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Our representatives want us to believe that they’re “pro business” and that they want people to have “health insurance” but in reality, but they can’t do the simplest thing to erase an inequity in the tax code to accomplish that.
The Buffalo Business Journal is reporting that sole proprietors could save around $1,800 a year if Congress allows them to deduct the cost of their health-care premiums before calculating their self-employment taxes. They can deduct the costs from income tax but not from Social Security calculations.
According to the National Federation of Independent Business, “To treat entrepreneurs differently than those who receive their health care from a corporation punishes them simply because they are self-employed. Fixing this inequality in the code is a critical step in helping entrepreneurs gain access to more affordable health-care options.”
I’ve got an invite for a conference down in Orlando FL in December and so I’m checking my flying options, even though I don’t like to fly. I haven’t flown since 9/11 in fact. It’s not “fear of flying” per se, but mostly a strong distaste for aggravation, long lines, and random searches. But I’m considering it for this business trip and so I wanted to save some money.
One place I decided to check out this time was a service I’d never heard of before called Cheapoair. Their motto is “One Click or Call Does It All, Call Customer Support 24/7 at 212-478-0335.”
Even though I’m averse to flying, I liked their guarantee - the lowest price anywhere on the web for the airline, dates, and particulars of that flight.
Maybe I’m just a pushover for the sales pitch about saving $480 on the flight to the destination I’m visiting (how did they KNOW?) The part about the “bargain fares” for unsold tickets also tweaked my deep seated suspicion that there are always ways to get really cheap seats that that someone, somewhere must be making these available! (Can you tell we all love to feel we’re getting in on a secret?)
The interface was convenient to use. I never quite know when to book a flight to get the best rates or how often to check back to try to get a better rate. That’s a reflection on the market for airline tickets, not Cheapoair.
I may not be able to get over my post-9/11 non flying bias, but this is one site I’d check out to at least find out my options.
Agloco is the viewbar service that lets viewers get a “piece of the advertising action”. The more folks you refer, the more they refer, the greater the potential for you to earn.
The great Agloco hoopla has ended as reality has set in but the service is gradually building momentum and making substantive upgrades at a steady pace. Ask.com has just become a major partner.
Here’s what that means in terms of real dollars and cents. “Buy from your own store” now applies to search engines:
Our first data points are in with our AGLOCO/Ask search system. Average net revenue for AGLOCO per click is already over US$0.20 – the average Member click through rate on ads on the Ask search page - 20% to 25% of the time the ad is clicked on (one ad click for every 4 to 5 searches).
If every AGLOCO Member did 4 to 5 Ask searches a day and they clicked on average just one ad, the revenue generated for the AGLOCO community would be US$6.00 per month per Member. This would be a great start to building revenue for Member distributions.
AGLOCO’s challenge is to get every Member to have the Viewbar open all the time and to use the Ask search box to make their searches.
If you haven’t used the Viewbar to do an Ask search. We implore you to do it now. Member feedback on the Ask search results has been extremely favorable (most Members reporting they rate Ask results as good as Google’s or better.).
As we were doing our taxes a few weeks ago, I noted a deduction for getting a new computer. A power surge “fried” the last one. We had to find a local computer guru to search through the remains of the hard drive and try to retrieve whatever business records were necessary. I wish we’d had online backup! It would have saved us the data recovery fee and lost time!
It ended up that because Renee is a transcriptionist and delivers her product quickly, there was no loss to our customers by losing data. It’s not like we have a database of customers and financial data like some businesses.
Many online or offline businesses though have future income streams that could be totally lost if there’s a data loss. That’s why it’s crucial to maintain data back ups that can be instantly retrieved.
That’s were online backup from IDrive-E Online Backup comes in.
IDrive-E is a leading consumer online backup service. As such it is secure, fast and easy to use. To test their service, they’re offering consumers a free 2GB storage offer so you can “try before you buy” the service. But because you get unlimited storage for just $4.95/Month, it is a great value for your critical computer data assets.
IDrive-E offers superior performance and “enterprise class” features at consumer prices. In other words, IDrive-E offers service levels and features that are normally reserved for customers with big bucks to spend on back up services.
In the Web 2.0 age, data is the capital of your business. Please don’t take a chance at losing your future income stream by losing your data! Get an excellent online backup service to protect your assets.
Thanks to IDrive for sponsoring this post.
Globalism is such a dirty word amongst many workers in America. It signals lost jobs, lower wages, and being shut out of a familiar work place. Evidently the word sends shudders down the spines of most American small businesses too. They see it as the enemy instead of just the new reality to be exploited. And that’s to their detriment.
Via Jeff Cornwall
A new survey released by UPS finds that most of America’s small and mid-sized businesses have failed to explore the significant growth opportunities offered by an increasingly global economy. Specifically, 67 percent of the nation’s small-to-mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) are still relying solely on the U.S. economy. This figure is surprisingly low given the increasing ease of importing and exporting in today’s economy.
Of the 33 percent reported participating in any cross-border trade, 15 percent are importers, nine percent exporters, and nine percent do both.
Survey respondents cite many reasons for not engaging in international trade, including a perception that it is too risky, a lack of knowledge about international markets, unfamiliarity with customs regulations and disinterest in expanding business beyond U.S. borders.
Among businesses that either import or export, 45 percent perceive global trade as a benefit while 18 percent see it as a disadvantage. 52 percent say global expansion will help them remain competitive or create an opportunity to increase profits. One out of every four believes that global expansion could lead to competition that will cut into profits.
The results regarding global trade represent the initial findings of a survey that will be released in full later this fall.
Related Link: Import Export Help Center
This is a free online training course on using RSS to generate cash on your websites.
You’ll learn:
# 9 tactics for getting more in-bound links to your blog (day 4 / pages 13-15).
# how to tell the search engines which keywords in a feed you’re optimizing for (day 1 / page 5).
# which kinds of feeds you shouldn’t publish and why (day 1 / page 5).
# how to track what customers and potential customers are saying about you and your market (day 2 / page 8).
# how to automatically use other people’s RSS feeds to get your website spidered by the search engines more often (day 1 / page 4).
# a great use for your own feeds that almost everyone overlooks (day 5 / page 17).
I personally recommend and use Antone’s RSS software and recommend it!
7 ways to turn RSS into R$$
I was talking with a laid off factory worker a few years ago, and what he wanted more than anything else was to get into doing real estate appraisals. But how? I didn’t know a resource either that showed schools nationwide. I wish I’d had this link then. I just became aware of it today. For instance, you click on the state, and it points you to schools that train people to take that particular state’s licensing exam for real estate sales, home appraisal, home inspection, etc. Here’s what the Texas state real estate school link looks like (see image)
Here’s a map where you can find a Real Estate School Directory that lists opportunities in your state.
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Rural areas are seeking to attract new folks (and keep the kids from moving away) through broadband… it allows telecommuters to have a better quality of life than they might otherwise. Certainly a “Good” paying job in the city would be a GREAT PAYING telecommuting job in a rural area. Broadband access is the weak link.
From HometownAnnapolis.com
The Maryland Broadband Cooperative has wired up nine counties, including most of the Eastern Shore, in the past year and will be burying fiber optic cable through Western Maryland during the next phase of the project. The new network connects the National Aeronautics and Space Administration facility on Wallops Island in Virginia with Naval Air Station Patuxent River in St. Mary’s County.
The broadband should create new job opportunities that will keep more younger Eastern Shore residents closer to home when they look for employment, said Sen. E.J. Pipkin, R-Stevensville.
“After they’re done with their education they’ll be able to find jobs here,” he said. “… This project holds out the hope of less traffic. More people will be able to stay home, telecommute.”
Consumers are saving up to $20,000 In Real Estate Commissions when they buy a home thanks to eperks.com. I made a picture of one of their customers depicted on their website who got $7,400 cash back plus a cruise. Now a cruise would be a nice house warming present. Listen with foreclosures flooding the market and real estate agents in very competitive situations these days, some great deals are being cut in order to get your business. eperks.com is a veritable database of agents vying for your business by putting money back in your pocket. If you’re buying a home, do yourself a favor and check it out!
Thanks to eperks.com for sponsoring this post.
