Best Practices of the Top Rated Franchisors: It's not That Difficult - sponsored New England Franchise Association (NEFA), January 18 at Four Points Sheraton, Norwood. Ed Teixeira, founder and president of FranchiseKnowHow, is the featured speaker for the upcoming New England Franchise Association (NEFA) event on Tuesday, January 18, reception beginning at 5:30 p.m., at Four Points Sheraton, 1125 Boston-Providence Turnpike. Route 1, Norwood, MA. Ed Teixeira is the founder and President of FranchiseKnowHow, LLC a franchise-consulting firm. Ed has worked in the ...

An original United Metal Cartridges reprint lithograph bullet board showing ships and a battleship scene, and with over 170 attached cartridges, sold for $2,938 in an Internet and catalog auction that ended Nov. 20 by SoldUSA.com. Around 2,000 lots of militaria, guns, ammo and hunting and fishing collectibles changed hands in the sale. The bullet board measured 32 inches by 47 inches. The original, all-correct cartridges were attached with nylon fishing line over the litho images of each shell. Most of the shells were loaded and were not factory. Included was an empty ...

McManis Faulkner, a leading Northern California trial firm, was named "The Best Family Law Firm" in The Recorder's annual survey. Voted number one by the Northern California legal community through online polling, the firm's Family Law Practice was ranked in the "Lawyer to Lawyer" category. "We are pleased that our Family Law Practice has been recognized by our peers," said James McManis, head of the firm. "Our firm has long had one of Northern California's preeminent family law practices. Our clients know they can count on a caring and high quality legal team - and ...

Recent news stories highlight the importance for the manufactured home industry of providing reporters and editors with the information necessary to get the terms right. As several recent cases concerning fires in likely pre-HUD Code mobile homes demonstrate, new reports frequently and inadvertently paint manufactured homes in a bad light, when the homes in question are not modern manufactured homes at all. Channel WAFB in Louisiana ran a story December 14 titled Flames destroy manufactured home in minutes. We asked an expert, who says visual evidence from the photo ...

As an internationally renowned relationship expert and a 25-year marriage veteran, Dr. Patty Ann Tublin knows the holidays can put added stress on relationships. To help couples survive the holidays, Dr. Patty Ann has just posted a new article on her website titled "5 Tips to Get Your Relationship Through the Holidays." The article is available at http://bit.ly/eObTOS According to Dr. Patty Ann, a dirty little secret about the holidays is that many relationships do not survive them. Many couples break up during the holidays because all the stress gets under their skin ...

How do Santa Claus and his elves produce enough presents in time for Christmas each year? A world class software company has produced a simulation game to let you find the answer. The simulation allows players to experiment with running the magic production line to ensure there are enough presents for all the children in the world. Players can even test what happens if things change - if more children are good, if the elves want holidays, go on strike or if the magic elf machines break down. The online simulation (www.SIMUL8.com/santa) is already proving a huge hit ...

William O. DeWitt, III, President of the St. Louis Cardinals, has volunteered to serve as Honorary Chairman of the St. Louis Society for the Blind & Visually Impaired 100th Anniversary Celebrations in 2011, a year-long commitment to publicly support the Society's not-for-profit service mission. "I am proud to support the St. Louis Society for the Blind & Visually Impaired as Honorary Chairman of its centennial celebrations because of the Cardinals' relationship with the Society dating back nearly a century," DeWitt said. "The Society is an integral and important asset ...

The National Conference Center (NCC) is partnering with Belmont Ridge Middle School this year with a program that gives eighth-grade students a real behind-the-scenes look at business operations, and various aspects of the hospitality industry. The middle school's business partnership program includes six hands-on lesson plans held at NCC that teach the value of the hospitality industry. This is the 3rd year of this award-winning program. By experiencing everything from planning an event, marketing to customers, to practicing culinary techniques, the students learn what's ...

FASTSIGNS International, Inc., the worldwide franchisor of FASTSIGNSÂ sign and graphics centers, has been named one of the top 500 franchises in the United States, ranking #80 in Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500Â , and ranked #1 in the sign and graphic category. The rankings for all 500 companies are determined using an exclusive formula that takes into account objective and quantifiable factors. The most important factors include financial strength and stability, growth rate and size of the system. The franchises that grew the most were the ones who serve a budget-minded ...

Rigstar Communications Inc. is proud to announce that it has reached a momentous milestone by celebrating its 12th anniversary of operations this past month. Founded in 1998 by current CEO Scott Smith and President Brent Grisdale, the company has since delivered a fully integrated suite of remote communication services for customers across a range of oil and gas industries including Husky Energy, NAL Resources and Talisman Energy. "Rigstar Communications Inc. was established to provide an underserved market with superior quality, leading edge remote communication ...

Ohio employers looking for payroll solutions can now use Patriot PAY online payroll software to calculate all payroll in Ohio. Business owners can count on Patriot PAY to figure payroll at their convenience. Patriot PAY calculates all required federal, state and local taxes, and the user-friendly design of the software makes it easy to customize payroll deductions and contributions for each employee. Employers can generate payroll any way they need, including direct deposit, printed, or handwritten paychecks. And because Patriot PAY is online payroll, Ohio business ...

This prestigious list consists of companies working to make green or sustainability initiatives part of their core supply chain strategy. Supply & Demand Chain Executive's Green Supply Chain Award recognizes companies working to achieve measurable sustainability goals within their own operations and/or supply chains, in the areas of sourcing/procurement, fulfillment/logistics, operations, product lifecycle management and more. The awards also recognize providers of supply chain solutions and services that are assisting their customers in achieving measurable sustainability ...

A free content strategy e-book is now available to help companies and organizations create better content for their websites and other outreach programs. Written by marketing communications consultant and freelance writer Jim Schakenbach, principal of BIGWORDS Content Development, the how-to guide, entitled "Content Strategy: Six Steps to Better Content," is designed to help business professionals create better, more valuable content by developing a strategy that enables them to align their business or organizational goals with the needs of their target markets. The ...

Madison Estates' exclusive homes are priced irresistibly low and selling fast. Offering Twice the Luxury at Half the Price, there are currently just five (5) luxury estate homes left for purchase including one beautifully furnished model. The development has generated considerable excitement with as many as 70 groups of interested homebuyers touring each week. Located in the upscale community of Vista Santa Rosa in South Indio, Ridgeback Partners, owner of the development, and HomeFinders¸ the real estate brokerage and management team, put the homes on the market earlier ...

Smart business executives have always tried to hold sales representatives accountable for performance, and the simplest - and therefore most common - way is to set revenue targets: the more money a sales rep brings in for the company, the more she takes home in the form of a bonus. This is a good start, but measuring revenues alone does not ensure that salespeople will make profitable pricing decisions at the point of sale. Example: Sally Salesperson sells 100,000 bearings in a year, and she charges $3.00 per bearing. She achieves $300,000 in revenue for the company, ...

iWave, the innovative leader in designer accessories for your electronics, is joining forces with MTV to create a new MTV consumer electronics collection. Fusing together the love of music with the hottest fashion trends, the MTV Collection offers music devotees a chance to rock out in style. The new collection is slated to launch and will be available Spring 2011. The collection will retail for $9.99 to $39.99. About MTV: MTV is the world's premier youth entertainment brand. With a global reach of more than a half-billion households, MTV is the cultural home of the ...

Low Calorie Snacks for Kids (http://www.freehealthysnack.com/) by SnackHealthy Get Wealthy can save moms $600 - $1,800 a year in the first program to deliver healthy snacks directly to the home helping moms fight childhood obesity. The new program, in pre-launch, is offering enrollment at absolutely no cost for a limited time with an ongoing bonus plan called "enroll four and yours is FREE" which can provide substantial savings. CDC - Center for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/causes.html) says obesity results when a child consumes ...

Restaurant will incorporate design elements from local artisans. ROCK'N FISH, the South Bay's favorite seafood, steak and spirits institution today announced the opening of its newest location in Laguna Beach. Owners Michael Zislis and high school friend Jim Donegan shared a vision to bring their American Regional Cuisine to a restaurant overlooking the Pacific. Having an aspiration to open a restaurant in Laguna Beach near his home, Donegan (an investor in the other two ROCK'N FISH locations) partnered with Zislis to open the new location after working at the ROCK ...

Police in Romania of late raided a hacking gang that was centered on hijacking Business VoIP information from illegally accessed servers. ThinkBright.net (http://www.thinkbright.net) a leading Business VOIP Company, rumored on Tuesday that forty-two people were apprehended in the sting, breaking down a web that was directed by 2 Romanians and that had caused more than $13.5 million in losses to businesses in the U.S., Britain, South Africa, Italy and Romania," composes threatpost's Paul Roberts. "Business VoIP cyber crime has turned into an accelerating problem as ...

The Essence Music Festival has been named the largest event celebrating African American culture and music in the United States. This annual weekend event has been held in New Orleans, Louisiana every year since 1994 except for 2006, when it was held in Houston, Texas due to Hurricane Katrina. There had been controversy earlier this year as to whether the event would return to New Orleans in 2011. It has been confirmed that the 2011 Essence Music Festival will be held Friday, July 1, 2011 through Sunday, July 4, 2011 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dallas ...

As quoted by Mondial Hotelier's French Director: " Mondial Hotelier strives to take the lead on social hospitality networking. It's a never-ending development, an initial beta version of the portal. It puts on top the needs of the users and the demands of the market by pursuing great efforts of creating a virtual world, bringing together the best of hotels, restaurants and coffee shops and making the industry more fruitful and highly profitable." As such, you can only expect for better things to come in the near future. Visitors to the site will be ushered to endless ...

IDV Solutions, maker of Visual Fusion business intelligence software, today announced a new partnership with Knowledge Cube, an IT consultancy based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Knowledge Cube provides Microsoft.Net solutions, web services, architecture and design of Web and system integration and project management solutions. "We are excited to offer Visual Fusion capabilities to our retail customers in Denmark and Spain," explained Eric Svenson, partner at Knowledge Cube. "Our position is that everything is possible with the right combination of skills and creativity." ...

It's hard to imagine a real estate market more competitive than the Southern California coastal communities, where oceanfront properties continue to command unimaginable prices, but can be a tough sell in this brutal economy. Even so, for real estate agents the potential rewards are extraordinarily high—but the simple truth is, the ratio of real estate agents to current listings is also incredibly high, making it very difficult for any one individual to rise to the top. Still, there are stand out performances that deserve special recognition. One of the most amazing success ...

Dream Town Realty, the Chicago real estate industry's leading online company, announced the addition of three agents in October. Lauren Shimmon, Amanda Parker and Riz Gilani all offer home listing and purchasing services in the Chicago area. Lauren Shimmon is a short sale certified realtor and partner with the Rizzo Group, which specializes in short sales and distressed property transactions and is at your service through Dream Town. Shimmon's extensive background and partnership with one of Chicago's leading foreclosure law firms enables her to provide buyers with ...

Within a month of publishing its third report in four years on the state of the e-learning sector in the UK the rest of Europe, Learning Light has reported that an unprecedented - and record - number has been sold. The report - 'The UK e-learning market 2010', produced by Learning Light, an organisation which focuses on promoting the use of e-learning and learning technologies - informed discussion at the European e-learning Summit, held in Sheffield in November. "Naturally, we're delighted that the report seems to be meeting a keen need for information about the ...