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Business Writing Tip Question & Answer Format

Traditionally, business writing uses the "one thing after another" format, which usually means a plain recitation of the facts, circumstances, or whatever else needs to be said.But, we have a number of other options, and some of them may provide more...

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Small Business Q & A Investing In Son's Business Could Cause A Real Family Feud

Q: My youngest son wants to borrow $5,000 to start his own business. My wife is afraid to tell him no. She thinks we should just give him the money and not expect anything in return. I disagree. He doesn't have a very good track record with mone...

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Small Business Q & A There Are No Dumb Business Questions, Not!

Q: I'm curious. What is the dumbest business question you've everbeen asked? Norris W.A: Shame on you, Norris. There is no such thing as a dumb business question. OK, that's not exactly true. There are dumb business questions and I do ...

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Use Headline Cards to Improve Your Speeches

Use Headline Cards to Improve Your SpeechesBy Arthur Cooper(c) Copyright 2003 Here is a simple and effective aid to confident and professional delivery when speaking in public. Are you making use of it? The first golden rule to follow if you want you...

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How To Get Your Email Messages Read

How To Get Your Email Messages ReadCopyright (c) 2003 by Angela Booth Who's reading the email messages you send out? Not as many peopleas you think. For example, research by Internet marketing firmssuggests that only ten per cent of email ezines...

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Ten Things You Should Know About Medical Savings Accounts

Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs) are promoted as the salvation of small businesses in desperate need of affordable health insurance plans. Forbes called MSAs "Super-IRAs" and Business Week wrote "almost too good to be true". Kiplinger’s Personal Fin...

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Home Owners Disclose the facts!

One of the most common causes for disputes occurring after the sale of a home arise from the buyer finding defects in the property, defects which were not disclosed to him by the owner before the sale of the property. If you are the owner of a home t...

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Setting Financial Goals - Part 1

Setting goals is difficult enough without adding the word finance in the mix. Many people are reluctant to tackle the task of determining financial goals. Unfortunately failing to do so can have an adverse effect on achieving a comfortable lifestyle ...

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Peak Oil The End of Cheap Oil

Since corporations and governments are staffed by human beings, it's no surprise that corporate and governmental decisions are marked by the same shortsightedness that we've been warned of ever since Aesop told the tale of the grasshopper a...

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Self-Liquidating Loans - Fact or Fiction

FICTION! There is no such thing as a self-liquidating "LOAN." If you walk into a bank and ask for a self liquidating loan, they'll look at you as though you were nuts! You may see ads promising - - Self-Liquidating "LOANS!" - Investment Capital ...

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