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Posted on Friday, 12th February 2010 by admin

I have to assume that you’re unhappy with your small business marketing. If you weren’t, why would you have clicked your way to an article on effective marketing strategies for small businesses?

I’m also going to assume that you’re unhappy with your small business marketing because it hasn’t been doing anything for your bottom line. After all, that’s the bottom line for effective marketing. Effective marketing strategies are the ones that result in more sales and more profits.

This Small Business Marketing Makeover will show you how to avoid wasting time and money on ineffective marketing strategies and how to pick and implement effective marketing strategies instead. F

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Posted on Tuesday, 9th February 2010 by admin

“I have a 40 page business plan. Now I need a bank loan.” These words are a sure sign that the business is going to fail. Unless you’re getting into the real-estate business, debt financing should only be sought as a last resort.

Instead, you should simplify your product or service down to its most basic elements, and look for ways to launch with little or no money.

Instead of paying $2000 to a web designer, get a $20 Wordpress template and a $20 logo.

Instead of paying for advertising, pull a wacky publicity stunt and write about it to newspapers and blogs. Here

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Posted on Tuesday, 9th February 2010 by admin

Both China and Japan are likely to end the year with a gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic activity, of just over $5 trillion. To put that in context, that’s only a little more than a third of the size of the U.S. economy.

But with its huge population edge on the United States, many economists believe it is inevitable that China will eventually overtake the United States — even if it takes another 20 or 30 years.

“It’s kind of like the U.S. and Great Britain 125 years ago. Given how much larger we were, it was only a matter of time before we caught them,” said Jay Bryson, global economist for Wells Fargo Securities.

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Posted on Tuesday, 9th February 2010 by admin

Efile is part of the electronic tax filing system set up by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Through Efile, authorized service providers (such as tax professionals) can send income tax information through the Internet directly to the CRA.

Efile is available for both individual and corporate income tax returns. Using Efile makes processing tax returns and the tax refund process faster.

Netfile is the do-it-yourself electronic tax filing option; it works the same way as Efile, but is designed to be used by individuals.

While Netfile is a fast and secure way to transmit your income tax return to the CRA, not everyone can use it. First, you can only use Netfile to file T1 income tax returns (not corporate returns).

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Posted on Saturday, 6th February 2010 by admin

Hitting the streets for a job can be tough considering all the interviews you’ll face, but do you know why do businesses run an employee’s credit report? To employers, a credit report reveals important information that might help you get the job.

What’s In a Credit Report?

Credit reports contain such information as your full name, alias or maiden names you’ve had in the past, addresses where you’ve lived, your social security number, date of birth, and your employment history.

It also provides information on credit loans including credit cards, mortgages, auto loans, and if you are prompt in paying your credit obligations. Finally

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Posted on Saturday, 6th February 2010 by admin

The Party rules

The main reason asset bubbles will deflate differently in China is because the Communist Party controls, well, everything. Free-market policies have not stopped the government from manipulating markets in ways that go well beyond what we would ever see in the West.

For example, officials can implement strict price controls that can effectively keep the population from feeling the ripple effects of a popped asset class, says Charles Freeman, who focuses on the political economy of China and U.S.-China relations for the Center for Strategic & International Studies. So if real estate values tumbled, the government could artificially prop up the prices of other things to keep the economy from buckling under the weight of deflation.

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