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		<title>How I Tried To Give My Network Marketing Business Away For Free</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to build the business. I was considered a guru of the 3-way call on my computer. I was sold on the use of 3-way calls with my help in advance all the prospects he tries to follow. I recruited people and leaving after a few weeks. This was the reason for my company. I [...]]]></description>
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<p>I was considered a guru of the 3-way call on my computer. I was sold on the use of 3-way calls with my help in advance all the prospects he tries to follow. I recruited people and leaving after a few weeks. This was the reason for my company. I have tried very hard to train, my team and encourage them to attend training and information with me. Some have but most do not. After a year of prepaid service was desperate. I was in the hole big time financial and I knew I needed a way to recruit prospects for my business quickly.<br />
One day I had the bright idea, it&#8217;s about my position that prepaid legal opportunity to register for free was. If the share of firms was $ 149.00 for a new partner and will have three new recruits with my new partner was substantially re-sign your investment. My offer is to all new members to start a business and wanted on my team that I want to help them recruit their first three members want to be free. Everything he was asked, your warm market list and would like to use my marketing materials, prospecting and monitoring. It was so easy.<br />
I want to register the first three points under me, but the use of commissions to pay your fees. I think it could pay for your company without any money in advance to start. You know what happened? NOTHING! So I could not even my business away.<br />
I want to talk to the people and offers the broken mentality to work with them to develop their businesses and does not accept the offer. I admit I was stupid to try. It can cause a horse to water but you can not drink it. I thought if I am a big  reject  (money), then I could hire more people faster. All you wanted was access to your warm market list and then start building your business. Anyway, I tried it and bought the shirt. What a waste of time!<br />
I&#8217;m sure there are people that if you were starving, and that was an oasis that would not eat. I learned the lesson and build relationships and brand itself as a market leader for serious people looking oriented with a mindset to work with them. Another thing I learned that money is not a problem specific to the proper perspective. to set the standard rate a company is legal prepaid $ 249.00. Many users have begun to pay more than this set and know the price of admission is far from starting a business.</p>
<p>Therefore, my advice for you if you are struggling to build your network marketing are not wasting time editing your company debtors, but to learn to market and build your own list of leads. This is the hottest cheaper than ever could have.</p>
<p>I used to 100% in the trading system of my company to a 26 year old punk kid believe has shown me that he recruited 95 people online in the field of network marketing in 3 days without picking up the phone.</p>
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		<title>Prepaid Legal Leads: How To Generate 50-100 Leads For Free</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a member of the Law prepaid, you may be wondering, what are the most effective strategies to generate leads for your prepaid legal business. You have in your warm market tries networking, trying to interest her family and friends in your company prepaid legal. You can also attempted to have business purchases have several. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a member of the Law prepaid, you may be wondering, what are the most effective strategies to generate leads for your prepaid legal business. You have in your warm market tries networking, trying to interest her family and friends in your company prepaid legal.</p>
<p>You can also attempted to have business purchases have several. What they found is likely that these strategies lead to frustration and disappointment, only because they do not work for most members. That is why most people do not earn much money on their prepaid service.</p>
<p>Each of these strategies has a learning curve, but it is absolutely worth your time for everyone to learn from them. If you know how to use social media, the potential is unlimited. It attracts more visitors than it ever be possible. The beauty of this system is to  attract  that qualified people, not go after them. You stand as a leader.<br />
This is a preview of how to create the success of your business legal prepaid. Most of his success, his ability to cook, to generate leads. Web 2.0 is going to be by far the best way.</p>
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		<title>Predpaid Legal Review &#8211; Is Prepaid Legal A Scam Or Legit Business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 07:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prepaid Legal Services was one of the largest network marketing companies, and always with success. They offer a variety of identity theft protection and legal services, as well as a revenue opportunity is someone wanted to be a partner and selling these services. However, there are some very real concerns and questions about the foundation [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Prepaid Legal Services was one of the largest network marketing companies, and always with success. They offer a variety of identity theft protection and legal services, as well as a revenue opportunity is someone wanted to be a partner and selling these services.</p>
<p>However, there are some very real concerns and questions about the foundation or participating in a prepaid legal company. In this article I will provide and unbiased review of the pros and cons of developing a legal business prepaid, and see if we can find out whether Prepaid Legal is a great opportunity &#8211; or a great scam.</p>
<p>Pre-Paid Legal Services began in 1969 when founder and CEO Harland C. Stonecipher in a traffic accident, who was left with legal costs involved. He began to study the detriment of European industry legislation. In August 1972 the predecessor of Harland Stonecipher created Pre-Paid Legal, The Sportsman&#8217;s Motor Club offers legal services as a refund of the motor club. Pre-Paid Legal plans began selling through network marketing in 1983. Pre-Paid Legal went public on the Nasdaq National Market System in 1984 and two years later to the American Stock Exchange.<br />
With more than 1.5 million members, one of the largest network marketing companies in existence. Their legal plans are sold by independent authors and may be either bought a basic one-on-one or group plans, which can be provided as employee benefits. These plans provide preventive legal services, including telephone consultation on unlimited personal legal issues, documents and contract review and preparation.</p>
<p>Best Prepaid legal offers is peace. Knowing that you are legally represented no risk that your identity is stolen, or worse, a state of mind very much.</p>
<p>Prepaid Legal is a network marketing company, which means that the service provider can build a forward and earn income through its distribution channels.</p>
<p>Prepaid Legal is one of the oldest trade and distribution network. Over 50 years, is the first flag that we made, they use marketing techniques that worked for over 50 years. to encourage people to use their  warm market , ie friends, family, colleagues, build your business.</p>
<p>Prepaid Legal also teaches its distributors, the use of  rule of 3 feet.  That&#8217;s where they actually tell anyone about 3 feet around the pre-paid legal services and the opportunity. These things could have worked in 1960, but at the present time, only the position of dealers and sellers desperate attempt to quickly make money.</p>
<p>The fact is that no one absolutely tons of money on marketing of legal services &#8211; if they know how efficient the market. The experiment, a six-figure income on the backs of parents, friends and work colleagues is more difficult to convince to build &#8211; it can be very frustrating, not to mention ineffective. The attempt to  sell  and convince people of the legitimacy of their product and opportunity management is much less fun and far less lucrative than talking to people who already have a direct interest in what you have to offer expressed.</p>
<p>Finally, I would say that starting and growing a business is lucrative legal prepaid, if anyone knows how to effectively market. Not a scam, but like any business success will be determined by a set of skills of the sellers. Prepaid Legal is definitely not a lottery ticket or a call option &#8211; so do not just buy and wait for payment.</p>
<p>If anyone has any idea how to market it effectively, then I suggest you either learn to create an effective salesman, or just use the products and stop there.</p>
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		<title>Legal Outsourcing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of companies in the UK, including pick up of members of the Fortune 500 and some of the largest in the nation now the idea of outsourcing routine legal matters in India, South Korea, Australia and other places that offer much lower labor costs. Grand Circle Magic Clifford Chance has outsourced part of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A number of companies in the UK, including pick up of members of the Fortune 500 and some of the largest in the nation now the idea of outsourcing routine legal matters in India, South Korea, Australia and other places that offer much lower labor costs. Grand Circle Magic Clifford Chance has outsourced part of its routine work of legitimate businesses, such as document processing, Integreon, a law firm in India. General Electric has created a subsidiary in India, which employs about 30 lawyers. Have the opportunity to see a handful of companies in recent years, both in the United Kingdom and abroad that external legal services were for sale.  LawScribe, Allen &amp;amp; Overy is, Linklaters, Lovells, Clifford Chance, Eversheds and Underwood, some companies that have adopted the legal outsourcing. The pressure to improve business development and lead generation, while wages and costs associated with the property continues to rise, means that the value of outsourcing and offshoring, including law firms, the UK only grow.<br />
Outsourcing typically involves legal and paralegal support for research, contract drafting and review, contract management, library services, patent, trademark prosecution and litigation support.</p>
<p>In the current economic climate, corporate legal departments not only have the budget. Whether through a joint procurement strategy or innovative services developed a variety of methods, the departments that control it, the legal costs and improve efficiency.<br />
Legal Process Outsourcing is the biggest market for everyone.<br />
In recent years the global spending on legal services to over 170 750 000 000 GBP is estimated. With the demand for legal services, companies and law firms must manage large amounts of work while retaining control costs and maintain profitability. It is the legal treatment of the scene where the basic legal functions are delegated to outside advice RF completely outsource the task in accordance with established parameters and time deposits.  The legal profession as a whole has undergone a radical change with the arrival of lawyers with a focus on legal outsourcing. LPO is not just a trend or a fad. The trend has changed its national law firms in an increasingly competitive global market and the massive employment opportunities. The LPO Clock is ticking and time is great demand for labor.</p>
<p>For more information on the legal aspects of outsourcing companies are already outsourcing a number of legal work and large companies that relocate their activities, visit www.legalimarketing.co.uk.<br />
Both legal outsourcing, a trend that&#8217;s on call! We believe it is here to stay.</p>
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		<title>Are You Going to be Onstage Next Year as a Result of Your Pre-paid Legal Business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you going to be onstage next year as a result of your Pre-Paid Legal business? How are you going to get there&#8230;. Read on for your roadmap to convention 2009. As a fellow Pre-paid legal associate I have been to the Las Vegas Leadership Summit twice. Besides the inspirational stories and trainings there is [...]]]></description>
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<p>Are you going to be onstage next year as a result of your Pre-Paid Legal business? How are you going to get there&#8230;. Read on for your roadmap to convention 2009.</p>
<p>As a fellow Pre-paid legal associate I have been to the Las Vegas Leadership Summit twice. Besides the inspirational stories and trainings there is also a time where they parade the top money earners in Pre-paid legal across the stage. At the last leadership summit I attended they handed out a million dollars in cash spread out over hundreds of fellow associates. How did these people have so much success in Pre-paid legal?</p>
<p>Pre-Paid Legal Services as you know teaches people to plug into a highly duplicatable system. Their system is designed to be easy to do. They train that anybody can do it and all you have to do is plug into their training and events. The events are VERY important to Pre-paid legal, if you want to be considered a core associate you have to go to all the events nationally and locally. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, the events and trainings are good and I made a lot of friends as a result, but as far as making MONEY, the training I was offered was not that effective. Here is what I mean&#8230;</p>
<p>The MINDSET of 99 percent of associates including myself, started a Pre-paid legal business to make MONEY and change our lives. I desired to have a part-time business that produced a full-time income. I needed MONEY.</p>
<p>That is the story of the vast majority of associates.</p>
<p>The roadmap to success that Pre-paid legal teaches is broken down into a few activities. They consist of making a list of your friends and family and following up with them using 3-way calls with your upline. I was also taught to get on autoship and hand out two DVD&#8217;s a day. How did I do this? Everyday at work, I would leave on my 1 hr. lunch break and go to my local mall and attempt to prospect and hand out business cards and DVD&#8217;s. I only had about 25 mins. to hand out 2 DVD&#8217;s and hopefully get a prospect to leave me their name and phone number.</p>
<p><strong>Doing this wasn&#8217;t easy and took a lot of guts to get out there and prospect this way.</strong><br />
Next, I was taught the importance of promoting to events, setting PBR&#8217;s (Private Business Receptions) and inviting guests. I would invite as many prospects as I could to come out to the events as my guest. How many do you think attended? <strong>Not Many!</strong></p>
<p>How many do you think watched my DVD or read my company&#8217;s magazine? <strong>Not Many!</strong> I remember hearing one of the top money earners in Pre-paid say that on average you have to get 10 DVD&#8217;s handed out in order to get one person to watch it.</p>
<p>This was very FRUSTRATING to me because I only had so much time and MARKETING the way I was trained was not bringing results like I had hoped.</p>
<p>I was spending more money than I was bringing in on autoship, weekly briefings, gas, auto, cell phone, business cards, etc. My ship was SINKING fast!</p>
<p>Finally, reluctantly I turned to the final training technique that Pre-paid legal teaches and that was to contact lead companies, buy business opportunity leads and start cold calling them. I started off slow but I faced my fears anyway and later became pretty efficient on the phone. However, I still could not recruit fast enough and the people who did join me in business would not DUPLICATE. I ended up spending HUNDREDS of dollars buying leads.</p>
<p>After a year and a half of activity and busting my butt working Pre-paid legals roadmap to success I was nowhere close to my financial goal.</p>
<p><strong>I underwent a period of SOUL searching and decided I had to do things differently or close up shop.</strong></p>
<p>I remember thinking why was it that all those people were able to march on stage and have success using Pre-paid legal&#8217;s roadmap? I also felt if I was working just as hard why wasn&#8217;t I having the same results?</p>
<p>The answer was simple and it all boiled down to the way I was MARKETING. The Pre-paid legal roadmap is UNTARGETED prospecting. It is based on numbers and the &#8220;let&#8217;s throw mud at the wall and see what sticks mentality.&#8221; Do you think other small businesses MARKET this way? Do you think not targeting your market is the right way to go? <strong>The answer of course is NO.</strong></p>
<p>The roadmap that will take you to success in Pre-Paid legal much easier has always been inside you. It is building YOU,Inc. first before even mentioning Pre-paid legal to your prospects. It is in using technology like the Internet to brand yourself and attract people to YOU.</p>
<p>My roadmap to success in Pre-paid legal online is to first offer people a system and a coach (ME) that will TEACH and GUIDE them to learning how to use technology to attract prospects to them. I consult all of my prospects either through email or by phone and GAMEPLAN.</p>
<p>As the relationship builds I share the Pre-paid legal service and sell it to them. I want them to see the value. I don&#8217;t even mention the business opp. yet, I get a customer. It&#8217;s out of my customers that I get referrals and NOW I ask them if they would like to make money as well. Do you see the POWER in marketing this way?</p>
<p>Let your prospects try the service and get sold on it before offering your business opportunity. By now you have built TRUST, RESPECT, and REPOIRE. You are also in a perfect position to RECRUIT!.</p>
<p>This roadmap will guarantee multiple streams of income, cash in your pocket and highly targeted recruits into your Pre-paid legal business.</p>
<p>I look forward to seeing you all on stage at the next Pre-paid legal convention</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your home business career should start with basic legal knowledge about business matters that can commonly come up. Here are a few common terms, ideas and thoughts that someone starting a home business career should know. Common discussions during a home business career are whether to become a corporation, an LLC, a sole proprietorship or [...]]]></description>
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<p>Your home business career should start with basic legal knowledge about business matters that can commonly come up. Here are a few common terms, ideas and thoughts that someone starting a home business career should know.</p>
<p>Common discussions during a home business career are whether to become a corporation, an LLC, a sole proprietorship or a partnership. The biggest plus, as understood by many of being a corporation, is the idea that a corporation will protect the owner from personal liability.</p>
<p>The reality is that the creation of a corporation as part of someones home business career can protect the entrepreneur from personal liability.</p>
<p>Referred to as a corporate veil, it protects individuals involved in the business from having creditors, customers and others attack their personal assets should a lawsuit be filed against the corporation. It is not enough, however, for the venture to be named a corporation.</p>
<p>The home business founder has to have a corporate feel in his or her career, with meetings of the board of directors, minutes and note taking and publishing, as well as a corporate checking account and perhaps credit cards in the name of the corporation.</p>
<p>Meaning keeping excellent records and a well organized system so they can be easily analyzed and found quickly with ease. Someone whose career involves a home business and who is thinking about creating a corporation should seek the advice of an attorney who has experience with others in your same field.</p>
<p>Registering a company name is important to a home business career and generally means contact with the office of the secretary of state. Business licenses and permit regulations vary considerably from municipality to municipality and from state to state.</p>
<p>The advantages of having a business attorney to help with a home business career are that the attorney will keep abreast of the many changes that occur in the realm of business licenses, corporate and tax issues, the advantages and disadvantages of sole proprietorships, partnership and the various types of incorporation, as well as the continuous changes that are  in zoning restrictions and requirements for business licensing.</p>
<p>When it comes time for acquiring a business license for that home business career it might be as simple as a stop at the city clerk&#8217;s office and a $20 check.</p>
<p>Or an entrepreneur could become embroiled in many time consuming and possibly restrictive compliances such as permits from the local fire department, permits for control of air and water pollution, permits for signs, country permits, licensing from the state, licensing from the federal government, licensing for purposes of state or city or county sales tax, and permits issued by the local or state health department.</p>
<p>These are the things that might have to be dealt with at the start of a home business career.</p>
<p>You would be well advised to have knowledge of a local attorney who can advise you for reasonably cheap fees at the beginning of your business career until you are ready to incorporate your business.</p>
<p>If you start doing financially well, without an attorney to advise you of different legal problems that come up, from customers or the government at any level, you might find your beautiful financial growing future trashed by an incompetent, raised on government employee, or a greedy customer seeking to line their pockets, unfairly, at your expense.</p>
<p>Many times an attorney can stop these profit eaters dead in their tracks or at least extremely limit the damage and expense they can do to you.</p>
<p>Source:<br />
My 40 years of legal business experience</p>
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		<title>Legalities: Business on the Right Side of the Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting a small business is no child play! The rules and regulations governing enterprises might seem quite complex and more than anything…endless! While it might be a bit frustrating, it is very important to get the rules right before contemplating a new business. Starting with naming the business, right until expansion plans and beyond, the [...]]]></description>
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<p>Starting a small business is no child play! The rules and regulations governing enterprises might seem quite complex and more than anything…endless! While it might be a bit frustrating, it is very important to get the rules right before contemplating a new business. Starting with naming the business, right until expansion plans and beyond, the legalities must be taken care of to avoid greater trouble later.</p>
<p>Queries regarding the mandatory procedures and accompanying paperwork tops any amateur entrepreneur’s FAQ list. Some of the most basic requirements are as follows:</p>
<p>Business license:  In the United States, a business license is a must in order to conduct a legal business. The regulatory authorities differ depending upon the location of the business. If you plan on operating within a city, then such a license can be applied for with the relevant authorities of that city only. Other countries will also have their own specific set of requirements.</p>
<p>Naming the business: So, you have a very catchy name for your business, eh? Better check if it is available, before you get sued for trademark violation.</p>
<p>•	Register the name as a fictitious one if you plan on conducting the business in any name other than your own.</p>
<p>•	In the U.S., sole proprietorships and partnerships will have to register their trade name with the secretary of the state.</p>
<p>•	Likewise, corporations will have to register with the Department of Financial Institutions of that particular state.</p>
<p>•	Register the trade name as a trademark if you intend to sell products under the same name.</p>
<p>Form of ownership: Business organizations could be of different types, such as sole proprietorships, partnerships, incorporated businesses, so on and so forth. Tax and liability issues are different for each and hence you may need to consult a legal expert for help. Some of the relevant documents that come into the picture are listed.</p>
<p>•	Partnerships:  Although not a compulsion, partnerships could file the articles of partnership with the state government. Buy and sell agreements between the buyers and sellers ought to be maintained for convenience.</p>
<p>•	Limited Liability Corp. (LLC): Articles of organization, operating agreements, buy and sell agreements are some of commonly used documents.</p>
<p>•	Corporation: A pre-incorporation agreement must be put in order. Approval for incorporation must be sought from the government after filing the articles of incorporation with them and in response, the state government will issue a Charter for Corporation, stating all the powers of and laws to be followed by a corporation. Buy-sell agreements must be taken care of as well.</p>
<p>•	Sole proprietorship:  This is among the simpler forms of business organization and involves very little paperwork.</p>
<p>Location: One may need to take zone permits for locating a business in a particular area, especially if it involves manufacturing or selling.  The zoning department must be contacted for the same. Ensure that your business also has the relevant environmental permits, which is currently an area of great concern.</p>
<p>Employees:  While hiring people, strictly adhere to immigration and child labor laws. The employment eligibility of new employees will have to be verified in accordance with Federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and the relevant document is the Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9.  Compensation offered must not be in violation of minimum wage laws. The U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division will give you all the relevant information on labor laws. An unemployment insurance tax will have to be paid to the state if you employ personnel for 5 months or more, or if you have paid out gross wages of $1,500 or more in a year’s time. The rates of taxation might vary from state to state.</p>
<p>Intellectual Property Rights: IPR, as it is known, should be used to protect your ideas from being misused or appropriated by others. You can either register the intellectual property as a trademark, or protect it under the Copyright and Patent Act.</p>
<p>Taxation:  Legalities surrounding taxation must also be strictly adhered to. From the employee’s compensation, you will have to deduct taxes payable to the federal and state governments apart from the deduction for employee insurance. In addition, businesses have to pay taxes on their own income to the federal and state governments.</p>
<p>Health and Safety: Health and safety standards must be maintained at work in order to ensure the safety of employees. Most states have similar standards and for more information, contact the local OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) office. Every enterprise employing three or more people must provide for insurance against on­the­job accidents. More information can be obtained from your state government office.</p>
<p>Seller’s permit: A seller’s permit will be required if you plan a retail outlet.</p>
<p>Find all the legal forms and contracts that you may need on What is most confounding about the legalities of starting a business is perhaps the complex terminology used.  could help you deal with the particularly tricky stuff!</p>
<p>Laws exist to make processes a whole lot smoother and are essential for any well functioning society. While the legalities involved in starting a business may seem onerous, once you deal with them, consider half your troubles gone!</p>
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		<title>Legal Business Structures</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>When forming a business, whether big or small, one must have a structure in mind. The structure governs management and shows who is answerable to whom. it also helps the government to determine how much tax the business is supposed to pay. The structure will also help you know how far your liability to the business extends. Liability also helps determine how profits and losses are shared among the parties involved.</p>
<p>Other factors that are governed by the structure of a business include, but are not limited to risk and control, continuity of the venture, transferability and formality, which refers to who is responsible for correspondences between the business and other stakeholders like creditors, debtors and clients. There are many types of legal business structures, but the most common are the sole proprietorship, limited liability Company, partnership (general and limited) and the corporations. In terms of management, the sole proprietorship is managed by one person who is the sole owner of the venture. He is responsible for all correspondence and al decision making. As for the partnership, the roles of management are shared equally among the partners.</p>
<p>The limited liability company is formed through sale of shares to interested members. The company is called limited because a partner or a stakeholder is only worth the number of shares that they have in the company. Their personal assets cannot be sold off to cater for any losses or liabilities in the company.</p>
<p>In terms of transferability, the sole proprietor can transfer or hand over his business to any person he wishes to. He needs to consult any other party as the decision is solely his. As for the other legal business structures, one needs to give a notice when they need to transfer ownership and this must be approved by other stakeholders.</p>
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		<title>Prepaid Legal EService &#8211; Learn How to Market Your Prepaid Legal Business With EService</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prepaid Legal eService is an online recruiting and sales platform that offers you 9 different business websites. Find out how avoid the costly mistake that most people make with replicated business websites, and receive the full benefit of your eService account. A web site can be an important asset for your Prepaid Legal business. In [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Prepaid Legal eService</strong> is an online recruiting and sales platform that offers you 9 different business websites. Find out how <strong>avoid the costly mistake</strong> that most people make with replicated business websites, and receive the full benefit of your eService account.</p>
<p>A web site can be an <strong>important asset for your Prepaid Legal business. </strong>In fact, no serious home business should be without a web presence. You will often be asked for your website, and for a professional image, you simply must have one.</p>
<p>Prepaid Legal Services is suggesting that you use your sites to <strong>showcase the membership and the opportunity</strong>. Many people take this to mean that you drive your web traffic directly to these sites, and then wait for a response.</p>
<p>The problem with this approach is that, in the beginning, <strong>your visitors are not looking for company information</strong> and plan details. They are looking first for someone who is able to help them and whom they can trust. What does that mean for your traffic strategy?</p>
<p>It means that you need to position yourself as an expert and <strong>establish a relationship of trust</strong> first before you make your offer. This is not difficult to do, but using your company website is not the right approach.</p>
<p>Your best approach is to <strong>position yourself as an expert on the web</strong>, using tools such as article writing, press releases, and social media and so on. At this point, you do not mention your company at all; neither do you mention any specific services. Rather, from your pool of experience and market knowledge, you offer valuable, generic advice, for example on identity protection.</p>
<p><strong>Offer free information in exchange for contact data</strong>, which you collect on your personal lead capture page. This way, you are building a list of personal leads, your extended warm market, if you will. Once you have established trust, you will find it <strong>easy to win customers and business builders</strong>. And at that point, when your prospect is ready and asking for detailed company information, your replicated company websites are a great tool.</p>
<p>As you can see, your eService websites work well in the later stage of your marketing process. However, to build your list and position yourself first, your best choice is to <strong>offer generic information through your own personal website.</strong></p>
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