Articles for category: BUSINESS & FINANCE

TaxCut Premium Preview

Everyone doing their own taxes comes up with this every year, How do I file? The standard forms & mailing, H&R; Block TaxCut or TurboTax. There really are no alternatives and I get to try my hand with the H&R; Block method of filing this year using the TaxCut Premium Federal tax program. I have ...

How to Use Auctiva to Create EBay Listings that Sell

Auctiva is a great service, and the best news is that it’s free. However, there are a few things you need to know to use it effectively. Auctiva offers free image hosting services, free listing templates and free scheduling. Before you get started using Auctiva to list your eBay auctions, however, you’ll need to edit ...

Tips for Effective Office Communication

Effective office communication is a must for an efficient office. If your office is running less than effectively you need to employ some simple ideas that will better the communication between members of your staff. Follow these tips and in no time at all you will notice a more effective and efficient office. Effective office ...

Understanding Price Sensitivity in Marketing

Price Sensitivity is the awareness of the consumer to what they perceive to be the window of cost within which they will buy a particular product or service. It is imperative that the marketing professional be able to assess price sensitivity in the target market accurately as missing the “window”, even by a small margin ...

Top 5 Public Relations Books Every Business Owner Should Read

Having spent part of my career in public relations, there are a handful of books on the subject that I feel every entrepreneur should read. Here’s a quick rundown on five of them: “Communicating When Your Company is Under Siege: Surviving Public Crisis” “Communicating When Your Company is Under Siege: Surviving a Public Crisis” by ...

Unemployment Benefits in Texas

The recession has affected everyone in the United States and unemployment does not discriminate in favor of Texas. A lot of the people that have recently been laid off are looking at the option of unemployment because work seems to be hard to come by these days. There are three main qualifying requirements in the ...

Avoiding the PRS Sweepstakes Scam

Scams are everywhere these days. They get to us through our e-mail inbox, claiming to be our bank and needing personal information. They come to us through the TV and Internet, promising that we will get rich quick, lose weight or look gorgeous. We do our best to avoid them, and if you have half ...