Category: Business
Trademark a name and logo: together or separately?
Trademarks can be product or service names, logos, slogans, packaging, and even sounds and smells. In essence, a trademark can be almost anything that is used to identify a particular product or service. Registration of a trademark gives the owner exclusive rights to the trademark within the specified industry. Of course, it is necessary to…
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DIY Wealth Building and Financial Planning: Being Your Own Financial Advisor A Good Idea?
For too long, too many people have handed over responsibility for their investment decisions almost entirely to their financial advisers. This is a bad idea. No one is going to manage their own money as well as you could. The way I see it, anything you can do to create a better life for yourself…
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Mono No Aware: The Essence of Japan
Non-conscious monkey: the aesthetics of Japanese beauty With the literal meaning of “sensitivity to things”, unconscious monkey is a concept that describes the essence of Japanese culture, invented by the Japanese literary and linguistic scholar Motoori Norinaga in the 18th century, and remains the central artistic imperative in Japan to this day. The phrase is…
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Writing Success: Do You Really Have The Power?
The title question has been asked for hundreds, probably thousands of years. The simple truth of the matter is that you have the power. You are in control of whether you are successful or not. Most of it has to do with your thought process. Zig Ziglar said, “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine…
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How to negotiate the best deal with dropshipping providers
Always ask the question The first rule of negotiation is that you should always try to do it. Don’t just accept the first price dropshipping gives you, ask if it’s negotiable. These providers are companies and are used to the question, so you are not going to anger anyone. If the price of your drop…
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Baker’s Dozen Common Payroll Mistakes
We all make mistakes, but on the payroll there seem to be a lot of mistakes to make. Below is a list of 13 of the most common payroll errors I’ve seen and I’ve compiled them into a single list. I hope they are helpful and can help you improve your own payroll system for…
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How to Start a Successful Import Business Over the Internet
The Internet has opened a new era of business opportunities. Fall of trade barriers combined with easy access exchanging information thanks to the Internet have created dramatic possibilities and sparked the growth of global online commerce in practically in all areas. Many companies are taking advantage of electronic media quite a bit. aggressively making new…
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Simple Guide to Implement Cost of Work Calculation for Payroll Expenses in QuickBooks 2018
SMBs and other midsize businesses have taken a breather after the moment when QuickBooks designer Intuit declared cloud implementation on the QuickBooks suite of software. For the business industry, time is nothing short of a period of revolution in which most SMBs had the opportunity to eliminate unwanted IT expenses. Intuit, the leader of the…
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5 things to consider when selecting a financial planner
Unlike someone who calls himself a CPA or physician, almost anyone can call himself a “financial planner” or a “financial advisor” regardless of their education and professional experience. Also, not everyone is impartial in their advice and not everyone always acts in the best interest of their clients. To ensure that your financial planner is…
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How to Get the Best Interest Rate for Your Commercial Mortgage
Commercial mortgage borrowers often ask us how lenders determine the rates they offer on commercial mortgage loans. There are many criteria that lenders use when determining rates, but lenders will assess the relative risk of a loan when reviewing a loan application. The lower the risk, the lower the rate. The higher the risk, the…
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