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Articles from September 2011

Sell Restaurant – Steps to Selling a Restaurant

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Selling a business, especially a restaurant is not as easy as it seems and most people find it difficult not knowing how to go about it.  The end result is targeting unprofessional people who just waste time and the ‘real buyers’ are nowhere to be seen.

The crucial aspect of selling a restaurant is effective advertising.

Many sellers think that the ‘tease strategy’ of providing less information gets people to call or show interest, whereas buyers are more apt to call if more information is given about the restaurant for sale.

Here are some quick tips that will stand the seller in good stead:

Pricing – The price point is important and pricing the restaurant reasonably is important.  Underpricing is as dangerous as overpricing. High pricing will keep the restaurant longer in the market and this is not good as there would be speculation among people as to the reason why the restaurant is not selling.

Maintenance – Buyers usually look at the reason the seller is selling the restaurant and it does not help any to see that the restaurant has not been maintained properly.  Taking care that every corner of the restaurant is in perfect shape helps in making a quick sale by making the buyer comfortable.

Information – Keeping all the information regarding the restaurant ready for the buyer is the way to go.  All the papers related to the restaurant, right from the time the restaurant was started, including the leases if any, profit and loss statements, and any other documentation should be filed neatly for the buyer to see.  The more convenient things are for the buyer, the easier it gets to sell a restaurant. Make sure to get a Non-disclosure agreement from the buyer before revealing confidential information.

Purchase agreement - A draft of the purchase agreement should be kept ready in case of an immediate sale, to avoid last minute confusion.  This can be modified once the sale is confirmed.

Advertising - Advertising a restaurant for sale needs serious planning and getting it to the right people. Having a wide range of buyers will increase the prospect of making a deserving sale. Along with the newspaper advertisement, it may be advertised online too.  Advertising should continue until the final check comes in hand.

Understanding the buyer - There may be many unqualified people showing interest in buying the restaurant, but most of them may not be serious about buying it.  To keep such people from getting their hands on all the information, it is important to study the buyer and assess his financial background and business interests.  These seemingly small but important steps help you find the right buyer.

Transfer – If the restaurant is a leased premises, the first thing to do even before advertising is to check with the lessor if the restaurant lease can be transferred to the new buyer.  It may be required to sign a new lease before selling the restaurant.

Agreements - Everything related to the restaurant sale and terms should be in writing.  When selling a restaurant, it is advisable to consult experts in the area and draft an agreement that states all the conditions for the sale, which is then signed by both the parties, to avoid any problems in the future, such as lawsuits.

Initial deposit – Upon reaching an agreement with the buyer, it is a good practice to take an initial deposit of some kind or use an escrow service to hold the deposit until everything is finalized.

Armed with this information and proper advertising, the success rate of selling the restaurant faster is very high. Before deciding on selling a restaurant, consulting with professionals is extremely important to get a fair idea on all the security agreements and notes that need to be prepared.

What documents cannot be notarized?

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Documents are notarized to prevent fraud and protect the parties to ensure that the signing party signature is authenticated.  A notary public acts as an impartial witness to identify the signers to screen out impostors while making sure documents are willingly signed and that the signing party has the mental capacity to sign such.

Some documents require that they be signed in the presence of a notary public while others do not have to be signed in a notary’s presence.  There are certain documents that cannot be notarized by a notary public.  Below is a list of documents that cannot be witnessed or notarized by a notary public.

Birth Certificates - Usually what a person requires is a certified copy of the birth record, which can usually be obtained from the State Bureau of Vital Statistics.  Notarizing a birth document or copy thereof is prohibited.

Photographs - Notarizing photographs is not an authorized notarial act in the United States.  You may notarize a written statement concerning a photograph with the photograph as an attachment.  In this way you are notarizing a sworn written statement concerning the photograph and not the photograph.

The name on the document does not match the name on the ID presented to you - You should not notarize such document. You must full satisfy yourself of the identity of the person appearing before you before notarizing any document.

Blank or incomplete documents - Documents should not be notarized unless they are complete and have no blank spaces.  It is just that simple!  It will be very easy to alter a document with blanks or that is incomplete after it has been notarized.  You're flirting with trouble here.

Faxed or copied signatures - A photocopy or faxed document may be notarized as long as it bears an original signature, meaning the copy must have been signed with pen and ink. A photocopied signature may never be notarized.

Wills - Wills are particular sensitive documents that can provide problems for a notary.  Some handwritten (holographic) wills maybe invalidated by having them notarized.  It is best practices to only notarize a will only after the signer has contacted their attorney who has provided the notarial wording to be used and have instructed the signer to have the document notarized.

Documents that the notary is a party to - A notary may never notarize any document if the notary public has a financial interest in or is a party to the underlying document. This also applies to any document that witnesses the notary's own signature. Completely taboo!

The Birth of GPT’s

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Our economy is built on advertising, which is becoming increasingly more problematic. Corporations are spending billions of dollars annually on advertising methods that are no longer effective. Eighty percent of all US homes now own Tivo, where skipping through the commercials is just a push of a button away. Most new cars are now being delivered with (commercial free) Satellite Radio's already installed. New, stricter laws involving telemarketing are continually being put into place and the rising cost of stamps are making direct mail advertising cost prohibitive. Traditional means of advertising are becoming progressively more ineffective.

So what's an advertiser to do? In these economically challenging times more and more people are flooding the internet daily, looking for ways to earn money to either supplement their income or replace it. Family is (thankfully) becoming the cornerstone of our lives once again. The age of "you can have it all, family AND the career" and "the children just need quality time, not quantity" has drawn to a close. In today's world mom's want to stay home and raise their children. Dads are quitting high pressure, long work-day jobs. They are trading them in for lower income jobs then looking for ways to supplement their salary or replace it altogether so they can spend more time with their families. As this trend continues to evolve, corporations have begun to stand up and take notice.

Throughout history marketing agencies have kept a continual eye out for rising trends, so it's no wonder that this particular trend has caught their attention. Advertisers have found a way to capitalize on this media enriched trend of people looking to earn money on the internet. PR firms will tell you that the best way to advertise any product or service is to capture your target audiences attention. This is best accomplished by using either humor or incentives. Companies want you to view their advertisements and the more enjoyable this experience is, the more people will be willing to view them. On one hand companies need exposure to their advertisements, on the other hand people want to earn money from home over the internet… Are you starting to get the picture here? What better way to advertise than to find a way to pay the 'advertisee' to try their products and services? Hence, the GPT sites were born.

What are GPT sites? GPT stand for Get Paid To, as in Get Paid To take surveys or try new products or services. Instead of spending all of that advertising revenue on the old, more traditional media (television, radio and print), advertisers are now allocating more and more of their advertising budget towards internet advertising. GPT sites are basically the middle man that introduces the advertiser to the advertisee.

Advertisers pay GPT site owners to deliver leads to them. They are looking for people to read about their product, give their opinions about their products and try their products and / or services. That's where the advertisee comes in. The GPT site owners find leads to connect with the advertisers. They accomplish this by paying a large percentage of their earnings from the advertiser to the leads they supply them with.

GPT sites typically host a variety of offers on their webpages, including free offers, surveys, service and product trials, paid to read emails, and cash-back shopping. Earning money on these sites is not only simple, it's actually very lucrative. This is how it works; You sign up at the GPT site, once logged in you'll find a list of offers. Most GPT sites organize their offers in categories, either freebies or paid trial offers. Freebie offers are 100% free and do not require a credit card. These are usually surveys to fill out, a request for more information about a home business opportunity, or signing up for a newsletter. They pay anywhere from .40 cents to $3. Trial offers typically do require a credit card, but are far more lucrative. Some trial offers don't actually cost anything (unless you fail to cancel by the end of your trial period). Others cost anywhere from $1 to $5 for paid trials or shipping and handling charges. The profit margin on these types of offers is very high, paying anywhere between $10 and $30, occasionally more. Once you have completed an offer you simply mark it as complete using the link provided. Depending on the offer, your account will be credited anywhere from a few minutes to a few days. Most GPT sites pay monthly, however there are a few that do pay daily or weekly.

Staff Augmentation services for businesses

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Staff augmentation gives customers a chance to hire a worker or a team of employees for a certain period of time and remove employees when the task or the project is over. This practice helps to reduce the operational costs, arising from the need to employ new people with the required skills.

Clients who turn to firms, offering staff augmentation services, have to pay for the employees only when there is a need to use their services. They get a possibility to use the services of the professionals, who specialize in the very field the customer needs. By doing so, they also get a chance to respond to the quickly changing market needs. The employees who are usually hired often have a great desire to work as they normally get better wages at outsourcing centers than they would if they worked for a local firm. Staff augmentation centers possess the latest technologies and expertise, and the customers also get an access to the technological innovations, which they may need for their projects.

Staff augmentation centers may provide professionals in the following spheres: web development, mainframe programming, business analytics, software development and engineering, technical writing, customer support, systems analytics, call centers, desk help, technical support, project management, database design and administration, network engineering and administration, and others.

Staff augmentation centers may offer the services of workers for both short-term and long-term projects. Often companies have long-term projects with the necessity to involve IT teams. Some of them hire IT specialists full-time; however they may supplement the team with one or several specialists, which will be needed only for a short period of time. In this case they turn to the outsourcing centers. Others prefer to use the staff augmentation services and hire IT staff offshore for a long period of time. This has the aim of seriously minimizing the costs spent on IT staff.

Working with the employees, provided by staff augmentation services is really easy. It is actually as easy as working with your own employees, who sit in another room. The modern means of communication allow to easily talk to your colleague abroad and even to control how the job is done in real-time.

Most staff augmentation centers have employees, who work dedicatedly on customer projects in different parts of the world, therefore most companies can really benefit from them.

Webmaster’s Solution for Coupon Codes Generation

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Coupon codes are becoming more in demand these days. Many webmasters are now using coupon codes to their fullest potential. Many website visitors also, especially those that intend to shop online, are now always on the look - out for discount codes. What is happening now is that the demand for coupon codes is really rising. Plus, these promo codes are really effective for advertisement - purposes. Web masters are now having a tough time keeping up with providing shopping codes to customers. With so many things to do would you, a web master, like to have coupon codes easily accessible? This is where “Coopoon” comes in.

Coopoon is a website that offers web masters white labels for coupon codes. If you want to create a website for coupon codes without the hassle of maintenance and without the frustrations, Coopoon is the perfect provider for you. With them, you would not even have to take time off from your busy schedule because they would handle all necessary things for you. Whatever coupon code project you intend, Coopoon is available for you. And of course, do not forget one very important matter. With coupon codes, you are sure to earn money!

A PHP script will be provided by Coopoon. This script can easily be included in any website program. What is even better is that the design of the coupon code listing is totally customizable. Whatever the design you want for the coupon codes, it will be implemented. That is how accommodating Coopoon is. Coopoon works hand in hand with Performics, Commission Junction, Linkshare and more to come. From this fact alone, you can already be sure that you are going to see some revenues! Just mull it over, no hassles, no maintenance, but increased potential income!

Coopoon’s system of revenue is easily understood. It is based on click sharing. This is how things on your website are going to work. You will advertise the availability of coupon codes made by Coopoon. But the coupon codes themselves are hidden. So customers then have to click to get the code. All those clicks made by customers will be tallied. 75% of the total will be credited to you and you will be paid accordingly. So not only could you increase the salability of your products through the coupon codes, the coupon codes themselves can give you earnings! If you are looking for coupon codes solution and a way to earn money with your traffic, this new website is definitely the right place for you.

Lake Cowichan Hotel – Cathy Youlden – Daryl Youlden – CQ enterprises Ltd

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If you are considering staying in beautiful Lake Cowichan in British Columbia avoid Accomodations on Lake Cowichan Riverfront. Myself and a travel companion just returned from a 3 day stay and were basically mortified at our experience. Firstly, let me explain that we chose Accomodations on Lake Cowichan Riverfront primarily because they are pet friendly and we have one medium sized dog we travel with. Although the pictures on the website look fantastic the accomodations are anything but.

At first blush our room was extremely tiny and terribly filthy. There was a large iron burn on the rug and sheetrock dust everywhere, and oh, did I mention the overbearing smell of fresh latex paint! It was very apparent that the workers who had just renovated this unit were anything but qualified craftsmen.

Accomodations on Lake Cowichan Riverfront is located right in the heart of downtown Lake Cowichan and run by a baby toting hippie woman and her creepy boyfriend that is evidently stoned on something through out the entire waking hours.

When we first arrived to check in we were greeted by a poorly dressed hippy woman breast feeding a 3 year old child at the front desk, not that there is anything wrong with a woman breast feeding her child in public. But have some class! The grounds are poorly kept and there is no way you are going to relax on the 'wharf' as they call it. The river is very cold and the current is amazingly fast, swimming is definately a huge risk. The caretaker and her boyfriend can be located amidst wofting marijuana smoke clouds in a tent out back if you should require any assistance, but beware of their rotwiler / pitbull cross companion as he is very mean and running freely on the property. In fact he attacked our dog and others on more than one ocassion.

We also had the displeasure of meeting 'Cathy' the owner of the complex during our stay. All I can say is that the accomodations reflect her compulsive, extremely odd behavior. Avoid talking with her unless you want to spend an hour listening to someone tell you how great they are and how they know everything about anything.

I could go on and on but I am sure by now you get the point. There are many very nice bed and breakfasts within walking distance that we discovered through another family staying at the hotel that are pet friendly also. Accomodations on Lake Cowichan Riverfront doesn't even deserve a star rating and certainly isn't worth your time or money. If you are planning a stay in Lake Cowichan avoid Accomodations on Lake Cowichan Riverfront like the plauge.

Florida Construction Industry

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The Florida Home Builders Association (FHBA) is considered to be the fundamental group of the future builders of America. FHBA is the chief association of all local homebuilder's associations founded within the state. They provide their members, and the whole construction community in general, with sales and marketing tools, legislative updates, training, and even insurance coverage information. The construction industry of Florida has always been on the boom. In fact, there are a number of working immigrants who had found jobs and opportunities in the different construction sites all over the state.

Kraft Construction Company is one the biggest players in the construction industry of Florida. Their headquarters is located in Naples, Florida but they have two other satellite offices within the state. They have one in Sarasota and another in Fort Myers. Since their foundation in 1968, they have a steady number of projects and employ more than 400 workers. They have a net annual income of $100 million.

Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc. is another notable construction company operating in Florida. They are based in Sarasota and are serving the region of Florida since 1972. They have an impeccable background when it comes to the construction of commercial, industrial, healthcare, and educational buildings. They even have construction projects related to museum works. They have also done a number of civic and church-related ventures since it is first founded. They don't engage in residential construction but they are certainly big in everything else.

Florida also has several construction technical schools from where aspiring professionals can go to and train. There are at least 15 colleges offering construction education in and around the state. Examples of these educational institutions are the Brevard Community College-Cocoa Campus, Broward Community College, and Tallahassee Community College, among others.

Benefits of the Turn Key Home Business

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There are many benefits of joining a turn key, automated business opportunity. First, you'll be able to avoid the hassles and many start-up costs of a new business. Turn key businesses usually provide a website for you, which will eliminate high web design costs. You may be required to pay a fee to receive the website and services, but much time will be saved because your website will be ready to sell. The website presentation has already been tested to bring results. Also, customer service can be a huge benefit. The company will take care of sales for you. Trained professionals will take the phone calls and answer questions. They will close the sale for you so you won't have to worry about working one-on-one with customers.

Having a turn key website also eliminates many office expenses. You may still want to get business cards and promotional items, but you can eliminate phone expenses and other supplies because you won't need them for online promotions. Your main function will be network marketing through online promotion, so you can earn a healthy residual income based on your promotional efforts. The company does the selling for you once you introduce new people to your website.

As with many MLM opportunities, the turn key, automated home based business uses an automated system that works around the clock selling the ideas or products available, even while you sleep. Your focus can be on promotion, not everyday tasks such as answering phones, mailing correspondence, and updating your website.

So if you're worried about the hassles of starting a business, then a turn key, automated home based business may be just the right choice for you to realize wealth from home.

Critical Small Business Decision #7: Stock Inventory Or Dropship Product For Your Online Store

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Starting a business online could be much quicker than starting one offline.  However, as a small business owner, you need to be prepared to spend a fair amount of time and energy to make your business profitable.  After all, that is why you're going into business isn't it?

An online business is still one of the greatest work from home business opportunities on the planet.   You may even have a grand vision for an online store, but find yourself struggling to handle the basic details of getting your store up and running.  One essential detail is selecting the products you will use to "stock" your store.  You will also have to decide if you want to keep an inventory or want to use dropshipping.  Starting a store online can be as challenging as starting one offline, but it if you understand what's involved, this doesn't necessarily have to be the case.  By identifying and using the right resources, you can make your start-up a smooth one.

The key to having a profitable online presence instead of just another online enterprise is creating or locating good quality products that you can sell for a profit.  One way to do this is through drop shipping.  Drop shipping allows small business owners, like you to establish a professional relationship with vendors who wholesale the products you want to sell.  These vendors will ship customer orders directly to them rather than you having to stock inventory and do the product fulfillment yourself.

Prior to opening your store, it is critical to have the foundation of your business firmly established.  Organization must be an integral part of this process.  As your list of vendors and dropshippers increases, you should have all of their contact information in a convenient location for easy access.  Don't short-circuit this part of the process, it is  amazing how much time you can save by being organized and by having established contacts within your product market.  Take the time you need to build your store right from the ground up and business will virtually run itself in due time.

A number of factors will contribute to the ultimate success of your business whether that business is online or offline.  The Internet, especially, is often viewed as a way to "get rich quick" rather than as a way to build a good business with a greater reach.  You will get out of your business what you decide to put into it.  Today's technology allows small business owners to build their businesses faster, but it