April 14, 2010 by Bill Cherry If you have succeeded writing a book the next scary thing is getting it ready to publish it. You will need to know a variety of things that may be out of your league. Things like preparing the electronic manuscript files for printing. I One of the first things is to determine the layout of the text pages. Many authors don’t give the design and layout of the text pages any thought. Go to a large book store and thumb through a numbers of […]

April 7, 2010 by Bill Cherry It has been said everyone has a book in them. I’m not sure about that but everyone can make a fortune writing a book. For those who have always had a book idea, it’s time to start writing it. Whether it is a novel, a non fiction, self improvement, religious or a children’s book it can be a hit. Tens of thousands of books are published every year and most of them don’t make any money. But for those that are a hit, they […]

March 3, 2010 by Bill Cherry Many people decide to start a new business however they don’t know what to do first. Do they need a license? What kind of business should it be? A corporation? What should I name my business? All of these questions are common ones and I will give you the answers to all of them and more. Choose a Name: First pick a name for your business. The name can be either a general name like Universal Inc. It doesn’t or a specific name like […]

2/10/2010 Bill Cherry Excess inventory- during my 20 years of working with all kinds of small businesses I found that most have inventory they either have forgotten about because it is either out of date or out of style, or an ordering mistake. If that inventory has been laying around in a corner for years covered up by other junk, take a look at it, it is an asset that is worth something. Example: years ago when I was working in the radio business there was a carpet/furniture store that […]