Archive for April, 2011

What are the best industries these days for starting a business? Check this out from Inc. Magazine 1. Candy 2. iPhone Apps 3. Health Care Technology 4. Affordable beer and wine 5. Custom software 6. Yoga products and service and variants (like Christian substitutes) 7. Technical and Trade school as people look to retool themselves [...]

Here’s a slideshow on what they call the 12 Craziest Tax Laws. 1. On Maine Wild Blueberrys 2. Hawaii’s Exceptional Tree Tax Deduction 3. Maryland’s “Toilet Flush Tax” 4. Oregon’s $50/year Tax Credit – for certified loss of use of two limbs (is it so that tax preparation fees won’t cost you “an arm and [...]

A huge breach in corporate email systems gave hackers and fraudseters new ways to steal your identity. The “Epsilon” theft of corporate email information means that your personal email is now available to any number of crooks who wish to pose as company you have actually done business with at some time in the past. [...]

Self Employed and Work at Home people have a major need to protect themselves in the event they get sick. Depending on your health plan, sometimes it can cost up to 33% of your effective salary (or more!) . In other words, your earnings are $30,000 but your health insurance (before deductibles, etc.) costs $10,000 [...]

When you’re paying for a trade show booth or otherwise are trying to differentiate yourself from your competition at a venue like a trade show or conference, it pays to have great visual effects. Once you’ve caught someone’s eye with a stunning retractable banner or other visual, you definitely have to follow up with human [...]

I don’t know about you, but lots of people have lost a good chunk of their money due to Google’s recent algorithm change. Why? 99% of people who try to make money online are using text articles to do it. Here’s what recently happened with that strategy. Folks had been literally told “for years” to [...]

Check it out at Fiscal Times Self Employed Businesses handling lots of cash with no withholding or 3rd-party reporting (e.g. 1099′s) Higher income brackets in general (esp. $1 million or more) Foreign income High value “donations” that are hard to document (in kind or tangible gifts vs. dollars) You use a shady tax preparation firm [...]

This is running around the web this AM. Basically a dude has been charging $250 to $500 for a solo ad to an opt-in list with 50,000 subscribers. There’s just one problem: There is no list. Whenever you purchase advertising, you have these dreams of actually making sales and at least getting your ad money back. That’s [...]