Sorry folks, but I do not see the attraction that Farmville has for the thousands of people on Facebook playing this time-suck game. I see it as a complete waste of time. But who am I to argue with all the thousands of fans? It is so popular that they even have their own Dummies book.
Almost everyone who works with me and who knows me well is aware that I’ve had my blog for over 5 years, so I get asked all kinds of questions when one of them decides to jump onto the blog wagon. Such as, where is the cheapest place to buy the domain name that I want? Where should I get my website hosting? How much does it cost to get a site designed the way I want it to look?
Of course, the answers always depend on what their expectations are and what is available at the time. Five years ago there were not as many good hosting choices. Finding a place to trust with my web site was tough and getting your blog on the wrong server can be very frustrating.
There is a good site that I found that lists the tops sites for hosting and gives reviews of the different ones. I usually refer my friends to that site to get them started learning about servers and hosting plans. It’s always a good idea to read over the FAQs of any web site and this site has a very good section called Web Hosting FAQ. You can learn a lot – you just have to be willing to read up and find a reliable source that stays updated.
Written by my friend Otis Buckley
I have become obsessed with cooking shows on the food channels offered through direct tv oklahoma but do not have enough time to sit and watch them all. I work forty plus hours a week and do volunteer work in the community and I keep my grandson a couple of days and/or evenings during the week. So my television viewing time is limited. I do spend a lot of time in front of the television on the weekend but some of my favorite food shows come on during the week. So I digitally video record them so that I can watch them when I have time. I really like watching recorded shows because I can zoom through the commercials so the viewing time is shortened. I am sure the sponsors of the commercials are not too fond of the recording option. I do appreciate a great commercial. I have found that Publix commercials are as sentimental as Hallmark ones and I find myself tearing up at them, which means they are doing what they set out to do!
For a few months I shared the back half of an office building with a woman who worked for a mortgage company. Her office was across the hall from mine, and if we both left our office doors open we could hear pretty much everything that went on in each other’s office. Which didn’t both me at all but it might have bothered a few of her clients if they knew I could hear their conversations. Quite often she would meet with the people who were applying for a mortgage and counsel them on their credit issues. I can’t tell you how many time I head someone ask her, “help me fix my credit” and she would go over all the tips and tricks that she could think of to help them.
Most of the time, if you have made an offer on a house and then applied for a loan and been turned down, it is too late to learn how to fix credit reports and have enough time to do it all and still get a loan for the house you wanted. The time to worry about your credit report is 6-8 months before you start looking for a house, so you have time to fix anything bad that comes up.
There are ways to save the deal if you know how to rebuild your credit fast and depending upon what the problem is. There are even varying opinions between all the so-called exerts about what to do about your credit issues.
One thing you can do is get cash money in the bank and pay down all your credit cards so that the current balance stays below 25% of your available credit limit. Another thing you can do is get copies of all your utility bills for at least 2 years and send them to the credit bureaus asking them to include those good payment records in your file.
The backbone of our country is the small businesses – not the big corporations. More people own and work for small businesses than for big corporations. And many of the small businesses will end up changing owners at some point. Some business owners will want to sell and retire, others will want to either buy another small company or sell their company to a larger company. Others have built their business up to the point where they are so successful and so busy that they can’t handle it on their own any longer. So when they are ready to sell, a smart business owner will meet with Business Brokers and find a professional to help them with the selling process.
With all the different types of industries out there, it is good to find a broker that has a lot of experience and contacts in your industry. For example, if you have a Law firm for Sale you will want a broker who already has a large network of attorneys who are interested in buying the assets of an established firm and who are qualified to complete the transaction.
There are even more exclusive niches, such as a Physiotherapy practice for sale or a dental practice for sale. Those businesses can only be sold to people who have formal training and licenses. And when you are working in a small niche industry, your business details must be kept strictly confidential. That’s why you use a professional ho knows how to find qualified buyer prospects and who can handle all the negotiations and due diligence for you.