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Government agencies acting as custodians for individual’s and business’s unclaimed money have no incentive, in general, to make it easy for the $ Billions to be found and thus claimed. Following presents many of facts, ways and methods by which the Government agencies employ, as subtle as they may be, to insure that the $ Billions are not easily found and claimed.

*All assets issued or owing by Federal Agencies will not appear in any State unclaimed database. Each Federal Agency maintains its own unclaimed property records, however only approx. 15 Federal Agencies offer online databases for the public to search for unclaimed accounts. And those databases are not easily found nor readily linked to from the Home page.

*Specific assets issued by many State or local governments themselves (State income or property tax refunds, payroll, child support checks, vendors checks or warrants) will NOT show up in State databases because its owner has a specific time frame by which to claim these unclaimed assets or refunds. Once the specific time period has lapsed, these unclaimed assets become the property of the government agency. This is similar to one’s IRS tax refund - one has 3 years to file and claim an IRS refund. Read the rest of this entry »

Selling a business takes at minimum several months – and that’s if everything is already in order. Significant planning is involved: You will need to get your financials in order, figure out what your business is worth, evaluate the selling market, and decide whether to use a broker, determine tax liabilities and work with potential buyers.If you’ve spent years building your business, made millions of dollars and want to enjoy retirement, you’re probably in a good position to sell.

However, if you’re burned out, running low on cash or simply bored, keep in mind that selling is not your only option. The Small Business Administration encourages business owners who want out to also consider the following alternatives: franchising, developing a partnership, merging with a similar company, going public, and absentee ownership or partial retirement. Read the rest of this entry »

In recent years multiple Eastern European, East Asian and Latin American countries have diversified their economies by planting new forging facilities within their borders. Low labor costs and increasingly friendly international trade relations have resulted in fierce competition for the traditional forging centers in Western Europe and the United States. Despite the lower prices offered, emerging forging markets lack one vital asset, experience.

A problem for purchasing managers now exists when high-quality end-products are demanded or strict delivery schedules must be adhered to. Due to pricing gaps, the abundance of low-cost forging shops led to the closures of experienced forging shops at staggering rates. Read the rest of this entry »

The real challenge is that we have all been incorrectly conditioned and trained to believe that the most important thing in business is the opportunity.

However, if you try to make use of all the opportunities that show up, you lose all focus. By trying to be all things to all people, you end up being nothing to everybody.

I had a financial services company that was operating out of Zurich, Switzerland.

Several months after the launch of our business, we got together for a meeting with the principals and the owners, and one of them said, “Well, I’d like to open up the meeting to discuss the possibility of issuing credit cards.” Read the rest of this entry »

We already know that network marketing is about storytelling, and whoever tells the best story wins the immediate sale, enrollment, and recruit. We’ve talked about the first part of business that’s crucial to success – the opportunity story.

Now, let’s look at how to master your product story.

As you keep being a “product-of-the-product” by using it, retailing it, and forever talking to everyone about it, you automatically and irresistibly sponsor more and better people and show those around you how effortless it is to do the business, so they will automatically and axiomatically do the same or more.

One of the companies that I became the number-one salesperson for and number-one recruiter for sold nutritional products. Read the rest of this entry »

Setting up a business is always a challenge. And it is a never-ending process. First, you pool your resources together to jumpstart the business. Then you find clients. And then you keep them to make your business grow.

But sometimes, you need to go out of your existing customers list to fuel up your sales and expand your market. This is where the concept of marketing and promotions comes in. Do you know what’s the cheapest and simplest solution to your business marketing and promotion needs? It’s business cards, brochures, bookmarkers, flyers, and corporate identity stationery – simple items that can create the impact you really want for your business. Read the rest of this entry »

Yes, I’m talking about YOU – you can create wealth.

In the first place, it would be useful to understand the definition of wealth.

To the bankers and accountants, wealth simply means money in the bank, properties or shares investments.

I would like to give you a different perspective.

Donald Trump, who was in millions of debt, flipped his position over night.

Mother Theresa, who walked the streets of Calcutta with zero dollars in her pocket, can call for millions in donations.

So what exactly is wealth?

Wealth is a form of energy - energy you emit if you have the right thinking and association with the right people.

Let me explain further.

Right thinking means having the right mindset. It starts from believing in yourself and your idea.

Remember the saying “you reap what you sow”. What you sow in your mind, you reap in your life. Your outer world is a mere reflection of your inner world. The reason is simple: You take action based on you what believe; you get the results based on what you act on. Read the rest of this entry »

Companies are spending money on training, but on haphazard and poorly planned training activities with little results to show in terms of enhancing the quality of the workforce and their performance. However, management cannot be totally blamed for this.

Master Trainer KC See attributes this gap to the people who understands training, people such as training managers, trainers and training consultants, for failing to sufficiently and professionally communicate, advice, guide, sell or inform the management.

Management generally wants to get clear and straightforward answers to one question before they agree to invest in training – “How do we get business results from training?” Read the rest of this entry »

Management consulting for the average business.New times have brought with themselves many changes: political, economic , cultural etc. Many new professions have emerged.

One of them is the consultant for management and organizational development.Having decided to take an advantage of the services of consultants, it is necessary to understand , that:

1) Consultants are not magicians, miracles are not their competence.

2) Consultants are far not needed by all and are far not always needed. Many companies and executives can quite handle all standing problems independently. For average business , the consultant is needed, only if the company has tried to handle a problem independently , but has understood that it has insufficient resources for that. Read the rest of this entry »

Every high risk merchant, or any other kind of merchant for that matter, who has an offshore merchant account or any kind of merchant account, or even those who still don’t have one, knows in their hearts that a very crucial factor in the long-lasting life of their businesses is to have positive customer satisfaction ratings. If there are no customers, then no matter how established the business is, it will all come down to a close.

Many articles have been written, so much tips have been offered on how to achieve on making your customers contented and satisfied over your product and services. If your satisfaction ratings are up, then your customer retention will be consistent. If your satisfaction rating are up, you can attract new customers through your regulars who’ll speak only high praises of you. Read the rest of this entry »