Do This One Thing First Before You Get Into Multi-Level Marketing (MLM)

True Confessions
This is a True Confessions post, one wherein I bare my soul and most embarrassing financial moments. Do you remember when I told you about the time I almost married the Amway salesman. Or the time when I was an Avon Lady?  And then there was my mother-in-law's stint in Amway.   I remember her telling me all I'd need to do was to buy my sundries through Amway.  At the time I was on welfare and getting food stamps. I… Read the rest
Your Affiliates

How Much Should You Pay Your Affiliates?

business tips
This is a question you might come across if you begin selling a product of your own. For this post I'd like to focus on affiliate payments for electronic products so think e-books, e-courses, etc., anything electronic that is pretty much passive.  Typically when you write an e-book and get it up for sale, you don't put much more time into it, except of course to promote it or possibly revise it on occasion. But you do want affiliates because… Read the rest
Dollars

It’s Easy to Pay Your Bills… When You Have Enough Money

budget
My mother came to live with us about six months ago.  She has a great deal of anxiety and it has been extremely difficult for her to pay her bills for the last couple of years because just the thought of writing checks and making sure everything gets paid stresses her out. She had a checking and savings account with a credit union but we soon found that it would be difficult to work with them since there are only… Read the rest
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Just Because It’s a Business Expense Doesn’t Mean You Should Buy It

income taxes
Some people who go into business for themselves do everything right from the start.  They learn what the area in which they live requires, get a business license, and go from there. But there are others who when they start out to have a business of their own, probably aren't thinking too much about the legal or tax side of things.  They're making their widgets or providing their service and as money starts rolling in they realize this is going… Read the rest