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Intuit Index:40,000 new Small Business jobs in July

Admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:19:21 +0000

The country’s unemployment rate is often seen as an indicator of economic growth, and the latest forecasts continue to show signs of a modest and yet steady recovery as the nation continues to add SMB jobs. According to Intuit’s July Small Business Employment Index, small businesses with fewer than 20 employees continued to hire this month, after an upward trend that began in mid-2009.

As the nation’s leading small business payroll provider, Intuit’s Small Business Employment Index offers insights into the unique employment trends of the nation’s small businesses. The Index is based on Intuit Online Payroll data from approximately 57,000 small businesses.

The July Index shows:

Nearly 333,000 new jobs created since October 2009 and 40,000 new jobs created in July.

Compensation grew by 0.7 percent in July and now is $2,624 per month, compared to $2,577 per month in May.

Monthly hours worked increased by 0.9 percent in June, to 109.1 hours.

10 Companies Making A Killing After Laying Off Their Employees

Admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:05:53 +0000

Ford CEO

Here are the 10 Companies Making A Killing After Laying Off Their Employees:

Ford
Siemens
Xerox
Sallie Mae
BASF
Wells Fargo
Microsoft
Pfizer
Hewlett-Packard
Bank of America

In the age of the Worker Widget, people are just “resources”. They can be hired when work needs to be done or laid off when profits need to rise.

Sure, bloated businesses may need to lay off workers, but that doesn’t mean it was right to hire them with that mentality in the first place.

It would pay for American business management to read Deming’s book Out of the Crisis. When number crunching managers think the solution to their crisis is to send their employees into their own personal crisis, that’s wrong. They justify it by saying “we have to think of others”. Yes, perhaps so, but they should have thought of that before.

The 14 points of Deming’s Management strategy lead to an environment that fosters life time employment instead of considering employees as “resources” to the thrown away as necessary.

The deadly diseases of “management” that violate Demings’ principles are one of the main reasons for the systematic decimation of the Middle Class. It’s sickening really and the reason I hope to be something of a “Small Business Advocate” … our society needs to change. We do indeed need to Rebuild Christian (or at least “humane”) society!

Rant ended for now.

If you’re still in the mood for a discussion of such topics though, check out my review “Red Tory: How Left and Right Have Broken Britain and How We Can Fix it”.

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Your First Year in Network Marketing: Overcome Your Fears, Experience Success, and Achieve Your Dreams!

Admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:52:51 +0000

“Your First Year In Network Marketing” has become a standard Network Marketing Tool for people interested in ethical mlm.

It focuses on getting the basics right. The author has been involved in network marketing for decades. It reminds you that ACTIVITY is crucial to your first year in network marketing. It’d be nice to think you could talk to 5 people and you’d never have to do anything else again, but it sadly does not work that way. Plan on spending your first year by initiating lots of conversations until your business gets its first recruits. Then focus on helping the people in your “front line” (or perhaps farther down in your network marketing organization) REPEAT your process. They’ll like this book too!

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Network marketing is one of the fastest-growing career opportunities in the United States. Millions of people just like you have abandoned dead-end jobs for the chance to achieve the dream of growing their own businesses. What many of them find, however, is that the first year in network marketing is often the most challenging—and, for some, the most discouraging.
Here, Mark Yarnell and Rene Reid Yarnell, two of the industry’s most respected and successful professionals, offer you strategies on how to overcome those first-year obstacles and position yourself for lifelong success. The Yarnells provide you with a wealth of savvy advice on everything you need to know to succeed in network marketing, such as proven systems for recruiting, training, growing and supporting your downline, and much more.
In an easy, step-by-step approach, you will learn how to:
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·Remain focused
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·Conduct those in-home meetings
·Ease out of another profession
You owe it to yourself to read this inspiring book!
“This will be the Bible of Network Marketing.”
— Doug Wead, former special assistant to the president, the Bush AdministrationTo listen to its proponents, network (or multilevel) marketing is the greatest thing since sliced bread: top performers earn million a month, reside in alluring places like Aspen and Kauai, and still find quality time to happily raise children and lovingly cement spousal relationships. Contending that those who fail to make it that far are ill prepared for the initial challenges they face, Mark Yarnell and Rene Reid Yarnell–married network marketers who are among the industry’s leaders, as well as members of a University of Illinois faculty that teaches the only college-certified course on the subject in the U.S.–have written Your First Year in Network Marketing: Overcome Your Fears, Experience Success, and Achieve Your Dreams! to convey both advice and inspiration to newcomers. Peppered with personal anecdotes that bring their recommendations to life, the two offer logical strategies for overcoming rookie obstacles and kick starting a career. Individual chapters explore issues such as battling rejection, avoiding depression, handling prospects, supervising recruits, and managing time. Each concludes with a comprehensive summary, but save it for later reference and don’t skip the preceding narrative, or you risk missing the book’s considerable motivational component. –Howard Rothman

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Earn Money For Surveys – The Truth About Surveys

Admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:32:05 +0000

So you want to earn money for surveys? Here’s the truth about how to earn money for surveys as I’ve experienced it.

To earn money for surveys, I prefer to get paid real cash, not “points”. Companies may prefer to survey you over other people because of your “demographic” – I’ll tell you how to know if you can earn money for surveys for free to see if a paid membership is worth your time.

So what do I know about how to earn money for surveys? Let’s see…

I’ve done surveys for years as a “lark” – but I have earned $810 from this form of “playing around”. Whenever I need some extra money (such as when I am about to go to vacation) I go to my “piggy bank” and raid it for an extra $50 or whatever.

I’ve helped lots of others get started on the path to earn money for surveys too. In fact, according to my records, I’ve helped (as of today) 694 people start on the path to earn money for surveys.

Using my method they can quickly find if they can earn money for surveys and if they would like to try to do that on a daily basis.

I do not claim to earn money for surveys on a full time basis. Here’s why. My “demographic” doesn’t always seem to generate alot of inquiries. Yours, like my college age friend, may get many survey requests!

When you earn money for surveys like I do – every once in a while – it’s a fun distraction. From time to time you can even get $20 surveys and $75 “focus groups”. Now those are nice little chunks of change to see credited to your account.

I have a friend at college. I showed her the sites on this page. When she began to earn money for surveys, she found that as a young college student, she was literally “pestered” with enough requests for her to do surveys that she earned enough each month to pay for gas in her car.

Maybe you want to earn more than $100 per month. That may be possible for you, I don’t know.

I suggest you TEST!

How?

1. Sign up here to Earn Money For Surveys at my recommended source. It’s free to join and they pay real money.

2. If you like doing surveys and you get a good number of requests, take the money you earn for surveys and use it to purchase membership at a paid membership site. Then you can do surveys for money, for “points”, or whatever you like. Usually these sites tell you how to get paid for other things like mystery shopping and other ways to make money from home.

If you have tested my system to see if you can earn money for surveys and you wish to join a membership site so you can try your hand at to earn money for surveys on a more active basis, I suggest you look at Surveys At Home.

Why?

1. If you’ve proven you can already earn money for surveys, then a paid membership site like Surveys At Home spends their time helping you find survey companies who can help you earn money for surveys at home.

2. You can begin to see the whole range of options for how to earn money for surveys. There are different kids of surveys, focus groups, and other ways to make cash at home they introduce you too.

(Just because you can earn money for surveys at home, it doesn’t mean it will be easy. It is still work after a while. You’ll have to sign up with alot of companies and keep busy. That’s why I suggest signing up for free with just one reputable company to see if you like it!)

3. Try it 30 days, if you don’t like it, you can get a FULL REFUND up to 60 days later, but I know that this company has very few dissatisfied customers. Somebody must like what they find there! You may too!

Also, before I go, it is quite possible to easily earn money for surveys. How much will you earn? I don’t know. Maybe very little. Maybe enough to use paid surveys as a “piggy bank” for extra cash as I do… maybe more.
Use my method to “stick your toe in the water” and test for yourself!

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Guerrilla Marketing, 4th edition: Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from Your Small Business

Admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:14:37 +0000

I’ve enjoyed the Guerilla Marketing series since it’s come out. I especially like the version for “Guerilla Marketing For Non Profits” that has joined the “franchise”.

Each book in the series is designed to help people market their business on a “shoestring” and get their message in front of the most likely prospects without spending oodles of money.

Most of the advertising we are exposed to is designed to generate monthly revenue for media outlets. It may or may not generate the results you need.

Generating word of mouth advertising, getting your message in front of the right people without alot of money being spent. These are all exciting to do … once you can takes the prospects and feed them into your busienss and turn your efforts into cash.

Guerrilla Marketing, 4th edition: Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from Your Small Business

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When Guerrilla Marketing was first published in 1983, Jay Levinson revolutionized marketing strategies for the small-business owner with his take-no-prisoners approach to finding clients. Based on hundreds of solid ideas that really work, Levinson’s philosophy has given birth to a new way of learning about market share and how to gain it. In this completely updated and expanded fourth edition, Levinson offers a new arsenal of weaponry for small-business success including

* strategies for marketing on the Internet (explaining when and precisely how to use it)

* tips for using new technology, such as podcasting and automated marketing

* programs for targeting prospects and cultivating repeat and referral business

* management lessons in the age of telecommuting and freelance employees

Guerrilla Marketing is the entrepreneur’s marketing bible — and the book every small-business owner should have on his or her shelf.

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Start & Run a Home-Based Food Business

Admin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:15:41 +0000

Starting your own home based food business is a great idea especially for folks having a family farm. That allows them to sell the fruit of their labors at RETAIL instead of wholesale. The Amish do this all the time of course in addition to selling fresh vegetables.

Turning your home grown meats, vegetables, etc. into “meat pies” available for sale lets you help other people save time and benefit from your nutritious products.

For most people, the biggest start up cost for such a venture is the cost of a professional cooking area that passes the proper health inspections and meets local regulations.

Did I mention that I like this idea?

Yes, I think it’s a great one … the biggest reason family farmers saw their demise was because they went broke selling their products at rock bottom wholesale. The middle men and grocers made all the profits in that system. If you can build your own client base and satisfy them with your own home grown, home produced food – you can have the potential at least to keep more money for yourself.

Right now with concerns about “locally produced” agriculture, anyone within an hour’s drive of a population center of 50,000 or more has the potential to establish a paying client base that will let you have the lifestyle you enjoy.

Start & Run a Home-Based Food Business

Are you one of the many people who dream of making a profit selling your own homemade foods? Now, with this one-of-a-kind, easy-to-follow guide, you can realize your home-based food business dreams! With over 25 years’ experience, author Mimi Shotland Fix takes you step-by-step through the process of starting and running a food business. Whether you’ve always envisioned yourself with a home-based food business, need a second source of income or want to stay at home and be your own boss, Start & Run a Home-Based Food Business offers dozens of tips, examples and advice for you to run a profitable business from your own kitchen! The CD-ROM includes resources and forms in PDF and MS Word formats, for use on a Windows-based PC. The CD-ROM includes: – Lists of books, websites and trade magazines – National and regional suppliers – Sample contracts, invoices and accounting forms – Tried-and-true recipes And more!

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Duct Tape Marketing: The World’s Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide

Admin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:15:41 +0000

John Jantsch’s “Duct Tape Marketing” has a very good reputation as a small business marketing guide. John himself is an intrepid marketer… he practices what he preaches and can definitely show you how to promote your business. He has tested these very same methods as an advocate for his own “brand”.

Duct Tape Marketing has solid help for the local business man wanting to promote his products and services. Unfortunately, most businesses just expect people to appear miraculously because they open up shop. These days you need to know how to go out at “get” or, better yet, attract buyers. This book will help you know how to do that.

Duct Tape Marketing: The World’s Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide

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Duct Tape Marketing is the small business marketing road map – A collection of proven tools and tactics woven together in a step-by-step marketing system that shows small business owners exactly what to do to market and grow their businesses.

This guide combines insights gained from over twenty years of successfully working, in the field, with real-life small businesses.

There are no theoretical complexities presented in Duct Tape Marketing – just simple, effective and affordable marketing that sticks.

CAREFUL! Duct tape is a serious tool… it sticks where you put it. So are the ideas in this book. If you’re ready to make a commitment and are willing to make something happen, John’s book is a great place to start. –Seth Godin, author of Purple Cow

For all those who wonder why John Jantsch has become the leading advisor and coach to small businesses everywhere, Duct Tape Marketing is the answer. I have never read a business book that is as packed with hands-on, actionable information as this one. There are takeaways in every paragraph, and the success of John’s blog is living proof that they work. Duct Tape Marketing should be required reading for anyone who is building a business, or thinking about it. –Bo Burlingham, editor-at-large, Inc. magazine, and author of Small Giants: Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead of Big

Duct Tape Marketing is a worthy addition to the growing library of how-to books on small business marketing — concise, clear, practical, and packed with great ideas to boost your bottom line. –Bob Bly, author of The White Paper Handbook

With the world suffering from depleted reserves of trust, a business that sells plenty of it every day tends to create the most value. The great thing about trust as a product feature is that it delivers exceptional returns. With this book, John Jantsch has zeroed in on exactly what small businesses need to sell every day, every hour. –Ben McConnell, co-author of Creating Customer Evangelists: How Loyal Customers Become a Volunteer Sales Force

John Jantsch has provided small businesses with the perfect perspective for maximizing all marketing activities – offline and on. Jantsch has the plan to help you thrive in the world of business today. Read it, all your competitors will. –John Battelle, cofounding editor or Wired and author of The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture

Duct Tape Marketing is a great read for anyone in business. It has fresh ideas laid out in a practical and useable way. I highly recommend this book for growing any business. –Dr. Ivan Misner, Founder of BNI and Co-author of the New York Times bestseller, Masters of Networking

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Entrepreneur’s Notebook: Practical Advice for Starting a New Business Venture

Admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:18:36 +0000

Entrepreneur’s Notebook: Practical Advice for Starting a New Business Venture

Entrepreneur’s Notebook propels you on a whirlwind tour of the start-up process. It is an invaluable reference for new and experienced entrepreneurs that includes chapters on a wide range of topics, from entrepreneurial team building to business plans to financing. This excellent book provides an incredible amount of practical information that will help you make smarter decisions and avoid costly mistakes. The author, Steven K. Gold, is an accomplished entrepreneur who has co-founded and led five early-stage ventures. As an investor and mentor, he also advises many entrepreneurs and young companies. He earned his B.S.E. in Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and his M.D. from Brown University Medical School.

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Home-Based Business For Dummies

Admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:14:37 +0000

I’ve been in the home based business field for about 15 years give or take. When I was trying to sell financial products to people, I realized most of the people I saw didn’t have money to put into these products. If they were going to do it, it would be through a payroll deduction plan so they could save before they ever “saw” it to spend.

So I wondered, how could more people earn a second home based income to get ahead?

That started my love affair and research into the home business field. Home Business success requires perseverance. More people love the idea of home business than love doing it… too many distractions and too much TV you see!

I think the secret of home business success is to find a “cash cow”… a product service, or process that you can do, earn some decent money, and repeat.

Maybe that means you learn how to create a gift basket, you pay $30 in creating it (wholesale) and sell it for $75 at retail. It takes you 90 minutes so you earn $30 per hour gross.

You tweak your suppliers a bit, refine your skill, etc. and you end up profiting $50 per basket in one hour.

That’s what I mean by a “cash cow”… something you can create, sell, and repeat. It’s a process you know and can control, like writing a web page, making a gift basket, or selling a life insurance policy that has a fairly predictable value to you.

Once you have this basic process down, the question then becomes, “how can I do this enough to make a living?”

Then once you start making a living you then have to manage the money… but to manage a business, you have to build one first.

So what’s your cash cow?

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Selecting the right kind of business for you
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Avoiding distractions at home

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Navigate IRS rules for home-based businesses

Home-Based Business For Dummies is packed with ideas and information that will help you get started right and help stay established, successful home-based business owners stay ahead of the pack. Use it well and this handy guide will be the most important reference in your home office.

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The Small Business Start-Up Kit: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide

Admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:19:21 +0000

The Small Business Start-Up Kit: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide

The best step-by-step guide to starting a business available!

Many people dream of running a business of their own — but often don’t know how to start. Sound familiar? This book can help.

User-friendly and loaded with tips, The Small Business Start-Up Kit shows you how to launch a business quickly, easily and with confidence. It explains in plain English how to:

choose the best business structure

write an effective business plan

file the right forms in the right place

price, bid and bill your projects

draft and use contracts, online and off

manage your finances

be prepared for, and file, required taxes

reach customers online

The Small Business Start-Up Kit also includes all the forms and instructions you need both as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.

The 6th edition has been thoroughly updated to include the latest legal information affecting small business. Additionally, it includes 1) an updated chapter on financial management, which includes information on how to use technology to manage bookkeeping and other business aspects, 2) an updated e-business chapter which covers how to use social media to promote the business and, 3) updated material on the latest search engine optimization strategies to drive traffic to the business website.

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