Senior Scam Alert 7 Business Directory Scams! Welcome to the Senior Scam Alert, a column designed to inform seniors of scams and cons that are regularly committed against them People over 65 are targeted for scams more than any other age group, and account for 56% of all fraud cases, even though they are only about 13% of the US populationSeniors and small-business owners beware! Unscrupulous scammers send out hundreds of thousands of “fake bills” for business directory services and ...

Reasons To Go Offshore For Your Banking And Financial Needs There is a myth perpetuated by the press and the IRS that people only go offshore for illegal purposes or to hide something through complex offshore formations This is completely false as there are many large legitimate companies and business people who use offshore jurisdictions on a daily basisTo identify and list all of the reasons why one would go offshore would be impossible However, one can identify some of ...

Take A Financial Inventory - A Unique Twist Financial stress Something most people have known for different periods and seasons of their lives, for some it’s a lifetime of stress, others only periods of it It’s definitely something that robs your level of comfort and peace Solving some of those financial issues are a real and vital step to bringing deeper levels of comfort to your lifeFinances are also intricately tied to how much time we have available, time that ...

Credit Repair For Credit Scores Misconceptions about credit scores and credit repair abound Some consumers who use credit cards don't believe they have a credit score or that their credit scores don't matter so they would never think about credit repair However, without a good credit score or without credit repair when you score is blown to bits, a consumer may hurt themselves in day-to-day living If you have a bank account and bills to pay then you have a credit score and you may be a ...

Red Alert Credit Cards Therefore, you think you want a credit card and only know that the cards will provide you credit when you are low on funds Nowadays, you need to know more that defaults, late fees, APR, annual fees, cash advance, rewards, and so forth to understand credit cards Recent reports have clearly made known that these 'trillion" dollar industries are not satisfied with the 'trillion' each year they make Rather, some companies are going beyond, testing the law (playing cat and mouse) believing they won't ...

Beware Of Debt Counseling Frauds Everywhere in the world today, people are becoming submerged in debt Everywhere you look, it is possible to purchase today and pay tomorrow, consumers are steadily falling into this trap everyday, and before they know it, they are so far in debt they are unsure how to get out This is where debt counseling comes in; however you need to be made aware of debt counseling frauds Some are only in place to take your money Legitimate debt counseling companies do ...

What To Look For In A Debt Consolidation Company When a person is already facing the stress and tension associated with high debt, it is advisable to hire the best debt consolidation company available Employees of debt consolidation companies are experts in debt negotiation and also wield a considerably larger amount of power than does an individual debtor The lower the company can bring down the repayable bill, the better it will be considered The mode of operation, customer service, and the negotiating expertise of the company ...

Get Your Emails Delivered! Deliverability is today's biggest issue for every email marketer Email marketers face deliverability problems because of email overload Many people who spend much time online and that have businesses very much related to computers and Internet often get more than 100 emails per day Usually, 8 out of 10 emails are considered as SPAM Problem is that your email message, supposedly that you are legitimate marketer and have permission for contacting, can be flagged as SPAM This can make harm to your business and ...

Are You A Syndicated Columnist? How To Make Your Newsletter Work Without You The latest trend in e-publishing is that more and more publishers start using RSS in order to enhance deliverability of their email newsletters or readership of their web sites RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication (someone will say Rich Site Summary) In plain words it is technology that enables publishers to deliver their content more effectively to their visitors or members of their email newsletters Today, RSS is still a "buzz" word and not mainstream ...

Email Marketing Lesson: If You Realize You Made A Mistake After You Press Send, Just Admit It A few months ago I started getting a bunch of junk Spam messages All the messages had the same subject line Thinking that the emails were hocking cheap Ritalin, I left them in my Spam filter and continued with my daily tasks Besides, my ADHD was under control with my five Starbucks lattes-a-day personal remedy Within seconds, I totally forgot about the Spam messages When I was doing my up ...