Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Get off the Couch: There is a Credit Repair Business Opportunity Available for You

Have you purchased the credit repair software for your business yet?The credit repair business opportunity that you have been looking in to is not going to launch on its own.You have to jump on the opportunities in the market right away.There are so many people in credit despair that the customer options are limitless.It's unfortunate that so many people have credit problems, but this is your opportunity to help someone as well as make some money while doing it.

The credit repair business software is going to make everything run smoothly for you.Best of all, you will not even have to quit your day job.The credit dispute software you choose should allow you to get more tasks completely in less time.That way, you can work on your business part-time and make money while using your dispute letter software to help your customers.Credit dispute letter software is the key to making this work-at-home credit repair business opportunity worth the few hours a day that you put into it.It truly makes it possible to make full-time income on a part-time schedule.

You don't even have to spend hours looking up information on how to start a credit repair business.All the information that you need to know on how to start a credit business will come from you just familiarizing yourself with the options available in your credit repair business software.Sure, it's advisable to read a book or two to uncover little known credit repair secrets.But, you can find these same credit repair secrets by skimming some articles in the credit industry trade magazines.

Professional credit repair letters are going to be your bread and butter.With the best credit repair software on the market (and that doesn't mean most expensive), you will be able to draft a professional credit repair letter with little time and little effort.You can also check credit repair forums to see other notations you can use or tips from other credit repair professionals on how to tweak these templates to get the best results.

It still starts with your credit repair business kit.Your kit will include credit repair sample letters and management tools to manage your client list and to track the disputes that you have sent out.Who knows?In no time, you could be on your way to quitting your job and launching your very own credit repair franchise.

Before you get started, review some free credit repair forms online to see what you're getting yourself into.Also, review the credit repair organization act to ensure that you are familiar with and in compliance with federal guidelines.If there is good software that you are interested in and it allows for a free trial, use credit repair forms from the software and launch a credit repair dispute for your own credit report.

This is a good way to test drive the professional credit repair software that you are considering.It's also a great way for you to familiarize yourself with the process before you promise someone else that you can help them.You've covered all the basics, now it's time for you to get the software to run a credit repair business and stop thinking about it.It's time to do it.


About the Author

Mike Citron is a nationally recognized credit and finance expert.

Mike consults with companies of all sizes on proper
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Mike gets a first hand look at 1000's of credit repair businesses around the globe.

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

The Businesses Costs of a Data Breach

The greatest fear of any CEO, CIO or CSO is that the security of the sensitive information held by their company has been compromised.The first consideration should be given to the customer; after all, it is their privacy which has been invaded.After dealing with this, there is the nightmare of all the costs which your company will incur as a result.The average cost to a company resulting from a data breach in 2007 was $6.3 million!

A survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute found that 58% of respondents who had received notification that their personal information had been compromised by a data breach had lost confidence in the company and that 31% planned to cease doing business with the company.The cost of notification alone may come to as high as $197 per letter.

Most states now have laws regarding privacy protection in place requiring companies to notify all customers, vendors and employees in the event that personal information has been compromised by a data breach.There are federal laws such as SOX, FACTA, HIPAA and GBL which lay out the responsibilities of companies with regards to the protection on personal information including medical records, credit card information and financial statements.

The FTC (Federal trade Commission) and other organizations which are responsible for compliance with privacy laws will investigate whether a company whose data has been compromised took appropriate action to ensure the safety of data.Class action suits will be filed on the behalf of those whose information was put at risk and vendors and banks may sue to recoup any losses they have suffered as a result of your data breach.

These are just a few of the ways that a data breach can be expensive for your company - there are both direct and indirect costs which may be incurred.

Direct Costs
1.
Customer notification
2.
FTC fines
3.
Law suits
4.
Falling stock price
5.
Higher insurance premiums
6.
Lower credit rating
7.
Higher interest rates on loans
8.
Lay offs due to reduced earnings
9.
New computer security equipment purchases
10.
New marketing campaigns to reassure customers, media and vendors.
11.Court fees
12.
Attorney fees
13.
Unpaid purchases


Indirect fees are harder to track exactly, but are no less real for that.

There will be a significant amount of time and money which will have to be invested in marketing and advertising campaigns to rebuild the brand and reassure consumers.

The firm itself, especially the executives will find itself carrying the blame for the attack.News of the data breach will be broadcast; and questions will be asked as to where the company went wrong in their computer security strategy - and worse yet, why they didn't do more to protect this sensitive information.
The following is a list of just some of the indirect costs that a company may face ein the wake of a data breach:


Indirect costs:
1.


Damaged company brand and reputation.
2.Greater investment needed to regain customer confidence
3.
Diminishing new accounts.
4.Competition may acquire your customers, giving them more resources to promote their business
5.
Paying for credit reports to for your customers and/or employees.
6.Biennial security assessments for the next 20 years.
7.employee preparation for biennial security audits.
8.Employee security awareness training.
9.Developing, implementing and managing new security policies.
10.Bad press.
11.Negative stock analysis reports.
12.Corporate executive and managers will have to re-direct their efforts to damage control and rather than corporate growth.

It is far less expensive to prevent a data breach than to pay for all of the costs they can cause your company after the fact.Preventive measures can easily and quickly be put into place; to implement an effective data security strategy, there are four areas of vulnerability which must be assessed: Physical, Employee, Computers and Networks, followed by employee education and implementing an integrated security strategy.

Finally, when the company's executives and managers investigate security solutions, do not forget to include employee convenience in the equation.An employee will always circumvent security for their own convenience.


About the Author

Dovell Bonnett is the author of "Online Identity Theft Protection For Dummies(R) - Power LogOn Edition", founder CEO of Access Smart and hosts IDProtectionExpert.

com.He provides businesses, campuses, and mobile employees security solutions.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Using Funded Sponsoring to Promote and Expand Your Business

The failure rate of most MLM businesses is quite high, not because their products are inferior but because owners do not know enough to succeed. They either dont have enough knowledge in marketing or that whatever knowledge they have turns out to be inaccurate. This is critical in an industry that has 14 million distributors in the U.S. alone.

Another factor that contributes to failure is the inevitable saturation point that all MLM businesses reach. After exhausting its warm market family, friends, acquaintances, an MLM business will be faced with the challenge of how to build and continue to expand their distribution teams. The normal approaches would be in the form of cold calling or of putting out costly advertisements just to get their messages across.

At this point, most MLM business owners just plain give up or let their distributorship dry up and die a natural death, not a good prospect for anyone who wishes to join an MLM business.

Funded Sponsoring

Enter the funded sponsoring system, which is essentially a smaller-scale model of a more successful MLM company. This system includes all the necessary steps and information that newbie MLM owners need in order to create their own successful business by using the more established MLMs company as a guide. Imagine learning to draw by tracing on paper. Everything is laid out for you; all you have to do is follow the lines.

What makes funded sponsoring systems effective

In order for a funded sponsoring system to work, it must have detailed and easily duplicated business plan that enables an MLM owner to develop the foundation of a network marketing business of his own choice. Unlike older systems, a funded sponsoring system makes use of multiple streams of income that have been pre-selected and known to work.

An advantage of the funded sponsoring system is that the MLM owner no longer needs to buy leads or promote their products through expensive marketing, which usually entails expenses like freebies and promotions anyway. Since a wider market is made available to him, he can promote his product to more customers without getting trapped in an exhausted market.

Customers included in the funded sponsoring system are already pre-qualified so the interest in the business already exists. The MLM owner can then avoid making calls and sales pitches to vaguely interested customers and prevent making a sale that is usually left to chance.

There is a better chance of closing a sale with the prospective leads generated through the funded sponsoring system because these prospects are already eyeing the business on their own. Plus, since the business can sell itself, it becomes even more attractive to people who are already thinking of joining.

Once an MLM owner has paid for the system, there is little or no need to spend more money on advertising and promotion. Unlike conventional marketing systems, a funded sponsoring system or franchise is available for a very low cost. Some are even offered for free.

What to expect

Since the included business plan is already known to work, it is much easier to follow and implement. An MLM owner considering the system should also be prudent enough to select several income generating programs to produce multiple income streams. This way, the business owner is not saddled by just one or two ways of earning money.

The income that is earned from these income streams is then re-invested in more carefully-designed online advertising so interest in the MLM business remains fresh. Constant promotion assures the business owner of continued exposure over long periods.

The company should also offer training that is simple enough to be understood by people who have little or no prior training and experience in business. Training usually consists of audio tapes and article tips and the system itself should include free leads and websites and productive affiliate programs.

An MLM business owner using the system can also avoid resource-hungry means of expanding his business, including establishing contact with prospects who may or may not be qualified. The business owner will only get in touch with those who have demonstrated enough interest in the business to actually enroll themselves in it. He can then effectively eliminate the process of recruiting, mentoring and promotion without sacrificing the viability of his business.

Like having a mentor

What a funded sponsoring program does is that it eliminates the need for business owners to make mistakes and avoid every step that causes most failures in MLM businesses. Time and money are focused on more useful resources that give more in terms of return investment.


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