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The debt help industry is flooded with companies offering debt relief to its consumers. This has perplexed consumers as they are concerned about the authenticity of these debt help firms. This holds true particularly for the debt settlement and debt consolidation companies. It is very difficult to differentiate an authentic debt settlement firm from one that is involved in scams.

 One of the main factors that can prevent you from being duped is your awareness and a thorough understanding of how the debt help programs work. It is your hard earned money that you are shelling out and you have every right to know what is going on with your cash.

 There are many debtors that depend entirely on the debt settlement company and don’t feel the need to know how the program works. These debtors are the worst affected and when they lose their money they start complaining. How will you identify whether a debt settlement company you are planning to hire is legitimate?

 Given below are few instances that can throw light on the unethical ways in which the fraudulent debt settlement firms work.

• If the debt settlement firms you are hiring promises you to remove all negative information from your credit report, they are scammers. You cannot remove negative information from the credit report unless you work for it. There are no quick fixes to a debt free life.

• If the company tries to convince you that if you are unable to pay off debt your creditor will not sue, this is hoax. If you believe the debt help firm, it will only aggravate your problems and you will find yourself dragged to the court in due course.

• There are many debt settlement companies that operate as non profit making firms but in reality they pocket part of the amount you shell out for making payments to the creditors.

It is also important to remember that you should never settle for the first debt settlement firm you come across. Compare services, fees of various debt settlement companies and above all check the credibility of the company you are hiring. This is best done if you go through the past records of the company and find out how many complaints have been lodged against the firm. Since majority of the debt settlement firms have their own websites you can shop around from the comfort of your home or office. 

Do you know why going to a Freelance Logo Designer is a HUGE RISK

 In this day and age, you can easily find a freelance logo designer who will bid the lowest when it comes to your own logo design project. On the other hand, a professional custom logo design company will charge somewhat more for its services than an individual who is a freelance designer.

In this article, you are provided some facts if you are considering hiring a freelance logo designer to undertake your logo design project. By paying attention to the facts presented in this article, you will be able to make an intelligent decision in regard to selecting a solo freelancer is the best course for you when it comes to the important task of designing a logo for your business. 

An Issue of Limited Resources

One problem that could be associated with solo freelancer is the lack of resources and limited access to related design applications and tools. For instance, there are some powerful software applications that a professional logo design firm will have, but freelance designer may not have them due to high price and other related issues. 

A Matter of Quality

These days, unfortunately, a large number of unqualified individuals claim themselves as solo freelancers. These people can be found in all type of creative and technical service fields. This includes the logo design services as well.

In the end, when all is said and done freelance logo designers simply are unable to provide you the quality logo design that you should have.  You can end up paying such an individual a generous fee and in return you will get nothing to show for your investment. 

Lack of Guarantee

One more risk associated with freelance designer is that, he will not offer you any type of guarantee. Even if a guarantee is provided, the question arises here, will he honor that guarantee.

In the end, you can end up being better served through employing a logo design firm because such an operation will have an established track record when it comes to offering – and honoring – guarantees of their work. 

Lack of Customer Support and Technical Assistance

The straightforward reality is that a freelancer working along will not have the time to provide you the type of customer support that you really must have when it comes to logo designing and related matters.  When all is said and done, you want to know that you will have a provider at your side that will be there when necessary … the type of support that you will be more likely to be able to access through a professional logo design firm. 

Remember…

There have been some talented freelance logo designers putting some great efforts to fulfilling the demand of logo designing, but you need to consider the services of a professional logo design firm, you will most likely to be best served by engaging a firm to provide you the support you need in regard to logo designing for branding and image building of your company. 

A small bio:

This is guest post from Ben Johnson of Logoinn, custom logo design service provider based in UK.

*Could you please give a link to http://www.logoinn.com on (Logoinn, custom logo design)

Hey everyone, I wanted to post this article for your reading pleasure.  It’s just an overall heartwarming feel good story of one person overcoming challenges.  There is also a link at the bottom for the story on Yahoo.  Enjoy!

Nancy Shute – Fri Apr 3, 12:46 pm ET
Joe Steffy is off to Overland Park, Kan., this week to do a PowerPoint presentation on his business, Poppin’ Joe’s Kettle Korn. He’s a 23-year-old small-business man with a goal of $100,000 in sales by 2012. Joe also has autism and Down syndrome and is nonverbal. When he gives his talk, he will push buttons on an augmentative speech device to deliver the words. His audience will be parents who fervently hope their own special-needs children will be able to work, too.
Joe’s parents, Ray and Janet, didn’t agree with the school district assessment in their home town of Louisburg, Kan., that said Joe would never be able to work or live independently. “I’m one who can easily get ticked off,” says Ray. “That ticked me off. We saw more in Joe than that. We set out to prove to the school that he had capabilities.” They came across kettle corn while on a trip to Alaska and realized that all that popping, scooping, and serving suited Joe’s love of work.
The path to Joe Steffy’s success was not an easy one; Ray Steffy worked closely with Dave Hammis, an advocate for self-employment for people with disabilities in Middletown, Ohio, who trains business owners, government employees, and parents on how to make use of state and federal programs. The Steffys wrote up a business plan and helped Joe secure $25,000 in grants from programs like Social Security Administration’s Plan to Achieve Self-Support program (PASS).
In 2005, Poppin’ Joe’s Kettle Korn was born. Sales have grown from $16,000 in 2005 to $50,000 in 2008, both from selling at festivals and from delivering popcorn to local outlets. Joe has five part-time employees, and his parents help out with driving and other tasks. “Pop and everyone that works with him knows whatever Joe wants to do you let him do, because he’s the boss,” Ray says. “If he wants to pop, he’ll shove Dad out of the way and pop.”
If the business stays on track, it should be grossing more than $100,000 in three years, and the Steffys are seeking a business partner who can work with Joe to manage the business. Joe is no longer on Social Security disability payments; instead, he pays state sales tax and state and federal income tax. He rents his own house and is helped by caregivers who are paid by a state program.
“It’s been hard work, from the standpoint of physical work,” says Ray Steffy, who is 67. “But a parent with a child like Joe has a choice. You can either kick in and do this kind of thing, or you can sit and fret emotionally with the amount of energy, worrying about what’s going to happen to them.”
The payoff for that effort, as far as the Steffys are concerned, has been priceless. They see their son make a local popcorn delivery, accept payment, fold it, and put it in his pocket. When he walks out, his dad says, Joe looks 3 inches taller than when he walked in.

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From the FTC.gov website.  Just a measure in place to protect consumers.  Make sure you use them when someone is trying to sign you up with an opprotunity.

Twenty-six states have business opportunity laws. Most of these laws prohibit sales of business opportunities unless the seller gives potential purchasers a pre-sale disclosure document that has first been filed with a designated state agency.

State business opportunity laws typically cover every imaginable type of business opportunity that might be offered. If a business opportunity seller is not required to provide pre-sale disclosures by the Franchise Rule, these disclosures will almost always be required by the laws of the states listed below.

The disclosures required by state business opportunity laws differ, and usually provide more abbreviated information than the FTC’s Franchise and Business Opportunity Rule requires. However, most of these laws provide important rights and remedies for business opportunity investors, including required security bonds to cover investor losses.

If you are considering purchasing a work-at-home or other business opportunity, and reside in a state with a business opportunity law, we encourage you to find out more about the protection provided by your state statute before you invest.

The states that have these laws are Alaska, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Marryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.

Detailed contact infomation can be found for each state at the FTC.gov website.  Make sure and report people that cant provide you with the information required by law.