PowerHomeBiz Small & Home Business News

How to Disagree with the Boss

2009-07-10T08:25:00.000-05:00

July 10, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - Sandy Springs, GA - Considerable skill is required to successfully say to someone in a power position, "I want to do it my way instead of your way."

Yet this skill is often needed by leaders at every level--whether you're a three-star general communicating with a four-star general, a CEO with a board member or key investors, a vice president with your CEO, a teacher with your principal, or an account manager with your client.
History provides us with case studies about how to do this. One of the best involves a general--in this case, General William Tecumseh Sherman--saying "I want to do it my way" to another general, and his superior General U.S. Grant.

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“Calendar Girls” of Newaygo County, Michigan

2009-07-10T08:23:00.000-05:00

July 10, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - Newaygo County, MI - Twelve Newaygo County, Michigan, business owners got together in the fall of 2009 and formed a women’s group that they could get together and socialize, network, help each other, and give back to the community with impact. They proudly named their group “Women Business Owners of Newaygo” and began meeting bi-weekly and planning their 1st project to raise money for the NCCS Camp Newaygo resident girl’s camp by way of selling 2010 personalized calendars

NCCS Camp Newaygo has provided high quality camping programs for girls and young women since 1926. Seventy-seven years of tradition is a powerful motivator. Tradition, a rich history and keeping in step with today’s young women are reasons that four generations of campers have returned to NCCS Camp Newaygo year after year – "and this is exactly why the group chose them for their 2010 project" says Keely Friar, “Miss June” and owner of Shabby to Chic Hair Boutique. Visit http://www.campnewaygo.org/girlscamp.html for more information on the camp.

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Clipta Video Search Launches Video Informer for Free Web Video Distribution

2009-07-10T08:22:00.000-05:00

July 10, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - Sunnyvale, CA - Clipta.com, an online video search company has released Video Informer, a free service for Web publishers that offers access to the Clipta Partner Network to promote their own video content and drive traffic to their site..

Web publishers can create a customized Informer, or cluster of multiple video news, to feature on their site choosing from a variety of topics to tailor the content to their audience. Publishers can customize the appearance of the Informer to fit with the look and feel of their site, choosing fonts, text size, colors, etc.

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Fanurio 2.1 released - Time Tracking and Billing for Freelancers

2009-07-10T08:21:00.000-05:00

July 10, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - Fanurio Time Tracking SRL today released Fanurio version 2.1, a time tracking and billing software application, highly appreciated by freelancers for its intuitive interface, flexible timer and ability to produce detailed invoices.

Fanurio has lots of features for billing contracted work. It can record services and expenses, round time, apply discounts, handle subcontracted work, use multiple currencies, apply taxes, record partial payments and many more

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FHA Guidelines: How to Become FHA Approved

2009-07-10T08:20:00.000-05:00

July 10, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - Salt Lake City, UT- FHA has grown rapidly in the past few years, fueled largely by tightening credit. In fact, over 20% of new home purchases are currently through FHA. As the volume of FHA loans increases, more lenders across the country are becoming FHA approved.

However, the FHA approval process and paperwork can appear overwhelming, especially to smaller companies. To help lenders understand the guidelines, below is a brief summary of FHA’s approval requirements. (For a detailed list of all requirements, visit www.hud.gov.)

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Paltalk Launches Version 9.8 with Industry's First Guides Program to Promote Friendly Online Community

2009-07-09T12:49:00.001-05:00

July 9, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - New York, NY - Paltalk, the leading real-time, video-based community, announced the release of its 9.8 version today, which includes a first-of-its-kind volunteer guides feature for new subscribers. The thousands of new users joining Paltalk every day can choose to be paired with experienced, volunteer community members who act as personal guides to help them become accustomed to the video chat community's features and technologies. Other new features included in version 9.8 include updates that make it easier to connect with friends with video chat and participate in the video community

"At Paltalk, it's important to us to promote a friendly, engaging and trusted community of real people who are helping real people," said Judy Shapiro, Paltalk's Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "In our communities, experienced members are passionate about sharing their experience with others. With the guides system, these 'super-users' can put their knowledge to use, which enhances the Paltalk experience for everyone."

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Event Planning Business: 11Degrees Believes in the Immaculate Event Planning

2009-07-09T12:48:00.000-05:00

July 9, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - New Zealand - A recent study report has reported that cost of customer acquisition is four or five times greater than maintaining existing clients. So, every company has realized the significance of hospitality and hence they are more inclined now upon adequate entertainment management for the company employees and guests. Companies like 11Degrees.com has understood the need of the corporate event and exclusively designed complete entertainment package for the corporate clients.

Entertainment specialists of the company are quite focused upon event planning
. They believe that the honor of best entertainers can be obtained through best event planning. The planning process includes everything right from budgeting, venue, decoration, and so on. It deals with legalities like legal permit for playing music, co-ordination between transportation and parking. Though, the company is into this profession from decades but still consider it as a new career field for budding corporate event planners.

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What Life Annuity Means to You?

2009-07-09T12:46:00.000-05:00

July 9, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - Overland Park, KS - How are people managing to have income while they are retired, social security seems to be getting smaller and smaller, Medicare is covering less and less, so how can you be sure that when you retire you will receive enough income to live on and cover your medical expenses?

One way that many people are financing their retirement plans is by investing in a life annuity. The individual contributes during their working life when they have steady income to this fund. The difference between investing in an annuity and socking the money into a savings account is that your investment will grow and earn income, as well as the benefit that the investment money is tax-free until you withdraw it.

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Wisconsinmade.com Selects Kurek Designs To Join Wisconsinmade.com's Artisan Group

2009-07-09T12:43:00.000-05:00

July 9, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - Madison, WI - Wisconsinmade.com, an e-commerce gourmet food
and gift store, is pleased to announce the addition of Andrew and Heather Kurek of Kurek Designs to its growing family of Wisconsin artisans. Wisconsinmade.com carefully selects only the finest-quality products made in Wisconsin and offers them for sale on the Internet. "These hand-turned, wooden pens and ornaments are so genuinely beautiful and make such unique, special gifts that we are thrilled to add them to our selection of Wisconsin products," said Linda Remeschatis, owner of Wisconsinmade.com.

About Kurek Designs:
Heather and Andrew Kurek began turning wood as a hobby nearly three years ago, then started selling their hand-crafted pens and decorative ornaments at Wisconsin art fairs. Today the Kureks are expanding Kurek Designs into a national market through partnership with the Internet company, Wisconsinmade.com.
The popularity of the Kureks' functional wooden sculpture results from the luxurious colors, grains, and textures inherent in the Wisconsin-grown woods these artisans carefully select and individually fashion into cigar pens and ornaments.

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Best Small Business to Start in an Economic Recession: Start a Web Based Business!

2009-07-09T12:41:00.000-05:00

July 9, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - New York, NY - Hunting for the best small business to start in an economic recession? Why not start a web based business? There are so many reasons why starting an online business
is a smart financial move.

Here are just a few:
Convenience & Security: Start up Part-time Without Leaving Your Current Job
Low Financial Risk: Requires Very Little Money to Start and Operate
Recession Proof: Online Sales are Growing 3 Times as Fast as Traditional Brick and Mortar Sales Outlets.
Another

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Greener Options for Small Business Communications

2009-07-09T12:37:00.002-05:00

July 9, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - USA - When economic times are good, the spirit of altruism seems to come to the fore. Individuals and organizations look for ways they can make a positive impact on other people and their surroundings – even if it costs them a little more. Making sure the business is environmentally-friendly is one of those activities.

In times like we’re experiencing now, however, the instincts run more toward survival: Large and small businesses place their focus on keeping the doors open until the crisis passes. It’s not that they don’t care about the broader issues – they still do – but they often feel they have to place those initiatives on hold until things improve.

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Revolutionary New Small Business Payroll Software Is User Friendly, Super Simple, & Totally Risk Free

2009-07-08T12:08:00.001-05:00

July 8, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - Louisville, KY - Finally, a company has created an easily affordable, super-simple, custom streamlined payroll and tax software specifically designed for the small business owner.

ezPaycheck is loaded with intelligent, intuitive features, but not burdened by complicated suites of expensive applications small businesses will never use or need. The software is ideal for owners of small to mid-sized businesses, and was designed and engineered for ease-of-use by those who have only basic computer skills and little accounting know-how.

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Five (5) Simple Secrets to Increase Online Sales

2009-07-08T12:07:00.000-05:00

July 8, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - USA - Your online business depends on your expert sales and closure technique. Simply put, the better you are at selling your product, the more money you will make! In fact, a good salesman is almost impervious to failure in the world of business.Ski-

Here are 5 time tested, proven techniques and sales triggers to increase your online sales. But before we get into them, let me give you the MASTER KEY to your customer’s purse…

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Reports of Ski Holiday Price Hikes Are Misleading says Ski-Direct

2009-07-08T12:05:00.001-05:00

July 8, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - York, United Kingdom - Ski-Direct.co.uk offers reassurance to customers concerned by reports of a rise in ski holiday prices for the 2009-10 winter ski season. As experts in booking family and group skiing holidays, the ski specialists have already put together a range of bargain ski holidays that offer significant savings to customers.

Jon Pearce of ski-direct.co.uk says: “We think recent reports of a possible rise in prices are irresponsible in an already sensitive market. No-one is pretending that the low rate of the pound to the euro is helping matters, but we are seeing that customers still want to have a special ski holiday and are putting a lot of effort into saving money wherever they can.”

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THE WRIGHT SISTERS-Inventors Fight To Protect Their Patent Rights

2009-07-08T12:03:00.000-05:00

July 8, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - Fairburn, GA - After the 1995 tragic terrorist act of the Oklahoma City bombing Annie D. (Wright) Minter and Betty J. (Wright) Brown began to question why would someone would take the time to plot and plan an evil act against any one especially innocent children as in this case. It grieved Annie until the thought of it made her sick. She asked God “how and why did it happen?” Thereafter, she was given a revelation of a vehicle and cargo security inspection system.

For the next 6 years the Wright Sisters talked about the invention that was given to them with enthusiasm. However, two weeks before the 911 terrorist act, Annie was given clear instructions to proceed and called Betty and told her what she was instructed to do.

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Comodo Provides Security Freeware in 17 Languages

2009-07-08T12:02:00.000-05:00

July 8, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - Jersey City, NJ - Until now, Comodo Internet Security had a drawback: it was only available in English. Grateful Internet users around the world install the award-winning freeware on their computers
. Yet many could not benefit from it because they could not understand the English-language instructions for the antivirus and firewall software.

Malware thrives in the world's poorest countries where Internet users can barely afford PCs and Internet access. Security software in those countries is considered a luxury. Infection easily strikes in these countries, and the infection passes from one unprotected computer to another.

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Location, Resale and Staycation in Williamsburg and Norfolk VA: Buzzwords for Real Estate

2009-07-08T12:00:00.000-05:00

July 8, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - Williamsburg, VA - For those who are buying a home right now, there are several important details on locating the best property that are being ignored and must be considered. Many homebuyers are looking for a primary residence. First time homebuyers are searching for a home to live in this year in order to take advantage of the $8,000 tax credit.

As I take homebuyers out in search of a residence, I have noted a pattern of behavior that is becoming more and more common. Homebuyers are looking for the deal of the century. They are basing their buying decisions solely on price. Yet as they focus on the best price that can possibly be negotiated, (which does matter) they lose sight of other parameters that need to be applied to the purchase of a home.

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Sports: Contributing Towards an Improved Economic Platform

2009-07-08T11:58:00.000-05:00

July 8, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - Israel - Did you know that sport is a growing economic field? Did you know that sports have contributed much to the social and economic development of countries around the globe? Did you know that sport can also help to build a culture of tolerance and peace?

As a creative platform, SporTalentsVc.com is located in Nes Ziona, the State of Israel and is owned and operated by Rogal Design & Projects Ltd., as a company that showcases the portfolio and a video of the young sports talent in action. As a versatile website, SporTalentsVc.com gives young sports athletes exposure and serves as a tool for companies, club managers and scouts looking for new talent to spot and recognize gifted athletes.

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Greeting Cards: Subtle and Elegant Way of Expression

2009-07-08T11:57:00.000-05:00

July 8, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - Draper, UT - Somebody has rightly said:” Actions speak louder than words.” However words have their own magic to spell. Sometimes actions cannot do what a few words on a paper can do, since words have the magic to express the inexplicable.

People find themselves tongue-tied on many occasions. Nothing works when they simply have to say, ‘I love you’, ‘I m grateful to you’ or when they just simply want to say ’sorry’. Then, a card spells its magic like a magician. It is the simplest, most economical and elegant way to reach the heart of people. Above all, you can express your care, concern, gratitude, respect, love, and passion through this beautiful medium.

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The Way to Win is to Stop Competing

2009-07-07T13:55:00.002-05:00

July 7, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - United Kingdom - In an increasingly competitive business environment companies must search for winning strategies and sail towards their own Blue Ocean, where the competition becomes irrelevant and not competing is the path to profitable growth. To quote the French literary great André Gide: “You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to step away from the shore.”

In corporate terms, stepping away from the shore means identifying and pursuing an uncontested market space that creates new demand. Internationally recognised expert on Blue Ocean Strategy and Defying Conventional Wisdom, Gabor George Burt commented: “The leading companies of tomorrow will succeed not by battling competitors but by creating ‘Blue Oceans’, which means turning unconventional ideas into strategies that simultaneously target differentiation and lower cost.”

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Tourmyindia.com initiates Save Tiger Mission

2009-07-07T13:53:00.001-05:00

July 7, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - India - Every adventure and wildlife loving person has a life-long dream to see tigers in the wild. Carrying this one particular thought many people opt to go for wildlife or tiger tourism packages. But for the past 30 years the picture has changed drastically. The dilemma is- these large predators slowly and notoriously are decreasing in number. Just 100 years ago there were over 100,000 wild tigers in Asia, but today the scenario is different with figures reaching to 5,000 hardly. India has always been known for numerous national parks, but as per the latest tigers census indicates the number of tigers are declining at fast rate. In fact in many parts of India the probability of sighting one tiger in the wild is getting lower day by day.

Species in Peril - Save Tiger - Before It Gets Too Late

With land being destroyed for lumber and redeveloped for commercial and residential uses, the habitats occupied by tigers have decreased by forty percent in the last ten years. Besides this, over the past few years, the disturbing resumption of poaching for tiger pelt and bones used in medicine and ceremonies has made it a more serious threat. Addressing to overcome from this prime issue, Tour My India, one of the biggest and leading tour and travel operators in India is planning to be a part of “Save Tiger Campaign” with help of Individuals, NGOS, Wildlife Conservation Organizations, or Media Partners who are already working in this social cause.

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Time Off from Home Business: Sky Diving at Luxury Byron Bay

2009-07-07T13:51:00.001-05:00

July 7, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - Australia - A beachside town in the north of the state of New South Wales in Australia is known as ‘Byron Bay’. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations for domestic as well as international tourists including backpackers. It is known for several beaches. If you walk/travel along Australian coast, you will find fabulous stunning sceneries which attract sky divers. As a prudent sky diving service provider, goskydive.com.au offers exclusive sky diving packages on holidays Byron bay.

The company keeps people informed about different aspects of skydiving through its press releases. Master sky divers of the company state that it can be performed for both sorts of purposes competitive as well as recreational. It can be segregated into three phases like free fall, landing and the fall with the open parachute. If you are participating in any sky-diving competition then you will be judged on the basis of your free falling style and perfection in landing. During the fall with parachute, sky divers are judged on the basis of their control over parachute.

Sky diving is a perfect amalgamation of complex skills. In experts’ opinion, there are

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Economic Recession Rescue: New Bootstrap Financing eBook Brings Hope to Jobless Americans

2009-07-07T13:49:00.001-05:00

July 7, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - New York, NY - Economic Recession woes continue to plague American workers. Jobless claims have soared to an unprecedented 9.4%, according to a newly released report from the US Department of Labor. As the nightmare of increased job losses continues to plague the US economy, American workers are forced to cope with the bitter realities of a frail job market, with no immediate end in sight. Tumbling house prices, looming foreclosures and damaged personal credit, threaten to further lunge American families into a credit-less abyss.

A ray of hope to this troublesome reality, is that more American workers are seeking solutions to the economic recession woes, by starting up small businesses.

Atlanta area Start Up Business Consultant Kimberly Kelly, specializes in teaching budding entrepreneurs how to start up a business utilizing bootstrap financing methods. Her new book, "The Start-Up Business Survival Guide: 101 Free Products & services to Help Finance Your Dream of Successful Business Ownership has now been released for sale at her website: http://www.startupbusinesssurvivalguide.com/ .

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THE EBAY MARKETING BIBLE

2009-07-06T12:48:00.000-05:00

July 6, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - New York, NY - Across the U.S.A., nearly 900,000 small business retailers are making a living, either full- or part-time, on eBay. With more than 80 million registered users worldwide, eBay has a real buyer for virtually every collectible and commodity imaginable. However, becoming a serious seller in the increasingly competitive and regulated world of eBay demands thinking like an entrepreneur and acting like a professional. Following eBay’s rules, keeping meticulous records, and paying careful attention to buyer feedback and detailed seller ratings, are basic requirements for anyone eager to use this established online marketplace as a venue for launching an e-commerce empire. Yet, to stand out from the crowd of e-merchants and win loyal customers, today’s serious eBay sellers have to excel at marketing their eBay selling presence, their products, their services, and themselves.

“If you don’t make sales happen, nobody else will,” assert Cliff Ennico, a noted expert on eBay business issues, and Cindy L. Shebley, a marketing consultant to eBay sellers. In THE EBAY MARKETING BIBLE: Everything You Need to Know to Reach More Customers and Maximize Your Profits (AMACOM; July 31, 2009; $22.00 Paperback), these two Certified eBay Education Specialists team up to share the marketing rules, tools, techniques, and strategies that work for successful serious eBay sellers, even in these challenging economic times.

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WinX Free iPhone Video Converter - Convert Various Video Formats to iPhone / iPod + touch / Apple-TV / MP3 for Free

2009-07-06T12:46:00.000-05:00

July 6, 2009 ( PowerHomeBiz.com ) - China - Digiarty Software Inc, professional digital media software provider, today announced the release of brand new free software, named WinX Free iPhone Video Converter. With cutting-edge digital capabilities, this free iPhone video converter tends to fulfill the needs of iPhone users by converting all popular video formats to iPhone, iPod, Apple-TV, iPod touch, etc.

WinX Free iPhone Video Converter is a free video converter without any limitations. Anyone can convert video to iPhone by this software without any limits on time or functions. More important is that, it is safe to download with no spyware, no adware, no virus, etc. ‘WinX Free iPhone Video Converter is released as an unique product on the market to provide users with the possibility of converting videos safely without paying any fees,” said Kong, the product manager of Digiarty.

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