When talking to people who are trying to sell their house I'm often asked the question, "Why should I sell my house to you?"That's a great question. Today's house seller has lots of options: they can list their house with a real estate agent, they can try to sell the house themselves or they can sell their house to a real estate investor. None of these choices is necessarily better than the others: they each have their own advantages and...more
Many businesses have long used the services of a conference call company to spread their message to the investment community, where investment professionals could hear many firms in several days. To accomodate those who couldn't travel, the conference call allowed hundreds of analysts to hear a presentation and ask questions in real time. But access was usually restricted and often involved long-distance toll charges. Occasionally a friendly...more
The business world is changing and your company must catch up. Consumers are driving the quest for information and personality. Customers are demanding to trade their hard earned cash for prompt, reliable, trust worthy and friendly services. Clients yearn for the days when a company took care of them.Is your company doing all it can to establish a regular, consistent, focused, friendly relationship with each and every customer? Are you delivering powerful content and information to your clients? Are you providing answers to their concerns and questions before they have to ask? Are you doing all of this through old-fashioned, out-dated and ineffective marketing techniques?Forget about the postcards that remind your customers to get their oil changed or the weekly sales circular. That is not innovation. In today's business world those techniques are considered par. Your company should be doing something similar already.However, your company needs an innovative, never-ending marketing campaign that leverages your database to its fullest potential. Your company needs to become the leader in your field; you must set yourself apart from all the others. You must put your...more
What Is MICR?Here's a concise guide to MICR and associated technologies.By Charles KatzMagnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) was developed to utilize the benefits of computer technology in the banking industry. Prior to the use of a MICR line, check sorting by account number was a manual process. Two systems were previously used to handle the...more
Have you started receiving credit card debt settlement notices in the mail? Have you been receiving collection calls? If this is the case, you have probably been in debt and been dealing with financial difficulties for quite some time.Creditors are sometimes willing to settle the account for a lesser amount if the credit card account is seriously...more
Before you decide on taking payday loans, make sure that you fully understand what it entails. Let us understand what exactly what payday loans or a cash advance loan is. Payday loans, as its name indicates, is related to your pay and payday. With your payday some 7-14 days away, you may need cash to payoff your immediate needs. payday loan companies, seeing this as a business opportunity, gives out a cash advance to be repaid on your payday.Payday loans: A quick fix solutionWith payday still a couple of weeks away; you may need cash to meet your urgent requirements. Whatever your urgent need is, a payday loan is very handy. The good thing about payday loans is that in most cases the payday loans are credited to your account the day after you apply for it. The paperwork is almost negligible and the formalities are limited to providing your Bank statement, salary stub and identification proof. You need not even go to the lender's office.Once you make up your mind to get a payday loan, you fill in the prescribed form giving your personal details, name of your banker, name and address of your employer. Before signing the payday loan agreement, spend a good amount of time studying the...more
There are many markets: markets for stocks, futures, options and currencies. These are probably the most accessible markets for everyday traders like you and I. People easily understand the basics of trading shares, so I will occasionally use...more
Historically, the FX market was available most to major banks, multinational corporations and other participants who traded in large transaction sizes and volumes. Small-scale traders including individuals like you and I, had little access to this...more
A lot of people have been 'burnt' from scam operations on the Internet. Their sites may look so perfectly legitimate that you doubt whether they would have gone through all that trouble building a trading platform just to steal your money. Beware....more
If you can't sleep at night because of credit card debt worries, you're not alone. Many people get in over their heads charging things they think they can't live without.You don't need to cut up all of your credit cards. Save your major bank cards,...more
Did you know that your credit score that you purchase online is not the same credit score your loan officer gets?You probably know that when you apply for a mortgage, your loan officer gets all three credit reporting agencies reports with three...more
There are great benefits to owning a franchise. You often can sell goods and services that have instant name recognition and can obtain training and ongoing support to help you succeed. But be cautious before you sign on the dotted line. 1. Know How...more