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It's been years since I contracted work out, but my wife and I were talking about this very thing yesterday. You made excellent points here. I used to take the same paper work for outlining the scope of work, with the payment timeline, and turn it into a contract. These are strange, but woderful times for the people who can keep moving forward.
This article was in my e-mail inbox this morning. It makes perfect sense. It is concise, clear, and to the point.
Another thing I find is if some one has an issue with an article that the voting seems to be where they voice it. Comments seem pretty tame here at biznik. Comments can clear some confusions or add value. We should be more open.
One of the things I thought of today was that the system could also be better set up. One of the first ratings I did was a mistake. I went to the left rather than the right on my stroke and clcked it. It was a mistake that was done before I knew it. Most rating systems have stars or some bigger indication of the rating. I also think there are a bunch of varying degrees, but hey, why not. Lastly I noticed a while ago that a new article came up and all at once the previous articles on that page went down in ratings. The higher numbers stay at the top of the page. I just thought that was a pretty big coincidence.
It does seem that the rating system is flawed, but it has been a very good barometer. It gives me a sense of the group to read the articles, see the comments, and look at the ratings. The articles are a tool. The goal is to engage the most people. It's a learning curve. If you change the system we would be changing the curve.
Claro, es dialog.
Please read my last two articles on the credit and financial crisises. It is a global matter.
What happened to the Baja Penisula the past few years was an increase in pricing. Fortunately most of that was United States dollars.
These same "investors" who jumped in the past five years are going to need your help to get themselves out of trouble. They will need Mexicano expertise.
After all it is your country.
Buenos Dias, Afganistan is one thing Iraq another. They both fit into what is now an economic issue. For you it's good news. This will be good for your business. The way I know that is the point of this article. You are three thousand miles away and we are having a dialog.
Hello!
I'm blogging for business.
It used to be a once a week, Saturday morning, kind of thing. Today it's a part of my day when there is some down time.
It increases the traffic to our website.
Organically our site is number one on a google search.
It is my goal, this year, to grow our cleaning business to a million dollars in sales.
Articles like this gives me hope.
Posted on August 15th, 2008, the beginning of trouble in the credit markets world wide.
You mentioned $10,000 late in you article. You could have oppened a $200 account easier.
It makes no difference as I am headed to a cash based system.
Great article Jack!
These are very important points no matter who you are or what your business.
I've hired and fired hundreds of employees until we got to a point of only hiring by referral.
It would have saved a lot of time if I only took the first hires more seriously.
Thanks!
Since writing this article the European Community has pledge $2.3 trillion dollars to their banking system. That was dollars.
It's a pleasure Johnathan that you responded to this, how's the promotional items? Can you get me a better price on magnets?
People make fun of how we do business here in the United States. The pin wheels, banners, gorilla costumes on the sidewalk, and all the things we do are a mystery to people from other countries.
The American way of doing business is, in my opinion, the most fun you can have, and we get paid for it.
This is the discussion, to live within your means or live your life.
Live within your means or make more money?
Everything is so expensive. Where does the money come from to buy it all?
Wages have stayed about the same in the past six years and the price of everything has gone up. What do you say to those people?
Prices for meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes goes up, the price of a hamburger goes up, but wages at McDonalds stay about the same.
Do you go without or buy on credit? Or do you quite your job at McDonalds in hopes of making more money?
If you quite your job how do you pay the bills, what will you do, how will you operate a business, or should you keep working your job and take on a second job to pay for things?
Maybe now is the time to take the second job to pay down debt?
Corporations however have made a lot of money. Cash reserves, or better put, cash on hand, is at an all time high. The corporations are refusing to do business with each other, so the government's of the world are dumping in cash.
So there it goes. Corporations make money. You are living within your means.
Corporations have money and the governments of the world are giving them more.
Corporations are now refusing to do business so we have to make them feel better about doing business.
The person at McDonalds has a choice, do without, get a second job, or start a business.
Maybe your business could use a worker? Maybe you could pay a living wage?
Maybe any one of us could use our talents to build a business model that is better.
This is ridiculous.
Read, get informed, be involved. We are talking about the credit market. Banks are the store fronts for financial institutions. That's the law. Mortgages are the end result of massive credit manipulation. Giving auto makers money is about credit. It has nothing to do with the bad products they make. Wake Up!
Credit, and in particular money changing, has been a problem since the time of Christ. With all due respect to the banking system explanation the Bail Out has nothing to do with banks, or mortgages, that's just the hook to get the American people to go along. The crisis is in the financial markets. They are global. Money is being lent around the clock, most of it in consumer credit. Today it's every body around the world creating consumer credit. When that unsecured debt was converted into mortgages, or refinances, or second mortgages it seemed like a good bet for the lenders. They were acquiring assets to put on the books to cover a lot of unsecured debt lent for consumer goods, that in turn expanded the economy. It's simple, the paper securities traded hands until there was no more discounting that could be done. The core value of the assets, properties was far below the price. $200K houses selling for, or financed for $500K. The core value became apparent when consumers tried to sell the $500K houses for $550K or $600K to find no buyers. They had to sell because the 2006, 2005, 2004 Adjustable rate mortgages were resetting after the buying season of 2007. Remember the cracks were already getting broader with Bear Stearns (sp?). I could go on with the capitalization of the S&L scandal, but it was also just a warning sign. The real damage, in my opinion was the creation of the Euro, out of thin air. No security was ever established for the currency, it just appeared one day, by a vote of the people it's creation would benefit the most. Again a topic for another day. The Bail Out is bad for everybody. The financial markets should go back to the borrowers to make the best deal they can to pay off the debt.
Thank you for tip about TV ads. It is a very cost effective way to advertise once you research it.
Sorry to be missing this great discussion group. It has been very helpful for me.
This is a very well put together article that we should all print out and keep in our pockets to refer to daily. There is a lot of opportunity in a down market.
Return on investment, it had me thinking there for a while. Yes, I look for a return on my investment. Also I look at what will get me the highest return. New or used I look for what will get me the biggest bang for the buck for the longest period of time.
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