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My husband thought I was crazy when my supplements came in the mail. He wasn’t sure if buying vitamins and supplements online was a good idea. I had to educate him and he’s finally realized that there are so things to look out for when you are buying things online. With today’s powerful internet technology, [...]

Over the dinner table, we were discussing on investment opportunities with some friends and found out that a few of them are investing in commodities such as gold and silver. All this while, we turned to the banks for investments and with the low interest rates right now, we realised that placing our money in [...]

Many people dream about being their own bosses one day. As much as being an entrepreneur is not easy, more small businesses are being set up everyday during the economy crisis. When retrenchment took place for many people, the need to survive and thrive led to the birth of many new businesses. Some are courageous [...]

It is good news to hear that unemployment rate is decreasing which goes to show that the economy is picking up. Many of my friends had lost their jobs during the recession and some had even taken on the courage to start new businesses. With less job postings, companies are more choosy and tend to [...]

I still find it hard to believe that hubby has bought me a LCD monitor for my online business research work. Actually, I was already overjoyed to receive my MSI Wind Netbook last weekend and without hesitation, he suggested that I need a 20″ LCD monitor to assist me in my research work. Though it’s [...]

Whenever it comes to the start of the year, our family will be comparing rates for term life insurance and medical insurance rates. During these challenging economic times, everyone is talking about ways to save and cut down expenses. Even for our family, we are monitoring our monthly budgets and reducing the unnecessary expenses. As [...]

We had came back from a trade show and hubby had a bag full of souvenirs consisting of logo pens, folders, stationery, memo pads, mouse pads, cap, t-shirt…etc. These days, all the trade show tend to use promotional items to advertise and market their brand name as well as to draw the crowd to their [...]

This is another busy time for us in the office. With one workshop coming up end of the month and another two events in two months’ time, all the marketing activities will go full swing by next week. In the conference business, we are constantly looking for business sales lead to widen our customer base [...]

For people who use the mail delivery service on a regular basis, we know that reliability and fast speed matters. This is especially so if you have an online business as you need to ensure prompt delivery to ensure credibility and strengthen your customers’ trust in your service. If you happen to live in Connecticut, [...]

No matter how some people detest and criticize about the fast growth in technology, you can’t do anything to stop it. So if you can’t stop it, why not embrace it? Technology influences the way we conduct business and the way we live our lives. For business people, they no longer need to fly to [...]