January 2017

7 Purr-Fect Ways for Pet Lovers to Make Money

Did you know that the U.S. pet industry surpassed $60 billion in 2015? While the biggest expense category for the pet-owning population is food ($23 billion), over $5 billion is spent on pet-related services each year. If you’re one of the 54 million households that own at least one dog or 43 million households that own at least one cat, there are many ways to cash in on your love of animals. As pet lovers, you can make money too! Or, perhaps you’re in a situation that doesn’t allow for pet ownership currently – traveling a lot, pet-unfriendly living circumstances, etc. – and you want to care for other people’s pets until you’re able to have one of your own. … Read more

How Can You Get More Money From Medical Negligence Claims?

by Guest Contributor

There are many different opportunities that exist for people to get money, opportunities they do not know much about in so many cases we see people that make incorrect choices simply because they lack the necessary knowledge. This is exactly what happens with the medical negligence cases.

Many of the medical negligence cases are not at all difficult to deal with. They involve really simple injuries. In this case, the money that is gained through the claim generally covers just minor wage losses and the medical bills necessary for recovery. In other cases, things are really complicated. Getting more money from the medical negligence claim becomes a true necessity. While every single case is unique, there are some things you can do to increase the possibility of getting the right compensation amount. Here is what you should know.

Hiring An Experienced Attorney

This is by far the most important thing that you have to do. A huge problem in dealing with medical negligence claims is not understanding the claim process or not understanding the law in regards to possible financial compensation. When you work with an attorney that is experienced this does not happen. You are basically protected from the dishonest actions of the other party and you will have someone in your corner that knows the law.

An extra advantage associated with hiring the experienced attorneys is that they know how much money you should receive based on the network of specialists they have access to and the experience they gained in time while dealing with such cases. They will be able to negotiate and get better deals for you, which is definitely what you want at the end of the day.

4 Tips for Your First Year Trading Digital Options

by Guest Contributor

During your first year of trading digital options, it’s important you make the right decisions. Aside from the effect they’ll have on your profits, the wrong decisions could quickly leave you disillusioned with an otherwise great way of making money.

Tips for Your First Year Trading Digital Options

Here are four tips for your first year of trading digital options.

Take It Seriously

For many of you, this is a no-brainer. For others, though, it’s very important that you hear this advice. Trading digital options has become hugely popular all over the world, in large part because it’s exciting and can really get your adrenaline going. Simply put, it’s a lot of fun.

That’s also why plenty of people condemn trading digital options. They began with hardly any research done and almost no time spent learning what this kind of investing entails and so, predictably, they lost a lot of money.

Your entire first year of trading digital options should be seen as one big educational experience. While every trader needs to be a lifelong learner, it’s especially important now. By all means, get in and start trading, but spend ample time continuing your education and learning from your mistakes.

Take Your Time Selecting a Broker

When you’re all excited about trading digital options and when you’ve already done your homework, in terms of learning about this field, it can be all too easy to pick the first broker you come across just so you can start making moves.

However, the broker you choose will have a massive impact on your first year of trading digital options. Every trade you make will go through them. Their response time will be crucial. The technology they offer for trading digital options could make or break your results.

Furthermore, once you pick a broker, it’s not always so easy to dump them for someone else. You could have to jump through all kinds of hoops before you get your money back and can begin investing again.

Wasted Time, Lost Revenue, Less Customers

by Guest Contributor

Looking for ways to improve your employees’ overall efficiency and effectiveness on the job?

Curious as to how you can identify the employees whom you suspect are abusing company time?

Just what are these devious team members up to on the clock anyways?

Let’s take a look at what the statistics say about the mischievous employees who abuse company time, and then we will look at some solutions to this problem.

Recent survey data (responses from 750 employees) shows that 31% waste approximately 30 minutes a day, another 31% waste approximately 1 hour a day, and 16% waste approximately 2 hours a day.

Do I have your attention yet?

How about 6% of those respondents that waste approximately 3 hours a day, and then another 2% who waste approximately 4 hours daily. Another 2% openly admit to wasting 5 or more hours daily on the job.

Do the math and you can see your profits walking right out your front door. These employees are taking valuable company time and resources and using it for their own selfish ends. This affects everyone within the organization, including your customer base.

The range of activities that they are partaking in on company time ranges from texting, social media browsing, internet surfing, and unofficial smoke and snack breaks (this data is from 2,138 hiring managers and 3,022 full-time employees).