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Five Things To Consider About Your Inventions
Taking inventions from concept to reality can be difficult. In fact, it's quite confusing. I've been down that path several times myself, and without help simple matters become daunting. Twenty years ago I attempted to go it alone and spent tens of thousands with a prototyping house, an engineer and more. Outside of finances, I also faced challenges when deciding who to talk to, how to patent and the path I should take when pursuing my inventions.Thinking of these subjects, I compiled a list of five things to consider about your inventions.1. Know the problems your invention will solve Every invention or great idea aims to solve a pr

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Supersize It. Make sure your designer provides you with a small, medium and large version of your logo. If you need to put it on a business card, it needs to be legible at the smaller size. And if you ever need to put it on a large sign, you’ll want a logo pre-sized for that. Simply upsizing the small version will result in poor quality and often distortion.

Call your Lawyer First. Okay, this may be the most unsexy step in the process of creating a logo for your business, but I implore you to invest the time and expense to make sure that your company name is truly yours. Have a trademark attorney conduct a thorough search on your company name before you go to the expense of creating an image around it. How awful it would be for you if you spend years building equity in your company name and brand, only to learn that another company wants to sue you for trademark infringement! Avert this nightmare by getting a lawyer involved.

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How To Use The Incredible Craigslist Site To Promote Your Business
The internet has provided innumerable avenues for businesses to grow. Now thanks to concentrated sites like Craigslist, promoting a business is easier than ever and reaches more potential clients than ever before. This site, when correctly used, has the potential to help even the smallest businesses see their business grow exponentially, and it helps the larger business continue to compete with their big counterparts. But to effectively use Craigslist, marketing directors and business owners should consider two specific things: their target audience and their marketing strategy.The Target AudienceBusinesses should know who their clients are.

Into which camp does your business fall?

A. You don’t have a logo, but wish you did
B. You don’t have a logo, and could care less
C. You have a logo, but have a hunch it’s not quite “it”
D. You have a logo that you love

Whether you are thrilled, disgruntled or mystified by the whole logo piece of your business, it’s certainly not something to ignore (ahem, I know you wouldn’t dare do that!). Even if you are all set with your logo, you may still want to tighten up the way you use it.

If your business thrives 100% on word-of-mouth referrals and you have no desire to grow beyond current capacity, certainly you can function quite well without a logo. But most entrepreneurial businesses want to grow, and in fact need to grow in order to keep pace with clients’ growing needs and to outpace the competition. There are many small businesses providing the same professional services as you… having a notable image can contribute to helping you stand out from the pack.

Point blank: Your logo is the visual spark that burns recognition of your business into the minds of your audience. It is the quickest, simplest way to convey your essence – your logo tells your story without a wordy account.

One of the most brilliant logos is the infamous Nike "swoosh." I'm sure it pops to your mind instantly. This is a logo that needs no written explanation when you see it. This simple symbol swiftly conjures up what Nike is all about: “Just Do It.”

Whether you have an established logo or are newly considering logo design for your business, the following lessons from Nike and other companies with exemplary branding will raise the bar on how your logo serves your company’s image:

Always Deliver on Your Logo’s Promise. If a picture is worth a thousand words, your logo is worth a thousand deeds – make sure your business deeds jibe with the image you are portraying externally. Your logo is merely a visual reflection of your brand, and your brand includes every element of your business, from the way you answer the phone to your unique method of service delivery to your approach to building business relationships. As you deliver your “brand message” consistently over time, your logo becomes even more powerful because it links your target audience's experience of you with the image you use repeatedly.

Don’t Short Change Your Image. I am astounded when entrepreneurs who invest thousands of dollars into equipment, training, entertaining clients, traveling, and many other facets of running a business, take the cheap route with their logo. They hire the neighbor’s “artsy” sister-in-law, or create a do-it-yourself icon with the desktop publishing program that came with their PC. Please, please, please… hire a real graphic designer. Pay the bucks to get this done right. You want your logo to be a masterpiece, not a monster piece.

Be Cool About Color Selection. If your audience tends to be more conservative, you’ll probably want to reflect that. Pick your top ten ideal clients and see what colors they favor. But only let this information guide you – ultimately, you must live with your logo a good long time, so go with colors that please you. There are no hard and fast rules, but ultimately, your logo will strike a balance between what you like and how your audience perceives your company. Talk to your designer about how color selection can impact printing costs.

TIP: Make sure your logo reproduces well in black and white, also. You don’t want your nice logo fading out when the client photocopies or faxes your document.

Make it Unique – Resist Clipart! The entire point of creating a logo is to set you apart from the crowd. Spend the money on a designer who will create a one-of-a-kind logo just for your business. Clipart logos are risky – there is a chance that another company uses a similar image. But also, clipart looks like… well, clipart. A little on the kitsch side.

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Primary Requisites For A Successful Home Business
Running a home business has always interested people especially mothers and the home bound. However starting the business is not a game. It does not involve simply setting up your computer and beginning. People are often deterred from venturing further, when they become aware of some of the complexities included with regards to taxation, insurance and others.The primary ploy is to get rid of home-office related expenditure. This is a smart move but will require undertaking certain steps. You will have to use the office space solely for your business work. You should not use it for family affairs even after work hours. The IRS will qualify you for t

rom the pack.

TIP: Make sure your logo reproduces well in black and white, also. You don’t want your nice logo fading out when the client photocopies or faxes your document.

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Corporate Fruit Gift Baskets
Corporate fruit gift baskets packed with ripe organic fruits and gourmet food items are excellent gifts reflecting good taste and are a truly healthy treat. Corporate fruit gift baskets that are professionally handcrafted are ideal to convey your congratulatory wishes on a promotion, welcome a new customer, commemorate a new sale, or show appreciation for a task accomplished.Corporate fruit gift baskets are packed with the freshest fruits available. The best of seasonal fresh fruit such as apples, oranges, bananas, nectarines, mangos, kiwis, grapes, pineapple and pears can be included in these baskets. Some of the corporate fruit gift baskets are s

nd, and your brand includes every element of your business, from the way you answer the phone to your unique method of service delivery to your approach to building business relationships. As you deliver your “brand message” consistently over time, your logo becomes even more powerful because it links your target audience's experience of you with the image you use repeatedly.

TIP: Make sure your logo reproduces well in black and white, also. You don’t want your nice logo fading out when the client photocopies or faxes your document.

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An Interchange Plus Pricing Structure Can Greatly Reduce Your Monthly Credit Card Processing Fees
Traditionally small to mid sized businesses have been set up with what is called multi-tier pricing for their credit card processing. This system is usually set up with three tiers (qualified, mid-qualified, and non-qualifed.) Occassionally, if the business owner has negotiated well, there will be a fourth tier for qualified offline debit cards. While this system has worked well for many years, the increasing number of rewards and corporate cards being issued has made this type of pricing obsolete.Visa and Mastercard have many different interchange categories for the multiple card types that are issued. Tier pricing takes a large number of thes

rvative, you’ll probably want to reflect that. Pick your top ten ideal clients and see what colors they favor. But only let this information guide you – ultimately, you must live with your logo a good long time, so go with colors that please you. There are no hard and fast rules, but ultimately, your logo will strike a balance between what you like and how your audience perceives your company. Talk to your designer about how color selection can impact printing costs.

TIP: Make sure your logo reproduces well in black and white, also. You don’t want your nice logo fading out when the client photocopies or faxes your document.

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Steel Industry Import Taxes
When we raised the steel import tax a few years ago it hurt many manufacturing sectors who used steel in their production. It also hurt smaller companies, which use steel in their products. US Steel prices have cost our team thousands of extra dollars due to the import taxes that were imposed. We told everyone if they raise the cost of steel even one hundred dollars per ton we will seek to build the truck beds out of other materials, and once we do we will never go back to steel. It is heavy, costs gas mileage, rusts, leaving iron oxide streaks on the exterior paint. It is by the cost we even still use steel.If the steel companies in this country c

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I bet you didn’t realize that designing a logo could be so complex! Please resist the temptation to skirt around these issues – put the time and money into creating a logo that builds your image and raises the bar for your business. You may not want to tattoo your logo onto your forehead, but this simple little icon is the most important outfit your business wears.

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How do we begin to understand the art of leadership and its indisputable importance in today’s world? We read, hear, and talk about leadership all the time. The context varies but the importance of strong leadership does not.

What can flip-flops (the shoes, not the political posturing) possibly have to do with government procurement contracting practices? And how do they relate to failure at procurement contracting? Everyday, businesses large and small, well-established and brand new, try to open the door to doing business with the government. When government procurement personnel and decision-makers see how the company presents itself, they make a snap decision to open or shut the door, literally and figuratively.

You know just how important business card holders are for you. You know how efficiently it helps you get organized. You know that they're a fixture of your corporate identity. And because you know all these, you buy yourself a business card holder. Of course, you put a high premium on tastefully selected items, so naturally, you don't settle for a simple business card holder. You get a leather business card holder, no less!

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