By Mark Combs, Cre8iveDept.com With every ad, brochure or email you send, you should be conveying, restating, or polishing your message. Yes! You, in ...
8 Trade Show Mistakes That Cost Exhibitors
By Mark Combs, Cre8iveDept.com What do you invest in your trade show? There are booth cost, training, shipping to the show, giveaways, promotions, and...
Where do I file my d/b/a?
If you own a business and are using a trade name (doing business under an assumed name, commonly known as “d/b/a” or sole proprietorship) or if yo...
Discovering the “ideal client”
My business coach Tom Chapple recommended The Sandler Rules by David Mattson. This book is an easy read and is suited for business owners and employee...
The Litigators by John Grisham
Have you ever woken up one morning and realized how much you want to quit your job? In John Grisham ‘s latest novel, The Litigators, David Zinc walk...
Publicity on a shoe string budget
Start-up businesses and small companies have limited resources for publicity. While social media and blogs are the newest ways publicity can be genera...
Fifty shades of a business relationship
Curiosity got the better of me and I had to see what everyone was talking about: who was Christian Grey? What draws everyone to Fifty Shades? Rich, po...
‘Good Counsel’ for not-for-profits
Good Counsel: Meeting the Legal Needs of Nonprofits by Leslie Rosenthal is a practical resource on the legal issues faced by not-for-profit corporatio...
Demystifying U.S. Immigration: Taxpaying illegals
Many critics of illegal immigrants purport that these aliens are a huge tax burden on Americans. However, the Chamber of Commerce estimates that over ...
Demystifying U.S. Immigration: Citizenship through children
“Anchor babies” is a term that refers to children born in the U.S. with at least one parent who resides in the U.S. illegally. Federal laws grant ...