Articles about Business and Finance
Private Mortgage Insurance Doesn't Protect Homeowners
If you borrowed more than 80% of the appraised value of you home, you're probably paying private mortgage insurance (PMI). PMI that is not lender paid is a waste of money. If you default on your mort...
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All Fortunes Begin With an Idea!
A new idea is merely the combination of two or more old ideas. The creation of a new idea is the critical first step in establishing any business. People who dream of setting up their own business ...
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How To Buy Your First Home With No Money Down
The current home buying frenzy has resulted in rapid escalation of home values during the last several years. Certain areas of the country have seen values climb by 100% or more during the last four...
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E-commerce, A No Nonsense Perspective For New Business
Success is about making fewer mistakes - why you should read this Guide? Whilst failure is one of the best ways we can learn, learning from others’ experience is far less painful - and that’s essenti...
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Ambition and Drive Or Am I Just Crazy?
For years Michelle Murphy had the dream of owning her own business and being her own boss. Not everyone can afford to jump into entrepreneurship with both feet. There are so many options to consider,...
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Ten Rights: For Owners of Service Businesses
Ten Rights: For Owners of Service Businesses 1. You have the right to price your business services right! 2. You have the right to raise your prices at any time. 3. You have the right to say no to t...
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10 Networking Myths For Newbies-To-Networking
It's a given, isn’t it? If you're in business, your number one job is to market. If you keep your business a secret - don't let people know how you can help make their lives better and what you do, y...
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Top Ten Reasons To Create A One Page Business Plan
1. Choose opportunities more wisely and waste less time because I have my plan in place (P 6) 2. A single page can contain all the elements you need to tell your employees, board of directors, potent...
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23 Things To Say When Someone Wants To "Pick Your Brain"
Many service business owners these days are "giving away" their business services – and then wonder why people aren't hiring them in droves. In the name of "marketing," business owners are providing ...
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My Neighbor Got A New Car
I don’t know what kind it is, but I saw it on TV running full speed along the shore (I don’t live near the shore) throwing up spray or maybe it was that one climbing up the steep mountain trail thru...
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Stop Sickies and Make People Happy At Work
If you're an employer or a manager then work place absence is costing you money, inconvenience, and upsetting your customers. And as we all know, not all days taken off work are due to genuine sickne...
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Managing People - Forget The "Sandwich" Technique
Do you remember being told to use the "sandwich" technique when you needed to reprimand someone? Let me give you an example: "Fred, I'm really pleased with how you've been progressing since you joine...
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When Well-Written Resumes Don't Work
Job seekers spend more time fretting over their resumes than any other process during a job search. This is because most believe that the resume serves as a magic bullet. But no matter how great you ...
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Things Your Mother Never Told You: Closing Costs
Buying or selling a home can be one of the most life changing decisions a consumer makes. Being educated about the real estate process and investigating things you don’t understand is essential. Wo...
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Becoming A Talent Scout vs. A Recruiter
After being in this industry for over 12 years I've learned a lot about people and about myself. One of the most important things that has happened for me is self development. Folks this IS the ONE t...
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Easy to be Foolish About PR
In fact, here are three really foolish goofs made by too many business, non-profit and association managers. If that’s you, you foolishly do nothing positive about the behaviors of those important...
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12 Tips For Getting The Most Value From The Cashflow 101 Game
Robert Kiyosaki's Cashflow 101 game is a great learning tool. The following hints have been compiled so that you can get the most value you possibly can from the game. These tips apply to real life a...
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Emergency Savings Accounts
Unexpected expenses sneak up on the best of us. Paying these unexpected expenses looks impossible when you are in debt and barely making the payments from month to month. If you're like most, you h...
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Builders Beware
Considering Building Your Own Software Solution – Read This First! Every now and again a shop owner decides to take on the challenge of building an estimating/business management system from scratch....
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Selecting A Collection Agency
If you run a business, you are sure to have some customers who require a lot of follow-up before they pay you. Often you spend too much time and energy to collect money that is rightfully due to you....
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