Frank Kilgore: Business Income Ideas

Recent Offerings from Just Fine Tables, Columbiana, AL

Excerpt from blog post of JustFineTables.com

A Bookcase-Display Rack, a Side Stand / Chest, and a New “hand built” ‘Made-in-America’ Custom Coffee Table are presented here and at Encore Resales.

Red Mahogany 5 Tier Bookcase / Display Rack

Silver Mist Gray Side Stand / Chest

Custom Handbuilt 'Made-in-America' Coffee Table

All the above are available to you at Encore Resales.

Coming soon from Just Fine Tables:
(2) Wine Bar-Buffet Tables (one will have a wine cellar refrigerator in it)
and
at least (1) Large Farm Table

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Below is the most recent post from http://www.JustFineTables.com.

Please review and comment as appropriate what you think about our newest endeavor.

Magnetic Chalkboard

Chalkboards that are handcrafted (built from scratch) are some of the other things that Just Fine Tables does for fun and profit. We like challenges …and certainly we get a number of “Honey!- Can you build this or that?” that prompts many of our new activities.

The magnetic chalkboard above was built about 3 years ago and was certainly functional. However, we decided to add a little decoration (the Applique at the top) and also repaint the chalkboard for better use.

You can find the Magnetic Chalkboard at Encore Resales in Pelham AL… plus many other items from Just Fine Tables and other vendors who consign at the store.  Please know that shopping or just cruising the store is an experience and also know that YOU CANNOT see everything in just one visit.

Got to go for now!  I’m finishing another Southern Living Magazine replica picture item and some other things (just finished building a 6 ft Farm Table, for example.)  Later….

Again, if you like JustFineTables.com , please let us know what you think.

And if you really like our newest endeavor, please link up with us.

Yours truly,

Frank

Find us on twitter.com    @TheExperimenter    @JustFineTables

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Building Farm Tables and other related tables and furniture items is a method to make money that can turn into a profitable business.

For me, it all started as a hobby, or as a ‘Honey, Can You Build This?’ for me.  My wife, the obvious ‘Honey Do initiator’, asked me sometime back to refinish a few furniture items she wanted to sell at a consignment store nearby our home. The list of items seemed to expand almost weekly from a chair, to a night stand, to a small table, to my largest refinishing item ever, a large 2-piece antique buffet / sideboard with beveled mirror all in dark red mahogany. Wow, that was a job and a half!; however, it turned out to be beautiful, if I do say so, and it sold for the highest price of any item my wife ever sold.

Then, I got a… “Honey, can you build me a Country-style Farm Table for our home?”

After several requests, I finally succumbed to her requests and did build a table; one completely from scratch…which we enjoyed for a couple of years with friends and neighbors.

Some time later, our next door neighbors moved into town and opened a new business, Encore Resales Consignment & Thrift Market.   Needless to say, our close friends had anticipated that my wife would help out at their new store.  She did, ..and guess what was one of the 1st items she consigned at the store?  Yep!, you guessed it, the hand-crafted farm table from our dining room.

After that, the rest is history.  We now have Just Fine Tables.

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You Be in Control of Growing Your Twitter Following

Twitter.com and tweeting has and is a major way to grow your list, get your name out, and to find others with similar interests in any number of disciplines. The number of internet marketers who have developed ‘automatic’ methods of growing their lists of followers on twitter increases almost daily. Unfortunately, most of those automatic systems allow you very little control of what you get and will very likely take you to the point of having your Twitter account Suspended (I know 1st hand. My original twitter account was suspended because I could not balance my “following vs. followers” lists.)

Knowing the importance of twitter and now having begun my return to internet marketing and several other greenfield enterprises, the need to build my social and business network is critical…. however, I have no need for some random automatic twitter follower system that I cannot control (I will not have one of those systems have my twitter account suspended because of ’suspicious activity‘).

I found at least one solution to my twitter follower need that works and works for me. It is called “TheTweetTank“. I kept finding a few tweeters referencing this link and finally, I decided to give it a try. The sales page was a little “corny” for my taste, but I finally gave in. It said that it was:

• 99% Totally Automated (I was somewhat concerned from my previous experience…however, I did see that it wasn’t 100% Automated…humm…maybe I would have a little control (i.e. 1%) )
• add 20,000+ followers and make “$500″ every day ( oh yeah. I can’t have that many followers unless I am following 20,000+ tweeters (I recall that twitter will very probably ’suspend’ your account if you are not balanced at the 2,000 mark of followers and following—(I am sure this is what got me.))
• that No Purchased Required for 6 fre.e training videos……OK, I know there is a catch (yes and no–get full product at 60% discount—pay one payment of $29.99)  –I paid the fee for the full product (still don’t know what is included in the full product and I haven’t even looked at the videos so far[ I will though]).

Bottom line of the order was that you received a simple download of an ‘auto follower’ where You (a) set the keyword(s) for followers, (b) the number of searches for appropriate followers and (3) how frequently the system would go out and find potential followers.    When I first tried the auto follower, I noticed that its window started filling with twitters of similar interest (my keyword) and they were propagating quickly.  Luckily, I could hit the Stop button for control. Having noticed how that worked, I inputted another keyword for another interest of mine and whamo, the auto follower was off to the races. I had to hid the Stop button again..like within about 10 seconds. I liked this start / stop feature. I had control!

Since, I first got the product, I have tripled my followers (controllably) and can work to keep my followers and following lists balanced (No suspension this time.)  This is great.  Now I am going to go and watch the videos to find out how to make the $500 per day (yeah..).  I don’t really care as I know how to do that with the appropriate followers.  However, I am still game to learn a new trick or two.

Go Get TheTweetTank! It really works. YOU will find that you can have control of twitter like me.

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Think about it. I certainly did when I read the following in the Birmingham News this morning:

“Taxes Expected To Rise with National Debt, Aging”

- If you’re grumbling. about the size of your tax bill this year, brace yourself. Many financial advisers predict that tax rates are going to rise to cover the escalating. burden of an aging population and the federal debt. By KATHERINE REYNOLDS LEWIS Newhouse News Service WASHINGTON

This was the headline and the article’s lead-in first paragraph. Obviously, it is an attention getter. Some additional eye-openers in Ms. Lewis’ article include:

“Each American’s share of the federal government’s unfunded obligations amounts to $175,000 – comparable to a home mortgage with no collateral, said Stuart Butler, a vice president at the Heritage Foundation.”

“To cover the gap between expected revenue and the cost of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security benefits through 2Q50, income tax rates would have to almost double, according to a July 2007 analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.”

“Of course, the government probably would reduce promised benefits and increase payroll taxes rather than solely boosting the income tax. Still, it seems likely many Americans eventually will refer to the current income tax structure as “the good old days.” And who exactly : would pay higher taxes?”

Ms. Lewis later suggested a partial solution…

“Take a long-term approach and save aggressively.” She clarified that by referencing…

“People need to set aside as much as they, can,” said Tom Papanikolaou, chief operating officer of Pension Builders and Consultants in Cleveland.

Yes, taking a long-term approach and saving aggressively makes sense. The issue is that most of us don’t have extra funds to set aside to pay our normal daily expenses, much less, pay a burdening tax bill. Duhhh….

So, now what? To me, the answer is as simple as going to your nearest mirror and looking into it. There you see the answer…it is YOU. You are the answer to taking a long-term approach and saving aggressively. The mirror shows you the solution each and every day!

Of course, the mirror cannot hand over financial well-being, however, it does show you where to find the solution. The solution is between your ears! It is your skills, your experience(s), your hobbies, your knowledge, your ideas that you possess. All you need to do is to share those possessions with others and your financial concerns will end, ..and a new future will begin.

Take control of YOU!

http://www.MakeMoneyWithWhatYouKnow.com has a free report that you might find useful to begin learning how you can take control.

Frank Kilgore

Are You Going To Turn Your Ideas Into An Income?

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I got to thinking about this after having read an article in this past weekend’s Parade Magazine (www.parade.com). The article was titled What I Did With My First Million by Cindy Adams. It dealt with a group of celebrities and what they did with their 1st million dollars. All of them seemed to go out and buy something a little extravagant (except maybe Matt Lauer who was concerned about ‘job security’)*, but within their new means.

* Can you relate with this?. Go to www.RetiredBeforeYourTime.com

Anyway, this article got me thinking about what I would do with a major jump in my annual income to those levels. In my case, the first major thing that I would do (after taking my wife out on a much deserved, long overdue vacation trip) would be to “pay off most of my credit card debts down to near $0.00″. I would do this as most credit card debt (or other revolving debt) is the biggest drain on most everyone’s everyday financial well-being.

Getting rid of this money dump is a direct pay increase to you. Paying off the debt will free up your mind, free up your emotions, and will change your entire perspective of life. Just think about it for a moment.

If you did not have any income draining debts, how much money would you have to do the things you have always dreamed about?

Would that amount of money be an extra $2,000/month?, Maybe $3,000?, or maybe $4,000 per month? (Wow! That’s $48,000 per year.)

Wouldn’t it be great to have this kind of additional income coming into your household?

Getting Rid of Credit Card Debt is one of the first things you should do with new income!

You’re probably saying, “Oh, this sounds great, but how do you get the money to pay off the debts?”
I think the best way is to use your ideas, skills, experiences and knowledge to create a supplemental income. Yes, that includes YOU!

Go find out for yourself, go and visit www.MakeMoneyWithWhatYouKnow.com and get your free report that outlines why everyone is an expert at something. Go now and Get Rid of Credit Card Debt!

www.MakeMoneyWithWhatYouKnow.com

To Your Success and Your First $ Million!
Frank Kilgore

What Would You Do? Feel free to comment.

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