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Buying a Business Telephone System
When buying a new telephone system, it's absolutely vital to go with a major name brand. Would you spend $3,000 on a new big screen TV from a company you never heard of? How about $25,000 on a new car from a no name company? Of course you wouldn't and you shouldn't risk your business on a phone system from a manufacturer you've never heard of either and here's why.

AOL Introduces Video Ticker Ads: Offers Advertisers an Emerging Interactive Solution for Online Video Advertising; Developed in Conjunction w
AOL today announced the availability of video ticker ads, a new interactive video advertising solution that serves as a creative alternative to pre-roll ads that was developed in conjunction with PointRoll, the leading provider of rich media technology solutions.

Building Trust in Your Business Relationships - 10 Steps
There are some simple things you can do with your people to ensure that they start to trust you. As a letter from Mike Emmott of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in the UK says, in April 2005's UK Management Today says:-"Our surveys show that only one in four employees trust senior management to look after their interests"Is that not appalling? How on earth can businesses develop, survive and above all hang onto their best people if they are seen to be untrustworthy?It's horrible.

PreVisor's 2008 Business Outcomes Study Once Again Shows Impact of Effective Talent Measurement
Direct link shown between assessment of job candidates and key performance indicators

Can NLP Help or Harm Your Business?
The simple answer to the above is, "both"! It depends on a number of things. Perhaps the first thing to explore is your reaction to seeing those three letters put together? If someone tells you they are an NLP practitioner do you search for your cross and garlic cloves? Do you welcome them and want to know more?In this article I want to cover four key aspects: Why knowing more about NLP and its uses might be useful for you and others in your organisation.

Dave Hegstrom Joins 360 Business Consulting as Account Executive, Orange County
360 Business Consulting has hired Dave Hegstrom as Account Executive, Orange County.

Secrets to Washing of Delivery Vans for Your Fleet or as a Small Business
Delivery van washing techniques are important for speed, efficiency and quality. How do you wash delivery vans?Watch the tar that the tires pick up on the rocker panels and be sure to soap around the logos on the front by hand.

Environmental Data Management, LLC, Featured in Environmental Business Journal
The June Issue of the journal focused on technology in the environmental industry with a focus on management software tools and companies. The history and development of EDM in this market is covered in detail.

Five Quick Product Ideas for Any Online Business
Creating your own product or service allows you to keep 100% of the money, you get the bulk of the profit, and you control the way it is sold.This article shares five (5) ideas you can use to create a product for *any* market quickly.

H-F-L-Team: Warning Signs Of Home Business Scams
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Why So Many People Fail In Affiliate Marketing
More and More people are lured into affiliate marketing and you might be one of them. Indeed, affiliate marketing is one of the most effective means of generating a full-time income through the Internet. It?s a fair deal between the merchandiser and his affiliates as both benefit from each sale realised. Like in other kinds of business, a great deal of the profits in affiliate marketing depend on the affiliate?s advertising, promoting and selling strategies. Everyday, as the affiliate marketing industry expands, competition heightens as well so an affiliate marketer must be creative enough to employ unique and effective ways to convince potential buyers to purchase the products and services he is offering.

Business Angels For Small Businesses
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CableFAXIES Marketing Awards -- Call for Entries
CableFAX announces call for entries in marketing and PR awards program. Entry deadline is February 20; awards event and magazine announced.

Is Online Network Marketing Right For You?
What do you think about network marketing It is a misconception that network marketing means cold calling, endless meetings and lots of meetings and tons of rejection

ScanScout Partners with Clearspring to Enable Viral Sharing of Video Advertising: Video Advertisers Can Now Reach Facebook, MySpace, Google, and Ya
ScanScout, the leading network for brand-safe, relevant online video advertising, and Clearspring Technologies, the market leader in widget creation, syndication, tracking and monetization today announced a partnership that will enable simple viral distribution of video ads from the ScanScout Network into more than 25 leading social media platforms.

Keep More of What You Make - Start A Home-based Business

The best advantages of owning a home-based business are you can turn non-deductible expenses into tax deductions. The deductions you create for your Schedule C have a more significant impact on the total taxes you pay than do deductions on Schedule A. Schedule C deductions not only reduce federal income tax, they also reduce self-employment tax, Medicare tax, and state and local taxes.

Some favorite tax deductions for home-based businesses include the following:

Meals and Entertainment can be 50% deductible when you are with prospective or existing clients, vendors, etc. If you are in a service business or sell products, most everyone is a potential client. It is important to follow the simple documentation guidelines issued by the IRS and to understand there are limitations. An example of a deduction you cannot take is dining out with your spouse. Even if you are business partners, the IRS says no to this. If together, you take a potential client to lunch then the meeting expense is deductible.
Trips must be mostly business-related to be deductible. If a small element of fun is involved, you will most likely have a completely deductible trip. The deductions will not apply to a spouse who tags along, unless it is also a working trip for the spouse. Compliance with IRS regulations can be tricky, so it is best to check with your tax advisor before assuming your trip to Hawaii will be deductible.
Utilities and other expenses for the portion of your home or apartment you use exclusively for business are powerful deductions. Without a home-based business, the most one can deduct is interest and property taxes (on Schedule A). In relation to a home-based business, a portion of utilities, maintenance, cleaning, lawn service, pest control, etc. can be deducted on a Schedule C.
Income Shifting. Let us say you have three kids who are ages 10, 12, and 14. You can pay them to work in your business. (Children must be eight years old to be paid for working in a family-based business.) Each child can earn up to $4,700 in 2002 without paying income tax. You also have the advantage of not paying Social Security or Medicare taxes on your dependent children who work in your business. In this example, you have shifted $14,100 tax-free dollars to your kids. This is clearly better than allowance! There are rules, however. The kids have to actually work and be paid fair (not excessive) wages for their services

These are just a few of the many tax advantages available to owners of home-based businesses. It is strongly recommended you enlist a qualified tax advisor to help you learn how to document your expenses and how to legally take every deduction to which you are entitled.

About The Author

This article has been provided by Vicky Collins, The Financial Center Director for the Direct Selling Women's Association. The Association offers a community web site where direct sellers enjoy 24-hour access to industry specific information and resources designed to help them successfully manage their direct selling business. Discover this one-of-a-kind, all-inclusive business-building resource at www.mydswa.org or contact them at info@mydswa.org.

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