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I'm fadhli from Singapore, Im here to learn how to attract more people to join my Multi level network (which I believe this company have what it takes to be successful.) Problem with me is I'm weak in getting people to join or simply find someone to talk about this. perhaps someone could help me with some ideas how.
Never the less I want to make friends too so I can understand more about MLM business,

Cheers

Multi Vendor Marketplace

This is my first post on this forum and have a quick question. What would be the way to make a profit from a multi vendor marketplace? I am leaning towards monthly payments for vendors, but would like additional guidance. Thanks in advance!

Organic vs paid for

Please forgive me if I say something incorrect. I'm talking about stuff I don't know anything about.

What is everyones opinion on paid for listing on google vs organic. I click on paid for maybe 1% of the time.

Recommend a logo designer?

I need a logo that I will be using on my companies sign.

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Hello Everyone,

I'm just starting out and want to start buying equipment for product development over the next few weeks. I also am using one of the rooms in my house as an office. I am still trying to see if my ideas are viable and won't be selling anything in the near future.

1. Is the first step I need to do is setup an LLC?
2. What do I need to do purchase I start buying equipment?
3. Can I use equipment, office supplies I currently have without opening myself up to having the LLC veil pierced?
4. How do I setup the home office for tax purposes?

Please let me know if there any other information I need to worry about, etc.

One year into my business, and still no idea what to expect.

Hi. I'm new here. My husband and I started a business a year ago, and I'm having a hard time gauging where we should be. For the past several months we've basically been breaking even, with a little profit some months. Neither of us are taking an income yet, but we will need to start doing so soon. I don't know if we're really behind the curve where we a year in or if this is fairly common. I know you can't tell me what to expect with my business, but if you don't mind letting me know where you were a year into your business and how quickly it progressed for you. I just love hearing other people's experiences and what they felt made them successful or not.

Wordpress plugins?

Hey. I have a website, Squarespace - Claim This Domain. It's a site aimed at small & freshly started businesses that serves as a platform for them to list products and service packages.

I'm currently using squarespace. But I have other ideas I want to implement in the website that squarespace doesn't allow for.

Does Wordpress or any other website builder offer category filters and search by area code functions? This would be helpful in allowing customers to view product/service listings in their area radius and filter results by category (I.e. Restaurants, car repair, cooking, furniture)

Does any website builder offer plugins for users to create accounts? And have an "account overview" feature? I would like to give small businesses aka partners a portal embedded on the Endnor.com website for them to submit their product/service packages from, view their earnings, view their incoming orders, etc.

Anyone that can let me know the feasibility of this, as well as any critique of the website/business model will be greatly appreciated.

Does anyone else feel this way?

I have a business I run now. Brick and mortar and repair shop for cellular phones. I have been doing this for about 9 years now and I have always hired family first and then people outside family. I feel that there is a lot of things wrong with hiring family and some good too but not going to blow this thread up with that.

I feel I'm struggling with letting go and letting others run my business. I feel that they will not run it right bc it is very complicated in how it works. We wheel and deal all the time with customers to make sales and work with them too in repairs. It's very hard to do anything systematic here bc we have to be soo flexible to survive and give people a reason to come to us. So getting an employee to bend the way I want them too is very difficult. Also trusting in their ability too. Sometimes I feel that the business I'm in is meant to be a 1 man shop. I'm stuck between trying to grow this business and expand or staying solo in the 2 shops that I have. I have the finances to open more. Does anyone have this struggle? And if you do or did what did you do?

Wordpress plugins?

Hey. I have a website, Squarespace - Claim This Domain. It's a site aimed at small & freshly started businesses that serves as a platform for them to list products and service packages.

I'm currently using squarespace. But I have other ideas I want to implement in the website that squarespace doesn't allow for.

Does Wordpress or any other website builder offer category filters and search by area code functions? This would be helpful in allowing customers to view product/service listings in their area radius and filter results by category (I.e. Restaurants, car repair, cooking, furniture)

Does any website builder offer plugins for users to create accounts? And have an "account overview" feature? I would like to give small businesses aka partners a portal embedded on the Endnor.com website for them to submit their product/service packages from, view their earnings, view their incoming orders, etc.

Anyone that can let me know the feasibility of this, as well as any critique of the website/business model will be greatly appreciated.

Looking to meet lots of people!

Greetings. I hail from North Jersey, USA. I operate a website, Endnor.com, aimed at giving small & freshly started businesses an easy, simple, convenient platform to list their product and service packages and boost their local awareness. I'm a completely solo operation, so I'm open to any advice, help, tips or pointers. I hope to form valuable connections with fellow business owners and exchange ideas.

I'm new here

Hi all,

I joined the forum in hopes to learn more about running my small business - web hosting. Maybe network with some people and see how to better run things!

Thanks all and I look forward to seeing you all.

Single Member LLC questions

Hello, I own a single member LLC which is also a home based business and have a few questions. My accountant is good but not good at explaining in detail some items. My questions are as follows


First here is what I do do...I enter everything into Quickbooks and it is all reconciled. I was even audited by the IRS 2 years ago and passed. My business credit card pays for everything my business buys it also pays for my home utilities since I am a home based business and I believe my account writes off a portion of the whole electric bill, water bill etc...

I also use a 12x12 space for my office and use my garage for product storage and write those sections of my house off. now my questions are below because I am a consrevative person who does not want to get into trouble with the law or sued as I want to protect my assest for my wife and little girls.


1. She told me to have protection under the LLC I have to act like a corporation which includes meeting minutes. I researched it and found I have to hold a meeting with myself going over items. So I doing meeting minuted every January going over the previous year and goals for the upcoming year. Is doing meeting minutes once a year in January enough or do I have to do it more often?

2. Are there any other thing like meeting minutes I have to do to act like a corporation? Basically what ALL do I have to do to be protected? (please explain in simple terms if possible if you can haha)

Thanks for answering :)

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I have xls and csv files coming from the vendors (including products attributes) in different formats and different columns .

Each file includes 10000+ products.
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Enhance the process of listing 10k+ of products from CSV to magento1.9

I have xls and csv files coming from the vendors (including products attributes) in different formats and different columns .

Each file includes 10000+ products.
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I started my business when a local used book and movie store closed and I bought out the remaining inventory. 9,000 + books, 1,000 + movies, cds, all priced and shelving for $1,200. Our location has been open almost 3 months now and we added video games, toys, comics & collectibles, also people can Buy-Sell-Trade all in one location. We are not where we need to be yet, mostly because of rent & utilities that cost $1,000 a month, it was more because I'm month to month and not in a lease. I know that I have competition from other stores, we are unique in a way that we cater to the Nerd, Geek & Gamer which our inventory appeals to all ages plus it's a collage town. I have been considering getting a loan or have an event to help raise funds to secure land and a small building, I understand businesses tend to fail in the first 5 years, even if we started on a 1/4 acre of commercial property and a converted shipping container or metal building, something inexpensive that we could expand out in the future. Also the thought if we don't do well, we could always rent out the building. Is attempting to invest in land and a building a good idea this early ? My thoughts are getting someone to sell a small piece of commercial land might be difficult , which there are 4 good areas in town and everything seems ridiculously priced. Trying to get a loan would be my last option.

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For those of you that have a business with some type of structural signage what was the cost? My building is on a side street but only a block away from the main street so I want to invest on a really great sign to catch attention. There is a 15 foot pole that is meant to have a sign on.

What type of sign was it?
Did the sign company put it up as well?
Did the sign company do the design?

I would appreciate any help you could give! I have to have a site survey done first.

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So, currently, I have 717 likes on my business page.

My question is, how do you engage users to like/share your content?

I don't post products every day, I usually do that about once a week. Is there a good source of general news/funnies/etc to post on your page that is engaging?

I know facebook doesn't blast your content out right away (it trickles to some users) so unless paid, it's hard to get good engagement.

thoughts?

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Hi, I am finished doing the paperwork for setting up my LLC, trademark, provisional patent, related paperwork. I am now searching for a manufacturer. How much does one usually cost, and what is the process of finding one? I am getting mixed information from a sourcing company, chinese manufacturing, and a USA manufacturer. The sourcing company says I need 3D drawings first to get manufacturing, the chinese can just build a prototype (low quality) from rough sketches, and the USA manufacturer says it requires engineers and $10,000 of prototyping before manufacturing. Who is right? My product is very simple, just a plastic case with a magnet inside and a clear cover. Does anyone have experience getting their invention manufactured, and is there anything I need to look out for? (Also, any good manufacturers in the USA that you have used, or know about?)

Starting your own forum. Good idea?

Hey guys, I disappeared for a while but found this site so helpful and enjoy helping fellow business owners too.

But for now a question - have any of you thought about creating your own forum? How much would it cost to set one up? Any experience running one?

Most importantly---is it worth the cost and management to help your business?

Business blogging guide?

I'm having trouble trying to figure out just what I should be blogging about for my business. Are there any do's and don'ts? Is there any great guide out there now I could read through? Some things I am thinking about blogging:
1. Announcing new items. Think I have to be careful not to duplicate copy though?
2. Product feature. Maybe some new pictures and info about old products.
3. I sell items that are replicas from history so thought maybe posting links to news articles about historical finds.
4. Announcing new features on the site.

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Hello from Chief Design Studios.com,

I wanted to start making a point in helping others in need of business solutions, personal needs, graphic art, and commerce solutions. I would like,...and hope to help anyone who needs a professional opinion or fact answered. We have been in business for a few years doing work for clients such as Nike, Delta Air, Us Dept. of Commerce all the way to small brick and mortar businesses. My background (before website design etc.) was in software and management and ran some of my own businesses online in background investigations, person location, and CMS was a big part of that. I have a degree in business, Masters in Software Development and working on my PhD currently. Being a part of this company now means I help provide simple solutions for clients needs. We have helped set up some awesome CMS and very simple solutions for clients who have no experience in editing or design. We do everything from design, editing, graphic art, security, CGI, Social Media Marketing, SEO, Video and audio production, and more. We have experts in every field that all work together to provide a one-stop-shop to get multiple experts for your online campaign.

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Business name Opinions

Hello all,
I am new here and looking forward to getting to know everyone :)

I am starting a dog training business and I am getting stuck on the business name. I know how important the right name can be for branding etc. I would love your input and suggestions!
The three that we have, so far are:

Parks Dog Training
Training dogs, empowering owners

Paws Forward Dog Training
Bringing out the best in your dog
This one the domain is already taken (not by a business) so I was reluctant to choose a different domain.

Forward Paws Dog Training
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Thanks for your help!

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I was thinking since there is a decent amount of members on here we could start a "you like mine and I like yours" thread.

This will help members on here get a larger social media following!

Post your company facebook page in the comments and tag those of which you liked. I've seen this done on some other forums with great success.

This is also a great networking tool if you spend a lot of time on social media marketing your business. If you're more into twitter, post that instead of your facebook.

Our page is Firefly Graphics Inc.

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Hey everyone, I recently started my finance and marketing company in October called Cash Brain Solutions, Cash Brain Solutions - Home.

A little about me:
I am a financial analyst for a major for profit education school. I have a soon to be son coming around April. Just bought a house with my wife and I am the finance director for a non profit called Versus for Veterans. So I have my hands full but I dedicate alot of time to my business and it's growth.

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I have not been active on these forums for a while but I wanted to say a few things. This comment is directed at someone in particular, Harold Mansfield. Don’t worry it’s nothing bad!

A while back, maybe a year and a half ago I was trying to sell a product that I made through Ecommerce. I did make some money but it ended up being too much, over complicated and exhausting. I was seeking help on these forums and I got a lot of feedback. All honest, positive and helpful from many people.

One of, well several of the comments were from Harold Mansfield. Harold told me in the nicest way that my website was not up to par (looking back it was a joke) and what I needed to do to get things going in a different direction. Harold gave me some resources to learn from and some professional advice.

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Long story short Harold’s comments were the catalyst that got me started on the right track. I am in a profitable business that I love, enjoy doing and know can be scaled easily to whatever level I want.

I wanted to thank Harold and the others that helped me. You never know how you may affect someone else’s life by doing the smallest thing, like leaving a comment in this forum.

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Hello to my new friends in the forum world! My name Randi Hodges, a natural stone engraver with 17 years of experience in the world of natural stone engraving. I sold the business 3 years ago to two of the gals that worked for me. They are happily running the business under the same name NW Stone Wise. I sold the business because

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C.) In 2001, I wrote a simple manual that explained our process. This was a overview in black and white, comb bound and printed off at our local printer. We put the manual on our stone web site and with no promotion, sold a lot of them.
D.) This being said, I have spend the last 3 years resting, getting flabby, and re-writing the manual. A downloadable version (that can be printed), I collaborated with a sandblast industry supplier. The book includes 11 you tube videos that show a process. As the tension mounts, a year behind schedule, we are about to LAUNCH the first-ever comprehensive manual for "The Art, Process and Technique of Natural Stone Engraving".

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A great business idea from China.

My name is Chandler , I am from China .

I have a great idea about online education , In China , Chinese people are crazy about English learning . A native English teacher could get 20-40 dollars per hour by simple English talking .

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English teacher could work at spare time , evening or after work. I know the labor cost is as low as 10 dollars/hour in some area of the U.S.A, we should able to find some spare time teachers .

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I want to create a platform for teen age Chinese English learners , English teacher or tutor could able to teach English by online platform . Online radio talking , visual talking ,free chatting ects. The lesson will be divided into 30mins per lesson , the lesson will also be sorted as : high school English , zero basic English , ESL English, TOFEL English,Children English,ect.

English teacher could work at spare time , evening or after work. I know the labor cost is as low as 10 dollars/hour in some area of the U.S.A, we should able to find some spare time teachers .

An website and an App will be designed for this project . I will be working in China for platform promotion and students attracting .
Based on a survey ,There are thousands of students who are willing to learn English online in my city , especially some courses teached by native English speakers . I need a business partner who can help me for recruiting and platform testing .

Interesting? contact me by 11021583@qq.com

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What was your most successful marketing approach?

So I'm launching my outsourcing IT support and service company in about 5 months and there's no doubt that I'll be bootstrapping at the start, which is why I was wondering what kind of marketing has worked for you guys before? I'm considering putting most of my marketing funds into an event that would get a lot of SMB owners into a place together so that we could explain what we do and how can help etc. It would be marketed as an event that shows you how our company can save you X amount versus hiring your own people. I think this way we could get to the most people the cheapest. Otherwise I may hire a telephone and social media marketer that works on commission, and we could pay upwards of $700 per client that our sales person acquires for us, I'm not sure if that's good or bad.

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Currently teaching a local course in Ohio with between 20-40 students per year. Although I handle every aspect of the course, it's contracted through a local non-profit org.

I'm looking to expand my course online through a website called Teachable (or some other alternative as I haven't tested it out yet) so I can bring in students from across the country.

The goal is to eventually have my own website and not rely on any other organization or company to help support my courses.

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Over the next few years I plan to save up about $10,000. I want to make an investment into a startup when I'm 18-20 (depending on how long it takes to raise that money) and hopefully in the span of a couple years I can make more investments and the startup does well financially whether it gets bought out or goes public. Either way I don't care as long as it doesn't go bankrupt. I've decided that when I'm a big bad grown up I want to start a holding company. I want to keep it small for the first 4-10 years of my adult life and then expand it when ready, probably after college so when I graduate I don't have to start with $100,000 of crippling debt and I'll have my foot somewhat in the door financially (obviously assuming my investments don't die horribly).

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Hello All, I live in California. I am planning to start a new website which charges membership to its members. At one point it will have its own app's also that will get payments and processing over IOS and Android. I was thinking of opening an LLC for it. But not 100% sure if that's the best way to move on this. The cost of an LLC is gonna be $800 annual minimum tax payments in Ca. If the business is successful and makes money great i'm happy to pay but in case it doesn't the cost is just too much for a site.

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Why Is My Profile Picture Not Showing?

Howdy

My picture uploads fine, shows in that setting, but not on my posts?

Would appreciate any insights

Thanks!

Greetings From Austin, Texas

Hello All!

In fall of last year, I launched a brand development practice specializing in purpose-driven brand development for small businesses, family owned enterprises and social enterprises. This is my third company over the last (17) years. Ive had my own managemet consulting practice for about (12) years and before that, I owned an ad agency specializing in the retail luxury goods sector.

On the side, I have also been very active in the performing arts over the last decade. I have produced and directed two short films and one play. All three were successful to various degrees, in spite of the fact Im relatively new to that world. I have also extensively studied improv and have performed on stage. All of these creative outlets greatly enhance my skills in brand development, to include my work in branded filmmaking.

Look forward to being of service!

Hello from a pub landlord advisor

Hello everyone,

My name's Mel and I'm a freelance copywriter, content marketer and hospitality professional. I look forward to making a few contacts, exchanging ideas, offering advice - and all those normal things expected on a business forum.

Speak soon!

Hello from Boca Raton, FL

Hi Everyone,

I'm Tom Hill from Boca Raton, Florida. I own a small business in Florida (Roofing Company), and am a family man who loves to hang out with my family and dogs at the beach. I've been in Florida for over two decades, and have been a business owner for over 15 years. I look forward to getting to know everyone in this community!

Thanks!

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3rd patry app for your QuickBooks

HI guys!

There are a lot off 3rd party app for QuickBooks, I need the one which works with Sales orders, Inventory counting, do transfers and so on. I was advised to test HandiFox. I am doing it now, what i can say: the app is fully integrated to my QB, it's really convinient for me and my accountants. The second - I can use any Adnroid device, it's really chiper that eg IOS or more ruggedised devices. HandiFox has a lot of functuons. As for weaknesses it doesn't sync automatically, my sales rep faces a little difficulties about this, but it's not so serious.

And what apps are you using for your QB and inventory control????

My website

Any and all thoughts are welcome.

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Out of stock items

What is the best way to handle out of stock items on a website? Obviously trying to not have any items out of stock is best, but i have several vendors with long lead times so I will always have some items. In the past I removed out of stock items from the site. Now I have a new site and am debating the best option. I'm leaning toward keeping all items up on the site but using an app that will let customers be emailed when back in stock.

My website

If I understand correct, I can post a link to my website in the design and development section of the sbf and y'all will critique it?

New business in WA state... lots on my mind.

I'm starting a new automotive repair shop and not sure what types of taxes for sure I need to pay. I know that every sale I do is going to have sales tax. I know that I will have to pay quartly taxes but how do I know what that amount is going to be my first year? I have quick books pro 2016 desktop for my company and I have been reading that it works pretty good with turbo tax. I have not used turbo tax being I like h&r block. Any tips about using turbo tax with quickbooks? I have been saving every recipet to input in to quickbooks. Thank u for taking the time to read this.

Rules for Expensing Cell Phones Plans & Charges

My wife and I were going over the call list from her Verizon cell phone, and we noticed that approximately 90% of the calls made were business related... The other 10% is me, and many times we talk about the business, but we are mobile to mobile, so probably it does not count.

Then I asked about her data plan and she told me that she only uses data on Facebook to do the social media marketing (ever her personal account is all about the business and the sales and events that we have), and also do run maps to navigate to client's locations.

This is a cell phone (and number) that she owned before starting our business. It is her only phone and the business has a landline. But she also just hired a new employee, which is allowing her to conduct a majority of her business offsite. Also: Her cell phone is listed in the company's official website and e-mail signatures.

I work (my daytime job) in a company that either buy the phones to employees or give them a $50 stipend to the people who choose to use their personal cell.

My goal is to be able to claim my wife's cell phone as a business expense, but I would like to know more about what I need to prove, or the type of documentation that I would need to keep in order to justify the shift from personal to business expense..

Could anyone shed some light on this? (Whether it is a good idea or not, and what should I do to make sure that it is legit and well documented).

Thanks

Investment gift from family

I have an e-commerce site that is outdated and suffered this past year. A family member gave me a cash gift of 5k to inject some life back into it. Going to use the money to redesign and do some advertising..

My question is, being that it's not my earned money, can I still write off what I use it for expense-wise? Say I use 1k of it for redesigning, can I write off that 1k? Or should I just not write off 5k worth of my yearly expenses?

GPS Vehicle Trackers / GPS Data Loggers

Does anyone here have any experience with GPS Vehicle Trackers or Data Loggers?

Real-time tracking would be nice and all, but I only need tracking for 4 or 5 months out of the year (so don't want to have to pay for a full-year subscription if I don't have to). A simple GPS data logger would suffice, but I would need one that (a) has sufficient battery capacity to last two weeks, or that could be connected to the vehicle's power supply, and (b) that has sufficient memory to record minute-by-minute tracking data for up to two weeks as well.

FWIW, the vehicles to be tracked are boats. They generally operate within range of cell towers (so don't need a satellite based system, if going with real-time). But we are operating in a harsh marine environment, so the trackers/loggers need to be up to dealing with that.

So does anyone have a favorite tracking service, or track logging device, they like?

Thanks!

autoresponse to mega email errors

Good morning gurus, workers, and noobies,
I am old but am called a noobie from time to time, so don't be offended.
I get approximately 3,000 emails per day in error (because of a domain name I own). I have tried auto responses with nothing but a one line note. I have tried explanations of why I got their email, to why they didn't get a "mailer-daemon undeliverable illegible meaningless" message.
I continue to get thank you notes, but no spam fearing company will help me because of all the 'wannabe marketers' turned spamcops.
They explain that nobody believes anyone does a true good turn for anyone in the email industry. I understand, they need job security because they cannot market successfully, but I really am trying to help these people fix and protect their beloved, old, simple, personal email addresses that they have had since they discovered email!
Many have their own name without 5 or 10 numbers after it. I'm serious, John@LLL.com is not giving up his email!
Any ideas? (I registered the name for my own reasons, without knowing at the time that the large internet service provider and email provider was related to the email errors I get).
It used to be 10k per day but the company was bought out 10 years ago and has been steadily 2500 to 3500 per day without fail. I have saved the addresses thinking one day I would send all 2 million of them a note about their lost emails (which were trashed - forwarding them would have entailed manual search and replace).
Thanks :)

Example Of A Lead Generating Postcard (Pictures Included)

I posted this on another forum I frequent, and I wanted to share it here as well. It's one of the first lead generating postcards I created for when I was in real estate working with a top agent.

This postcard was created for our out-of-town buyer who was looking for a house in a specific neighborhood (also used to find potential home sellers... kill two birds with one stone). So, without further ado, here's the front and back (click on the pictures to make them bigger):

Looking for a House Postcard Front.jpg

Looking for a House Postcard Back.jpg

Now, I'll be the first to admit... it's not a pretty postcard. It was a 5.5" x 8.5" postcard sent with real first class stamps (before I learned about EDDM, also I've used bulk mail before but not for this run) printed with our office color printer on cheap 90 lb. Index cardstock.

A few things to point out.

1. Mentioned a specific neighborhood (targeted).
2. Had a deadline and created urgency (Out-of-town buyers were only here those three days).
3. Was specific on what the buyers were looking for. VERY Important.

I've seen these type of postcards before where the agent sends them to different neighborhoods with "I have a buyer looking in your area. Call me." What a bunch of nonsense. You have to be specific!!!

Also, when I got smart and started using EDDM, did a postcard just like this only bigger. Well, one of the listings we got, the seller told us she was never going to call us because she took our postcard to work and her co-workers told her it was a scam that we really didn't have a buyer. But... she liked the fact we were 'specific' and... we showed her neighbor's house who responded to the postcard. So, you must be specific and make it as believable as possible.

Ok, back to THIS specific postcard.

Here's the breakdown:

•573 Postcards Mailed
•$310.59 Investment (for paper, color copying [yes our office charged to use the color printer], and first class postage.
•8 Responses (1.4%)
•1 Listing right out of the gate.

Total commission brought in was $16,900.

A couple more things to point out... one: It goes to show that responses rates are worthless. It's all about the Return-on-Investment! Two: Pretty doesn't equate to money. You can have the ugliest postcard in the world and make lots of money if the copy is right.

Just remember: RIGHT MESSAGE - RIGHT MARKET - RIGHT MEDIA - RIGHT TIME

Oh, and probably the most important thing is... IMPLEMENT. Do something! Don't wait until everything is perfect.

Now feel free to share your thoughts. :-)

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5 min questionnaire on 3d printing

Hello peps ;)
I'm doing a dissertation on 3D-Printing and need just 5 minutes from you to fill up a questionnaire for me.
Note: on Number 8, your ideas can implemented in my research and you can write your pen name or real name. i will acknowledge you in the dissertation paper.
here the link A STUDY ON THE READINESS OF SMEs TO ADOPT 3D-PRINTING (3DP)
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Start My Own Business

Hi,

I want to start my own business online. anyone suggest me which is the best option for me.

Gun Class

Whether you are a proponent or not of guns, this was interesting.

I went to a local gun show a week ago and took a license to carry class. In Florida where I live, you can't openly carry a gun, but with the license you can carry a concealed weapon with the license. This would include a knife over a certain length.

I don't intend to carry a weapon, I just did it because it was easy and I could.

A couple of struck me as wrong in this whole thing. At least a third of the people in the class were elderly women. I doubt most of them had fired a weapon before. That scares me. No competency is required for the license. I've shot since I was ten, albeit target shooting. I don't consider myself competent to carry a weapon for self defense. With a year of weapon for self defense training I would consider myself competent.

The class consisted of safety precautions, the law, and we had to shoot one round from a gun in a safe manner. That means you pick up the gun without your finger on the trigger, aim at the target, put your finger on the trigger and shoot at the target. You don't even have to hit it.

Please don't turn this into a political discussion. It's just some observations from something I did a week ago.

How does business bankruptcy work?

In the media business bankruptcy looks like this magical thing that can be filed to wash away a businesses debts without putting the business owner at any personal risk, but is it truly that? Can a business owner borrow money to open a business, have it tank, and then file business bankruptcy after not paying back any loan payments, and just borrow the same amount --or more-- of money the next year and start up again? If the same mentioned scenario happened again, could they just rinse and repeat every year for the rest of their lives? Filing different bankruptcies each time? How does the process work? When can one use it? How can it be used? How should it the used? Have you ever used it before? If so, how did it work? Why did you file it? Know anyone who's filed it? If so, how did it work for them? Why did they file it?

Is this address a dead giveaway that I am using a PO Box for my business?

Hi,

I am starting a new business and do not want others to know my business address is really just a PO Box. I want it to appear as a physical office location. The local UPS store will allow me to write "Suite #" instead of "Box #" or "PMB #". And this is helpful. However, the UPS store address is Suite "F" and they require all private box holders to place the "F" in front of their suite #. So, assuming my box is #205, my physical address would appear as follows:

123 Main Street Suite F205

I think the "F" is a dead giveaway that I am using a UPS Store or some other private box service. I would like your opinion. Do you agree or disagree?

This type of formatting is often required by UPS Stores or other private box services. I believe businesses with actual offices rarely have a suite number consisting of a letter followed by numbers.

The UPS store will not allow me to drop the "F" from the address. And they will now allow me to do Building F, Suite 205 either. Nor will they allow similar variations.

I appreciate your input.

(PS Please let's not debate the merits of whether someone knowing my office location is a UPS store is "good" or "bad". That's another topic for another post).

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Need some advice on proper way to handle transactions.

In January of this year I decided to try and turn my hobby into a small business. I buy and sell antiques, collectible, vintage gun parts etc...I sell online, at flea markets and at shows. I also work a full time job. I have not applied for a business license as I want to see the feasibility of doing this. I currently use a book keeping program that automatically tracks all Ebay and PayPal transactions. So the online part is pretty cut and dried. I can also add any expenses and sales to this program manually. My questions come into play when doing shows or making large bulk purchases. This scenario happened two weeks ago.

I traveled to Ohio and purchased a large collection of gun parts, sporting goods etc...I paid $3000 for the entire lot and I have a receipt showing that I paid that amount. Since there were literally thousands of small parts included it would be virtually impossible to inventory every single piece. What is the proper way to list what I bought to tie it to the $3000 receipt to make the tax man happy? Do I give a total number of boxes with an overview of whats in each box and assign a cost to it to get to the $3000? I listed all my expenses involved with the trip and have receipts for hotel, rental truck, fuel, food etc.. I assume I can use these.

This scenario plays itself over and over. If I set up at a show, a person may bring me a large boxfull of whatever. I pay him, write out a receipt as to what I paid and log a general overview of what I purchased.

I'm not trying to cheat the taxman and my intent is to make profit and pay the taxes due. I just want to be sure I'm handling these bulk transactions properly. All input is certainly appreciated.

Expand Ink and Toner Business

Hi All,

I work for a small family business (3 employees) that specializes in remanufactured ink and toner. We have been in business for over 6 years and have a solid foundation, doing over six figures in sales each year. Our issue is trying to expand our business. Its hard to figure out a way market ink and toner as its just a commodity and not something special. I was wondering if anyone else has had experiences like ours.

Once we get customers to find us, we usually have them coming back for years as we save them 40-70% off the OEM products found in large office stores. For us, it seems like a no brainer to use remanufactured over OEM just based on the massive savings.

Thomas

Hello from Dallas, TX

Hi All.

I work for a small business located in North Dallas in Texas. We specialize in remanufactured printer ink and toner to help companies lower there cost as a way to save money. We ship throughout the United States. We commonly save people roughly 40-70% off prices found at the big box stores.

I look forward to learning how others here grew and run there business.

Thomas

From VIET NAM: Looking for Partner/Supplier/Saler

Hi,

Through google, I just found this Website, and give it a try. I am doing as Trader here in Viet Nam. i am importing Cosmetics from US, PVC Flooring from China, Glue from Korea. And just start doing business in Wood: Raw material, Logs, Lumber, Furniture. As my though, now a day if we want to survive and develope, we have to have the regionable price for our products then we can compare with others. Thats why here we are doing business from the beginning to the end (product and direct sale to buyer).

If anyone is inerest in doing business, I am welcome to discuss more.

John Vu

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What If Someone From This Site Became Super Rich Or A Rich Person Joined?

Just a thought, let's say, for example, I go on within the next 5 years and start a huge company that gets me to billionaire status. Or maybe Harold's business somehow hits billions. What would happen then?

What if like, for example, Mark Zuckerberg joined the site and started answering questions actively. What would you guys do?

LLC Disregarded Entity and W-9 error listing EIN instead of SSN

I started a single-member LLC in 2015. I am paid commissions from multiple vendors. However, I mistakenly used my LLC EIN on a few W-9s and some of my commission payments are being paid to my LLC under my EIN instead of my SSN. I have since sent corrections to my vendors to have all payments made to my SSN. However some money was paid out under my EIN for my LLC. What problems do I have to look forward to when I file?

Are you starting a new web-based project in the UK?

I am looking for a project to work on as I have been involved in several startup projects before. If you are based in the UK and ideally the Midlands. I have 25 years in IT and 10 in web development and have worked for several start-ups. Please get in touch. I have an interesting proposition that you may like.

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like the forum, new and lurking around and looks good, I look forward to being a part of it

determining percent ownership

Hi,

I am trying to determine the percent ownership for each of 4 partners in a new speciality licensed business.
contributions for each are as follows

me= know the local market, initial survey and location plus in future manage and run the licensed business as a manager
person2 is in similar business and has lot of ideas and expertise to incorporate
person3 he introduced me to person2
person4 contributes his name to title and credit to get lease started

offer on table
me 40%
person2 25%
person3 25%
person4 10%

i want atleast 50%. please let me know if it is fair.

thanks

Contract Engineering Advice

Hello I work for a very small Contract Engineering company and we are having a trouble finding contract engineering work. Our President and Principal Engineer has a Professional Engineering Licence. I am a Mechanical Designer and a Certified Solidworks Professional. And our other 2 full time employees are electronics and circuit board design guys. So I was wondering how do contract engineering companies find more sustainable work? We would like to find companies that need our services and not have this one and done project mentality which seems to be what we are stuck in. I would like it if you guys have any advice on how to find companies that need Mechanical Engineering Services or a Mixture of Mechanical and Electrical to sustain our small companies workers. We are working on our website to make it better but as were are doing that is there another way that we can get Mechanical Engineering Contract work? As I stated we are stuck in this one and done mentality and would like to get a sustainable income were we have multiple companies needing our services so we can keep our hours at a full time rate. Any advice that you guys could give us would be greatly appreciated. We are in Michigan and just need some advice on growing our Contract Engineering Company so that we can get our services to more companies in a more sustainable fashion to keep us all working full time.

Thank you in advance for all of your help!!

Peace

Holding Company - How to Own and Lease Vehicles?

We own an existing sole proprietorship that is a small construction company. I will soon transition this to an LLC. We own (outright) several vehicles for business use. We also outright own several vehicles for personal use. I have a personal insurance policy for these, and a commercial policy for the biz vehicles.

Ive recently set up a holding company LLC with the intention of having it own the (soon-to-be) construction company LLC as a wholly owned subsidiary. Id also like to create a property management LLC which will also be wholly owned by the holding co. (Eventually to manage properties owned (in the future) by the holding co.

Id like to transition the vehicle ownership of the construction co vehicles the the holding co and then lease the vehicles back to the construction company. Id also like to transfer ownership of the personal vehicles to the holding co and lease them back to us personally.
In order to transfer ownership / titles of the vehicles to the holding co, the holding co needs proof of insurance in its name.

My question is this:

How does this work, exactly, and whats the best way of going about it? Does the holding co need to directly carry insurance on the vehicles? Or is this arrangement altered via the lease agreement so that the insurance burden is on the leasee? Our current insurance carrier says they cant insure the vehicles if the holding co owns them since the holding co will be deriving its income from "leasing vehicles". Do I just need to find another carrier? Or should the policies be held by the entities leasing the vehicle? <---this seems right, but how does the holding co still own the vehicles without direct coverage?

Thanks for any clarification you can offer. I feel like Im close to understanding how this works, but maybe Im missing some crucial piece of info. :)
Cheers,
~M

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What qualities should a person have to run a small business and become successful?

There are many people who want to become a successful business owner and many can if they put their hard work, effort, and time into what they are doing. What qualities or "traits" do you see in people who are successful at business and people who are not successful in business have and how do they differ between the two?

How would you improve on building these traits?

Hello Everyone

Hi i am adam from melbourne australia.

Need Advice

Hello Everyone,

I apologize in advanced if this post does not belong here.

I was just hired as Business Development Officer at a finance firm. We specialize in doing loans for first-time borrowers who cannot get approved at a bank. I wanted some advice on how to approach business owners and ideas on how to market myself so on and so forth. Do you prefer receiving emails, or business mail?

If you have any questions about what we offer pm me.

Need Some Ideas

Hello Everyone,

I apologize in advanced if this post does not belong here.

I was just hired as Business Development Officer at a finance firm. We specialize in doing loans for first-time borrowers who cannot get approved at a bank. I wanted some advice on how to approach business owners and ideas on how to market myself so on and so forth. Do you prefer receiving emails, or business mail?

If you have any questions about what we offer pm me.

Church bulletin Ad

I do Income taxes for locals. I am running an ad in the Catholic Church Bulletin. I was wondering how effective this will be

Bundling with a Larger Company for Better Health Insurance?

Hi everyone!

One of my coworkers mentioned the possibility of a small business bundling with a larger company for better health insurance. Does anyone have any experience getting their health insurance with another company and can elaborate on how it works?

All responses are much appreciated!

The new TeeSpring? Beta-launch of custom clothing site Democracy

I represent The/Studio, a company launching a crowdfunded custom clothing called Democracy here in the early spring.

Inspired in part by Teespring, our crowdfunding project began with our desire to provide creative minds to more clothing options, more customization ability and the free design required to tie it all together. We're looking for beta testers to begin this week to try out the following our website, with the ability to launch custom clothes campaigns and make a profit. We provide:

1) Free design. We give users access to our trained designers; a customer can provide verbal or written description of their desired image and are entitled to free corrections until their image is as envisioned. Currently Teespringers must look to a website like fiver.com and others for professional design if they themselves aren't gifted in the area, but the process is still a little daunting to the first-time user. That design service also helps you take advantage of...

2) Enhance customization options. As a company which already makes custom fabric labels and patches of all manners, we have the capability to take t-shirts that could be designer t-shirts sold in stores (some of our customers do just that at their boutiques). Knowing we couldn't think of everything, we will be providing customers with a "description" text box where they can detail any options for their t-shirt that we've not provided, and within twenty-four hours we provide a quote for the product envisioned.

We're very excited to be bring this level of customization to market and reaching the artists who were turned off by Teespring's limited platform or the up-front costs of other websites. What we need are helpful folks like yourselves, willing to be beta-testers for us starting next week. You'll be among the first to see our website and have the chance to combine our customization powers with crowdfunding

We're really enthused about starting next February and would like some friends along for the inaugural ride, especially yourselves who have all been doing t-shirts longer than we have. Please PM me if you are interested in assisting us during this time by trying out a campaign or two with us.

Sincerely,
Matthew Eley
The/Studio

Hello Everyone from Surender @ La Vacanza Travel, India

Hello everyone,

My name is Surender. Its my first day here in this forum site and i'm enjoying to be here.

I am managing the branding & promotion activities for La Vacanza Travel, a leading travel company in India.

What is Link Juice in SEO & How to Improve it?

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What is Link Juice in SEO & How to Improve it?

Need advice on first things I should do once I open my business

Hi, I have a new business that has been registered as an LLC a week ago, I have a provisional patent, trademark and manufacturer currently making my product. I have a business attorney helping me write the business plan. I have a good product I hope makes a lot of money and i have the determination to make it successful. However, when all these things are finalized and I set up my website, I don't know what to expect. I am new to owning and running a business (it is a small online store, but one that will eventually sell world wide). I have researched several sources and have a hard time finding information on what to expect when first starting a business for opening. I would like some advice thanks.

Automotive Business Idea Validation?

Hello, I'm Jerry and i'm new to this site and I am just getting started on the whole idea of a small business. I was thinking what is your opinion about starting a small repair and automotive repair shop? I am currently living in the east coast of the United States and I need some tips if an automotive repair shop business is a good, lucrative money making business:confused: since I'm having a vision of opening one when I am older.

Please respond with MATURE answers.



Thank You.

Should I partner with my company I work for to get my new product off the ground?

Hi, I'm new to this forum and new to being an entrepreneur, and I need some help. A lot of help, but for now I will just ask one question.


MAIN QUESTION: Should I partner with the company I work for in order to get my company to sell products faster using their online store?

DETAILS:

I just started a new company, my LLC was just registered, provisional patent filed, trademark filed, and I am still getting my product made through a manufacturer. I work full time repairing smartphones. The company I work for owns an online smartphone parts store. I made a magnetic repair guide mat that helps disassemble smartphones. I want to sell these to repair stores (have them be distributors of my product). The company I work for would love to sell these repair mats. Should I brand the mats with their names in the corner, or should I be independent and sell my mats myself through my website? What are the possible problems that could arise if I "partner" with them and use their store to make first sales of these mats once they are ready from the manufacturer?

Thanks.

giftcards

on my website I want to add giftcards how does that work? is that something I do or does my merchant? I don't understand how it will work? please help!

Hello from California

Hello Everyone!

My name is Robin Morales and I am a Business Development Officer at Camino Financial Inc. (Glendale, California.) The Company specializes in originating loans for business borrowers who cannot get a loan from a bank, and provides ongoing credit monitoring and advice to ensure clients improve their business credit in an effort to qualify for a bank loan. We are a market place for alternative loans as we work with 14 different lenders. We do not charge a brokerage fee and our pre qualification is free. We can help anyone in the country not just in California.

Our MISSION:

To Help Small Businesses Learn, Grow and Succeed

If you are interested in learning more about our services please email me at rmorales@caminofinancial.com ! Let me help you grow your business!

Company Site: Caminofinancial.com

Small Business Lending

Hello Everyone!

My name is Robin Morales and I am a Business Development Officer at Camino Financial Inc. (Glendale, California.) The Company specializes in originating loans for business borrowers who cannot get a loan from a bank, and provides ongoing credit monitoring and advice to ensure clients improve their business credit in an effort to qualify for a bank loan. We are a market place for alternative loans as we work with 14 different lenders. We do not charge a brokerage fee and our pre qualification is free. We can help anyone in the country not just in California.

Our MISSION:

To Help Small Businesses Learn, Grow and Succeed

If you are interested in learning more about our services please give me a call (909)228-2003 and/or email me at rmorales@caminofinancial.com ! Let me help you grow your business!

Company Site: Caminofinancial.com

Small Business Lending

Hello Everyone!

My name is Robin Morales and I am a Business Development Officer at Camino Financial Inc. (Glendale, California.) The Company specializes in originating loans for business borrowers who cannot get a loan from a bank, and provides ongoing credit monitoring and advice to ensure clients improve their business credit in an effort to qualify for a bank loan. We are a market place for alternative loans as we work with 14 different lenders. We do not charge a brokerage fee and our pre qualification is free. We can help anyone in the country not just in California.

Our MISSION:

To Help Small Businesses Learn, Grow and Succeed

If you are interested in learning more about our services please give me a call (909)228-2003 and/or email me at rmorales@caminofinancial.com ! Let me help you grow your business!

Company Site: Caminofinancial.com

Looking for Advice

I'm starting a small online business. I'm looking to see what is the best company to use as a host? Who should I use for a merchant company? I will have around 150 products to sell on my website. Only 25-35 transactions per month. Looking for advice:)

SQL Server 2005

I received an email today that a software program a company I work with uses needs to be upgraded because it uses SQL Server 2005 and Microsoft will stop supporting it in April 2016. The email came from the company that has been trying to get us to upgrade the software. What happens if we don't upgrade the software before Microsoft stops supporting SQL 2005? Will I still be able to use the software?

Why are business managers more hostile, grandiose and self-important than owners?

Why are business managers more hostile, grandiose, self-important, and --at times-- toxic than owners?

When it comes to businesses -- from what I've seen-- business managers act more negatively, outrageous, and controlling than their employers --even if their employers are similar in behavior. They act more cruel to employees, clients, customers, and co-workers, act as if the business is their own versus the owners, and seem to do so with reckless abandon.

I've --in the past-- heard them say things like they don't care if the business suffers due to their behavior. as long as they still get paid their standard wages. So --in other words-- they don't care if the business sees a drop in sales, income, revenue, reputation, incurs lawsuits, or gets inundated with complaints --as long the business owner will suffer the consequences, and they don't personally feel any long or short term effects of them and still receive their standard pay provided it isn't consciously disrupted or cut off.

Do they behave that way due to lack of supervision? Instructions to take on those personality characteristics? General lack of empathy? Is the average business manager just someone as mentioned? The characteristics mentioned are inherent to their type of person?

Planning to start a business, need help with payment solutions.

Hi, I'm into agri and have got almost all sort of organic vegetables in our farm. We've been so far selling it in local Sunday markets and is quite happy with it. Recently, couple of guys who do the same, but in organic raw food items mostly, came to me and asked if am interested in starting a shop with them, of organic food. It felt interesting and along with few more guys we are planning to start as a shopping mart. As of now the business is only setting up, and while, Versapay (Tor) checking the payment option, it was tiring. So many options and so many technicality.
Went through an website relating to payment solutions, and some of the technical terms like payment solution, payport, payment gateway etc came by, what exactly are they??

List of guest posting websites?

Can anyone provide any list of high authority guest blogging websites that accepts guest articles related to business, startups, social media or marketing. I know about some magazines like forbes, entrepreneur, social media examiner but these sites don't ever reply, as i have applied so many times. Thanks in advance.

What are the things we should care while SEO implementation?

Hello to all SEO Experts,

I wanted you to review my company website Gowebbaby.Com and let me know if I have missed anything.

I am in the way of SEO implementations and just looking for your inputs to make it better & better.

Your any input/suggestion/recommendation would be highly appreciated.

Thank you so much for your time.

Regards,
Lauren

The Day the Music Died: 57 Years Ago Today

Kind of a trip to think how much music and times have changed since then, especially recently with the wave of artists dying

Quote:

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On this day in 1959, rising American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson are killed when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashes in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff from Mason City on a flight headed for Moorehead, Minnesota. Investigators blamed the crash on bad weather and pilot error. Holly and his band, the Crickets, had just scored a No. 1 hit with “That’ll Be the Day.”

After mechanical difficulties with the tour bus, Holly had chartered a plane for his band to fly between stops on the Winter Dance Party Tour. However, Richardson, who had the flu, convinced Holly’s band member Waylon Jennings to give up his seat, and Ritchie Valens won a coin toss for another seat on the plane.

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The day the music died - Feb 03, 1959 - HISTORY.com

Someone help me please

Hello everyone I am very inexperienced but I have been out of work for almost a year because I have anxiety as well as deal with pain. Last month I decided to see what I could invest some money in so I used some money and started buying cell phones off Craigslist. We are not talking cheap ones. I have paid out in the last month over 3400 dollars in cell phones from 300-600 a phone.

I then put these phones on eBay even though the fees are high I have made profit on every phone. Right now I have 5 phones left and after I sell them I will have total sales of close to 5000 dollars. The problem is it cost me 3500 for the phones.

Here is the problem. All I have is the Craigslist ad that I printed off before I went to buy the phone. I print them off then after they sell I print off the eBay transaction then subtract all fees and I have my remaining profit. The problem is no seller will sigh a receipt of sale. All I have is their phone number and the printed Craigslist ad. Should I give up?

In one year I could have a revinue of over 60,000 dollars but a profit of only 15000 but I am afraid that next year when I have to file and pay taxes which I have no problem they will say a Craigslist ad is not enough and I have to lay taxes on 60-80k and basically lose all profit to taxes.

Would it be a good idea to screen shot text messages saying do we agree on this price? Then print the text message and attach it to the ad? Not very experienced but just wanted to try and do something to make money that I enjoy.

New Business/ Investor + Partner Ownership

Hi -

I have an investor/ partner and we are currently hashing out the details and numbers for our projected business plan and partnership. The product is high-end custom furniture to initially be exported and sold in South Korea. My partner is South Korean and has a number of contacts in this specific marketplace; in an previous business he exclusively sold a high-end American furniture line in Korea, so his knowledge and contacts are viable and niche. Initially he will be responsible for financing.

My role is product; I am responsible for creative direction, design, manufacturing, product placement, strategy and branding. As the designer, my specific aesthetic and approach is key to the product's point of view.

Long-term we have discussed having a retail/ gallery space in both South Korea and New York. For New York, he has discussed having a financial partner/ investor to finance the gallery space.

And to my question: we are about to put our first prototype into work, which will be a significant financial outlay for him, and bring my design work to life. Although I have known him for quite some time and trust him, I am wary of handing off my creative work without a contract in place. Additionally, as a wealthy businessman, he has a lawyer on call, I don't have that luxury.

He asked me to come to him with numbers, and I proposed a 50/50 ownership split. He went to his attorney, who countered by saying that a typical designer percentage would be 5-10%. My partner acknowledged that his attorney was acting in his best interest, and that he didn't expect me to accept that low a number, but I have to come back with some educated numbers, and I don't have the funds to hire a lawyer who knows about these things.

I am thinking of something like a 30% me to 70% him profit split until he recoups his investment, at which point the split would go to 50% 50%, but I'm really shooting in the dark here and am not sure how profit and ownership differ -

I'd appreciate any guidance as to what is a standard agreement for a partnership of this nature, and if you think a two tiered agreement is best.

Thanks in advance!

Facebook shutters Parse developer platform

It's always a risk having a business developing on other people's platforms. Anyone who has developed Twitter apps knows what I'm talking about.
Now Facebook is closing Parse.

Parse is a mobile development platform that Facebook purchased in 2013 and was promised to be it's key developer tool/service.
Now they've decided to close it leaving developers out in the cold

Quote:

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Parse will still operate until January 28, 2017, so developers have time to move their products over to other platforms. That will still be quite a hassle for the devs behind the 600,000 apps built on the platform. Forcing developers into changes, especially ones as drastic as this, can shake their trust. In the future when Facebook opens opportunities for developers, like the chat bot SDK we recently discovered, they might be apprehensive about investing time and resources into platforms from a company with a poor history of continued support.

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Facebook Shutters Its Parse Developer Platform | TechCrunch

Was anyone here using Parse to develop for Facebook?
Will you still develop for Facebook or have they ruined your trust in them?

Home office deduction

In calculating the percentage of a house for the home office deduction I'm wondering if one can calculate the total square footage of the house with the interior footage, excluding the walls. Add up the space of each room. In my house the walls make up about 25% of the total square footage. This would increase the percentage by reducing the size of the house.

Any references and comments would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Started a new business.

Hey. I've started a new coffee shop and I wanted to know various ways in which I could promote it. I have already approached the Troi Mailing Services, here in Toronto for flyer distribution. But I was worried whether these are still a popular mode of promotion or not. Would like to know what other modes of promotion I could choose.

Hey everyone!

Hey all!! Inman here. I have newly started business and I need business promotion ideas.

Show this to your kids the next time they complain about technology

If you have kids and they're always complaining about technology, things not being fast enough, that you don't have the fastest internet connection, wifi, or that they don't have the latest and greatest phone or whatever. Show them this. When they ask what it is, tell them it's called "Shut the hell up!".

Have traffic but not many sales

Ive been seeing a lot of traffic on website just curious why the sales don't add up. My website is champagnegrooming.com.

Is it just me, or is employment modern say slavery or indentured servitude?

I know that may seem extreme, inappropriate to say, outrageously presumed, or outright silly --but maybe it isn't. Business owners choose how long their employees will stay away from their families, what their pay will be, how far they'll be promoted within their company --if at all-- and the amount of time they'll be allowed to feed themselves --which always came off as embarrassing to me. With all of that being said, is employment similar to or a modern form of indentured servitude or slavery? Employees may think they have it good with certain jobs, but realistically --they may not or don't. Maybe they believe they're not a pawn on another persons business model/business vehicle, or don't understand the advantages business owners have over them --or maybe it's something else not mentioned.

If it's not indentured servitude or slavery, what is it? If it's indentured slavery or servitude, how is it? Is it due to all the things mentioned? Other things not mentioned? If so, what? A lot of employees are also astoundingly unquestioning, and due to having a belief of their lives being destined to be as mentioned --due to unchangeable life circumstances --they accept it openly.

Need help with market research please

Hi Everyone, I'm involved with a startup company that is in its infancy, and we need your help! The company is doing some research about a new service they will be offering and we need up to 100 people to fill out a short survey about the service.

This is your chance to affect the future of a growing company. Be as honest as you want. All responses are completely anonymous and we're not collecting any contact information in any way. Please help us out by filling out the survey here:

http://ift.tt/1nBnV8E

Vonage as a Phone System for the Office?

Hi All,

We are going to try out Vonage as the phone system for our office. We're a small business that wants good quality sound and speakerphones, host good conference calls, transfer calls easily, etc. Anyone have experience dealing with Vonage for the office phone system?

Also, does anyone know if this system has a recording option, even if we continue with Verizon as our internet service?

Any thoughts on this would be much appreciated!

Thank you!

Creating Independent Contractors

I own a technology company, and i was wondering, if it was legal for me, to find people that are good at what they do, and set up a business for them, for the sole purpose of them becoming Independent Contractors for me. What would happen, is I would, for instance, find a college graduate, and ask him if he wanted to work for me as a Independent Contractor, and then if he accepts, then help him set up his independent contractor company, and give him the start up funds to do so, then hire him. Would that be some sort of conflict of interest, or would it be ok.

Need some new tunes for the shop

I'm looking to update my Ipod, anyone got some more suggestions as to what I could add?

Top played artists are (links added for those who might not know the songs or artists):
Alice Cooper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcEzx5HLYEw
Josh Turner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_6JxQVbJ-M
Blake Shelton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTT2LEyjdC4
Halestorm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sXoA7B5yJo
Brad Paisley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tiPndMqxLQ
Guns 'N Roses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE
Coolio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpGbzYlnz7c
DMX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThlhSnRk21E

And, interestingly enough, the most played song:


Yes, I do have a varied taste in music.

And fyi, any recommendations of Coldplay will be ignored (they make me want to start destroying things with the biggest hammer i can find).

No public director or shareholder information?

I am about to incorporate a business, but discovered that here in the UK DOB/Nationality of Directors and officers appears to be public knowledge..In this day of privacy and Snowden, I am not a huge fan of such.

Where can I incorporate where no personal information is public information. Please remember that we are talking about public information, not what GOV agencies knows. Public, easy access, searchable information.

Any advice is highly appreciated.

Thanks.

Twitter Bootstrap or Zurb Foundation

So this is an internal battle that I'm having within myself. I have extensive knowledge of both Bootstrap and Foundation. I can't decide which one I like more and I would like to get your opinions...

Both have many of the same pro's as they do cons... is this a case of personal preference?

I believe bootstrap has more built-in javascript functionalities which is where I think it is set apart.

What is your preference?

One of the coolest things I have seen

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ACkmg3Y64_s?rel=0

This doesn't have much to do with business but I thought it was cool enough that I wanted to share it.