If you are a small business owner today and you don’t have an app to promote your business, you need to tackle this now. Smartphone applications have become a way of life. 86% of the time mobile phone users spend on their phone is on apps. A Gallup study indicates that nearly 3/4 of cell…
Become a Top Wedding Planner – Select the Right Legal Structure for Your Wedding Planning Business
One of the first things to do when starting your wedding planning business is to determine your legal business structure. The options are sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability partnership, and corporation. Below I briefly explain what they consist of along with some of the advantages and disadvantages of each one. You should consult your attorney…
Have fun using various hardware on kitchen cabinets and add interest
Shaker cabinets are super flex type doors that can be modern, traditional, old world, or a variety of other styles depending on what they are paired with in terms of design. Depending on the tile, lights, and hardware, one can easily add interest and change the entire feel of a room. Think of kitchen utensils…
Auto Inventory 2010: An Opportunity Cost of Cash for Scrap?
Opportunity costs, by definition, are the benefits that are lost when choosing an alternative from the opportunity set (set of alternative actions available to a decision maker). This article will talk about what could have been a possible opportunity cost when President Obama and the administration decided to adopt an auto industry program and how…
How to improve the search engine ranking of your blog posts
Would you like to receive free traffic to your blog, but don’t know how to improve search engine rankings for your blog posts? Most of us have heard of search engine optimization (SEO), but getting our blog post to appear on page one of a Google search can seem a bit daunting, if not a…
Daycare today
Daycare has come a long way from babysitting jobs of the 60s and 70s that paid around fifty cents an hour. Local teenagers and the older children of friends were good babysitters back then. All they had to do was serve the kids an easy dinner, clean up afterward, and play with them for a…
3 Ways Aspirin Can Kill You – Over-the-Counter Doesn’t Make It Safe
Did you know that aspirin can kill you? Despite frequent reminders, many patients still believe that Tylenol, aspirin, and ibuprofen are all the same. It makes me shiver every time I hear it. Did you know that if aspirin were submitted to the FDA today, it would not be approved for sale without a prescription?…
What is the best way to lose weight?
If losing weight seems too difficult, you may not be using the best way to lose weight. That’s not to say that losing unwanted pounds is as easy as pie. Of course, it takes a little work and discipline, but not an inordinate amount of effort. Believe it or not, losing weight is easy if…
Investment banking and the future of Wall Street
The current economic crisis has changed the face of Wall Street, possibly forever. For decades the energy in the market had been driven by senior investment bankers, but look at what happened in the last eight months. Lehman Brothers went bankrupt. Bear Stearns was bought by JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch was bought by Bank of…
In August, the Jet Set crowd descends on the Hamptons
Long Island’s north shore beaches with fluffy white sand are world renowned. The Hamptons are a summer staple for Manhattanites and jet setters alike. As August approaches the crown of the jet set, your attention shifts from the southern coast of Europe to the majestic grace and more relaxed experience of the Hamptons. Maybe it’s…