Sunday, June 29, 2008

My First Anniversary for WIlhb81's Fun Place

You Hoo...

Tomorrow, 30th June will be an important day for me.

Why? It is because this day is the day, which I first started this Wilhb81's Fun Place.

I'm feeling over excited for it, and my blog won't be the same without the supports from you all.

That's why, you all not just a reader, but also my trustworthy friends as well.

For celebrating the first anniversary of Wilhb81's fun place, I will have a great rewards to you all.

All you need to do is: Given and leaving your name on the comment area, then I will write a 50-100 words post and a link back to your blog/site.

Hopefully, you all will keep support me in the future as well.

Happy Birthday to you, my Wilhb81's Fun Place...:)

Friday, June 27, 2008

Business Joke - 8

All I ask is the chance to prove that money cannot make me happy.

All inanimate objects can move just enough to get in your way.

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. - Walt Disney

All probabilities are really 50%. Either a thing will happen or it won't.

All rights left. All lefts reserved. All reserves removed. All removes right.

All syllogisms have three parts; therefore this is not a syllogism.

All the world is a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.

All things being equal, all things are never equal.

All things being equal, fat people use more soap.

All true wisdom is found on T-shirts.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Business Joke - 7

After all is said and done, usually more is said than done.

After any unit has been completely assembled, extra components will be found on the bench.

Afternoon: that part of the day we spend worrying about how we wasted the morning.

Aiming for the least common denominator sometimes causes division by zero.

All American cars are basically Chevrolets.

All general statements are false; think about it.

All generalizations are false, including this one.

All generalizations are useless, including this one.

All good things must come to an end, I just want to know when they start!

All great discoveries are made by mistake.

The Best Leisure Moment with Your Family and Friends

Are you a workaholic? According to the latest survey from the U.S, those peoples which working at least 14 hours or above is labeled as the “workaholic” person. In Japan, there are more than thousand of people’s dead of the “Karoshi” phenomena (The definition for Karoshi is ‘death from overwork’).

It is important to plan and organize our time schedule equally into three main parts: working, leisure and resting (Well, I known it is pretty hard to divide the time equally amongst these three main parts, but at least you should give it a shoot on it).

After a long working day, the best leisure for me will be the online casino. Well, is kind of boring playing the blackjack or poker by myself, that’s why I will also invite my family, friends or even my colleagues to join the fun bandwagon with me!

To be honest, I hated to download numerous types of toolbars from the internet, as most of them consists many shareware and spyware that will spy or harm our computer privacy. For the reason, I would rather prefer those no download casinos. After you’ve finished the games, with just a click on the mouse, all of the cookies and caches will be automatically clear up. It’s so simple and hassle free!

Remember the words here, “A life without any pleasure moment, is nothing than a boring and unwanted lifestyle,” I’m bet nobody will love this kind of living, will you?

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Franchises - Your Financial Freedom Lucrative Gold Mine

What is your definition of “business”? If you answered, “Business is just a simple process in between the buyer and seller,” then you must be totally an old fashioned person (Forgive my rudeness, but this is the fact).

Thanks to the great and useful internet creation, we are now able to start our business at home (That’s why the amount of SOHO increases consistently over the years). With a high speed and fast broadband connection, you are ready to go (Even you’re wearing your pajamas suit and lying on the comfortable bed, you still can dealing the million dollars business with customers, all by the simple and hassle free e-meetings).

Do you know? According to the U.S businesses data survey, the world fastest and profitable business genre would be the franchise method. Below here are the top 10 franchises for 2008:

1. 7-Eleven Inc.
2. Subway
3. Dunkin' Donuts
4. Pizza Hut
5. McDonald's
6. Sonic Drive In Restaurants
7. KFC Corp.
8. InterContinental Hotels Group
9. Domino's Pizza LLC
10. RE/MAX Int'l. Inc.

Isaac Singer, a sewing machine manufacturer and entrepreneur, which want to expand his business, first invented this franchise method. Then, John S. Pemberton, the founder and owner of Coca-Cola is the idol for this franchise method.

If you referred to above list, you noticed that 7/10 world top franchises were monopoly by the foods niche. Among all the franchises, McDonald which serving over 50 million customers daily and with over 31,000 worldwide restaurants, still considered the most successful role model in the franchise history.

When you buy a franchise, you will be given at least two things: a valuable brand and the proven operating formula. The biggest advantage of purchasing franchise from the well known big companies is the both of these have been set in place (Which means you don’t need to worry about the brand/formula anymore).

Here is the list for the top ten franchises niche list (This list is based on the worldwide franchise survey data):

1. Restaurant Franchises
2. Children Franchises
3. Business Franchises
4. Travel and Lodging Franchises
5. Cleaning Franchises
6. Health, Fitness and Beauty Franchises
7. Recreational and Social Franchises
8. Technology Franchises
9. Real Estate Franchises
10. Transportation and Vehicle Franchises

You must be wondered, out of many types of businesses, why we should choose this franchise method?

Well, it is because:

1. Franchise is the business that with excellent profitable record of all.
2. Franchise is the business that mostly build based on a unique concept.
3. Franchise is the business that can spread all over the world, with wide geographical appeal.
4. Franchise is the business that comparatively easy to organize.
5. Franchise is the business that only require fair amount of initial cash to start with.

Let’s us discuss about one of the profitable franchise, restaurant franchises. If you’ve decided to join a restaurant franchise, you must remember the following main purposes in your mind…

Try to build in demand

Most of the customers have been familiar with the brandy franchise foods. If you’re joining a restaurant franchise, keep in mind that the restaurant franchise already built its own brand, otherwise just don’t even bothered it.

Check out the successful record of a franchise

This is a necessary step you cannot skip, which to ensure you’re choosing the franchise that has created its own fame, before you’re making the big decision to join it.

Always looking for the prestige

Believed it or not, most of the peoples always fascinate and have more confident for the glamor franchise than the unbranded one.

Franchise method will be remained the top and moneymaking business type in the upcoming years. Therefore, it is a sagacious choice to jump on the gold digger bandwagon as early as possible.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Business Joke - 6

A stagnant science is at a standstill.

A theory is better than its explanation.

A transistor protected by a fast-acting fuse will protect the fuse by blowing first.

A well-adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

Ability is a good thing but stability is even better.

Ability is like a check, it has no value unless it is cashed.

Absolutum obsoletum. (If it works, it is out of date.) - Stafford Beer

According to my calculations, the problem doesn't exist.

According to the official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless.

Adding manpower to a late software product makes it later.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Online Payment is The Key and Essential Tools to Your Online Business Successful Journey

Do you have the ability and credibility to start your own online business? If you answered yes, then you must be a very dedicated and confident business entrepreneur. Ok, you've decided to start your online business journey, and you've made your first step to the road of success.

Most of the business entrepreneur always busy with their daily routines and sometimes, they didn't even have a proper lunch/dinner time too! However, a smart business entrepreneur knows, there are many online tools which specially designed for the online businesses purpose.

One of the most usable and friendly tool for the businessmen/businesswomen will be the online payment tool. This tool considered as one of the most important and frequently using tool compared with others. For every business entrepreneur, they are too busy with their business matters. Therefore, it will be good if they can pay and receive all the payment online, they will still think it's worth the time; even they need to pay for a small monthly service fee for the feature.

If you one of those business entrepreneurs that always rushes of time, they you might need to change this bad habit. This time rushing will only bring you more stress and depression, and it is definitely a “No-No” for your own health condition. This situation only will tortured your mind and mental.

Do you ever hear of echeck before? Well, echeck concept is almost the same with the check deposit method; the only different for it is you no need to waste your precious time by queuing up to deposit your paper check anymore!

This echeck method allows you to do the following processes like:

1. It will automatically convert the paper checks into echecks
2. You now can easily accept online echecks payment by phone or internet
3. View and track the full details information on each echeck transation.

Your customers will absolutely love and thank you for this convenient feature, as they no need to waste time for the boring and exhausted trips to bank, just for the check matter!

Besides, of the above echeck purpose, the business entrepreneur also can fully rid the benefit from the small business merchant account. This feature is good for that business entrepreneur that wants to explore the online business world.

The best recommendation for a small business solution will be this Automated Clearing House (ACH) system. Do you know? You are enables to do multiples thing with this ACH merchant account method, even you lying on the bed and with the suit of pajamas!

Some of the cool features for the ACH merchant account are:

1. You can directly debit the customer checking status
2. Set up an auto-recurring billing with the direct-debit from any bank account
3. A better customer service, by directly contacting them and knows their needs/demands
4. No reserve fund required and you can simply get your account up for several days

In closing word, if you want to triumph your own victory road to the online business world and grab the treasure, you must first have the sharpest weapon. Remember, “A knights without their sword will soon or later getting themselves killed in the battlefield”!

Printing online postage stamps at home

You won’t be alone if you have bought books of stamps before just in case. You also won’t be alone if you have accidently misplaced or lost these stamps! So, when the time comes around and you need a stamp to send a letter, you can’t because you can’t find the book of stamps!

So, how can you actually solve this problem? It’s so simple that you may never need to buy another book of stamps again. You can easily print out postage online to use on your letters and packages. This means no more unexpected trips to the post office, running out of stamps or having to frantically search around the house to find them!

There are two different types of stamps that you can print online; regular postage stamps and personalized photo stamps.

The printable regular online postage stamps are just that. They are the same as you would buy from over the counter at the post office, lick and stick to your letter. The personalized photo stamps are a little more exciting! You upload your favorite photograph and make it into a stamp. So, whether you are a business with a logo or just someone sending a letter to a loved one; you can use online photo stamps to wow the person who receives it.

This isn’t a service that can just be used inland either. You can send international mail with personalized photo stamps as well. So, if you are sending a letter to a loved one or a business on the other side of the world, you can reach them in a unique way.

Once you have sampled the fun you and others can have with photo stamps, you will never want to use regular stamps again!

The companies you use for the stamps must have permission to sell stamps from the USPS. Legitimate sellers will have software that generates the regular and the personalized stamps for you.

Convenience is only a click away!

Exhibition Day – The Funfair Day for All Family

What is the definition “Exhibition” for you? Well, for me the word of exhibition is means the “funfair day”! I remembered that when I still in my childhood, my father used to bring us to the local area exhibition showrooms. Usually, the exhibition is full with crowd; the adults busy of looking and enquiring for the new products release, while the children were busy playing with their siblings/friends (That’s why I’m used to call the exhibition day as “funfair day”).

Do you know? There are over million of exhibition showrooms taking place in worldwide each year. There also has been estimated at least hundred thousand of exhibitions in United States annually. According to the survey, this data was not including the private and press release exhibition yet! United States is one of the countries in the world, which spent over trillion dollars in the latest product/technology release exhibitions.

Chris, a college classmate of mine, now is involving himself in the exhibition showrooms industry as an Exhibition Promote Manager. In the last college reunion party, I’ve met him and had hours of casual chatting about our careers.

I did ask Chris what is the biggest challenge of being an Exhibition Promote Manager. Did you know what he answered me? He said, “Everyday is a new challenging day to me, no matter I’m at work or not!” wow, his answer really impressed me indeed.

Chris said that his main responsibility for his job is to make sure to find the most suitable location/venue and promote the exhibition to the public. Don’t think this is a relax task, as this will take him weeks, months or even years to prepare for the exhibition showroom.

Organizing an exhibition would cost at least thousand of expenses, for prevent the over budget condition occurring, Chris also need to find the exhibition equipments supplier that will sell those needed exhibition tools in a reasonable yet affordable price.

Chris that have 5 years related experience in this exhibition promote industry, asking me why most of the brochure holders we see at exhibitions, will always or nearly place near the light boxes? Well, I answered him, “It is because the attendants love to read?”

“Beep, wrong,” Said Chris. “Then, what is the reason?” I keep asking Chris.

“Most of the exhibition attendants frequently will be attracted first by the light box, especially those with LED sign or Reflecta design. They normally will walk to the counter and ask for more information or even take some brochure to read on it,” Said Chris with his hand holding a glass of Long Island.

“Wilson, are you a Formula One fans?” Chris asked me. “Yep, I’m a big fans of it,” I said.

“Have you ever attended those Formula One exhibition showrooms?”

“Yes, over couple of times and I loved its,” I answered Chris.

“Did you ever noticed the biggest different between the Formula One exhibition with others?”

I said, “Hmm…, I think the obvious different will be the big and eye-catchy vinyl banners for the Formula One exhibition.”

“You’re right this time, Wilson. Vinyl banners is the most efficient way to advertise one’s company, no matter in the Formula One exhibitions or the Formula One racing tournaments,” Said Chris with wacky smiling.

After hours of gathering, we all bid farewell to each other and hope we can meet again in the near future.

I learned some useful and valuable knowledge through the conversation with Chris, now I knew that organizing an exhibition is not as easy as we thought here. It will need perfect timing, money, and attendants to make it success!

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Recruit the Top Performers with Performia

Most of the employers want to hire performers, which will perform with a flying color in the tasks they’ve assigned to them. They called this type of performers as top performers.

However, hiring a top performer is a tough and challenging task, as we don’t even know whether the top performer that we’ve been hired is “qualified enough” for it (Some of the personnel are such a clever ‘mask rider’ that can impost themselves easily).

That’s why we have to get some help, where Performia will love to lend you a hand here.

Performia International is a well known international human resource solution provider, which will provide the top and useful hiring solutions. With its 20 years superior managing and organizing testing experiences, Performia will definitely the best ultimate choice to be considered.

Do you know that hiring top performers is not as easy as you think, and it’s need to have some little tricks on it. Regards of this matter, Performia has launched an excellent and cost effective training system named, "Performia Training". In this system, they will teach you how to evaluate, hire, and train your top performers with the most efficiency methods that you’ve never seen before.

Mr. Marten Runow, the Founder and Chairman of Performia International golden quote, “The importance of hiring productive personnel cannot be underestimated. The success of your business depends on it.”

Remember, the key of successful company is fully depends on the personnel you’re hiring of…

Monday, June 16, 2008

Business Joke - 5

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader, but to protect the writer.

A pat on the back is only a few inches from a kick in the pants.

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to put in his mouth.

A penny saved has not been spent.

A penny saved is an economic breakthrough.

A penny saved is ridiculous.

A problem cannot be solved using the same level of thinking that created it. (In other words, if you screw it up, you can't fix it.)

A real person has two reasons for doing anything...a good reason and the real reason.

A short cut is the longest distance between two points.

A short line outside a building becomes a long line inside.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

A Good Credit Card Debt Management Will Saves You from Financial Trouble

Credit cards have turned into a trend in these modern days. Go to ask your friends, how many credit cards they currently own. Don't getting shocked, if they tell you they have over two or three credit cards, and even considered to apply for more!

I asked them, "Did you ever think before you're spending with your credit cards?" Guess what, four out of five persons gave me this direct answer: "Funny, why should we have to think? You just need to take out your cards and sweep it right away, that's it!" I'd continued my question, "How about your credit cards' debts, ever think about how to pay of it?" This is another common answer I got from them, "Nah, forget about the debts, as long as we can pay the monthly minimum $50, this will be fined. Just take it easy, my friend! "

Gosh, can you believe what they've said above? They didn't even noticed, that they have getting themselves deep in the debts trouble. Once they caught themselves in the mountains of debts, maybe they will regret for what they've done. In this situation, the debt management service will be their only hope to get rid of miserable debts life.

When the credit card holders find themselves starting to drown into the "swamp of debt", 99% of the peoples will cries and begging for help. At this point, the only way out for his problem is enrolled them in a credit card debt management. This credit card debt management is a fine and well designed program, which it will help the debtors to create a flexible repayment budget according to their current and future financial condition.

Furthermore, this debt consolidation program will ease the depression of the credit card holders as well. Some of the benefits for this debt consolidation program are:

One Monthly Payment
You can simply consolidate all the multiple payments into one easy monthly payment.

Lower Monthly Payment
Enjoy the benefit up to 50% off in some cases, while you're still paying off the debts!

Reduction in Credit Card interest
By making payment, you're also paying off your debt (This definitely a 'kill two birds with one stone' idea).

In closing word, for those of you that already trapped in the 'mountains of debts', it is wise to jump on the debt management program's bandwagon as soon as possible. The sooner you pay off your debts, the better your life would be.

Remember, "A life without debts is the life, that full of blessing and pleasure!"

Note: Photo credits to umbrellaracks.

Friday, June 13, 2008

Business Joke - 4

A good scapegoat is hard to find.

A good slogan can stop analysis for fifty years.

A good solution can be successfully applied to almost any problem.

A lack of leadership is no substitute for inaction.

A little ambiguity never hurt anyone.

A little humility is arrogance.

A little inaccuracy saves a world of explanation.

A little ignorance can go a long way.

A man of quality does not fear a woman seeking equality.

A man should be greater than some of his parts.

Your Health Protector – Health Insurance

We used to say this word, “Healthy is the key of Wealthy”.

However, sometimes we didn’t even know what’s awaiting us in our life journey, and many unexpected matters will suddenly walking into our daily life.

For the precaution, we have to prepare ourselves to get through the worst stormiest weather ever, and the health insurance will be the best “weapon” that we can equipped.

Why we need to spend money to buy health insurance, as we all still in a healthy condition?

Well, as I said, many of things might be changed in just a second and flipped 360 degrees.
Maybe now you’re top of the world, but in next seconds you’re falling into the dirt.

Try to imagine, what is your first expression, if a doctor diagnosed you got the cancer?
I’m bet you will be depressed and became speechless. Feel like the whole world turning into a hell.

You must remember these three easy steps, if you want to get the cheap and affordable health insurance:

Do check for the service that covered under the insurance coverage
You should always check the plan for all of the outpatient hospital services at hospital, if you want to buy a health insurance.

Always look for the out of pocket expenses
When you choose the cheap health insurance, do remember to compare and the plans and see, which will give you the best value for your money.

The cost of the plan you choose
Look and analyze the plans the cost of deductible, and the co pays that need to pay in the insurance plans.

Currently, there are two plans you can choose from:

• A basic plan
• A full plan

A health insurance quote will help stay in safe and secure. If one of your family members will celebrate his/her birthday soon, a health insurance definitely the best gift for them.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Business Joke - 3

A day without sunshine is like night.

A disagreeable task is its own reward.

A donkey is a horse designed by a study team.

A fail-safe circuit will destroy others.

A flying particle will seek the nearest eye.

A fool and his money are soon elected.

A fool and his money stabilize the economy.

A free agent is anything but.

A friend in need is a pest indeed.

A geophysicist is not drunk as long as he can hang onto a single blade of grass and not fall off the face of the earth.

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Business Joke - 2

A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours. - Milton Berle

A committee is twelve men doing the work of one.

A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.

A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually. - Abba Eban

A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk. - Franklin D. Roosevelt

A consultant is an ordinary person a long way from home.

A coup that is known in advance is a coup that does not take place.

A couple of months in the lab can often save a couple of hours in the library.

A crisis is when you cannot say "let's just forget the whole thing."

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Business Joke - 1

A President of a democracy is a man who is always ready, willing, and able to lay down your life for his country.

A backscratcher will always find new itches; a brown-noser will always find new sense.

A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work.

A bird in the bush usually has a friend in there with him.

A bird in the hand is always safer than one overhead.

A bird in the hand is dead.

A bird in the hand makes it hard to blow your nose.

A boss with no humor is like a job that is no fun.

A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.

A closed mouth gathers no foot.

Monday, June 2, 2008

Life Like a Computer Will Be...

If Life Were Like A Computer:

You could add/remove someone in your life using the control panel.

You could put your kids in the recycle bin and restore them when you feel like it!

You could improve your appearance by adjusting the display settings.

You could turn off the speakers when life gets too noisy.

You could click on "find" (Ctrl, F) to recover your lost remote control and car keys.

To get your daily exercise, just click on "run"!

If you mess up your life, you could always press "Ctrl, Alt, Delete" and start all over!