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Cut Back Your Cost Of Living

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. In a period when every penny counts, there are a number of simple ways to stretch the household budget and make your money work harder for you. In a period when every penny counts, there are a number of simple ways to stretch the household budget and make your money work harder for you.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/15

The Small Business Blog

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Majority of SMEs have bad credit rating : Nearly two-thirds of small businesses have a bad credit score, says credit referencing agency Graydon UK. On-Demand Small Business Infrastructureâ„¢ allows you to run your business online. — ST. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business World News Round-up – 209/11/24

The Small Business Blog

Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Rewriting bank regulations will hurt small businesses : In the typical fashion, Congress is now attempting to solve a “crisis&# by creating a new government agency with an unlimited budget and almost unlimited regulatory powers. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Blog Action Day 2008

Loosely Speaking

meetings and can access coaching in the areas of job acquisition and retention, medical, housing, nutrition, clothing, childcare, budgeting and finance and automobile acquisition, maintenance and insurance. Applications for repairs are accepted only as referrals from social service agencies and various faith-based organizations.

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Full-time Freelance Writing Jobs | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

So the economy gets bad, the company loses customers, and the budget tightens up. When my full time position ceased to exist (thanks to budget cuts), I was relieved. Before I could open my mouth, the creative director said, “Dean, we have a budget of $9,000. You face a high probability for layoff when work slows.

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Six Ways to Get More Juice from Your Freelancer | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

If their price is beyond your budget, that’s okay – just tell them, then go look for someone in your price range. When training young people in ad agencies I always coach them to start with the positives, with the things they like and that are on target, then their comments will be better received and will have context.

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Do Clients Need to Like You to Buy? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

How To Promote Your Business On A Budget Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) January 11, 2010 at 7:06 am @Michael – I’m tossed up about that. Back when I used to work for advertising and marketing agencies, the client would choose from a list of agencies they had heard of and get us to pitch. How could they not know?

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