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  • 4 Tips for Small Business Owners
    Most small business owners have the unenviable task of balancing budgetary constraints with the need for better equipment, larger facilities and more employees. Fortunately, there are many avenues by which small business owners can improve their capabilities without breaking the bank.
  • Basics for the Beginner Tattoo Artist
    Many who enter in the field of tattooing do so because they have artistic talent and feel tattooing is the easiest way to parlay that talent into a lucrative career. The problem with that line of thinking is that tattooing is like no other art form in existence. The canvases being used are inconsistent, the instruments specialized and the principles behind the mechanics of tattooing are different from drawing or painting.
  • Business Accounting Software can Benefit from Training and Support
    Working as the only accountant at a wholesale foods distribution company, my job is seen as something of a mystery to even the people responsible for hiring me, much less my co-workers. Though accounting as a field is relatively cut and dry, the manipulation of data to produce reports, forecast profits and manage assets is a complicated endeavor
  • Business Phone Systems: Expansion Versus Replacement
    It’s not at all uncommon for businesses on the rise to quickly outgrow their existing phone systems. For those businesses that on the slow path toward growth, however, the point at which a new system seems eminent brings up a dilemma. Should they attempt to expand their existing system or take the plunge and purchase something new.
  • Business Process Software Can be Counterproductive Without Training
    Unquestionably, business process software has worked wonders for companies of all sizes, from the smallest of mom and pop start ups to the largest of corporations. Within the last few years however, the sheer number of processes and applications that most industry leading business process software suites contain have made user friendly interfaces and intuitive order navigation impossible to implement.
  • Careless Actions Cause Death, But No Consequences for Brandy
    Brandy, the R&B singer and former star of TV’s “Moesha”, recently killed another motorist on the Los Angeles 405 freeway by failing to stop, rear-ending a mother of two at high speed and ending her life. While it’s true that accidents do happen, so do vehicular manslaughter charges against most people who recklessly cause road fatalities. Once again, celebrity culture has prevailed, and despite her repeated admittance of guilt both at the scene and afterwards, no charges have been filed.
  • Disability Insurance – Statistics about Insuring Your Most Valuable Asset
    Never has there been more unanimity from financial experts, educators, media on a financial strategy than the advice to insure one’s most valuable asset, one’s future income, with disability insurance.
    A look at the statistics tells you why. Most people don’t know the actual data of the likelihood of disability or the devastation that a loss of income can cause. Without getting pessimistic one can still take a rational look at one’s own life and see what would happen if income stopped for a l
  • Document Destruction Basics
    Not all document destruction services are created equal, and there are a multitude of horror stories from businesses across the country to prove that point. Document destruction, whether in house or through a third party provider, is the process of destroying hard copy materials. More often than not, the need to eliminate the existence of materials such as these has little to do with space management and much to do with keeping sensitive information out of the hands of those who might use it for less than honest purposes.
  • Does Fame make you Vain?
    For almost everyone, vanity starts at birth. It's a natural part of being treated as the center of your world by other family members. Most experts on infantile behavior acknowledge this. But after a few years, as the outside world becomes an increasing part of a child's experience, an unpleasant reality kicks in.
  • Emergency Phone Systems Important for Business Safety
    A popular commercial for Priceline.com, the discount airfare retailer that allows you to bid for airline tickets, shows Priceline Negotiator William Shatner receiving a phone call on the emergency line. Apparently someone needs help with the bidding process and Shatner is dispatched in a hurry to make sure the bidder shows the proper amount of chutzpah while trying to get the lowest fare.
  • General Practitioner, Periodontist or Oral Surgeon: Which is Best for Implants?
    Dental patients who are faced with the often confusing task of deciding who they would like to perform implant surgery are in an unenviable position. Is a specialist more qualified or better equipped to handle the rigors of implant surgery or does the general practitioner with advanced knowledge of the patient’s problem represent the best chance for success?
  • How to Start and Run a Successful Tattoo Business
    Being a great or skilled tattoo artist doesn’t necessarily translate into being a successful tattoo artist. Tattoo shops open and close like restaurants, and rarely for a lack of talent. Rest assured, there are things that can be done to give those who are just starting out a better shot at running a successful tattoo business.
  • Is the Next Dot-Com Wave on the Horizon?
    The Dot-Com rise and fall of the mid to late 1990’s made multi-millionaires out of many and lost collective billions for many more. Resulting from the overvaluation of .com entities, investing (and eventual loss) was so drastic that it all but dwarfed the rise of the internet as a viable business platform for a few years.
  • Lasers the New Frontier for Implant Dentistry
    It wasn’t long ago that the only option for dental implant surgery relied solely on skill and scalpel. While few would argue that the implant techniques used by dentistry professionals have yielded far more positive than negative results, precision has always been a point of contention. Unfortunately, when one is dealing with a small space no more than a few square millimeters, precision takes on a whole new level of importance.
  • Mastering the Job Market Through Postgraduate Studies
    Graduating with a bachelor degree is no simple feat, and many who do so feel they are ready for the job market. Mounting student loan debt and the desire to earn money often push graduates to find work immediately, with little consideration for their long term future.
  • Network Security a Neglected Issue for Most Businesses
    Almost everyone born in the last half century is familiar with the importance of network security, whether an online business owner or average Joe surfing the net. The occasional lapses in network security almost always make the news, though the extent of the damage is seldom fully understood.
  • Offsite Document Storage Becoming Popular in Metropolitan Areas
    As business leasing becomes an astronomical expense for companies who maintain a presence in major metropolitan cities across the U.S., the need for additional space has never been more apparent. With office space at a premium, storing documents at the same location where businesses is conducted can be pricey.
  • Paris Hilton Sent to the Big House
    It looks like Paris Hilton, spoiled heiress and family pride of the hotel chain magnates Rick and Kathy Hilton will soon be seeing the inside of a minimum security prison cell, or more likely, posh California penal country club for wayward socialites. Though she seeks to appeal her sentencing, it seems the hammer of society will finally fall on the deserving Ms. Hilton, leaving countless celebrities to question, What went wrong?
  • Picking a College Major
    If you’re like most people, choosing a college major can be extremely difficult. You want to find the right balance between something you like to do and something that can provide a solid financial future. Few people will ever welcome the onset of the workweek, but that doesn’t mean any job should be a nightmare. Likewise, jobs from “easy” majors rarely pay very much and often require another four years of college before they become marginally profitable in regard o the time spent on them.
  • Postgraduate Degree Enrollment on the Rise
    As the number of bachelor degree graduates continues to rise, more and more students are looking for a way to differentiate themselves in the job market. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, greater numbers of students at the high school level are not only aspiring to a college education that encompasses a postgraduate degree or beyond, but following through as well.
  • Re-examining the Child Tax Credit in the Context of Education
    For parents, the child tax credit is little more than a Band-Aid on a gaping wound when considered against the cost of raising a child. Still, it’s a welcome dressing that, during tax time or from paycheck to paycheck, eases some of the burden associated with childcare expenses. Still, with the child tax credit comes a level of unspoken responsibility to those taxpaying members of society who don’t have children.
  • Support, Training and the Architecture of Business Software
    Business software is big business, and although developers of the more popular titles might indicate that their offerings are user friendly, easily navigable and require only moderate use to gain familiarity, nothing could be further from the truth. While there’s no question that business software applications make doing business easier from end to end, the sheer complexity of most tiles affords little room for error on the part of the end users.
  • Tattooing on Dark Skin
    Tattooing on dark skin requires a little more effort on the part of the artist, both in dealing with the customer and doing the actual work. The problem with tattooing dark skin is that because the ink is being seen from behind the skin, many colors tend to get muted out or can appear dull.
  • The Educational Path to Health Care Administration
    Health care administration is an often overlooked field that offers the same exceptional employment outlook that all healthcare related positions enjoy. The reason for its relatively unpopular status has more to do with the educational requirements of the field than anything. Many new students or working adults contemplating a move to the healthcare industry think of the immediate benefits of positions in nursing
  • The Fine Art of Tattoo Cover Ups
    Tattooing requires overall drawing and illustrative skills, an advanced understanding of lines and shading and the ability to deal with people from all walks of life. Part designer, part salesman, part counselor, part businessman (or woman) and part bedside physician, a professional tattoo artist is accustomed to wearing many hats.

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