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In a bid to retake the initiative on small-business policy, President Obama Wednesday is expected to propose a 10 percent tax credit tied to new hiring. But the policy appears designed as much to draw a political distinction as to generate new jobs. In describing the proposal, which Mr. Obama will flesh out in a visit to a Washington-area small business, the administration drew a sharp contrast with a Republican small-business tax cut that passed the House last month, which the White House contends is too tilted toward the wealthy.

Under the White House proposal, which the president previewed in a video address over the weekend, a company would get credit against income taxes worth up to 10 percent of the increase in total wages in 2012, which could come either in the form of salaries for new hires or raises. A company that increased its payroll by $4 million would see a $400,000 income tax credit.

The tax credit is capped at $500,000 to make it more valuable to smaller companies.

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I wrote a note to my sister a few weeks back. No, I mean I wrote it with pen and paper. All by myself. Not an e-mail. I do admit that after years of tapping away at the keyboard my writing looked as though a drunken spider with ink on it’s legs had crawled all over the page.

Guess what? She called me – said it was really nice to get real mail and hand written at that! She said that she really enjoyed the tactility of the process and to tell you the truth, so did I.

This got me to thinking. If my sister reacted in that manner then how would my clients and prospects respond? I went out and bought some inexpensive notelets and sat down one evening for an hour or so and wrote personal notes to those on a list I had made up.

• I wrote “Thank you for choosing me to work with you” notes to clients.
• I wrote “Thank you for considering me to help build your business” notes to prospects.
• I wrote “Congratulations on (insert event here)” notes to others on my list.

About a week after I mailed off the notelets a very cool thing happened. I received four

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Last week, I became inspired to write a post about bodies in motion for the Fitness Category here. I asked a few of my members how being physically fit positively impacts their business. My intention was to share their tips with you until I received the reply from Candance Sweeney who is pictured below in the green shorts, finishing her first half marathon.

Candances reply said:

I believe it is all about commitment. It is not enough to be interested in something. When you are interested in something, you will do it only if it is convenient. When you are committed to something, you dont make excuses. No matter how hard it is, you just simply do it.

Thats all it said.

I received great tips from others, and I will share them with you later, but for now, I want you to keep Candances thought in your mind for a minute, as you read the rest of this post.

I am committed to my business

No matter what else is going on in my life, whether its good or bad, exhilarating or boring, hard or easy, I am always all over the business part of my life.

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May 8, ’12 10:19 AM Author Leonora Soculitherz Categories Business Books, Business Bootstrapping, Business Funding, Business Ideas, Business Marketing, Business Mentoring, Business Planning, Business Startup, Customer Service, Entrepreneur, Getting Things Done, SOHO/SMB/SME/Micro, Small Business / SOHO, Sole-Trader, Start-Up, Start-Up, be successful, do a reality check, not to do it!, start-up in business

Keep up wont you most websites that promote how to successfully start and run your own business are sponsored by big companies and government bodies and written by people that are in jobs and have never started their own business. The advice is so yesterday. I

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The global money transfer market is exceeding USD 500 billion. It’s a huge amount and a lot of unscrupulous people are tempted to steal your small part during a process of transferring money. Moreover, in addition to traditional financial institutions online service providers, such as Caxtons, offer money transfers and this is a very convenient way to send money abroad. However, remittances are not just about moving money, but also on security and the matter of question is whether these services are safe.

Setting up an online account is relatively easy when everyone has an Internet connection today. The very fact that many people are accustomed to using online accounts every day and use them to pay bills, for example, makes us feel relaxed and forgot about the possible security problems. If you have not protected your data and account against malware, it is easy for someone to steal your correspondence with the recipient, including the issue of safety and response.

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When introducing yourself to a new contact, use as few words as possible to say what you do. Make sure your introduction is short, to the point and not all about you. Youll be much more memorable than if you ramble on and on. And if your new contact wants to know more, let them ask.

Consider this example:

I work while the girls are in school as an esthetician. An esthetician is a Licensed Skin Therapist. I love the work, and that I have total control over my hours.

Yuck. Why even bother to introduce yourself as an esthetician? Most people dont know what that is so its a waste of words. Then you have to take the additional step to explain that an esthetician is a Licensed Skin Therapist. This action could cause eyes to glaze over and ears to shut so the rest of your message is missed.

And frankly, who cares that you work while the girls are in school. I know it sounds harsh, but your prospects wont care.

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Yesterday, in this post, I told you about the hearing entitled Examining the Current State of Cosmetics, hosted by the House Energy Commerce Committee this past Tuesday. Today, I bring news that HR 4262: The Cosmetic Safety Enhancement Act of 2012 has been introduced. .

This is a bill, not a law. It has been introduced and will now undergo committee review. This post summarizes at a very high level the provisions contained in the bill. It will be supplemented if appropriate as I continue to read (and re-read) the provisions. If you make cosmetics, this summary is not a substitute for you reading the bill yourself.

In anticipation of two questions Im sure you will have, the bill, as currently drafted, contains no exemptions for small or micro-business owners, nor does it contain a clause addressing uniformity of law. That does not mean either of those things will not be added later. I just dont know at this point.

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