The Importance of Knowing Your Tax Deduction Limits

By Paul Yancy

Some taxpayers with simple tax returns may not have to worry about tax deduction limits. However, most taxpayers will have tax deductions that will require them to know what the tax deduction limits are so that they can claim the most deduction on their tax returns. After all, the more tax deductions they can claim, the less taxes they will owe the IRS.

Before a taxpayer can understand the importance of knowing tax deduction limits, they have to understand what tax deductions are. Some people do not even know what they are because they never have to claim them. The concept of tax deductions is simple. Tax deductions are expenses that the IRS allows taxpayers to subtract from their income. The result is that, the more tax deductions the taxpayer can subtract from his or her income, the less taxes he or she will have to pay the IRS.

Knowing the tax deduction limits will allow taxpayers to plan what they are going to owe the IRS. The more you know, the more creative you can be to claim the tax deductions to the limit. Some of the tax deduction limits are confusing and obscure so you may have to read relevant IRS publications to understand how to claim these tax deductions and how much to claim.

The IRS deductions are not to be confused with tax credit. The same goes for tax deduction limits versus tax credit limits. They are different. Most people prefer tax credits because tax credits give taxpayers dollars into their pockets whereas tax deductions just lower taxable income. If there is no income, then there is not use lowering it but tax credits may work even if there is no income to report.

There are many types of IRS deductions and they have their own tax deduction limits. For most people, it is easier to take standard deduction rather than itemized deductions. Most people are entitled to claim the standard deduction which is a set amount allowed by the IRS. If you are qualified to take the standard deduction, you can just check the box that says standard deduction on your tax return to claim it.

If you are not qualified to take the standard IRS deductions, you can claim the itemized deductions. If you claim itemized deductions, it is very important that you know the tax deduction limits. Each itemized deductible expense will have its own limit that you cannot exceed. It is also good to know what the tax deduction limits are so that you can figure out if to claim itemized deductions or take the standard deductions.

Anyone who itemizes tax deductions and does not know the tax deduction limits may be over-claiming something that the IRS does not allow. This can lead to many problems, including an audit. Also, you won't be able to decide wisely about if you should take the standard deduction, assuming you qualify for it, or the itemized deduction if the tax deduction limits are not known for comparison. - 15790

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Email List Building

By John Anghelache

Your email subscriber list is where the money is at.

By building a large and ever growing list of responsive subscribers you can make all the money you'll ever need.

The question is... "How?"

I'll share with you a proven strategy for making maximum money from your email list. Before we get going, it's crucial for you to understand the mindset of the typical person who joins an email list.

People who join email lists do so because they believe they will get valuable info. You need to contact them consistently. Also, they don't mind sales messages as long as you don't bombard them with those.

Join an autoresponder service so you can keep in contact with the folks on your list. Send them an electronic newsletter about the topic they are interested in. A couple of times a week email them offers you feel good about.

I think the best way to keep in contact is to set up a 52-week email follow up series. This series should consist of nothing but content.

Besides the content ezine, send out a couple of offers per week also.

A good mix is two to three offers per week. Autoresponders have an email broadcast feature which lets you write up an email and send it out right away.

You can start out by promoting products you affilite with. It's a good idea to send out two or even three offers for the same affiliate product in a one week period.

Then do the same thing with the second affiliate product. Repeat this process until you go through all of them.

Once you run through the affiliate product promotions see which ones were best sellers. Take the two or three you got the most sales from and use those to create your own version of them. Of course, this is easiest to do with information type products like ebooks.

In a few short months, you'll have a bunch of your own hot sellers. Plug the promotions for these products into your autoresponder series.

Next, I look at which of those best-selling products is producing the most profit. I take that product and create a high-priced coaching program.

By the way, it's just as hard (and takes just as much work) to sell a low priced product as it does a high priced product. So you may want to leapfrog right to creating a high priced coaching program.

Do this over and over again and you'll probably be making six-figures from your list. - 15790

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John Anghelache has worked with some of the top online Home Business gurus in the world including Gary Halbert, Joe Vitale and Yanik Silver. To get his free monthly eletter which shows you how to start and run a profitable Internet basedHome Business go to... http://www.JohnAnghelache.com.

Planning A Successful Fundraising Event

By Rick Dupont

Are you are responsible for planning a fundraising event, and don't know where to start. Well for starters you need to be a big success. There's no point in going to all the trouble of hosting a fundraising event that requires planning up the wazoo if no one shows up and people don't donate, so be sure to double check that your i's are dotted and t's crossed, and the payoff will be a spectacular event.

Having A Good Idea

Now before you make a start on planning you must decide on the beneficiary of your event and what form it will take. Will it be a $250 a plate chicken dinner for a political candidate? Or a "please donate" campaign to spur on a local politician? Will it be a $5 a family "Harvest Festival" at an elementary school to raise money for library books? Or an ongoing campaign of selling scrip to some local stores where the school gets a percentage of sales? Maybe you could organise an online fundraising campaign, using electronic payments? You make the call. You know your cause and organization ? what is the best fundraising event to plan?

Getting Donations From Your Community

Try to keep your fundraising events overheads as low as possible, so that the organization can keep more of the money.

A good way of reducing costs is if it will be a local event; try to garner support within your community for your event. Perhaps your local supermarket will be willing to donate food items for a raffle or fundraising dinner for breast canner awareness week.

If so, great! Be sure that you let attendees know who was kind enough to support your cause with a donation ? the good will can go a long, long, ways, and may be of use for future fundraising events.

Maybe a hotel will give you a discount on that ballroom, since you're taking the larger room with AV instead of the smaller room ? it can't hurt to ask! Be aware that most businesses will want to see a flyer or something like that to show information about the event.

Inviting The Right People ? And Getting Them To Show Up

Who cares about your cause? Families in your community? Friends of the politician? Who ever it is, be sure to invite them. Invite the newspaper, too, if you want media attention for your cause. You can plan a fundraising event so that the media attention can be an ongoing benefit to your organization ? perhaps the media will let the public know where to send their donations toward your cause. - 15790

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Rick Dupont works for Course Basic a website that has comprehensive information on fund raising as well as great Basic courses for all manner of teaching subjects.

Big Mistakes to Avoid in Video Marketing

By Terry Stanfield

Video marketing is very important for an online business today. However, there are many ways that a business will fail when they practice the wrong techniques. It is important to utilize video properly so you are successful with your efforts to increase website traffic.

There are many common mistakes people make when they are attempting a video ad marketing campaign. These mistakes can cost a business their success. Here are six things you should avoid when you practice video marketing.

1. Use the wrong camera. If you have a camera on your cell phone it doesn't mean you should use it for professional purposes. The quality of the resolution and picture are very poor coming from a cell phone. Never shoot your videos from a cell phone or a digital camera. Be sure to have a high quality camera so you shoot a high quality video.

2. Shooting a video in a garage. One of the biggest mistakes is the location people choose. However, you can produce a video anywhere you want to but you must be mindful about the background you have. It would be wise to invest in a backdrop for your video marketing if you are limited on space.

3. Not editing the video. Many companies shoot a video for their video ad marketing and they don't edit it. They shoot the video and walk away. This leaves space and extra breaks that are unnecessary. This may also cause a video to be far too long for the customer's attention span.

4. Not marketing. When you have a video online you have to market. You can increase website traffic when you create a website page for the video and get the word out the video is ready for viewing. Who will know your video exists if you don't practice the right methods of marketing?

5. Using the wrong person. Many video marketing ads fail because they use the wrong person in the ad. Let's face it. You need someone who is pleasing to look at and who has a voice that is pleasing to hear. A scratchy or screechy voice will only drive customers away. Someone who looks funny will only cause customers to focus on how strange the person talking looks and not on your product. Make sure the 'face' of your video is someone who is nice to look at.

6. Not taking advantage of the opportunity. Video marketing is another opportunity to drive more traffic to your site. You must do everything you can with your videos. This means placing keywords in the video as an overlay. These keywords are also beneficial for search engines too. Always put your company URL in the video too.

Video marketing campaigns can go wrong in so many ways. It is important to consider many things that you should not do when you are shooting a video. These things include using a poor camera, an unattractive person, no backdrop, no editing, no marketing, and not properly taking advantage of the opportunity. - 15790

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Before you start an Video Marketing campaign, go to Terry Stanfield's site for information on Search Engine Marketing Services and more on Video Ad Marketing.

How to Choose a Web Hosting Service

By Sylvia Wheatley

One of the most crucial decisions that most online businesses have to make is choosing the best web hosting service. With a popular or well known and reliable Internet Service Provider (ISP) you won't face many problems, however with a poor web hosting service provider it can be a nightmare.

Choosing the right kind of web hosting service can be a very daunting task at times as there are some very important features that you need to make sure of. Here you can find below what exactly to look for when choosing the best web hosting service.

Amount of web space: A web hosting service provider would usually assign you a certain amount of space on their server. You need to ensure that does it have the right amount of space for your website and your business requirements. You might want to expand your online business tomorrow and would require much more space. So it's imperative for you that the web hosting company should be able to provide you with ample of space especially if your website is rich in graphics or has video clips.

FTP access: FTP access is very crucial since it provides the ability to upload new pages. Some web hosting service providers allow you to just design your web pages with their own personal web builder. This may be useful for beginners however you need to ensure if they provide you the facility to expand later when you enhance your online business capabilities.

Degree of reliability, security and speed of access: Speed, security and reliability are extremely important for the success of any online business. While choosing a reliable web hosting service you need to ensure that this is taken care of. A site that is not available, not updated on time or is down, will lose many online visitors. If an online visitor finds your site listed on a search engine, and he tries to access it but finds it down, he is sure to move on to the next link and you lose an important customer or visitor. Even slow working websites are very frustrating. So how do you know if a hosting company is reliable or not? By word of mouth or feedback from others! If that's not possible then you can yourself try accessing your site during peak hours and non-peak hours too. Your site has to be secure of intruders at the same time, especially if it's an ecommerce website.

Dependence and support: Does the web hosting service provide 24x7 supports? Do they respond rapidly to your issue? Can you depend on them? If you need 24-hour technical support that larger companies need then expect to pay substantially more. In fact, people are much more expensive than machines.

Pricing plans : Price is also one factor that you should look out for when choosing the best web hosting service. It's not necessarily true that the most expensive hosts are the best. Simply compare prices and services before you finalize one.

Data transfer (Bandwidth): You also need to see if the hosting company provides you with sufficient bandwidth for efficient data transfer. After all it's your website and you need to ensure that you are getting the best services for the money you invest. - 15790

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Before you purchase Web Hosting, make sure you know what makes a Web Hosting Company have the best web hosting service available!