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Choosing the Best Accounting Schools
Accounting is defined as the measurement of assurance about certain information in the aid of resource allocation for managers and other decision makers. The most popular and most commonly practiced branch of accounting is financial accounting. In this branch of accounting involves processes where recorded, summarized, analyzed, organized, interpreted and communicated to others concerned. Many individuals are enticed to enter the accounting field because it can be a very lucrative job.Accounting is a very exciting field. It presents many opportunities for growth and development. It is perfect for individual who are fond of solving problems and who are comfortable with working with numbers.So you wanted to learn accounting and become a professional accountant? Don’t know what accounting school is right for you? With the increasing umber of schools and colleges offering accounting courses, the choice of accounting school can get really confusing.The best thing you can do in choosing an accounting school is to first determine and preferably list down the thing you are looking for in a school. After doing this, the next step is to weigh the pros and cons of each school to determine which one could meet your needs.The next thing to do is to perform the actual search for the accounting school. You can start by asking people you know, particularly those who have taken up or who are currently taking up accounting. You can visit the schools, college or universities near your location. You should also make very god use of technology. The Internet is a very good place to search the best ac

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A little word about competition. It doesn’t matter how many groups are washing windows around you, the bottom line is competition doesn’t matter. You can have a group on every corner around you and it still wouldn’t bother your response.

As soon as your spokesperson gets permission and collects the cash or check, the 2 others in the group approach the auto on either side of the front windshield. Each person sprays the windshield on the side that they are on. If they are not tall enough you might bring a small step stool from home to reach the middle of the windshield.

After spraying a generous portion of window cleaner on the window (more spray is required in hot climate) take the cloth covered sponge and gently scrub the entire side of the window that you are working on. If you are unsure of the type of cloth covered sponge to use, test a small portion of a window on your car and see if it scratches your window. When I first started I used one of those pot scrapers and it scratched my window. You can bet I didn’t use that one in our windshield wash.

Choosing Conference Gifts That Make Sense
Participants in industry conferences often have their own display space for presentations and information handouts. It makes sense to use the opportunity to promote your business and your company where you have a gathering of people in your industry. Conference gifts offer a great way to send your message and your name home with fellow attendees at your conference.When you choose your conference gifts, take the time to make it consistent with the message that you’re putting out. If you key the gift to the conference theme and your presentation, it will be more than just a take-home bauble that will be tossed in a drawer and forgotten. Here are some tips for choosing conference gifts that will be used and remembered long after the conference is just a fading memory.Start by asking yourself why you are giving away conference gifts. The obvious answer is to promote your business, but get more specific. What do you hope to gain from it? Visibility, brand awareness, customer prospects, good will? Any or all of those are legitimate aims for gift giveaways at a conference and each of them can be accomplished by a number of different conference gift items.Visibility To increase your visibility at the conference, choose giveaways with a big visual impact. An excellent choice is a carrier bag in a unique, useful style. As conference attendees take them away from your booth or table, they’ll be advertising for you and inciting curiosity and anticipation in other attendees.Pens are another conference gift item that have “legs”. Rather than hand out pens and other small items like key

Welcome to the wonderful world of fundraising through the windshield washing business. Sit back, grab a cup of coffee or cola, and relax as you learn from this manual on how you and your group can make up to $75.00 an hour or more for your groups needs.

The windshield washing business is a business in which you can earn profits quickly for just a little investment (approx $2.00).

This is a simple business that really works. Because it is easy, please don't over look its simplicity without giving it an honest try. It works!

We use Windex, Newspapers and a sponge to make $75.00/hour.

Several years ago as Youth Director of the United Pentecostal Church in Hackberry, LA (a small town population of 2,500 people approximately 30 miles south of Lake Charles, LA) if was my job to raise funds for our various projects for our group or donation to other causes.

In our fund raising efforts in the past, we have tried candy sales, pizza sales, item sales, walk-a-thons and all sorts of other gimmicks. Most of these brought poor participation and little income for our youth group. It seems if we wanted to raise money for our group it was struggle after struggle. Perhaps you are there now.

When we came upon the idea of a windshield wash, at first it seemed a little CRAZY. Who ever heard of making money from a service as simple as this.

WOW!!!

.....That's a cool word, I'll believe I'll spell it backwards...WOW. Where was I. Oh yea. We were shocked at how fast this little business generates mountains of green stuff called cash. Zowee! We found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. I have walked my last 10 mile walk-a-thon. No more candy and pizza sells.

Keep your eyes glued to these simple pages and I will reveal to you how you can do the same for your youth group. Your gonna love this business.

LET'S DANCE

(Here is the juicy stuff you've been waiting for)

The 3 items that you need to begin your windshield washing business are:

Glass Cleaner
Soft Sponge
Newspaper

Glass Cleaner - you may use any type of cleaner that you can find. You can use the expensive Windex or you can use the cheap bargain brand that cost approximately $1.00 a bottle at most discount or dollar type stores. Soft Sponge – This is the type that has a sponge surrounded by cloth. The sponge holds the liquid for cleaning and the cloth aids in cleaning the windshield. NEVER and I repeat NEVER use the scouring pot scraper type cleaning pad. This makes tiny scratches on the windshield and you will be replacing windshields. You want to make money, not lose it. Fortunately, I used one of these on my own vehicle before we used this on customers vehicles. Newspaper – Your local town paper now becomes something besides bad news. You want to use the black and white sections, not the glossy colored sales papers. This is used to dry the windshield after scrubbing them clean.

Perhaps you have these items lying around the house and it won’t cost you a cent to get started. I recommend 2 sets of the above 3 items for each group of 3 people in your group. If you have 12 people in your group, then you need 8 bottles of glass cleaner, 8 cleaning sponges and 8 newspapers. Don’t worry if you don’t have the money to get this right off the bat, as you can purchase more with profits you will make. Start with one set of the above items. Work this business according to our instructions, and soon you will have enough money to purchase many more sets of cleaning supplies.

TIME TO GET STARTED

Step 1. Decide where you want to conduct your first wash. When I lived in Hackberry, LA the decision was an easy one. I worked for the busiest business in town, a grocery store called Brown’s Food Mart. I spoke with the owner and he gave me the go ahead.

If your town is big enough for a Wal-Mart or K-Mart, this is where I recommend going. I choose this for 3 reasons. Number 1 is because both of these companies are people oriented and like to help out the community. You should have no problem getting permission from the manager to conduct a wash.

Number 2 reason is because every one goes to Wal-Mart or K-Mart and you will have an unending supply of people to donate to your cause. (We have also used large grocery store parking lots, so don’t limit yourself to the big boys, because it will work anywhere). Number 3 reason is you can supply your group with additional supplies as you need them without having to send someone for them.

Step 2. Approach the Manager and ask his/her permission to conduct a Windshield Wash. Find out who the manager is and ask for an audience. Approach him/her and extend your hand in greeting. "Good Morning, My name is Al Pooser (only says this if it is your name. I say this because it is my name) and I am with Kidz 4 Kidz (I’ll explain why to use a name such as this at a later time) a local youth organization. We are in the process of raising funds to send our children on a missionary trip, raise money for the band, raise money for Girl Scout Uniforms or whatever your cause is.

We would like permission to use your parking lot in a little fundraiser. We approach people and offer to wash their auto windshield for a small donation to help Kidz 4 Kidz!

Once permission is granted, we simply apply Windex to the front windshield of the auto, scrub it with our sponge (at this point hand a sponge to the manager so that he can see it will not damage the windshield) and then dry it with newspaper. We then collect the money as they either enter or exit the store.

We will make sure all newspaper and trash is picked up prior to leaving the parking lot and all supplies that we need will be purchased from your store." Inform the manager what day you will be on his/her parking lot and at what time you will begin.

Step 3. Organize your group. I will spell it out step-by-step with a group as few as 3 people and you can upsize the supplies according to the number of people in your group. If you wish start with 1 each of the supplies, but I recommend to make it go faster and more profitable to use 2 or each of the supplies.

You need a spokesperson for each group. This person needs to be outgoing and not afraid of speaking to someone. They need to be loud enough to be heard. Not the shy silent type, here. This person needs to approach the driver of the vehicle as they get out of the vehicle and say "Good Morning we are with Kidz 4 Kidz (or the name of your group) and for a small donation we would like to wash your windshield", then remain quiet. If the person ask a question, just answer it. Mostly they ask about your group or what you are raising money for, then they pull out change or dollars from thier pocket or purse and give it to you. Zowee! Time to go to work, you have hit pay dirt.

"For a small donation, we would like to wash your windshield." This little saying speaks volumes. It is short, easy to say. It conveys to the person that you approach, exactly what you want. When you introduce yourself with the name of your group, especially if it is a youth group, people automatically want to help. It is a built in philosophy because people see so much bad press when it comes to youth, that when they see youth doing good they automatically wish to help.

6 Steps to Re-inventing Your Career
Meaningful work honors the deepest part of your being. It is the embodiment of your gifts and talents and all that you value. Finding it in a safe, smart way requires these six steps:1. Soul Searching. Your journey begins with some intriguing self-examination. This step goes beyond looking at your work experience and skills. You also consider your values, interests, and personality preferences. This can be done informally through the use of specially-designed exercises or it can be done formally through professional assessment testing. Taken all together, the soul-search phase allows you to come up with a comprehensive personal profile that will help you develop future work possibilities.2. Identifying Options. The key word here is “options”…not “answers”. In this step, you use your profiling “clues” from Step 1 to brain- and heart-storm as many possibilities for future work as possible. This is one of the most creative parts of the change process – and best done with one or more friends or colleagues who have a broad view of the business marketplace.At about this point, it’s important to begin to create a compelling future vision for your work and life. The act of creating your vision is inspiring, and it can actually help to pull your career change journey forward.3. Testing. Testing has three purposes. The obvious one is to avoid making a big mistake by jumping to a solution too fast. The not-so-obvious purposes are to network more deeply into an area that you think you might like to make a career of, and to learn as much as you can about it from a

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LET'S DANCE

(Here is the juicy stuff you've been waiting for)

The 3 items that you need to begin your windshield washing business are:

Glass Cleaner
Soft Sponge
Newspaper

TIME TO GET STARTED

We would like permission to use your parking lot in a little fundraiser. We approach people and offer to wash their auto windshield for a small donation to help Kidz 4 Kidz!

What Makes YOU So Special?! An Exercise in Differentiation!
Targeting your marketing is the cornerstone to a successful marketing plan. But, what if you’re in a business that is in a highly competitive market? A good example of a highly commoditized business includes residential real estate. There are many, many residential real estate agents who charge about the same amount for their services, regardless of the type of home.In a highly commoditized business, competition is often based solely on price. For example, if you wanted to purchase manila file folders and there were a drug store and an office supply store selling identical items, next door to each other, you would likely purchase the less expensive item.The same can be true for businesses – the more commoditized, the more likely you will compete based on price. It doesn’t have to be that way, and I advise you not to go that route!Let’s again consider the RE agent. Since the commission received for selling a home is about the same for everyone, the agent MUST differentiate herself from others. If she begins to compete on price and cuts her commission, she devalues herself, and it’s difficult to climb out of that hole.If the client does any comparison shopping, and they will, you need to be prepared. Here are examples of ways in which a RE agent can differentiate herself:(1.) years of experience (2.) expertise in a specific type of home ($1MM+, condos, co-ops, etc.) (3.) expertise in a certain neighborhood/area (4.) education level (5.) types of clients serviced (entertainers, first-time buyers, Spanish-speaking) (6.) awards

Hackberry, LA the decision was an easy one. I worked for the busiest business in town, a grocery store called Brown’s Food Mart. I spoke with the owner and he gave me the go ahead.

We would like permission to use your parking lot in a little fundraiser. We approach people and offer to wash their auto windshield for a small donation to help Kidz 4 Kidz!

Baby Boomers - You Need to Write Your Business and Professional Memoir
Baby boomer, have you started writing your business or professional memoirs? Writing a memoir about a business or company history is something that does not always cross the mind of a busy professional person. Maybe you haven’t even thought of recording your business or professional story? Here you are, working hard all of your life to build a business, reach certain levels in your company, or become a successful entrepreneur. What you’ve learned over the years won’t be found in any bookshelf, right? So why will you let all of that wisdom be lost to future generations forever?If you don’t write your business story, who will? My husband and I recently saw a movie staring Jack Nicholson called “About Schmidt.” In it, Schmidt retires from a insurance company thinking others will surely want to carry on and implement the good ideas he started. On the way to the garage, Schmidt passes the loading bin for trash pick-up and notices his box full of “good ideas” in line to be dumped.That’s what can happen when you don’t take the time to record some of the important parts of your professional life. It can be totally forgotten. What you learned and accomplished in life has great merit. Write it down. If you wonder what to write about here are just a few ideas to get you thinking:• Tell the story of your company, business, or practice • Turn your professional skills and expertise into exciting lessons • Use professional experiences to tell others the success of your business • Share your management or leadership tips • Present your expert knowledge on marketing professiona

will not damage the windshield) and then dry it with newspaper. We then collect the money as they either enter or exit the store.

Classified Advertising - Online vs. In Print
The downhill slide of daily journalism began decades ago, when television introduced nightly news programs on both a national and local level. That decline, however, has been radically accelerated by the advent of online classified advertising. Craigslist has probably been the most important development for local classified advertising. This simple, unadorned website provides free listings for most of its classifieds, selling only placements for job opportunities.Classifieds have always been the bread and butter for newspapers, providing the lion's share of black ink. Yet by three years ago, Craigslist had become a principal local resource for job recruiters. Research organization Classified Intelligence reported two years ago that Craigslist costs the San Francisco Bay Area's traditional newspapers, and their online divisions, between $50 and $65 million annually in revenues from employment ads alone.According to the study, Craigslist had 12,200 active job listings on its San Francisco site the week of November 21, 2004. In contrast, the San Francisco Chronicle had 1,500; the Oakland Tribune had 734; the San Jose Mercury News had an estimated 1,700; and the Contra Costa Times had around 1,000. The average recruiting ad in a metro Bay Area daily cost $700 in 2004: on Craigslist it cost $75.That's a local snapshot. The same is occurring at a national level, also in the critical area of job recruiting. Careerbuilder.com is the largest job search and recruitment site in the country - it is also owned by a partnership of the Gannett, McClatchy and Tribune newspaper conglomerates. Monster.c

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After the window is cleaned with the cloth covered sponge and window cleaner, take a portion of the newspaper and dry the entire window. The black and white portion of the newspaper is perfect for this business. It is cheap, it dries the window quickly and it doesn’t leave streaks. Your customer will appreciate it.

When the two cleaners are almost through, the spokesperson needs to approach the next vehicle, introduce self, and group and ask for the next job. Each windshield wash job takes as little as one minute to complete. After you do several jobs you will become efficient and get the job done quickly. Remember there will be others in your group doing the same thing so you can see profits mount up quickly.

Most people donate at least 50 cents some $1, yet others especially if they are affiliated with the group will donate $5 - $10. Yaweeeeee! I have found from our observations that our group averages $75.00 per hour. You may do more or less than what we did.

Important helpful tips:

Use a grocery cart to place all of the used newspaper in for later disposal. Make sure you remove all trash from the site. Take it home for disposal and don’t use the stores trash cans. If you do, they will resent you for it and not let you come back.

Have the group director collect all of the cash. This person can go around to all of the spokespersons and collect the cash and oversee the operation.

Purchase new supplies needed from the cash you generate. This means less out of pocket expense for your group.

If you are working several hours, take a portion of the profit and buy pizza and colas for your group. This isn’t hard work, but people do get hungry and thirsty and would appreciate a break.

If your group is in a membership drive or has another cause, have the spokesperson give the donating person a brochure about your group. If you are a church group you may wish to give them a schedule of service about your group. If you are the scouts, you may wish to give them a flyer about your troop. If you have another profit making program, such as a coupon book that you sell, now would be a good time to give them a flyer on it.

After the fund raiser is over, I would suggest a time during your next meeting to honor all of those who attended and participated in this fund raiser. You might want to give honor unto those who did an excellent job, or maybe award some sort of prize for all participants. They will then jump through their skin to do a better job next time.

Here is a word about alias names. If you belong to a church or other group and they perceive this as a nuisance to ask people for money, you may wish to use an alias name. Kidz for Kids is a great name for a Church Youth Group.

Instead of using "Good Morning, We am from the 1st Self Righteous Church, and for a small donation we would like to wash your windshield." The Church may have a problem using the church name or some donator may have a problem donating to churches, you solve this by using an alias. My friend Kevin came up with the name Kidz 4 Kidz. Catchy name. It speaks volumes. People like to donate to youth organizations. So if anyone has a problem with using the name of the group, I would suggest an alias.

Of course if you have a name like Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, I would leave it as such because of the name you will do tons of business.

Best of all good luck and have fun.

Wrap Up

Thank you for letting me present Fundraising Earns Our Group $75 an Hour to you. If you just follow what we have shown you in this manual, you and your group will be well on its way to make $75.00 hour and more in this quick and easy business.

You will join with my fellow youth worker, Kevin, and say that this is the easiest moneymaker that you have ever come across. Good Luck and thank you.

One last parting thought. Do like that shoe company and DO IT!

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