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By Contractors For Contractors!
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| January 2003 Newsletter | |
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Happy New Year, a "few" days late... :) We just passed
our 3 year anniversary, and what a blast it's been! I am continually
humbled (and also quite tickled) that you and the rest of my readers
actually subscribe to and read my newsletters. We now have just
over 2000 subscribers, and so much of our success is due to the
word of mouth that you all give us. We had 362,036 visitors in 2002,
with over 1,000,000 pages accessed! Thank You, Thank You, Thank
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1. Our advertisers
help to make our website possible...
1. Our advertisers support us and you! * Southern California Insurance Brokerage, Inc. (aka SCIB) SCIB is not only our advertiser, they are also our insurance provider. Should you need liability insurance or bonding, or even just have questions, Gary and Gabriel will be happy to help you out. If you don't have need for an insurance agent right now, then why not print their business card and hang on to it until you're ready! * Levy - Von Beck & Associates, Inc. As is the case with SCIB, not only does Levy & Associates advertise with us, we also use them for our preliminary notice and mechanic's lien claim needs. They perfect and protect our mechanic's lien rights better than we can and for less money than it costs us to do it ourselves! They cover all 50 states and DC!! Print their business card
2. It's a new year, DEDUCT 100% OF YOUR MEDICAL EXPENSES! It's the beginning of a new year and you may be able to deduct 100% of your health expenses, but there are time limits involved!! Please click here to read more. Those of you who haven't yet joined, do it quick. The tax savings will knock you out!! Please follow this link for more info, or call Steve at 714-832-6273, but do it soon so that you don't lose out on any of your deductions!!
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4. Improve your safety while increasing your profits !! Founded in 1999, ClickSafety provides a comprehensive safety solution that will improve your safety culture and increase profitability. ClickSafety provides not only world-class training and record keeping, but industry focused safety programs that are essential to achieving safety in the workplace.
Each ClickSafety training course is designed by EH&S professionals with decades of experience and is designed to meet the specific requirements of our clients and applicable regulations. The Management Control Panel, or tracking system, is designed by a team of information management specialists, safety professionals, and business managers to be of the highest quality, yet still easy to use. Each ClickSafety training course is designed to provide employees with a review of knowledge and skills necessary to perform their respective work tasks with minimal risk to their health and safety and the environment. ClickSafety’s services are provided at a fraction of the cost of traditional training, which results in lower insurance, administration, and litigation costs. Inadequate safety training is linked to the fifth leading cause of death in the United States - unintentional injuries. Successful implementation of traditional safety-training
programs is costly and problematic due to sole reliance on full
time safety directors, trainers, third party classes, videos, travel
and more. (eg. A customer using ClickSafety since 2000, has seen their Reserve for Outstanding Claims drop from $500K to $30K. Their ExMod has dropped from 1.17 t0 1.02 and their serious lost time injuries dropped from 13 to 6.) At ClickSafety, they are providing companies across the spectrum, including Mactec, Earth Tech, Intel, Rudolph & Sletten, Bovis Lend Lease, Fluor Corporation, Webcor Builders, Avaya Communications, and Starbucks among others, with a means for supplementing their existing safety programs. Using ClickSafety to augment their current safety programs offers many advantages:
ClickSafety provides their clients and partners with a more efficient approach to deliver, track and electronically record safety training, compliance and more importantly, a focus on limiting liability and reducing workman's compensation costs. Please click here to learn more and view a "trailer".
My friend Marvin over at www.betterinsulation.com has put together a collection of energy efficiency programs that he has searched for across the nation. Did you know that Governments and Utility Companies will PAY YOU to build or make your home or business energy efficient by adding better insulation? For a complete list of available programs and incentives for Homeowners, Builders and Businesses visit the Association for Better Insulation by clicking here.
6. KwikStand Portable Table Saw Table Do you, or your employees, use a table saw on the jobsite? Have you found a portable stand that performs the way you need it to? Well look at what we've found... :) KwikStand was designed by trades people who know what design features are most beneficial for you.
If you use a table saw on the job then you have got to check this
out!! :)
7. Collect a share of all the projects in your chosen county! Toll Free 1-500-CONTRACTOR As a General Contractor you know the value of service. 1-500-CONTRACTOR might be the best business building and customer service system ever developed for this industry. 1-500-CONTRACTOR is a toll free number that is directed from within the calling County to a designated participant in possession of that County area. There are only 3,038 Counties within the United States, and they're going fast. Each county can have only ONE participant. Don't let your competitor beat you to it, or he'll get ALL the calls through 1-500-CONTRACTOR for that county while you just continue searching for leads...
The chance to own this number is extremely limited. If we were
General Contractors instead of Subcontractors we'd buy as many counties
as we could! The details that you need, to make an informed business decision
about 1-500-CONTRACTOR , can be found by clicking
here!
8. Coming Soon - Florida Specific Forms My wonderful friend in Florida, the one who gives you all free QuickBooks advice, has sent me a whole bunch of Florida forms to add to the website. If you'd like me to let you know when those forms are available, please send an email to me and I'll let you know as they become available. :)
9. Another virus to watch out for What is W32.Lirva.A@mm and how does it affect us? Due to an increase in submissions, Symantec Security Response has upgraded this threat from a Category 2 to a Category 3 as of January 9, 2003. W32.Lirva.A is a mass-mailing worm that also spreads by the IRC, ICQ, KaZaA, and open network shares. This worm attempts to terminate antivirus and firewall products. It also emails the cached Windows 95/98/Me dial-up networking passwords to the virus writer. When Microsoft Outlook receives the worm, the worm takes advantage
of a vulnerability that allows the attachment to auto-execute when
you read or preview the email. Information on this vulnerability
and a patch can be found by clicking
here. 10. Win a free copy of QuickBooks - (3-25 contest expired) I've mentioned Cherri Wise several times over the past year, she's a certified QuickBooks adviser who gives our readers free email support. Now Cherri is giving one lucky winner a copy of one of the following:
Win the drawing and pick your prize!! Visit Cherri's website by
clicking here and scrolling down to the bottom of her webpage where
you'll see the entry link. :) SecurityCosmos.com is the number one online resource support site for security products and furnishings. Even if you didn't purchase your items from SecurityCosmos, you can still use their online resource guide, for free! They've got a page dedicated to "Renovations and Retro-fit Applications" and another dedicated to "Maintenance Guides". If you work with security products in your business, take a look at SecurityCosmos.com. Some of their products include locks, doors, controls, fasteners and hardware. Many items are available for quick delivery. Free information on retro-fitting, installation, and maintenance is available on their website. In addition to their website, you can also obtain free support by phone! Call 1-800-308-3627 with any questions you may have. Keep up to date by going to their website today, and subscribing to their free newsletter. 12. Exclusive Dell Computer Special Offers Here is an exclusive discount to readers of our newsletters and
website. I've created a small page here
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a look at these yummies!! Well, that's about it for now. Have an outstanding day!! TheContractorsGroup was created to support construction professionals
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