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Recovery or No Recovery? That is the Question.
James Dicks examines the discrepancies of what economists are telling us about a possible technical economic recovery and what the American public is actually experiencing.

Living a Credit-Free Lifestyle
James Dicks examines the benefits of living a cash-only lifestyle.

You can get a loan even if you have bad credit

The credit industry is an intensively growing one. People are getting into debt at a high rate. We can see this specially with the case of Wal-Mart credit card service (GE Money service). They offer two options of credit cards: Wal-Mart regular credit and Discovery card. You can have both. When you add that the same happens with Sam's Club, people have available four credit cards just from one business source. And many people do have them. With our problematic financial crisis, giving or asking for credit is worrisome. People don't have control over their expenses and financial obligations. There are a diversity of credit options. Student loans, mortgages, auto loans, pawnshops, insurance loans, personal loans. And our theme today, the payday loan.

Credit Alliance Group Shows You How To Save Money While In Debt?
Many of us, me included, are in debt and have no savings. While some people tell you not to save money while in debt, the fact is if you don't have money for emergencies, then you will increase your debt by having to turn to your credit cards. Here are some great tips to help you save that emergency money even with debt.

5 Steps that Improve Cash Flow
In down economies, cash is king. It is cash, not sales, that a businesses use to pay bills, meet payroll, service debt, and build growth. Here are five simple steps to improve your businesses cash flow.

Keep cash flow to an optimum

Keep cash flow to an optimum by observing the following suggested methods: - Keep your payroll bill down to an absolute minimum - however, always pay good money to good employees or they will walk! - Try to avoid signing long-term rental agreements and if fancy offices are not necessary don't bother with upmarket office space, especially if your customers rarely visit your business. - Don't overpay yourself - you only need to take out what is enough to feed yourself. - Keep a close eye on staff travel and entertainment and avoid issuing staff with company credit cards and mobile phones! - Fancy office furniture hurts the bank balance and is not necessary unless you are in the type of business that needs to impress clients. Secondhand or liquidation stock furniture is the best option and will save you a small fortune!

How to Stop Knee Jerk Spending
If I was out street shopping and saw something new that was on special offer, I would buy it immediately with my credit card. If I was out street shopping and saw something new that was on special offer, I would be boring and totally ignore it. If I was out street shopping and saw something new that was on special offer, I would buy it later in the week with cash.

Chicken or the Egg Is it SAVE jobs or CREATE jobs
James Dicks examines the "supposed" effects of the Obama Administration's stimulus package

Create a Personal Financial Survival Plan
James Dicks examines the need to prepare for financial hardships ahead of time.

Doing it Debt Free
James Dicks explains the importance of the US population paying off their personal debt as soon as possible.

Finances and the Year Ahead
James Dicks examines the methods of improving your personal financial situaiton in 2010.

Finding a Fresh Path for the New Year
James Dicks reexamines what is important in light of the holidays and this past year's recession.

Holiday Shoppers and the Economy
James Dicks examines the outlook for retailers during the 2009 holiday shopping season.

I Made More Money with Bad Credit Paying 18 Percent and 5 Points
James Dicks shares his strategies and methods of making money in Real Estate.

Looking For The Bottom
James Dicks examines the current global economic situaiton and speculates on when a bottom might be reached and improvement may begin.

Personal Financial Checkups
James Dicks examines the importance of conducting financial checkups to ensure that you stay on track financially.

Pioneering the Current Economic Situation
James Dicks examins the need for business to be innovastive in order to exit the current recession successfully and profitably.

Remembering the Best in the Worst of Times
James Dicks examines the lives of American show business icons, Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon

Should you really care about market movement?
James Dicks looks at the movement of the stock market

Sign of the Times
James Dicks compares the Great Depression of the 1930s with the current state of the global eocnomic situation

Success and Failure Are Learning Experiences
James Dicks examines how failure, if treated correctly, can help lead to future success.

The Best Time to Start a Business
James Dicks examines the benefits of starting a business, even in periods of eocnomic downturn

The End is Near?
James Dicks discusses the importance of sifting through the news of the day to find what is important to your personal economic situaiton.

The FOREX and the Recession
James Dicks examines the benefits of investing in the FOREX market, even during times of economic weakness.

The Importance of Goal Setting in Trading
James Dicks examines the need to set solid goals before you invest your money in trading opportunities

The Need for Hopefulness
James Dicks examines the benefits that a positive attitude creates when creating personal goals and getting through tough times.

The next Real Estate Get Rich Quick Plan - Rentals
James Dicks discusses the next Real Estate trend - rental property

The Power of Entrepreneurship
James Dicks examines the joys and difficulties of becoming an entrepreneur.

The Value of Mentorship
James Dicks explores the value of mentorship.

Time for a “REAL" Change
James Dicks discusses the need to structure your personal financial life around cash and to begin saving money - even if it is just the change in your pocket at the end of the day.

Time Management Increases the Team Effort
James Dicks examines the importance of managing your time effectively for your sake and the sake of others

We All Need a Mentor
James Dicks examines the need and the importance of finding the right people to use as mentors in your personal and professional life

Your Most Valuable Business Asset
James Dicks explains the need to realize that a well-trained and loyal staff is a businesses largest and most important asset.

Making Sense of Company Policies
Does your company have policies that are bad for you and for your customers? Here's one small example -- minimum size for credit card transactions -- that illustrates how certain ubiquitous, generally accepted policies can be counterproductive for everyone.

How To Choose The Best Type of Credit Card For Your Circumstances
If you read the newspapers, watch television or go online, you'll see there are always new credit card offers coming onto the market almost daily, all with their own enticing offers and unique benefits to tempt you towards applying for their card. But which one is right for you? This article looks at how to review a credit card and select the best one for you.

Lesson #4: Just Get It Right Once
“Always remember that no matter how many times you get shot down, you will get smarter, better and you only have to be right once to be successful,” says Cuban.

Going Global: Google\'s Ascent
Using the BackRub software they had first begun with, Brin and Page re-launched it under the name of Google. The name was chosen as a play on words of ‘googol’, a mathematical term meaning a 1 followed by 100 zeros. They originally used the Stanford University website as the host for their program, with their website being google.stanford.edu.

Dollars for Doughnuts: Joyce Sweetens Things Up at Tim Hortons

It was 1967 and two men had just signed the franchise agreement that would forever change not only their own lives, but also the entire landscape of Canadian business and culture. The two friends thought that with Joyce’s business savvy and Horton’s famous name, they could make their coffee shop a success. By the end of the year, the duo had opened up two more Tim Horton’s stores and they were full partners in the business.

Precious Moments
Many years ago at a family reunion in Yazoo City I had a precious moment.

Credit Cards, Preference Reversals, and Debt

My friend Herb argued in a recent column -- and I'm paraphrasing here -- that "debt is high and the end is nigh". I cordially disagreed with him on CNBC during one of our twice-weekly on-air visits, in part because I'm more sanguine about debt, about people's general competence to make basic financial decisions, and about changes in the economy that have made it rational for people to have more debt than they did in the past. I'm also considerably less convinced about the quality of the NIPA data (it overstates expenditures, and understates income) etc.

Making your customers uncomfortable
Tomorrow is the ridiculous Black Friday ritual, gaining in steam every year, in which large American retailers run big sales that start at 6 am. People line up even earlier to get in first. Kids are stampeded. Muscles are pulled. Friendships frayed. Credit cards exhausted.

Weathering the Market
With the current state of the market, everyone keeps asking me what to do with their money.

Consumers Continue to Choose Credit Cards Over Mortgages
A new TransUnion study shows that the usual payment hierarchy of mortgages over other debts, like credit cards, remains reversed, with consumers paying down cards before worrying about mortgages. It augurs many more housing defaults ahead.

The Benefits of Pissing People Off
Right alongside the cash and credit cards, I keep a number of strange things in my wallet.

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
James Dicks examines the need to make some critical decisions that will affect your future financial life.

Saving Money using Credit Cards
Credit cards can be dangerous. Here are some tips on how to use your card best.

To Franchisees: Be Wary of Using Company Credit Cards
When starting up a new franchise, odds are the new franchise owners will be solicited by credit card issuers. Franchisees need to be cautious when it comes to the use and control of company credit cards.

Tips to Take Control of Credit Card Debt

Credit Card debt has become an overwhelming factor in many of our lives. Although no one is to blame but ourselves there comes a point where you have to come to terms with it and put a stop to the spending. As with any habit, it's addictive, we always want what we can't have and the ability to spend, spend, spend is addictive. Begin the plan today, put the bad spending habits away and choose a course of action to eliminate your debt.

What affects your credit score?
The FICO scoring model takes into account the information in a consumer’s credit report, with different kinds of information carrying differing weights. The FICO scoring model takes into account five categories of data:

Home Staging and Merchant Accounts
Expert home stager, Staging Diva, discusses the logistics of accepting credit card payments for home staging services.

College and Credit Cards
When your child started preparing for college you probably discussed a multitude of issues that may arise. But have you educated your college aged children about their fiscal plan?

Why Trying Is Just Failing Without Taking Responsibility
When pitching my business opportunity I often hear â€œXYZ company? I tried that before, no thanks!â€ And therein lays the problem, all this â€œtryingâ€ that people do, free trial offers are the bane of our society. Theyâ€™ve created a â€œlife is a smorgasbordâ€ culture.

Success In Home Based Businesses Defies Logic
Starting home based businesses is like trying to get a jet into the sky. You spend massive amounts of resources (money) to taxi down the runway, and when you’re about to run out of asphalt, the jet amazingly lifts up towards the sky.

Software developers can start earning from Palm Pre apps in September

This week, Palm announced the latest phase of its strategy to take on Apple’s iPhone and Research in Motion’s Blackberry by offering a range of innovative applications for users to purchase for the Palm Pre. According to the company, software developers will be able to begin charging customers for downloading their applications from an ecommerce beta program in September. The move follows last month’s release of the Mojo Software Development Kit, which was viewed as a step forward in Palm’s efforts to strengthen relationships with developers.

Baby Boomers Suffering Financial Hardships Gain Control With Wealth Creation Education
Another fine mess we have gotten ourselves into....what I was saying to myself less than a year ago. A time when the average American is spending $1.05 for every dollar they make. No job or pension is safe and the daily news brings more pessimism on the future. The first step in recovery is....

The Mechanics of Money
Money. It’s something all of us want, but so few of us have. Even when the economy is good the money struggle is our ever-constant companion. But when you learn the rules of the money game that no one ever taught us, winning becomes easy.

Why Banks will continue to get Healthier!
You know things have gotten a lot better when one of the biggest concerns in the economy is commercial real estate, because six months ago this was something that was put to the back of the worry list and here it is at the fore-front.

Just Over Broke - A Better Option for Young Entrepreneurs
It seems that too many of us as college graduates are not able to get the income that we need to survive. That is why we must become a new generation of young entrepreneurs.

Sourcing the Finest Car Finance Australia Has Available
If you are seeking for the finest car finance Australia can provide, the world wide web need to be in your conciousness. Many potential borrowers will head over to the first lender they discover and inquire about the very best deal then settle a little, concur to terms and walk out pleased. Their reason for being joyful is generally not well founded!

Credit Card Advance Financing
For many businesses owners, borrowing money during tough times can be difficult. There is a new alternative to conventional lending practices that is becoming extremely popular. Credit card advance loans are often called many different names, but essentially all do the same thing: provide loans based on the business’s average monthly credit card generated sales.

Does It Pay To Advertise In The Yellow Pages?
As a marketing coach, one of the most common misconceptions that I run across in my business is that marketing = advertising. I've even had potential clients tell me (regretfully, of course) that although they need new clients to reach their sales targets, they can't afford to advertise, so they can't afford my services.

Credit Card Debt Settlement - Top 5 Things to Know

Negotiating settlements is one of the fastest ways to reduce large portions of your credit card debt permanently. Although there are many companies advertising on radio and television to work for you in settling your credit card debt, it is possible to do it yourself without paying additional fees or a percentage of the amount you save to a third party. Here are five major points to keep in mind when settling your credit card debt.

Personal finance software helps get rid of overspending syndrome

As a person who just started a new career, or got a promotion, handling new opportunities, including a higher salary can be somewhat hard. People start experiencing the symptoms of repetitive shopping strain and overspending syndrome, making purchases faster than sound, going out to restaurants more often than before, spending more on clothes, accessories, etc. After a few months, the cold reality sends a distinct signal – buddy, you spend more than you earn. If you keep on this way, you are going to be broke soon. Budgeting and a good personal finance program can be an effective panacea against the shopping syndrome. It may help you to enjoy the new opportunities coming from a new career path, while avoiding going massively into purchases.

Why a Profitable Online Business, and How do You Want to Live?
How do you want to live your life? Have you ever asked yourself that? Ask your self, what kind of lifestyle do you want, what kind of house, car, vacations. Then ask yourself, will my job provide those things? If not, then you truly need to change something!

The 11:10 Rule!
Almost everyone in the US is seduced by the ignorance that lies behind this rule. This is most commonly the biggest cause of stress in family life and few know about it. Read on as David Oliver unpacks this insight

Stop the madness
How shopping and credit produces one of the most common stress triggers. L:earn how my wife saves me....

Canadian Merchant Accounts â€“ 8 Questions You Need to Ask!
Learn 8 essential questions you will want to ask before find a Canadian Payment Processor.

Ten Tips For A Good Billing And Collection System
Cash flow is critical to any professional service firm but especially small ones. How do you prevent clients from delaying paying their bills or worse not paying at all? Here are 10 tips.

Turn Your Computer Into An ATM: Make Money Working From Home
Are you wondering how to add some needed dollars to a stretched budget? Could you use some extra cash to help pay off some of your credit cards? Do you need an at home job that you can work on in your spare time? Then let me tell you about some ways that you can use the internet as your own personal ATM and your home computer is the only debit card you need.

‘6 things you MUST-DO to ensure your family survives a job loss’

Nobody takes pleasure in suddenly becoming unemployed. Just the ‘prospect’ alone can be very overwhelming and stressful. Often the worry or anxiety comes from feeling you have no control over the situation. This is partially true, you may not be able to control what your employer does but you can control to some extent how it will affect you and your family. The reality is, no one’s job is really secure but a layoff doesn’t have to be the end of the world. The key to survival is to be prepared, especially with regards to your finances. Here are some things you can do in advance of being laid off:

Defiticts and Debts, Oh My!
The CBO projects that our budget deficit will reach almost $1.5 trillion this year. How did we get here? A look at three groups that have controlled Congress.

It's Time for a Balanced Budget Amendment
Much like consumers over using credit cards, the federal government spends more than it takes in, creating yearly budget deficits. It's time for a balanced budget amendment.

Home Stagers, Survive Tough Economic Times By Living Within Your Means
With many aspiring home stagers concerned about money, The Staging Diva®, offers advice about living within one’s means.

Debits, the good kind!
Debit card transactions can be a bit of a mystery to retailers, since they are priced differently from credit card transactions. The industry lingo can be confusing and retailers end up paying too much to accept these payments.

Are You as ‘Good as Your Word’?
Giving our word and standing by it and being steadfast and reliable in our affairs are measures by which we judge commitment and integrity. For this reason, agreements—both spoken and implied—should be given thoughtful and careful attention.

Flight of Angels
The current economic crash may force 'Bootstrapping' to be the primary funding strategy for many startup companies, for the next few years.

How Does Debt Consolidation Affect Credit?

Debt consolidation is a common way for many people to attempt to handle their debts easily and effectively. It entails taking out one loan in order to pay off several other debts. However, what most people don’t consider before doing this is the fact that this can affect your credit. So, how exactly does debt consolidation affect your credit? There are good aspects about consolidation, yet there are some drawbacks as well. The main reason why people choose a debt consolidation is because it makes paying off debts a lot easier. Instead of paying off several different loans, you are only paying off one, and generally with a lower interest rate too. It all sounds great, except, of course, there are many drawbacks to the process as well.

Cold calling is part of any sales process
Lessons learned from many years of cold calling

Entrepreneurs – How Much Does It Cost To Start A Business?
You’ve got your business idea, think that you will be able to get a good loan and even have your business plan being written but…. The one big burning issue is – How much does it cost to start a business?

QuickBooks - How To Record Certain Transactions
Day to day tasks are one thing, but special transactions require some expertise to record properly.

When Investing in Home Staging Training Keep Both Eyes Open
With the uncertainty of today’s economy, each investment you make must be carefully considered. For those considering enrolling in home staging training, The Staging Diva® offers some advice to consider when selecting a program.

Why PayPal Works Well for Online Business
If you have an online business, providing a way that your customers can securely pay you is important for business. PayPal is one of the top options for this today, and they provide free Shopping Carts and can help you to process payments from bank accounts and credit cards as well.

Financing Your Franchise Business
So you’ve come to the conclusion that you’d rather buy into a franchise and get the benefit of a tried and true business model instead of figuring out everything yourself. Well, that makes perfect sense and you’re certainly not alone in this mode of thinking.

Credit cards: how do we use them?
A recent survey conducted by MaCorr Research reveals that 50% of credit cards users in North America carry a monthly outstanding balance of close to $1,700 on average.

Internet Marketing – 7 Main Ways To Achieve Trust Online & Increase Your Sales
Your success in internet marketing depends on you being able to offer a product or service that has benefits to the customer. However, simply having this may not be enough if you want to have that extra advantage over your competitors in internet marketing.

Prospects Are Like Children
When telling stories about our son, I usually write in the context of Salespeople are Like Children. However, with this article, I'm writing in the context of Prospects are Like Children. When prospects want something badly enough, they can become quite resourceful. Think about what you've been willing to do when you wanted something - really badly - that you couldn't afford.

Credit Cards: Business Necessity or Trap?
Many people consider that a credit card is, in many ways, something of a trap. They are concerned that they will spend more than they can afford without even realizing it, and that when they do so, they will be entering into debts that they cannot get out of no matter how much money they earn.

Funding Your Start Up
Learn the basics about funding your start up.

Shut up and take the money
Are you over selling? Are you listening for the customers ‘Closing Statements?’ A ‘Closing Statement’ is anything the customer says that is positive about your product, service, business or you.

Are Your Marketing Materials Selling the Wrong Things
What do prospects really need to know to hire you? Well, let’s start by thinking about what you would want to know…

Victim of his own success
Small- and medium-sized businesses create products or services, they delivery those products and services; but in the current economy they can't finance the growth and either have to slow down or go out of business. They become victims of their own success.

Part Nine - Prospecting for More Sales
Part Nine of a Ten Part Series. In this series, we explore all the different avenues of prospecting necessary for a business to succeed. Think of your business as a a beautiful garden, and then consider all the things you need to do to keep that garden beautiful and growing, rather than dreary, dead or decaying. Need help with Prospecting? Feel free to get in touch with us via our website.

Unscrupulous Competitors
Unscrupulous Competitors can disrupt key customer relationships. Learn how to deal with competitors who promise lowball pricing just to get the business.

Sage Wisdom About Borrowing Money For Your Small Business
"Use your credit. Your cash is always good." Sage advice about borrowing money for your small business.

Business Life Success Tip The Value of Self-Investment
There is a direct relationship with who you are on the inside and what you do outside in the world. Failure to see the value of investing in growing yourself as a person, as well as growing your business, will affect your outcome - guaranteed. You might be losing more than you can imagine.

20 MustHave Search Engine Marketing Tools
Here is a list of 20 must-have tools used by busy SEM professionals:

How to Build a High-Tech Contracting Business without Loads of Cash.
When it is time to pay the bill it is time to pay the bill. When it is time to make payroll, it is time to make payroll, when it is time to pay taxes, the man does not wait.

Homeless in downtown San Diego
An interesting experience and my insights as a homeless in downtown San Diego, during three hours.

Ecommerce Web Hosting

Nowhere is the increasing popularity of the Internet more evident than when it comes to the rapid growth of ecommerce. Of course, right along with that is the booming ecommerce web hosting industry. More and more, people are becoming comfortable with the idea of buying things along. Especially as rewards and special offers, such as free shipping, become more common, people go online to find what they’re looking for. So why not get in on the action?

V.a. Weaving a Web of Trust: Consumer Protection and Competition Policy
Trust is needed at many levels, including hardware and software security, the regulatory regime, familiarity and users’ perceptions. Factors affecting the level of trust required and provided include:

How To Disaster-Proof Your Business
How much pain would your business feel if suddenly you couldn’t email your clients? What if you lost your correspondence file or your phone lost its dial tone? We tend to avoid thinking about a business catastrophe until it hits close to home. And when problems hit, we need them fixed yesterday and are willing to pay a lot to make them go away.

How To Start A Home Based Affiliate Business On The Internet
Affiliate business programs are a win-win situation for everyone involved. Internet-based merchants hook up with affiliates to generate traffic to their web sites which results in sales and in commissions checks into your mailbox, or bank account. Here's what you need to know after you've made the decision to start a home business promoting affiliate programs on the internet.

5 Ways to Optimise Your Personal Finances
It's easy to overlook your personal finance and let them fall into a bad state with payments going out for services and goods you no longer need, use or require. This article will help to right the most common wrongs and get your money back into fighting shape.

Reduce Your Debts

According to research by Callcredit (May 2005), 60% of consumers do not know how much they owe. 10% of men have no idea about their personal debts while women are worse, with 20% not knowing their personal debts. Debts can be a major cause of stress and anxiety. You may have got into debt through no fault of your own but the sooner you realise you have a problem you can start doing something about it.

More Consumer, Corporate Bankruptcies Ahead This Year

The Bankruptcy Abuse and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 was designed to change existing bankruptcy law to make it more difficult for both businesses and individuals to qualify for bankruptcy protection. The bill, which was pushed by the credit card, auto and retail industries, was intended to end abuse of the bankruptcy system yet U.S. consumer and corporate bankruptcies are expected to increase by 20% and 17%, respectively, in 2007.

The Business of Identity Theft
The allure of PayPal is that it does not require the seller to have a bank merchant account through which to process credit cards. Anyone with a verifiable email address and bank account can use PayPal and the service can be implemented almost immediately after registering.

Finding Capital
Raising capital is the most basic of all business activities, but it may not be easy; in fact, it is often a complex and frustrating process. However, if you have studied and planned effectively, raising money for your business will go as smoothly as possible.

Credit Scoring
Ever wonder how a creditor decides whether to grant you credit? For years, creditors have been using credit scoring systems to determine if you'd be a good risk for credit cards and auto loans. More recently, credit scoring has been used to help creditors evaluate your ability to repay home mortgage loans. Here's how credit scoring works in helping decide who gets credit -- and why.

Credit Cards Merchant Accounts and Your Bottomline
The decision to accept credit cards is a wise one for any retailer. I agree with financial guru Dave Ramsey's teachings regarding the use and abuse of credit cards. Many people dig deep holes with credit cards that are hard to climb out of. But, from a practical business point of view, any retail business that does not accept credit cards is leaving money on the table.

I Want To Improve Your Credit Score, But You Won't Let Me Help!
Credit score ignorance is just as bad as accumulating too much debt or not paying your credit cards on time. If you don't understand how your credit report score is calculated then you can't improve your credit score. read this brief primer and learn -- How do they calculate your credit score and who are "They"?

Establishing Business Credit with a Secured Business Credit Card
One of the best ways to start establishing business credit is with cards specifically designed for businesses with no credit or less than perfect credit history. Learn what type of credit you can apply for to start building your business credit today...

Things to Know About a Small Business Credit Card
Credit cards for small businesses sound like a great thing. But there are some drawbacks. Here are some of the pros and cons of small business credit cards.

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