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Moving from a one person band to having employees and/or subcontractors working with you can be a significant and unexpected change for many business owners. On one hand, with more people, larger and sometimes more profitable contracts can be earned, and having other hands on the job can make quicker and more efficient work when do correctly. Like most things in life, the upside to having people work for you doesn't come without its fair share of drawbacks. Recruiting quality Read More
Self-Employed Contractor Online Bookkeeping Service For the Single Member LLC All your typical self-employed bookkeeping requirements including your Federal Schedule C for only $79.95 a month. If you're a self-employed contractor working for a 1099, you're already busy working a full work week, and if you're like most, the last thing you want to do is learn how to perform bookkeeping at the end of a long day. Read More
Your Trusted Advisor For Plumbing Insurance Including General Liability, Workers' Compensation, Commercial Auto, Property, and Business Owners Policy (BOP) Insurance As a plumber in business for yourself, your most valuable asset is your reputation. Responsible plumbers that care about their business and their clients should have plumbing insurance to protect clients, and to make sure one small issue doesn't derail your entire plumbing business. Plumbing insurance Read More
Get or Renew a Minnesota Assigned Risk Workers' Compensation Insurance Policy With Only a 10% Down payment Normally, the Minnesota Assigned Risk Plan (also known as the "Workers's Comp Pool") policies require at least 35% down, and up to 100% of the estimated total annual premium at the time of binding the policy. For many employers, especially those in the Assigned Risk Plan, that's simply not possible, and for almost all Minnesota employers, it Read More
Customer Service consists of many important attributes, if you fail to provide each and every one, you will fail to reach your full potential Appreciation - Do you and your staff fully appreciate your clients? If so, how do they know it? Value - Do you and your staff offer value they can't find elsewhere? If so, how do they know it? Communication - Are you able to predict when a client will want to communicate, and/or are you surprising them with above Read More
Small Business Payroll Service from 1 Reason Payroll You're busy enough running your business, the last thing you want is to learn another skillset that you won't use enough to justify your time, money, and energy learning. Besides, accounting mistakes can cost you much more than any amount saved. 1 Reason Payroll service is here to help and can streamline your pay-as-you-go workers' compensation into one stop. If you don't currently have workers' Read More
2017 I-9 - Employment Eligibility Verification Download For New Employees Here's the form for your easy download -----> I-9 Fillable Form I-9 Paper Version For Printing If you want a W-4 form, click HERE And to learn more about W-4 Forms, Click HERE Form I-9 is used for verifying the identity and employment authorization of people hired for employment in the United States. All U.S. employers are required to ensure Read More
Picture courtesy of Anderson Landscape in Greeen Bay, click HERE to see more of their fantastic work What is a W-4 form? A W-4 is an IRS form that let's employers know how much they should deduct from the employee's pay for things that include federal and state income tax. Employees fill out the form with their name, social security number, home address, marital status, number of allowances (generally children, but others may qualify), additional Read More
In a world of online shopping and the greatest price transparency ever, it may seem logical that price is what drives a buyer's decision making, but some things never change, and one of them is price isn't the most important factor in a buyer's mind. Many salespeople seem to forget, or maybe they never understood in the first place that price, and especially the lowest price can actually work against you. Having the lowest price signals to the buyer that your offer is Read More
At the end of this post I give instructions on receiving a free review of your Wisconsin small business website that includes actions you can do yourself. Does your website make you money or cost you money? Many business owners, especially those starting out view their website as a necessary cost of doing business. Nothing could be further from the truth. Websites are your storefront in today's digital age and should present your products and services in the best Read More
If you suffer a loss that's not your fault or is mostly someone else's fault, you have rights and obligations, and understanding what your obligations are and reasonably performing your obligations can be a significant help towards protecting your rights. In other words, even when you haven't done anything wrong, you may have new obligations you didn't even think about, and more importantly, if you don't follow through, you may not recover your loss from either the party Read More
For many contractors, buying a Minnesota workers' compensation insurance ghost policy means buying one through the Minnesota Workers' Compensation Assigned Risk Plan, commonly called "the pool". 763-710-8808 For a workers' compensation ghost policy, call now It's an insurance policy no one wants to buy, and for good reason, it provides zero benefit to the policy owner. The only reason we sell them is because sub contractors are often required Read More
Workers' Comp Requirements In Wisconsin in basic form with a focus on contractors and sub-contractors. Untangling the confusion between having a workers' comp insurance requirement and adding payroll to your commercial business general liability insurance policies. This isn't a substitute for speaking with an employment attorney and other experts, but hopefully this will help you better understand what may be required of your firm if you're deciding on Read More
Starting a business isn't the easiest thing most people do. Forget about all the passion and desire you have, at the end of the process of getting your business off the ground you're most likely going to be ready for sleep, another bottle of aspirin to replace the one (or several) you've used, and up to your eyeballs in credit card (and other) debt. If you started a business from scratch, and the above doesn't describe you now or before, count yourself lucky. As Read More
Power Washing Business Insurance If you're operating a power washing business, or thinking of starting one, you should give considerable thought to having an insurance policy that protects you and your clients in case an accident occurs. Power washing can consist of buildings, boats, cars, roofs, and windows to clean or remove paint and other unwanted coatings. As a power washing contractor, what you don't know can and at some point likely will hurt you Read More
Starting a Corporation or Limited Liability Company In Wisconsin and receiving a federal employer identification number isn't very difficult if you know where to find the forms and state information. I provide so many people with links to the various website portals that I decided to create a post that people can easily use to get their business started as a corporation or limited liability company LLC. The first step is figuring out what type of entity Read More
Search engine optimization and ranking can appear overwhelming at times. Business owners I talk to fall into two camps. The first are owners who grudgingly pay their web hosting bill each month because they believe they need to have a website. Their websites generate little or no business and is more or less "set it and forget it". These owners don't know how much traffic or business, they receive as a result of their website. Reviewing traffic patterns Read More
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Sept. 19, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CENTURY 21 Peak, in partnership with CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC, participated in a one-day media roundtable event with celebrity designer and interior design influencer Sabrina Soto. The exciting discussion took place at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills, CA and touched on a wide range of topics, mainly highlighting the Los Angeles real estate market as well as up and coming trends in the interior design industry. Giovany Read More
CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 19, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Altisource Residential Corporation (“RESI” or the “Company”) (NYSE:RESI) provided an update today on the impact of Hurricane Irma. “The communities and individuals affected by Hurricane Irma remain our primary focus,” said George Ellison, Chief Executive Officer of Altisource Residential Corporation. “This is an extraordinarily difficult time for many Florida residents and our thoughts are with everyone affected by Read More
BOSTON, Sept. 19, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Building on a mainstay practice area in one of its fastest developing geographies, Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, rapidly growing national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, today announced the acquisition of Anderson & Jacoby Insurance Consultants, a Miami-area firm focusing on property and casualty risk management services. Terms of the deal were left undisclosed. Founded in 1994, Anderson & Jacoby is headed by Read More