that leads to your dream of working at home? Wouldn't that be disappointing? No one likes to think that they have wasted their chance, missed their opportunity. But that's exactly what happens to many. Some. . .

5 Essential Online Tools for Writers and Publishers

Title: 5 Essential Online Tools for Writers and Publishers Author: Jinger Jarrett E-mail: jingerjarrett@smallbusinesshowto.com Copyright: © 2003 by Jinger Jarrett Web Address: http://www.marketingforwriters.com Word Count: 575 Category: Writing and Publishing Summary: Use these online tools instead of buying expensive software that will clog your computer. Publishing Guidelines: You may publish. . .

New Tax Law Turns Small Biz Loophole Into A Crater!

In case you were too busy over Memorial Day to notice, our beloved politicians just passed another tax bill designed to put more dollars in your pocket. President Bush signed the new tax law on May 28, 2003 -- and there is truly something for everyone in this package, a veritable smorgasbord of tax savings. If you are a Small Business Owner or Self-Employed Person, there's one especially lucra. . .

Keeping It In the Family

Keeping It In the Family © 2002 Elena Fawkner I'm sure you've heard this dreaded statistic before: the failure rate of all start-up businesses is around the 90% mark. Add to that the further distinctly unpleasant fact that roughly 50% of all marriages end in divorce and you can quickly see that the odds of your new small business succeeding, already slim, become positively anorexic if yo. . .

Branding for profits

Branding for Profits copyright 2002 Pavel Lenshin General meaning of the Brand is quite abstract. In short, brand is the image of your product, if we speak about product branding and/or the image of your company if we deal with corporate branding or, in case with one man business, brand of personality. Since the majority of online venture start-ups are represented by small businesses, that are . . .

Strategies of Successful Market Offers

Strategies of Successful Market Offers copyright 2002 Pavel Lenshin USP According to economic theories we live in the world of monopoly competition. That term shouldn't confuse you, as the meaning behind implies competition between many small or middle-size "monopolies", that are not monopolies in their direct meaning, as they don't control some particular sector of economy, rather then they ar. . .

Imagine

Imagine © 2002 Elena Fawkner Imagine a world where everyone tells it like it is. Rather than as it isn't. Imagine a world where you could not get rich overnight but you could become wealthy over time. Imagine a world where your financial rewards were directly related to how hard you work. Imagine a world where ethical business practices were rewarded by loyal customers and repeat busine. . .

Resolve to Create Your Legal Protection Plan this New Year's

Make your New Year Resolution to create a legal protection plan for your business. What is a legal protection plan and why should I have one? Glad you asked. First, to answer why, consider this: one out of four small businesses have been sued or threatened with a lawsuit in the last 5 years. My former employer, a small business, was sued three times in six months. You are almost three times mo. . .

A Pyramid By Any Other Name

A Pyramid By Any Other Name © 2002 Elena Fawkner "Three Days, Three People, Retire in 30 days! Make no mistake, People will start BEGGING you to sponsor them in! Take a look at this Income Projection Chart: Level | # of Days | # Benefactored | Income Projection 1 3 3 $70 2 6 9 $130 3 9 27 $290 4 12 81 $660 5 15 243 $1520 6 18 729 $3520 7 21 2,187 $8160 8 24 6,561 $18,880 9 27 19,68. . .

Diversify to Survive

Diversify to Survive © 2002 Elena Fawkner Over the past few weeks and months the news headlines have been focused on Wall Street and the downward spiral of all of the major stock indexes. As usual when one of these shake- outs occurs, the popular media tries to reduce the issues to easy to understand, bite-size morsels. A favorite strategy is to profile a “typical” small investor who had. . .

Branding Your Business

Branding Your Business © 2002 Elena Fawkner If you think only big corporate names need to think about things like brand names, think again. Your brand says a lot about you and your business, and that's as true for a one person home- based operation as it is for a multinational conglomerate. In this article we look at how creating a strong brand for your business can help you set yourself. . .

Web site strategy #2. "Stay with Me" concept

Web site strategy #2. "Stay with Me" concept copyright 2002 Pavel Lenshin The most of what I've planed to say is already explained in these three words mentioned above. It would probably be the end of the article. :0) Maybe somewhere else, but not here, as I haven't yet explained you the blueprint for success with content rich web-site. Without going too far let’s use any popular web-site direc. . .

Pricing Strategy for Retail Flower Shops

When you create your profit and loss statement to assess the health of your business, you will see: Sales minus Cost of Goods Sold equals Gross Profit. You pay for all of your expenses with the gross profit. If you are finding that your gross profit is not enough to cover your expenses, you have two options, you can either raise gross profit by increasing sales or lowering cost of goods sold. . .

20 Great Ways to Market Your Business Locally

Whether your target audience is in your neighborhood or across the world, you can use your local resources to get the word out about your business. Your local community is easily accessible and provides dozens of opportunities for building a buzz about your product or service. The following are twenty ideas to get you started. 1. Offer Your Product or Service as a Free Give Away For example, i. . .

MLM Recruiting- The 4 Prospect Personality Types in MLM

In MLM prospecting and recruiting, you will find many different types of folks out there. But we have found that there are basically 4 types of Network Marketing prospects. You need to understand a little about each. After having recruited personally over 350 people, and talked to over 10,000 folks, you learn a few things. Hope this helps. Here are the 4 kinds of people you will run into when . . .

MLM Products- The MLM Success Formula for HOT Selling Network Marketing Products

You must understand this next statement: The successful network marketing company is “Product Focused and Business Driven.” What does that mean? It means that your company must always be products and services focused, but driven by the business opportunity. And your products and services must be the “anchor” of your MLM business. If you are looking at a company that has bad products, so goe. . .

Network Marketing Training- The Single Biggest Mistake Made in MLM Today

So...you have joined a Network marketing Company, and you are truly excited. Or maybe you have been in for a while, and are looking for greater things to happen in your MLM business. This is normal, as you always want to create a Success Structure within your organization. If you do, your MLM business will have a greater chance of succeeding huge. But then, as you go along, you find out some t. . .

MLM Training- The Single Biggest Mistake Made in Network Marketing Today

So...you have joined a Network marketing Company, and you are truly excited. Or maybe you have been in for a while, and are looking for greater things to happen in your MLM business. This is normal, as you always want to create a Success Structure within your organization. If you do, your MLM business will have a greater chance of succeeding huge. But then, as you go along, you find out some t. . .

Network Marekting Prospecting- The 4 Steps to BLAZING MLM Prospecting

What is MLM Prospecting? According to Webster's Dictionary, prospecting is looking for gold. That is a good definition of MLM Prospecting, as you always want to strike gold in your business. Just like gold, MLM Success runs in veins in your group, and you must mine the veins continually. If you really think about it, Network Marketing prospecting is simply the tactics and strategies of findin. . .

Marketing Flat? Is it Your Plan or is it Your Vision?

60+ hour workweeks, cash flows that constantly keep you up at night, stress and more stress again. Payroll due in two days (where the heck is that going to come from?) Does this sound like your business? Is your business a job with the most fickle disloyal boss of all..... the customer? I know, I’ve been there. I’ve watched first hand as the cash flow I desperately needed walked out the doo. . .

Making Money With Affiliate Programs

Making Money With Affiliate Programs © 2002 Elena Fawkner Affiliate programs are a great way to generate income if you don't have a product of your own to promote yet. You know that already. But it's NOT, despite what you've heard, just a simple matter of signing up for this or that affiliate program and placing free and paid classified ads all over the place to generate traffic to the w. . .

10 Tips On Writing Public Relations

Every document you write is part of a public relations program, and will have an influence on what the reader thinks. Even though you are selling a service or product, your message has a specific purpose. Use this as a medium for public relations. It will build prestige, respect, and your reputation. Here are 10 ways to send along good will with your mailings. 1. Whenever possible, do a . . .

Pricing Yourself to Get and Stay In Business

Pricing Yourself to Get and Stay In Business © 2002 Elena Fawkner It goes without saying that the bottom line of any successful business is profit. Don’t make a profit and you won’t be in business for very long. Making a profit is pretty simple really. You just have to make more than you spend. The trick is to know how much you have to make to exceed what you spend. And you spend more t. . .

Make Your Fortune as a Professional Finder

Make Your Fortune as a Professional Finder by J. Stephen Pope Have you considered the lucrative opportunity in finder's fees? You could become a professional finder and earn a fortune from this alone. Alternatively, you could supplement your present income with finder's fees. A finder is someone who finds something for a person or business. The amount paid for this service is called a. . .

How Do You Set Consulting Fees?

How Do You Set Consulting Fees? by J. Stephen Pope One of the most frequent questions I receive from those who are trying to start or grow their own consulting business is: "How and what do you charge clients for your consulting services?" The ways of billing clients are numerous. There are hourly rates, by-the-job fixed rates, contingency or performance arrangements, flat fee plus expenses, d. . .

Are You in Your "Right" Job?

How long have you been asking yourself -- who am I? What should you be doing with your life? Are you in the right job? Are you satisfied and challenged in your job? "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." Confucius Not working in the job you were "born" to do can be very frustrating. You have natural talents and abilities. Certain abilitie. . .

Running Your Own Race

Running Your Own Race © 2002 Elena Fawkner There was an article on the front page of the Los Angeles Times a while back that caught my eye. The headline was "Small Dot- Coms Thrive While Industry Giants Melt Down". Here are the opening paragraphs ... "Beneath the chaotic dot-com busts of the last half-year, an overlooked breed of Internet companies - mostly small and nimble - is thrivi. . .

What Are You Planning to Achieve by The End of The Year?

Fast forward yourself to the end of December and as the year closes, how are you feeling about your achievements during this past year? Really get in touch with your feelings, live them, breathe them and don't let them pass by. Are you feeling any disappointment, regret or frustration for the things you haven't done or achieved? Do you find yourself thinking, "This past year has flown . . .

Why the Small Business Owner Needs a Budget

Why the Small Business Owner Needs a Budget By fabman I know I tend to harp on the subjects of budgeting, debt management and cash flow optimization a lot, but I have a good reason. I believe that these three items are extremely important not only for the beginning wealth-builder, but also as important for the future small business owner in you. Budgeting My father ran a successful business fo. . .

How To Start Your Own Affiliate Program

How To Start Your Own Affiliate Program by J. Stephen Pope 1. Why Start Your Own Affiliate Program? Multiple web sites and distributors selling your product can result in increased sales and profits. Unlike conventional advertising, affiliate programs pay only for performance. Commissions are not paid out unless sales are made. Also, with many more web sites linking to yours, your link p. . .

YOU are "THE KEY" to YOUR OWN SUCCESS.......

© 2003 by Don R. Monteith Hi FNAME] The "BUCK" STOPS ON YOUR DESK. You can OWN the business or be an employee working for someone else, it makes very little difference, the decisions are in your corner. Don't look around for a scapegoat because they are all gone and you are "IT". YOUR neck is on the line. Reality says, you are the BOSS regardless of where your paycheck comes from. Maybe you . . .

Identity Theft and Your Online Job Search

Identity Theft and Your Online Job Search © Copyright 2003 Sharon Davis http://www.2work-at-home.com ---------------------- While identity theft is nothing new, the Web has opened up whole new world of opportunity for identity thieves. According the FBI, identity theft is the top online fraud. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission says that identity theft is its number one source of consumer co. . .

Web site strategy #1. "Buy or Goodbye"

Web site strategy #1. "Buy or Goodbye" copyright 2002 Pavel Lenshin The first popular strategy for e-business websites we are about to discuss could also be described as a "Sale Focused". The vastly known description to that kind of online presence is "mini-sale-site". I wouldn't support that description as i don't think it is complete enough. The term "mini" usually refers to a one-two-three p. . .

One Foot In Each Camp

One Foot In Each Camp © 2002 Elena Fawkner You have a full-time job but secretly you yearn to break free of the corporate shackles and strike out on your own. You have a great idea for a business but you need the income from your job to pay your mortgage and to feed yourself while you get it underway. Sound familiar? This article considers this dilemma and suggests how you might make the. . .

Flying Without a Net

Flying Without a Net © 2003 Elena Fawkner One of the most exciting and daunting things about starting your own home-based business as your sole means of income is the reality that no one is responsible for your success or failure but you. The lure of the home-based business is undeniable. But before joining the revolution, take the time to think about the real implications of self-respo. . .

Choose Your Attitude or Not

Choose Your Attitude or Not By fabman I just read “Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results, by Stephen C. Lundin, Ph.D., Harry Paul, and John Christensen.” You know the book. It’s that annoying one with the fish on the cover that reminds you that “work made fun get’s done.” I put off reading it mainly because it’s over-hyped and costs $19.95 for 110 pages. Add on top of t. . .

Tax Tidbit #1: How To Turn Non-Deductible Commuting Mileage Into A Legitimate Business Expense

Tax Tidbits: Short but sweet nuggets for the Small Biz Owner and/or Self-Employed Person, each morsel serving up a specific tax reduction strategy guaranteed to tickle your monetary taste-buds. The U.S. Tax Code is so big, there's only one way to digest it: one little nibble at a time. Just like a piece of candy, one small bite of tax knowledge can give you one very delicious deduction! ====. . .

Popular Business Misconceptions Cost You Money! -Part 2

Popular Business Misconceptions Cost You Money! Part 2 by J. Stephen Pope Faulty information costs you money! Which of these popular business misconceptions do you believe? Popular Misconception #5: -------------------------- "Since we're not seeking financing, ------------------------------------ we don't need a business plan." -------------------------------- Do You REALLY Need a Business. . .

Focus Your Light

Focus Your Light © 2002 Elena Fawkner Remember when you were a kid how you could make paper catch fire by focusing the sun's rays with a magnifying glass? You'd look over your shoulder at the sun, get the angle of the rays just right, and move the magnifying glass until you could see a small circle of bright light on the piece of paper in front of you. Gradually, that circle began to t. . .

Rearrange Your Affairs For Maximum Tax Savings

Rearrange Your Affairs For Maximum Tax Savings by J. Stephen Pope One way to maximize your business profits is by reducing your taxes. Frequently, income and other taxes could be lowered significantly if only the taxpayer were willing to plan ahead. By taking some simple steps to rearrange your affairs, you could save a fortune! 1. Are You Splitting Your Business Income? You may pay reaso. . .

Make More Money Self-Publishing Special Reports

Make More Money Self-Publishing Special Reports by J. Stephen Pope 1. YOU CAN DO IT! WILL YOU? You CAN succeed in your own information empire. Self-publishing valuable, how-to information is in great demand by people today. In today's busy society, people are pressed for time. They need concise, simplified, practical information. They will pay dearly for it if it will improve the quality. . .

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