Before you can legally operate your business in California, you must register your business with the California State Board of Equalization (BOE). The BOE is responsible for collecting taxes and fees from businesses operating in the state. To register your business, you will need to fill out a Business Tax Registration form and submit it…
If you’re planning on starting a business in California, you’ll need to get a seller’s permit. This permit allows you to sell taxable merchandise and collect sales tax from your customers. You can apply for a seller’s permit online through the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration website. The first step is to create…
With the increase in competition, delivering the latest content to your customer anytime, anywhere is a big responsibility for Media Businesses. Readers are curious to know what’s happening around the World and all the Media Businesses want to be the first to serve the latest happenings to them. So how do media businesses keep up…
Twitter is a great way to stay up-to-date on the latest news and trends. You can follow news organizations, journalists, and other experts in your field to get the latest information. To get started, sign up for a free account at Twitter.com. Once you have an account, you can start following people and organizations of…
Customer service has been a large part of a bank’s strategy to build trust among consumers. Despite the bad press banks have been receiving, their ability to provide high level customer service at branches has been an integral part of their relationship building strategy. As a customer, I’m always suspiciously pleased by the exceptional friendliness…
Studying at a certain university can help a person’s career fate. Those who graduate from elite campuses are seen as having more potential in the world of work. Not only because of their name, several universities are known to produce quality graduates, especially since they have performed well from the start until they are accepted…
In 2020 there are many changes that occur including in terms of business and economy. This change also affects the income of the richest people in the world including in China. If before we knew Jack ma the founder of Alibaba group as the richest person from China, now Jack Ma’s position has been replaced…
Basecamp CTO David Heinemeier Hansson, developer of the Hey.com e-mail service, calls Apple’s behavior like a thug. What caused it? Hansson’s statement came after Apple refused to fix a bug and forced Basecamp to give Hey customers the option to subscribe to the service via the App Store. “I was very surprised at the threat.…
The business world is being stirred up by the adoption of the son of Bernard Arnault, owner of LVMH as CEO of Tag Heuer, a luxury watch brand. He is Frederic Arnault who joined his siblings in taking on a greater role as a conglomerate family. Reuters reported, billionaire Bernard Arnault owned a 5.46 percent…
During this pandemic, several countries gave policies in the economic fields to maintain the stability of the countries in the business and economic fields. One of them is in the field of domestic and foreign trade. The US government also took several policy steps to maintain economic stability in the trade sector. This policy was…
It is not easy for some companies to implement work from home. Factories and retail trading companies are one of them. For those of you who are given new rules from the company to work from home, here are some surefire tricks from them. Plan the System Work from home for the long term like…
We are now experiencing the fifth most powerful bull market in stocks since 1900. The Federal Reserve, through its quantitative easing program, has lowered interest rates to near zero, thereby forcing investors to search for income in nontraditional places. In response, dividend yielding stocks and high yield “junk” bonds have soared in price. If you…
Is your business vision the same as your business plan? Most certainly not. Your vision is the dream, the prize, and the ideal scene. Your business plan is the steps you will be taking to make those dreams into reality. Today, I was reading the advice given by one of the top Internet Marketing Gurus.…
As marketers, there are a few seemingly basic questions that are at the core of our entire marketing strategies. Who is our customer? How does our customer think and make decisions? We research the demographic data, whitepapers about trends, Google Analytics, and any other data source we can think of. But many times we fail…
CNN recently published an article calling Kids Wish Network the “worst charity in America.” When trust is your stock in trade, you cannot afford to be tarred with the Scarlet Letter of the Internet. And, if you are attempting to operate as a charity, bad publicity of this sort can be a death sentence ……
Bankruptcy. Debt collections. Foreclosures. These things can do serious damage to a person’s credit score. The damage can be long-lasting. But it’s not always permanent. There are certain things you can do to repair the damage caused by a negative event, such as bankruptcy. In this article, you’ll learn the best ways to improve a…
In the John Cusack movie “High Fidelity,” a business owner works through some angst about where he is in life. At one point in the movie he realizes one of his key problems is Bad Decisions. He can’t seem to stop doing stupid things. In one epic line, he turns to the camera and talks…
I’m So Zen About Zen To Done I think I’ve tried all the productivity systems out there, including 7 Habits and Getting Things Done. I’ve used all the planner systems there are (and shudder at the money that I’ve spent on them!). Oh, it all worked for awhile. The funny thing about a alot of…
Every investor will want to know how you, as an entrepreneur, plan to turn their investments into a profit. This makes writing the financial sections of your business plan absolutely critical. As a new entrepreneur, if you are courting investors you will soon find that they all want to see details about how you are…
When it is time for you to choose one of the many corporate speakers your speakers’ agency presents to you, there is one simple question you should ask. How will the corporate speaker change the thinking of the people in the audience? Remember that the audience can consist of a variety of groups. It could…
Most people do not plan to fail, they just fail to plan. Written goals will give you a blueprint or a road map of where you are to where you want to go. Several years ago a class at the Harvard Business school was surveyed at the time of graduation. The survey indicated that only…
What Michael Douglas said in the movie, Wall Street, ‘Greed is good”, holds true for a very short time. After a while, people can see through your game and quit on you. This does not imply that money is evil. On the contrary, it is one of the fundamental needs, not more or less than…
Now, while the overall number of self-employed is growing, many fall by the wayside in their attempts to run their own businesses. A great sounding business idea does not necessarily translate into a viable business. Business hazards There are countless factors that can bring a business undone, though the general consensus among small business researchers…
Are you looking for some coupons? Coupons sometimes can help you to save up your budget for fulfilling your daily need. However, it will be difficult to get some coupons if we are not really trying hard to get it. Whoops! It is not a big deal, right? You might not worry because you can…
The existence of coupon blogs and websites is quite popular the days. It is because many people want to get discount to save more money when purchasing something. The customer will not refuse to use these kind of coupon. There will be reviewed further about the most popular coupon websites in the next section. Looking…
There is another question we need to consider: is owning a business the best way to make money? This was definitely a belief that I held in my early twenties – that if you wanted to be wealthy you had to own a successful business. I’m not sure if I was influenced by my family,…