Building a professional reputation requires a campaign founded on your words: the positions you endorse, the motions you advocate, the accuracy of your vision. Writing for the Web can either establish your expert credibility or destroy it. When your business requires powerful words online, follow th...
G. Richard Shell, author of Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People, identifies three primary schools of ethics in negotiation. To me, they are equally valuable in examining ethics in the context of business in general. 1. The Poker School - "It`s a Game" To poker play...
When it comes to writing websites, what is good for the search engines is often not
good marketing. Why? Because almost inevitably, when you write to please the search engines, you
write about the features of your service. But you should be writing about the
benefits for your customers.
How to Write a Sizzling Sales Letter, Part 1By Jennifer McCay - 4/3/2009
When you sit down to write a sales letter to your prospects, it can be difficult to know just where to start. Regardless of the purpose of your letter, it has to accomplish several things:
- capture the attention of the reader
- speak to the reader`s individual needs
- give good...
By Josh Riverside - 4/3/2009
In Florida, DUI or driving under influence of alcohol/drugs or other intoxication substances is a serious offense equivalent to misdemeanor or traffic crime or even felony. A person is said to be under the influence of alcohol if he/she has blood or breath alcohol content of more than 0.08 (grams of...
SettlementsBy Marcus Peterson - 4/3/2009
The concept of structured settlements is fast gaining popularity and is proving a better alternate to lump sum payments made for personal injury claims. A structured settlement is a contract between the insurance company and an injured consumer. As part of the contract, it becomes obligatory for an ...
Protecting Your Leased or Consigned PhotographsBy Carolyn Wright - 4/3/2009
Photographers often lease artwork to businesses or sell photos on
consignment. But if the business or gallery goes bankrupt, your photos
may become part of the bankruptcy estate. The creditors of the business
or gallery then may seize your work without further obligation to you. Some states have ...
Criminal Law - Know What Your Rights AreBy J Zuniga - 4/3/2009
Criminal differs from civil law in that criminal law is action taken by the state against an individual or business for breaking a law, whereas civil law is between individuals or businesses. The term for this is committing a crime, which is a prohibited act that violates a law set forth in either f...
Florida Personal Injury SettlementsBy Eric Morris - 4/3/2009
Making personal injury claim compensation is really fruitful in claiming monitory aid and compensation from the party responsible for the alleged wrong doing to the victim. The value of any personal injury claim depends on the facts and circumstances of your case. First, you have to determine whethe...
Lessons Learned - Register Your Copyright Before You Go To CourtBy Carolyn Wright - 4/3/2009
Copyrights are created at the click of the shutter. But to enforce your rights in court for infringement claims, you must first register your copyright before you bring suit in federal court. Period. It doesn`t matter when the infringement is committed or the registration is completed, you still mus...
Hispanic Community Victims of FraudBy Lance Winslow - 4/3/2009
The Federal Trade Commission says that the Hispanic Community is being targeted by scam artists and are falling victim to fraud. In fact the FTC stated this in their report to congress to ask for more budget money for fiscal year 2007. The FTC is seeking an additional 13 million dollars to add to it...
Who Will You Trust To Carry Out Your WishesBy Jeffrey Broobin - 4/3/2009
You must have a plan that will dispose of your property and also address problems your family will face if you become incapacitated something that can happen at any time. You need a living will, a health-care proxy and a durable power-of-attorney Let?s discuss advance directives often called health-...
Tax Trap #4 -- The Quagmire of DepreciationBy Wayne Davies - 4/3/2009
If you are a Small Business Owner or Self-Employed Person,
there`s one especially lucrative tax break that not only
puts money in your pocket, it also makes the filing of
your business tax return much simpler. What am I talking about? It`s called the Section 179
deduction, and if there`s one tax br...
Slash Tax when Buying a BusinessBy Peter Viliamu - 4/3/2009
When buying a business, how the "purchase price" is made up can affect what you pay in tax. The plan is to make as much of the price tax deductible for you and not the other party. Once a final price has been agreed upon, try to allocate that price in the sale and purchase agreement in such a way th...
Vioxx Recall LawsuitsBy Todd Going - 4/3/2009
The drug Vioxx is a COX-2 inhibitor designed by the company Merck Inc. It was ordered to be pulled from American and European markets on April 7th 2005 after it was discovered that there were potentially deadly side effects from its use. Doctors and researchers both believed that the drug Vioxx cou...
Writing For Sex MarketsBy Katy Terrega - 4/3/2009
Many professional freelancers will go their entire career without ever once writing a story about sex. Oh, they may craft a racy scene or two in the course of writing the next Great American Novel, or they might someday write an article about the latest in sexual research, but that`s about as far as...
Minority Shareholders ? Fighting The ManBy Richard Chapo - 4/3/2009
Investing in a corporate entity is fairly standard practice in our society. Problems arise when you own a small percentage of shares, but disagree with the direction the majority shareholders are taking the entity. As a minority shareholder, do you have any way to fight ?the man?, to wit, the majori...
Write Hard-Hitting Headlines With Magic Words That SellBy Ipsita Mukherjee - 4/3/2009
Writing a killer headline for your copy is simple! You just need to follow simple dos and donts that make or break a headline respectively. If you think you have tried them all, check this out.... TOP 9 POINTS TO FOLLOW: 1. Stress on ADVANTAGE, RESULT, BENEFIT, PLEASURE, or VALUE 2. EMOTIONAL headli...
Getting Paid for Your ArticlesBy Dina Giolitto - 4/3/2009
If you`ve been writing web articles to help promote your business, you may also wonder if you can write articles and get paid for it. What type of articles will land you some extra cash, and what control do you have over the resubmission of your content once you hand it over to the editors? Type 1. ...
Are Private Ventures Deterred by Current Space Laws?By Aaron Thiel - 4/3/2009
Picture yourself as a savvy venture capitalist looking to invest your wealth on the next best opportunity. Across from the table is some hot-shot engineer explaining how his firm is going to mine six trillion dollars of platinum from an asteroid. He lays out the blueprints, uses fancy acronyms lik...
Employment Law - Excessive Working Hours - Breach of Duty of CareBy Rosanna Cooper - 4/3/2009
In the case of Mark Hone v Six Continents Retail Limited (2005), a pub landlord having collapsed due to overwork successfully sued his former employers in the County Court for breach of duty of care. Mr Hone, the claimant, started working for Bass (now Six Continents) as a pub manager in 1995 and in...
Scrooge Hasn`t Got It All Yet!By Mark Mountney - 4/3/2009
It?s the season of goodwill when ordinary folk tend to give more than they receive and, apparently, the Brits are the most generous of Europeans when it comes to spending on gifts for our friends and family. But it would be nice, wouldn?t it, if we could get a break to recoup some of the endless tax...
Home Based Business Tax DeductionsBy Danni Vickers - 4/3/2009
Running a home based business reaps many wonderful tax deductions that other businesses some times may not claim. Unfortunately to many small business owners end up paying the government taxes every year because they are unaware or several small business deductions that are available. Most of the ti...
Segmenting Your Target Audience Through Your CopywritingBy Karon Thackston - 4/3/2009
Ask any copywriter what the first commandment of copywriting is and they?ll quickly tell you ?Know Thy Target Audience.? In order to write effectively you have to know this one group of people and know them well. I guess that?s why many people get so frustrated when it seems they have more than on...
Nobiliary Law - What Is It?By Jan-Olov Von Wowern - 4/3/2009
I have elsewhere defined nobiliary law as "national legislation, or international or national customs, regulating nobiliary issues. In many cases this is not codified, but rather a set of rules and traditions having gained acceptance" (see my book at http://www.findyournobleancestors.com). Examples ...
Michigan Personal Injury SettlementsBy Ken Marlborough - 4/3/2009
For an individual who has suffered physically or mentally or has been injured through the carelessness or negligence of the other party, personal injury settlements provide opportunities to recover monetary damages, secure appropriate treatment, and limit further suffering associated with the injury...
Malpractice - Psychiatric Malpractice Part IIBy Michael Russell - 4/3/2009
In this last of a two part series we`re going to take a further look at psychiatric malpractice and what it involves. Because of all the legal mumbo jumbo involved in psychiatric malpractice, it is hard at best and impossible at worst to give a number of general examples of what constitutes psychiat...
Filing a Simple BankruptcyBy Susan Chana Lask - 4/3/2009
We all know times are tough and, for some of us, bills are getting harder to pay each month. If the debts you owe are more than what you can afford, you should read on. Filing a bankruptcy can be the answer to your problems. A bankruptcy is a way to discharge your debts completely so you can have a ...
Structured Settlements CompaniesBy Max Bellamy - 4/3/2009
There are many insurance companies that offer structured settlement annuities. However, it is important to choose the company that would be able to provide the maximum coverage and security. Also, the company must be able to advise about the legalities involved in structured settlements. Conducting ...
Texas Real Property Law for Commercial LandlordsBy Tri Nguyen - 4/3/2009
I have found that landlords generally face the same set of issues and have the same set of questions pertaining to their rights, duties and obligations as landlords under Texas law. The answers to these questions depend on whether residential tenants or commercial tenants are involved. Although comm...
Child Molester Registration and LawyersBy Lance Winslow - 4/3/2009
Child Molesters are a dangerous problem for any community. These predators threaten our civilization and our family?s security. Child Molesters once they leave prison are required to register as sex offenders to alert communities of potential future problems. This also serves to alert parents of pro...
Know A Tax Cheat? Get Paid To Tell The IRSBy Jeffrey Strain - 4/3/2009
According to the IRS, taxpayers underpay their taxes by some $300 billion. If you know someone that is contributing to that deficit, the IRS may be willing to pay you up to $10 million for the information you provide. The bigger the cheating you report, the more you`re likely to receive. The most im...
DISABILITY and WORKING: Making the Systems Work For YouBy Carolyn Magura - 4/3/2009
In a previous article, we discussed the JAN ? the Job Accommodation Network, and just how valuable a resource that link is to those of us who are disabled, yet still working. Alsoin that article, we left me as the VP-HR for an entire Ship Repair Yard. As you can probably imagine, my job description ...
S Corporations ? Filing The ElectionBy Richard Chapo - 4/3/2009
Getting a corporation designated as an ?S? can be a bit confusing. If you are committed to getting an ?S? corporation, here is how you do it. ?S? Corporation The ?S? in S corporation refers primarily to a tax designation. While electing to be an S corporation does have legal implications, such as no...
Attract Buyers with Power Words (Revised)By Leva Duell - 4/3/2009
Power words elicit emotions and create visual pictures in a reader`s mind. Here are twenty of the most important words that have proven to attract attention, motivate prospects to buy, and increase sales. Use them in your web site`s headlines and copy. FREE
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Copywriting Secrets Of India`s MysticsBy Dave Alston - 4/3/2009
Hi everyone, Been ruminating on this one for a little while now but it?s probably one of the most profound discoveries of my life. It all began with a little book about music and it?s had such a deep influence on my copywriting and small business, indeed my whole outlook on life, I`d like to share i...
Causation, Science And The Law: Industrial & Environmental Chemical ToxicityBy Nachman Brautbar M.D - 5/14/2008
Introduction
Occupational and environmental exposure to potentially toxic chemicals has been reported more frequently in the last five (5) years, most likely as the result of 1) increased public awareness, 2) improved reporting by physicians, 3) unlimited access to the information data banks, 4) m...
Things You Ought To Know in Faultless Car AccidentsBy Paul Hood - 5/12/2008
Anyone who has been involved in a vehicular accident, regardless of fault, can avail of No-Fault Benefits which would include compensation for wage lost, medical expenses and a replacement vehicle. It is also termed as Personal Injury Protection Benefit or PIP. Certain states like Minnesota have ena...
Religious Discrimination Tougher To Prove Than Race Or Sex Discriminaion In New JerseyBy Jonathan Meyers - 5/6/2008
New Jersey state courts are notoriously indulgent to plaintiffs claiming sexual or racial discrimination and will almost never dismiss a sex or race based discrimination case, no matter how meritless. The New Jersey Supreme Court has held that the state anti-discrimination statute (the ?NJLAD?) is ...
Post-Divorce Alimony in TexasBy Scott Morgan - 5/4/2008
This article provides a brief overview on Texas law concerning post-divorce alimony in Texas. Laws differ from state to state and individual circumstances vary, so you should consult with a qualified family law attorney in your area for specific advice on your particular situation. Additionally, t...
The Drug That Was VioxxBy Blur Loterina - 5/2/2008
Want a new cure for your illness? Think again. We have enough drugs to give us more than just headaches. Some drugs will not reveal its true and long term effect until you start to feel it more often.
We all know that drugs have side effects. How can it cure one part of your body without affecting...
A National Sales Tax: The Time is NowBy Nader Ghali - 4/29/2008
"If you elect me, Senator Katherine Laforge, as your next president, my National Sales Tax will give you back true equity in the share of taxes you pay. You will no longer be the utilitarian taxpayer for the elite." "Hulagu`s Web – chapter 10"
The heroine in "Hulagu`s Web" is a true believe...
Don`t Divorce Your ChildrenBy Jean Mahserjian - 4/27/2008
Divorce is certainly an emotional time for families. In fact, it ranks as one of the most stressful experiences in life. However, it is not only the adults who experience this stress. If the adults are parents, their children often suffer greatly. Their suffering can not be entirely eliminated. A ce...
Obesity: Can it be disabling?By Gerald G. Lutkenhaus - 4/24/2008
Social Security has a set of Impairment Listings. At one time "obesity" had an impairment listing. Thus, if the applicant was of a certain height and weight, then the applicant received Disability. For example, if you were 5`2" and 300 pounds, then you were well on your way to winning a Disability C...
Claiming Sexual HarassmentBy Maui Reyes - 4/23/2008
If you?ve already approached your employer about the sexual harassment that took place and was not given proper attention, or believe that your company?s policy does not treat your case fairly, then you may consider other options.
You can file a Title IX complaint with the office for Civil Rights....
A Quality Accident Solicitor Is On Your SideBy Mumtaz Shah - 4/22/2008
When you have an accident, where do you turn for help? Who plays the most important role in helping you recover from your accident? Most people would answer `hospital` or `doctor`. Few think about the important role played by an accident solicitor. Yet the accident claim solicitor can make the diffe...
How the Jury System Should be ReformedBy Terry Mitchell - 4/18/2008
Our current jury system is ailing. It is beginning to fail us. O.J. Simpson being found not guilty is just one example of that problem. People with loads of evidence against them are found not guilty, while others with far less evidence against them are found guilty. Mass murderers are often sentenc...
Getting the Necessary Paperwork ReadyBy Paul Hood - 4/17/2008
A good grasp of the inner workings of disability claim benefits will significantly increase claimant?s chances of having his request approved. Understanding the procedures as well as the criteria used in evaluating your claims is a must if you want to receive the benefit you rightfully deserve. It i...
Should You Hire An Accident AttorneyBy David G. Hallstrom - 5/8/2007
The following article was written for
Resources For Attorneys.com by David Hallstrom, a private investigator, he is not now nor has he ever been an attorney.
You have been in a accident, automobile, slip and fall, workplace, etc.. Should you...
By Susan Chana Lask, Esq. - 4/21/2007
Owing a debt does not automatically subject you to harrassing, threatening and other inappropriate collection agency behavior. Some collection agencies go too far with what I call "renegade collectors" they will repeatedly call you at your home and/or business, threaten to send a marshall over to se...
