Archive for the 'Government' Category

  • Postage Rates To Increase May 12th

    If you’re going to experiment with Direct Mail Marketing using Priority Mail (a good way to get attention if used with discretion on high value customers), I suggest you try soon - before May 12th to be exact.
    That’s when postage rates go up AGAIN…at least for some products.
    On May 12 we will adjust prices for […]

  • Government Bungling Threatens Business That Helps The Disabled

    Thriftopia.com ltd. is the pioneer in responsible computer afterlife management. A social enterprise built on the triple bottom line philosophy, Thriftopia.com is committed to improving tomorrow by keeping resources working to benefit all people and the planet, while turning a profit. The company’s market includes consumers and businesses ranging from home-based small enterprises to Fortune […]

  • CDC: Illness Linked to ‘Total Body’ Supplements

    CDC: Illness Linked to ‘Total Body’ Supplements   
    I thought I’d pass this along. We don’t talk about supplements much here but since we have lots of MLM readers and nutritional supplements are a popular MLM product, I thought I’d pass this along. Learning how your company avoids such problems might be a good sales […]

  • How To Get A Free Government Educational Grant

    If you’re looking to change careers, upgrade your education, etc. as a taxpayer you’ve paid taxes to fund your education.
    There’s lots of folks SELLING information that’s purported to help you get FREE GOVERNMENT GRANTS, but this is one I’ve written that’s 1) Free and 2) tells you the most common actual grants you are […]

  • How Savvy Marketers Are Cashing In On The Tax Rebates

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    As the “Economic Stimulus” rebates are about to hit the street, suddenly all your customers and prospects are going to have extra money to spend. Will they spend it with you?
    Good question.
    Have you asked them to spend it with you?
    Have you sweetened the deal so that they know WHAT extra benefits […]

  • Fate of Raw Milk Industry May Hinge On California Hearings

    The fate of the Raw Milk Industry may hinge on these California hearings.
    Family farmers can sometimes earn a good living from people wanting to buy raw milk. In some cases they can’t sell raw milk per se, but they can sell shares of a cow that produces the raw milk and shareholders can come and […]

  • Greedy Bureaucrats Want To Tax Your Health Savings Account!

    To try to curb astronomic health costs, Health Savings Accounts are something that should be encouraged.
    The so-called “Tax Payer Assistance and Simplification Act” (which isn’t either of course) contains an all out attack on Health Savings Accounts which prompts threat of a Presidential Veto.
    “The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 5719, the so-called “Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification […]

  • Got Rentals? TnHousingSearch.org

    TNHousingSearch.org is a statewide database of rental units available across the state of TN. It was created by the Tennessee Housing Development Agency because, well, I guess they never heard of Craigslist. It’s free for landlords to list rental properties. So if you have rental properties and want some free advertising at taxpayer expense, here’s […]

  • FBI: New Internet Threat Growing

    From Ronald Kessler
    If you’ve been on the internet for long… it should be old hat.
    “Don’t open email from strangers and don’t download the attachments!”
    That’s in addition to “have a firewall”, updated antivirus and antispyware programs,etc.
    The FBI is concerned because these “zombie networks” could be used in denial of service attacks on businesses and government agencies… […]

  • Air Force To Wall Street: Invest In Coal Conversion

    Since gas prices seem to remain high, even when ordinary consumers are using less defying free market theory (which only holds if the market is free by the way, that increasingly leaves ours out) consumers are at the end of their rope. Using less hasn’t worked.
    The price of gas has been spread through the entire […]