Recession-proof Jobs Article at USA Today

Here is an article that was passed on to me about how people are using direct sales to get them through the recession. Whether supplementing their current income, replacing income from a lost job, or just staying home with the kids to cut down on day care expenses, network marketing is giving people an alternative to the standard 9-to-5 job.

Here is a portion of the article:



Direct sales (like Avon, Mary Kay) offer recession-proof jobs

By Charisse Jones, USA TODAY

Not long ago, Craig Lapp made his living driving a truck that helped carve Southern California's soil into new developments. But then housing sales slumped, and in November 2007 Lapp's construction company let him go.

While he searched for another job, Lapp began working alongside his wife, Lynne, in a business based in their Temecula home, selling nutritional supplements made by the direct-sales company Isagenix. Nearly two years later and with no construction job in sight, Lapp says a one-time sideline has become the couple's bread and butter.

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"It's paying our mortgage, our car payments … putting food on the table," says Lapp, 55, who adds that he and his wife are earning a six-figure income. "It was our 'Plan B' that turned into our 'Plan A.' "

Direct-sales businesses that rely on home-based representatives to peddle their wares are seeing their sales forces rapidly expand as the nation's unemployment rate soars to nearly 9% and those who lost jobs and nest eggs look for new ways to make money....

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Believe it or Not! From the desk of Sherman Unkefer

Believe It or Not!

I recently asked a friend if they would be interested in keeping more of their paycheck if they had a part time home based business? I explained say for example what if you could keep forever starting right now an extra 100 dollars a week or 5 thousand dollars a year of your paycheck that the IRS would normally take?

Their reply shocked me! “You don’t understand I’m not worried about what the government takes because they give me a great bargain and I get a huge refund at the end of the year!” I didn’t know whether to cry or just scream!

What kind of a bargain is that! They take HALF your paycheck lets say 17 thousand a year then say oh sorry we took 2 thousand too much and you get 2 thousand dollars back that was yours anyway and without interest. That’s NOT a great bargain! You just got Flim Flammed my friend.

I think it all starts when we are kids and get that first summer job making an hourly wage. We can’t wait to cash that check and have some fun. Then out of the blue the government sends us a tax refund a year later for 3 or 4 hundred bucks! Wow Free money! But what actually happened is they did some kind of weird mystic Voo Doo Mojo mind trick! Many accept this cruel opiate and forever become sheep for the slaughter others lie and cheat on their taxes forever in fear of the dark cloud of the IRS looming over their heads. Believe It or Not!

OK, it’s not all gloom and doom I’ve got some GREAT news that you CAN BELIEVE for sure! There are some sensible men and women in Congress who said “Hey! It’s not good for the country for people to be unemployed, why don’t we offer tax breaks to individuals who want to supplement their incomes with a home based business!” I’m talking about legitimate, legal super easy to understand TAX BREAKS not loopholes!

I didn't want to do it! But I did. Then I was glad that I did!

Sherman said; “Go see Ron Mueller at Carolyn Johnsons XanGo meeting and write about tax breaks for people with a home based business.” BEAT ME! SHOOT ME! KILL ME! Anything but listen to someone talk about taxes! Fact is I bought Ron’s book “It’s How Much You KEEP That Counts! Not how much you Make” about a year ago but never could muster the courage to open it, I was terrified. I thought maybe if it sat on my bookshelf long enough I might somehow absorb the information.


Ron Mueller .MBA, PH.D. Is an investigative reporter who spent more than a year researching and documenting home-business tax breaks that have been authorized by Congressional Law. You could say that Ron Mueller boldly went were no man has gone before! He also has an incredible gift, he can take all the complicated legal Mumbo Jumbo sift through thousands of pages of Tax Codes and translate it into a super simple FUN and EASY to understand formula. When I got home I read Ron’s book in about an hour, I had the same feeling I get when I read an exciting novel, I couldn’t put it down and I was surprised at how easy it is to read and how to legally keep thousands of dollars of your hard earned money a year. Ron is also a XanGo distributor just like you and me.

WHAT'S THE CATCH?

It’s simple. You must have a legitimate home based business and an intent to make a profit. Instead of thinking of your home as a place were you also happen to have a business, think of it as your business where you happen to sleep.

Some of the many Deductions include; your Childs allowance, gasoline, rent, utilities, repairs, insurance, travel, entertainment, Bottles of XanGo you consume! Etc, Etc. You’ll even understand how an AUDIT can be a GOOD THING! You will know more about home based tax code than the expert that prepares your taxes; you might just want to get an extra copy of Ron’s book for them.

91% OF ALL FORECLOSURES COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF PEOPLE HAD AN EXTRA $500 A MONTH!

Why MLM? Tremendous tax savings!

Are you interested in trying network marketing?

Are you struggling in your existing network marketing business because prospects have no money?

Well, tonight's webinar will tell you exactly how a home based business will help you SAVE your hard-earned money ON TOP of the residual income you earn in a home-based business!

The webinar is put on by Ron Mueller's Home Business Tax Savings, Inc., and the topic is titled

"How YOU Can THRIVE While Helping Others to Survive"

Ron is a speaker and business success coach as well as the author of the book "It's How Much You Keep That Counts"

Here is the invitation letter I received yesterday, explaining what will be discussed tonight:

Chris,

Some 500 people were on last night's webinar as
I described a powerful approach to making a lot of
money, while helping people who need a home-

based business the most - the ones who are broke.

The call got rave reviews and I am grateful to have
received dozens and dozens of emails thanking me
for holding that call.

But I ALSO got a TON of emails from people

who tried to be on the call, but could only
get a busy signal. Ugh!

I AM SO SORRY!!! But I'll make it up to you...

I WILL CONDUCT THAT SAME CALL
ONE MORE TIME - THIS THURSDAY

TITLE:
"How YOU Can THRIVE while helping Others to Survive"

DATE:

This coming Thursday, December 4, 2008

TIME:

6:00 p.m. Pacific / 9:00 p.m. Eastern

FEE:

Xero - Nothing - Nada - You're my guest!

TO REGISTER:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/887778602

IF YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS
EMAIL IS ALL ABOUT ...

If you missed the announcement last week,
here it is again:

If your business is network marketing, and if you have
prospects telling you they can't sign up because (a)
they're broke, or (b) they are afraid to spend the
money they do have "in case there is an emergency"

3-way them onto Thursday night's call, let me
slam-dunk them into your business.

I will not promote or recommend - or even mention -
ANY specific company or ANY category. I'll simply
(but powerfully) show them how they can get Uncle Sam

to foot the bill, not only for their sign-up costs, but also

for ALL of their ongoing monthly operating expenses.

After hearing what I will present, even a person

who doesn't have a dime to his name, will have a

SOLUTION to the dilemma of wanting to start

a home-based business, but not able to afford

to start or run one.

At the end of this presentation, I will encourage them
to get back with the person who invited them onto
this call, to learn more about a business ideally suited
to taking advantage of all of these tax breaks, while, at
the same time, earning an above average income.

FINALLY, you NOW have a way to help the people
who need a home business the most - the ones
who can't afford to start one.

I'll show YOU how to THRIVE while you are helping
Others to Survive.

Get your toughest prospects onto this webinar!

Helping THOUSANDS to SAVE a BUNDLE!!!

Ronald R. (Ron ) Mueller, MBA, Ph.D.

Author, Speaker & Business Success Coach
www.HomeBusinessTaxSavings.com

P.S. - YES, send this invitation to everyone
you know who can benefit from it. This is a

Webinar, so we will not have a 500-person limit

Like last night! EVERYONE will be able to get in!

Home Business Tax Savings Inc.

2907 Shelter Island Drive
Suite 105
San Diego, CA
92106
US

Well, there you have it, guys! Tune in tonight if you have some time, and if you decide that you want to give network marketing a try, send me a line at ckazor@gmail.com. We can help get you started.

IRS raises mileage tax deduction 16%; now it's 58.5 cents

Great news for home-based business owners! I found this article on ChicagoTribune.com.

By Ryan J. Donmoyer |Bloomberg News

2:20 PM CDT, June 23, 2008

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service increased the mileage deduction for the rest of the year by 16 percent to 58.5 cents a mile because of the rising price of gasoline.

"Given the increase in prices, the IRS is adjusting the standard mileage rates to better reflect the real cost of operating an automobile," said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. "We want the reimbursement rate to be fair to taxpayers."

The national unleaded average gasoline price has been above $4 for most of June, according to AAA. Gasoline is more expensive than last year by $1.09 per gallon.

The mid-year IRS adjustment allows Americans to use the higher deduction amount from July 1-Dec. 31 instead of cataloguing actual costs of operating a vehicle for qualified purposes.

The mileage deduction for the first half of the year was 50.5 cents per mile. The 58.5 cents per mile deduction applies to business use of a personal vehicle. Drivers who use their vehicles for medical reasons or to move can deduct 27 cents per mile, up from 19 cents in the first half of the year. The use of a vehicle for charitable purposes is set by law at 14 cents and wasn't increased.

Employees who drive their own cars for work-related or charitable purposes can choose to deduct or seek reimbursement from their employer or the charity they serve for actual costs incurred, requiring extensive record-keeping. They also can claim the mileage rate.

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New DSA Site

Want to know more about the direct selling industry?

I just found another great site from the Direct Selling Association to help answer questions about why people join network marketing companies.

It is at directselling411.com.

I also have an RSS feed widget on the right side of my blogs, so that you can see their most recent postings.

The site is just getting started, but there is a lot of great information there.

Robert Kiyosaki on Home Based Business Radio

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Take a listen to what Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, has to say about network marketing and home based business opportunities.

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