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On Thursday, November 10th at 2pm Eastern Time, learn how to be in control of your critical information and protect your business against the growing threats of identity theft and fraud.

This Webinar series, sponsored by Deluxe®, is a multi-part interactive Webinar series designed to address these topics and provide simple, actionable tools to protect and enhance the efficiency with which you run your business.

In our first class, Identity Theft & Data Breach Protection, you will learn:

• The New Reality: Information Does Not Equal Power
• How to Think Like a Spy and apply critical thinking to the power equation
• Manipulation Triggers thieves use against your employees and defense techniques
• Interrogation Tools to uncover fraud before it erodes your profits and net worth
• Fraud Hotspot Best Practices: Shredding, Check Fraud and Computer Security
• Trends in Data Theft: Smartphones, Tablets and Social Media
• Holiday Identity Theft Prevention Tips: Personally & Professionally
• Interactive Q&A

This webinar is hosted by John Sileo

John Sileo’s identity was stolen from his business and used to embezzle almost a half-million dollars from his clients. Wh

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When the internet began the available ways to access websites were unstructured and mainly based on guess work, you’d likely have to search long and hard for a specific business website in your community. Nowadays, with the evolution of search engines and as the general savvy of the average internet user has improved, there are multiple avenues to advertise your business specifically to people within your region.

Whether you run a small plumbing business in town or you are starting an online consultancy firm, local customers and clients are almost always crucial to a small businesses success, make sure you aren’t missing a key way to target them directly online by covering the 3 basics below.

Arguably the most effective of the three methods given, getting a local listing on a search engine is a key way to promote your business locally. Sea

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Discount broker has a refer-a-friend offer where a new account holder can get a $100 cash bonus if you are referred by a existing member and fund the account with $10,000 within 60 days of receiving the invitation. A minimum $10,000 balance must stay in the account for the subsequent 90 days. So thats a guaranteed 1% ROI in 3 months, an annualized return of 4% on your cash. The referring person from the Zecco Friends Program also gets $100.

Zecco has $4.95 stock trades, and no minimum balance requirement or inactivity fees. If you would like a referral, please and Ill send you one within 24 hours. All I need is an e-mail, but you must use that specific e-mail to open your new account, as well as click on the special application link (Get Started Now) in the referral e-mail that you receive. Thanks!

Since April, I’ve followed the progress of the first class of Pipeline Fellowship fellows, 10 women who learned how to become angel investors during a six-month program, and then chose a company to receive their pooled investment. When I last checked in with them, they had narrowed the field of possible companies to three all of which were for-profit, woman-led, and socially conscious, as required by Pipeline.

Last week, the fellows announced their choice: PhilanTech, a company that develops and sells an online grant-management tool for nonprofit organizations and foundations. PhilanTech, founded in 2004 by Dahna Goldstein, will receive a total investment of $105,000 $50,000 contributed by the fellows as part of the program, plus an additional $55,000 that two fellows added on their own. I

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As consumer outrage over bank fees reaches a fever pitch, financial institutions are rolling out new ad campaigns, sign-on bonuses and other marketing to entice you to make a bold leap — and switch banks.

In a survey earlier this year, 64% of Americans told Bankrate.com that they would think about switching financial institutions if their checking account fees increase. And banks have given them plenty to chew on: Citibank announced earlier this month that starting in December, it would charge a $20 monthly fee to mid-level checking customers who have less than $15,000 in combined account balances with the bank. In late September, Bank of America revealed plans for a monthly $5 fee to make purchases via debit card, which will go into effect in January. “There’s usually a departure between what people say and what they actually do, but the fee issue is front of mind for many consumers,” says Greg McBride, a senior financial analyst for Bankrate.com.

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