1. Have A Strong Constitution - Justices deliver decisions by interpreting the U.S. Constitution. Never let the challenges of running your small business overwhelm your judgment.

2. Trust Your Beliefs - Members of the Court maintain supreme confidence in their opinions. Know your core values, and let them serve each day as your guiding light.

3. Treat Everyone With Respect - Justices take an oath to “do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and… faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties…” Hold yourself to the highest standards in dealings with customers/clients, employees and suppliers.

4. Address One Thing - The Court receives 7,000 appeals each year, accepts about 100, then disposes them one at a time. Focus on your most important issue before moving on to the next.

5. Listen First - In your small business, as in court, be sure to listen before deciding, especially when dealing with employees and speaking with prospective customers/clients.

6. Be Decisive - Stick with your decision, unless things change and overturning it is necessary.

7. Majority Rules - Five concurring votes determine a Supreme Court ruling. Don’t wait to make a decision until you’re 100 percent certain; when your instinct reaches a majority, move forward.

8. Dissent Is Healthy - Justices who disagree with the majority may write dissenting opinions. Encouraging your team to voice their opinions - regardless of whether they agree with you - will lead you to better decisions.

9. Seek The Best - We view Supreme Court justices as our nation’s top legal minds. Always hire the brightest employees, regardless of the position…and be patient finding them.

10. Skip The Critics - Justices adhere to their interpretations regardless of political pressure, public opinion or media hype. Keep negative people away from your decision-making process.

11. Dress Appropriately - Justices’ robes represent the honor of their position. Whatever the attire and décor for your small business, uphold the standards for everyone on your team.

Copyright © 2005 by Success Handler, LLC. All rights reserved.

The Coach, David Handler, is the founder of Success Handler, (http://www.successhandler.com), and specializes in helping small business leaders find clarity and take action. He understands the challenges of running a business, because he’s been there - as a small business owner, franchisee, franchisor, corporate leader and trainer. Much like sports coaches, his coaching will show you how to compete on a level playing field in your industry.

What is a Joint Venture?

A joint venture is an agreement in which two or more
businesses work on a project for a set period of time.

Joint ventures can be long-term, like promoting a
product together, or some can be short-term, like
bartering (trading) products and services.

Joint venture ideas are virtually endless.

Here are 50 Benefits Of Joint Venture Marketing:

1. You can build long lasting business relationships.

2. You can increase your credibility by teaming up
with other reputable, branded businesses.

3. You can get free products and services.

4. You can construct most joint venture deals with
little or no money.

5. You can gain new leads and customers.

6. You can get discounts on products and services.

7. You can save money on business operating costs.

8. You can beat your competition.

9. You can gain referrals from other businesses.

10. You can solve your business problems.

11. You can save valuable time.

12. You can get free and low cost advertising.

13. You can offer your customers new products and
services.

14. You can survive a depression, recession or a
slow economy.

15. You can save money by sharing advertising and
marketing costs.

16. You can target other potential markets.

17. You can expand and grow your business quickly.

18. You can gain valuable information or skills.

19. You can increase and protect your cash flow.

20. You can find new profit outlets.

21. You can become rich and wealthy.

22. You can start almost any business at little or no
costs.

23. You can get rid of your extra inventory.

24. You can reduce and eliminate your debts and
avoid bankruptcy.

25. You can afford to sell your products at a lower
price.

26. You can increase your opt in or ezine subscribers
for free.

27. You can get your web hosting and design for free.

28. You can save money outsourcing your workload
for free.

29. You can find hidden income streams.

30. You can exchange useless products for profitable
ones.

31. You can create new business funding and credit
lines.

32. You can reduce your taxes.

33. You can find and create new distribution channels
for your products.

34. You can give your employees more raises,
bonuses and benefits.

35. You can even trade non business stuff to
improve your personal life.

36. You can increase your sales and profits.

37. You can send your ad to huge, targeted email
lists at no cost.

38. You can eliminate employee hiring costs creating
barter outsourcing deals.

39. You can build your customer or opt-in list for
free.

40. You can build profitable alliances with other
businesses.

41. You can learn insider information from other
experts at no cost.

42. You can test your product for free.

43. You can out-sell other affiliates much easier.

44. You can increase the number of affiliates that
sign up to your reseller program.

45. You can offer more bonus products and incentives
to buy.

46. You can get highly credible endorsements and
testimonials from other experts.

47. You can quickly increase your ezine subscribers.

48. You can offer your products at lower prices than
your competition.

49. You can easily find new up sell and backend
products to sell.

50. You can create products faster and with less
effort.

May these joint venture secrets help you to make
a lot of money and succeed.

Warmly,

I-key Benney, CEO

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I have been fond of Hewlett-Packard [HP] products for many years. The company has been a leader in the personal computer field for quite some time and is distinguishing itself as a capable competitor with their fine line of inkjet and laserjet printers. My latest purchase, a LaserJet 1012, has proven to be an accomplished workhorse. I will review with you why I give this printer such high marks.

1. Top Quality For years, I had enjoyed working with HP laserjets at my place of employment. The 600 dpi printing capabilities of these particular models meant that all my documents were crisp and sharp and as professional as anything that an offset printer could produce. With prices exceeding one thousand dollars I knew that such equipment was beyond what I could afford for myself. Still, when it came time for me to start my own business, I discovered that HP had launched a line of printers that everyone could afford. Thus came into being the HP Laserjet 1012, a black and white printer sporting a resolution level as high as 1200 dpi. My favorite feature is its ability to crank out 15 pages per minute; for someone who produces multiple documents that feature is a real time saver.

2. Compact The original HP laserjets were noisy and clunky. Not so with the HP 1012. No screeching of the printer wheels either, a distraction found in early models the Hewlett Packard has successfully refined away over the years. The unit is always on and it occupies about half the space of many older HP models.

3. Versatile You can print out letter, legal or index paper and the unit can handle standard business envelopes…without jamming! Recommended monthly output is 5000 copies; I haven’t approached that amount yet but my past experience is that you can safely exceed HP recommended limits.

4. Affordable Priced competively, the HP 1012 can be purchased for about $200. not including rebates. At various times HP offers a rebate which will lower the price even further; I have seen a $50. rebate offered from time to time. To me, the unit is worth much more than the price you pay for the output it produces. In addition, the toner cartridge that came with the unit is the standard size. I have seen new printers with a cartridge that only prints out 200-300 copies before running out of toner. The HP 1012 cartridge that comes with the machine produces up to 2000 copies. Replacements can easily be obtained at any major office supply store or online.

I purchased my unit from a national office supply store. After one year of service, I can say that it meets all of my expectations and then some. I give the product a 5-star rating, the highest possible rating a product can receive.

When Matt isn’t reviewing products, he runs the Aviation Employment Board at http://www.aviationemploymentboard.com and the Corporate Flight Attendant Community at http://www.cabinmanagers.com and http://www.corporateflyer.net

Ah the ever present battle to lose those unwanted pounds. In today’s society we are bombarded with weight loss products and programs. Everywhere you look, it’s low-fat this and reduced calories that. It seems every other commercial is advertising some miracle diet pill or program. Fitness clubs are opening up on every corner and new weight loss books are being published at lightening speed! Yet with all this going on around us, we are still not losing weight. What we are doing is driving our friends, family and ourselves insane! Not to mention the damage we are causing our minds and bodies with all the diets and pills. So how do we lose the weight and keep it off? I believe I have finally found the answer!

I have taken the pills, tried the diets (even cabbage soup), and spent more money than I could afford on programs. Finally one day after stepping on the scales and seeing that after a week of dieting, I had not lost one pound, I started thinking about metabolism. I knew metabolism had to do with the rate in which your body uses up or burns calories. So, if I had a higher metabolism, I would burn calories faster than I consumed them, which meant I could lose weight. So I started looking up everything I could about metabolism.

I found many pills that claimed to raise metabolism, but after all the money I had spent on diet pills already, I was hesitant to spend more. Then I found out that some foods can give you the same results. The thought of boosting my metabolism with something as natural and tasty as strawberries really caught my attention. I started eating and drinking these natural metabolism boosters along with what I normally eat, and I have started losing weight!

I found most of my information from the book “The Fat Flush Foods” by Ann Louise Gittleman, M.S., C.N.S. I recommend you read the book for full details on these foods like how to buy and prepare them correctly. If you don’t want to spend the money on the book, at least look them up on the internet. If you don’t prepare some of these correctly, they won’t work properly and some can be harmful.

So, without further ado, I present you with a list of natural metabolism boosters!

- Apple Cider Vinegar - Flaxseed Oil
- Flaxseeds - Water
- Protein: Beef, Eggs, Lamb, Salmon, & Whey Protein - Kale
- Berries: Raspberries, Strawberries and Blueberries - Almonds
- Spelt - Yogurt
- Chromium - CLA
- GLA - L-Methionine
- Herbs & Spices: Cayenne, Cinnamon, Cloves, Dried Mustard, Garlic and Ginger
- Oregon Grape Root

It is still recommended that you cut back on your sugar and salt intake and it is always good for you to exercise. This doesn’t mean strict diets and exhausting exercise programs. Just use less salt, less sugar and maybe take a walk around your block every day. Eat when you’re hungry, don’t starve yourself. Now you can snack on berries, almonds, hard boiled eggs, yogurt and more.

The point is, you don’t have to lose your mind to lose your weight!

Shelly Platt

http://www.naturallygood.net

Looking for international property? Check out properties for sale in France here!

Notwithstanding the fact that the Property Index is seen as a fairly young syndicate, doing business only since March 2007, they have attained to expert status very quickly. In point of fact a pretty down-to-earth syndicate and focus on looking after any individual looking to let, sell, rent, etc. real property in a wide selection of areas across the globe. They avow to aid you unearth just what you desire quick and, further, in a trouble-free manner. Real estate can be bought almost anywhere in the world at the moment, unquestionably the hippest area being property for sale in France. It should be no effort to list the good real estate available in France, the motivation for investigating properties here is a combination of the houses and apartments you can purchase and the chance to live amongst this high-spirited, optimistic and welcoming population.

This is one of the truly favored areas at the moment, and considering the scenic beauty and agreeable weather surrounding you here, how could you conceivably be wrong? Real estate in France is steeped in history, this region has long been home to a number of sophisticated cultures. Around thirty years back you’d find just a dribble of Britishers looking for real estate in France. Ask everyone who has emigrated to France and they are certain to back it up. Many people would prefer to see it as a basically irrelevant craze and others prefer to see it as a more or less an infatuation! People that will actually move over here range from young urban couples keen on a new challenge to the elderly planning on relaxation and enjoyment.

Bear in mind, however, that you might encounter some catches when purchasing real estate abroad — expectably there are a million procedures be it when devising a plan, surveying or signing up. Even if only a single step is missed that will give rise to comprehensive catches not to forget, critically, money loss. As is to be anticipated with this sought after place, real estate may be extremely high priced in this location and that is only caused by the top market demand. However, property buyers are certainly spoilt for choice in a part of the world determined by fair countryside and tremendous vista. Presently it has the whole lot just about anyone might feasibly crave and more.

The relentless defensive player Dikembe Mutombo is also a softie. One of NBA’s most celebrated centers and a 4-time winner of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award, the 7-foot-2 Mutombo is also an active philanthropist who has focused much of his charitable endeavors on his home country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, through the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation.

One of Mutombo’s notable projects is the construction of the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in the outskirts of his hometown, Kinshasa, the capital of Congo. He donated an estimated total of $18.5 million to the establishment of the $29 million-facility. Named after Mutombo’s late mother, Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital is Congo’s most modern hospital to date, with technological innovations such as telemedicine and live network connection with other hospitals and medical institutions in the United States and Europe.

Mutombo is someone who never forgets his roots, no matter what material possessions and degree of fame he has achieved in life. He also emphasizes the importance of social responsibility of those who are doing well in life to lend a helping hand to other members of society. His favorite saying confirms his philanthropic resolve - “When you take the elevator up to reach the top, don’t forget to send it back down so that someone else can take it to the top.”

The hospital and all of his other philanthropic efforts are his means of sending the elevator down.

Philanthropist and Ross School founder Courtney Ross is listed on the Forbes 400.

Courtney Sale Ross is the founder of the Ross School.

Courtney Sale Ross was recently interviewed by Charlie Rose.

Accusations of spam can be so harmful to your business that every effort should be made to prevent it.

However, simply requesting a surfer to enter an e-mail address into an online form on your website is not a guarantee of not being accused of spam.

Here’s what could happen

One of your competitors could visit your website and enter the name of a well-known anti-spammer. When your autoresponder sends out the latest copy of your newsletter or mini-course to this person, he will become very angry.

It is no good protesting your innocence. Since he didn’t ask to subscribe to your newsletter, he will claim that you are spamming him. While you are arguing your case with your Web host, your competitor will be taking your profits!

Here’s how Double Opt-In works

When a subscriber signs up for your newsletter online, he or she receives a confirmation e-mail to which they must respond if they are to be added to your list.

The confirmation usually involves simply clicking a link or hitting the reply-to button.

Taking these precautions can prevent a lot of trouble and ensure that your opt-in subscribers really want your information.

© 2003 John Lynch

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Master copywriter Robert Collier often used a technique to get people to read more of his sales letters. You can use this same technique right now to increase the readership of your web pages and emails.

I’ll get to it in a moment. For now, let me tell you a couple of things about readership in general, and the importance of using long versus short copy, in most cases.

If you’re one of those marketers that rebel against the idea of long copy, and insist that people don’t read it, listen up. If you’re copy is boring, or unsubstantiated, or fails to promise the delivery of an expected benefit, then you are absolutely right.

But if you promise the expected benefit, and use engaging copy that’s firing on all cylinders, effectively attracting attention, building interest, desire, and action, have no fear.

Your prospects will read as many words as necessary to convince themselves to become buyers. That could mean thousands of words, depending what you are asking them to do.

If the price is significant, or the thing you are selling demands a significant change of behavior, or even if you are operating in a very mature, hotly competitive commodity market, you just cannot expect people to decide favorably with minimal information.

They need enough sound reasons to buy, and they need those reasons appropriately substantiated. Too many marketers paint pretty pictures, but fall down when it comes to demonstrating proof.

Anyway, getting back to that little technique that Robert Collier used that I was telling you about.

Collier observed that human beings possess a couple of inborn traits that he used to get them to read his letters. I’m assuming you’re one, so I’m going to include you in this ;=)

A) We’re naturally curious. We have an inborn “desire to know” hard wired into our brains. It’s instinctive, part of our survival program.

B) We just can’t stand having a half baked thought or idea, hanging around waiting to be finished. If there’s an open loop, we want it shut.

So how did the legendary Collier use these to his money making advantage?

He would set up a story, and build up a primary point, and then before taking that primary point to it’s logical conclusion, head off in a secondary direction, while promising to return to the first one momentarily.

His readers hung on his every word, because they were curious about how the story would end, and they could’nt stand to leave the first thought unfinished.

You can use this same technique to great effect online. Or you can turn it upside down like this in an autoresponder series.

Instead of introducing the secondary point toward the beginning of the copy, you introduce it toward the end, leave the thought unfinished, and promise to close the loop in the next installment. Collier did this constantly to create a sense of anticipation in the minds of his periodical subscribers, and you can see the same technique used frequently in the theatre and in soap operas.

To give you an idea of how powerful this idea is, get this…

Psychologists took to studying the behavior of wait staff in Restaurants. At regular intervals they would question the waiters and waitresses about the orders they had taken.

Almost without fail, the waiters and waitresses could remember what the people who were still in the Restaurant had ordered, with a high degree of accuracy. But almost always, they totally forgot what the people who had already paid their bill had ordered, even though those patrons had left the Restaurant only minutes before.

Because the mind hates unfinished business, it remains engaged until the event or subject of attention unfolds and resolves itself in a logical conclusion. In this case, the payment of the check.

And in the case of your sales letter or email sequence, the close. That’s a big deal, because that’s where you ask for the money, right?

Copyright 2005 Daniel Levis

Daniel Levis is a top marketing consultant & direct response copywriter based in Toronto Canada. Recently, Daniel & world-renowned publicist & copywriter Joe Vitale teamed up to co author “Million Dollar Online Advertising Strategies - From The Greatest Letter Writer Of The 20th Century!”, a tribute to the late, great Robert Collier.

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World Wide Web Bingo

‘Net bingo is coming to be more and more well-known in all places. Pursuant to the public ban on smoking, plenty of well-established bingo halls have had to close; this needless to say produced plenty of companies marketing Internet bingo as as another option. Movie star recommendations by people like Sharon and Jordan Osbourne have also proved beneficial by developing the public image of world wide web bingo; with give or take 3.5 million people presently having a game online.

Today you’ll discover quite a lot of Internet bingo Web sites, all and sundry extending to enthusiasts really marvellous jackpots and a raft of other prizes, for example new cars, concert tickets not to mention luxury holidays. What’s particularly fantastic about Internet bingo is that everyone can have a bash at it whenever convenient, wherever there’s a Net connection. With games being rolled out steadily, you can organise bingo seamlessly with your regular everyday life. People may have assume that the social aspect of bingo fun would suffer on account of the decline of the well-established bingo halls - but on the contrary - bingo enthusiasts in the UK have proven these critics wrong. Ever more have begun to utilise the facilities implemented by heaps of Internet bingo companies.

Here all people can forge new friendships, get access to exclusive contests and join up with online bingo communities. More to the point, many studies have verified that players will be far more likely to earn megabucks when having a bash at Internet bingo than with other types of having a flutter for example the lottery and sports bets. And if you become a little tired of bingo, a huge number of Internet bingo Web sites offer a huge selection of other pastimes. These will be anything from various slots and numbers setups, all through to caption tourneys and fun tests. With so much so much choice, it may well be a mite bewildering to come to a a decision on which bingo establishment will be the right one for you. In addition, you’ll find it should pay out to take a stab at some extensive research and learn who is now promoting to the most attractive premiums. Tons of Internet bingo Web sites will let visitors enjoy a set number of free games or reciprocate any cash deposit.

If any of your neighbors are signed up with any given Internet bingo Web page, you may want to consider joining in seeing that the networking aspect will surely add to the entertainment!:)

Working from home is many people’s goal. No traffic, no train delays, no office politics. But if you’re going to work from home full or part time, your work area needs to be carefully planned to make it comfortable and functional. By making some simple changes to either an existing office or when planning a new design, your choices of furniture are now possible to create an office space that can blend in to your house, especially when space is limited.

If your office will be in an existing room, such as a living or dining room, the use of a divider of some sorts will allow the room to be used for both purposes at the same time. Modular cube units are idea for this. Mix the cubes so that some face the office and others face the living space. If you prefer something softer, then a screen is a better choice. To save on costs, look for or make a screen using materials that match the decor of the room.

When selecting a desk, look for one that will allow you to close up sections, or the entire desk, with out putting anything away. This will allow you to leave you work undisturbed and be able to pick back up the next day. Also, having a desk that allow you to pull sections out will provide more room to work, when space is tight, and will provide sufficient storage when needed. If adding a desk is not possible and you’re sharing your office in a dinning room, you could use your dinning room table as your daytime desk and add a sideboard or small table with shelves for storing paperwork at the end of the day.

One essential aspect to the work area is lighting. The best light to work with is a directional light that can angle to illuminate your work area. The room should also have good natural light or artificial ambient light during the day or evening, so the contrast between the brightness of the computer screen and the rest of the room is never too great. The use of overhead or wall lights will balance the lighting.

If your work area is shared with another area, it is more important than ever to be well organized. If you do not have a desk to store pens, paper, rulers and every other essential items, consider using furniture like file cabinets that can used to store these items. Shelves can be used for books, box files, and magazines that can be fitted with a blind to hide them when you’re not working.

When looking for a desk that will be your computer work area, make a list of all the computer peripherals that you will be using. Make sure the desk is wide enough to accommodate a monitor if a flat panel monitor is not an option. The monitor should be at eye level for best comfort. If you are thinking of enclosing your PC, be sure there is ample air flow to prevent overheating. Look for a desk that has a low keyboard shelf with a sliding tray that can be pulled out when needed. A good desk will also include shelves for adding other components such as printers, scanners, zip drives and wireless routers. Most of all make sure the chair you choose will be comfortable and adjustable for spending long house in front of the desk. Aim to spend as much money as you can and economize elsewhere.

Having a home office that blends into an existing room is possible without making dramatic changes. Best of all, you can do it without spending a fortune and enjoy working from home!

Author - Mike Rubeo

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