There are a few basic staples of promotional items – pens, pencils, notepads – but how to pick promotional for your business that will really stand out among the rest is another matter. One of the most important things to remember when thinking abo...

It is easy to see the value of promotional items for the business providing them – advertising, and keeping touch with a customer base – but what about giving your customers value through promotional gifts? The first way of giving your customers va...

While most people will have received a promotional item at one point in their careers, the question of what exactly are promotional items can be a bit trickier – as they can be almost any business item. The basic definition or answer to the question ...

Finding that your customer base is shrinking, or that your sales might not be as high as they should this time of year can be tough – so it is a great idea to help your sales with promotional products. One way to help your sales with promotional prod...

We all know that one of the most important parts of advertising is getting your name out to prospective customers – but why use product promotions for that purpose instead of a different method? Product promotions offer a different way to get your na...

Branding is the rather subtle art of getting your business name out in front of the buying public. Branding with promotional products is an excellent way to achieve this goal. Promotional products are great marketing tools for nearly every business. T...

Drip marketing is one of the greatest forms of marketing around today. Marketing to a captive prospect database always leads to sales, particularly if you use promotional items. Let’s be brutally honest. Getting new customers or clients is incredibl...

As a business, you are always looking for that edge to push sales figures up. A time-tested and effective method of getting the edge is to use promotional products. To understand the value of promotional products, we have to look at late night televis...

Scam artists are really pushing the envelope these days on the web. The IRS is warning taxpayers that fake IRS websites have been set up in an effort to trick people into providing information that can be used for identity theft. The variety and numbe...

For all the complaining about taxes, it is rather amazing that taxpayers leave so much money on the table each year. The IRS recently announced that 2.2 billion dollars in refunds are about to expire unclaimed. April 17, 2007 represents Christmas for ...

If you are a US citizen, it is important to know that you must report the presence of any foreign financial accounts you have per IRS rules and regulations. In the past, the idea of a foreign financial account carried a certain wink factor. The wink, ...

As April 15th draws ever closer, many taxpayers are starting to actively hunt for tax deductions to lower their bill to Uncle Sam. Here are a few that many people miss out on. The real estate market has obviously been on steroids for much of this deca...

The trick to minimizing your tax pain is to reduce your gross income as much as possible. Tax credits are one of the more powerful tools for doing this. When compared head to head, a tax credit is often far more valuable than a tax deduction. Why? Wel...

Every year, the IRS issues a list of the top tax scams the agency is seeing. Known as the “dirty dozen”, here are some highlights of the 2007 list. 1. Telephone Tax Refund – This one has the IRS hot and bothered. For the first time in recent mem...

If you participate in a retirement plan, you can start distributing money at 59 and half years of age. Ah, but what are the tax consequences if you do so at an earlier age? Americans are infamous for their overall unwillingness or inability to save mon...