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Cliff Ennico
05/29/2012
When the Phone Stops Ringing "I run a small service business. The past several months I've been busy enough, but I'm getting a lot fewer jobs than I did this time last year when my phone was ringing off the hook. I know the economy's tough, and people just don't have the money they used to, but I'm worried that this is not just a short-term situation but a more permanent decline in my business. What can I do to turn the situation around?" More >>

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03/12/2012
Disaster Recovery Made Simple I am a lawyer who works in a small town in the Midwest. A tornado struck last week, for the first time in over 30 years, and my office was destroyed. More >>

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02/21/2012
Converting a Corporation into a Limited Liability Company My two brothers and I have run a successful service business for over 20 years, which we run as a 'C' corporation... When we started this business, the limited liability company (LLC) was not available as an option for small business. We thought several times about converting our business into an LLC, but the time just never seemed to be right. More >>

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11/14/2011
California Settlement Changes Game for Internet Sales Tax Thanks to a new law in California, the days of selling online without having to pay sales tax are numbered.

Since 2008, a number of states have attempted to impose their sales taxes on Internet commerce, most of which involves sales across state (and often national) boundaries. More >>

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11/07/2011
Can You Punish Employees for Things They Say on Facebook? "I run a small advertising agency with about 10 employees. Given the nature of our work, our employees spend much of their time online, especially on the social media websites including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. We have found these websites a tremendous source of revenue, as all of our clients are looking to develop advertising strategies for these sites..." More >>

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10/10/2011
How to Sell Successfully on eBay - Advice from the Pros Recently, I gave a presentation on Internet sales taxes at the eighth annual eBay Radio party in Las Vegas - a confab of some of the top eBay sellers in the United States and Canada...During the conference I tracked down about 30 of the top eBay sellers and e-commerce experts in the room and asked them the same question: "In your opinion, what is THE secret to selling successfully on eBay, or indeed anywhere online?" More >>

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10/03/2011
Do You Qualify as a Female or Minority-Owned Business? "My husband and I started a consulting business a while back, and we are finding ourselves getting more and more business from government agencies and nonprofit organizations. There's only one problem: many of these people want to know if we are a 'minority-owned enterprise' or a 'female-owned enterprise'... More >>

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09/12/2011
The Real You do realize, don't you, that so-called "reality shows" on television are not real?

While the actors picked for these shows are not what we might call "Hollywood attractive," and therefore look more like real people than Hollywood actors, they are still actors, aren't they? More >>

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08/29/2011
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...Last week I received a postcard from a Broadway production company looking to raise money for a revival of a classic Broadway musical.

The postcard proclaims "you too can be a Broadway producer" for as little as $1,000, and goes on to explain that the producer is seeking up to $5 million from the public to finance the revival...


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08/22/2011
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...So just yesterday I finished reading the autobiography of one of the great entertainment industry entrepreneurs of the last century - the cofounder of a successful organization that will be celebrating its 50th anniversary next year after having earned billions worldwide...


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