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Bookkeeping Helps: Spread Sheets for tracking your expenses.

It's a great idea to go through your receipts every month and record your expenses. Include your mileage also.

Monthly & YTD spreadsheet (excel)

2011 Expenses spreadsheet (excel)-This spread sheet matches Schedule C expenses

2012 Expenses spreadsheet (excel)

TAX Information

Google Schedule C for the current year. This is the form you need to file along with your 1040.

Following two files give you info for filling in.

IRS Booklet for Direct Sellers

IRS Booklet for Self-Employment Tax

Label Templates

Catalog Labels

Address Labels

Labels for Back of Books (80 to a page)

Ideas for using Old Catalogs

*Sales Tax Rates: theSTC.com - Calculate Sales Tax Rates OR http://www.zip2tax.com/

Reading Quotes

Fun Graphics to use: Right Click to save or copy. Also see graphics here

Vinyl Cling Window Decals - Now you can advertise your Usborne website address anywhere and everywhere you go. Put a vinyl cling webdecal in the rear window of your vehicle today. This is some nice inexpensive advertising for your business - you can include up to 3 lines of web site address, your name, your phone number - whatever!

www.Fixturecraft.com - The Usborne favorite is a tabletop rack #C793. Check out the "Rookie Sensation" designed by Nancy Ann Wartman. It's a floor rack that fits in most cars and works well at book fairs and booths. 800-275-1145. Tell them you are with Usborne for discount.

Specialty Store Services also has the table rack for a little cheaper.
1-888-779-2425 -- 6-Tiered Table Rack #2501.

The Pin Man -- www.PositivePins.com
These pins are GREAT conversation starters!!!

Free Business Cards at www.vistaprint.com.

www.landsend.com/corpsales - Lands End apparel w/ logo - Usborne logo #9837666K 800-338-2000

www.HeritageEmbroidery.com - Various items w/ embroidered logo - usborne (case sensitive), password: duck

www.thebooster.com This is a great resource for direct sales companies - they provide 500 products to help with sales, hostess coaching, bookings, motivation and much more.

Three Gurus of Direct Selling

www.JanRuhe.com - Jan Ruhe is a millionaire from her multi-level marketing business. Her books and tapes share techniques and training on how to build a dynamic organization of your own. Her speaking schedule is on her website. Judy Kinnee really likes her.

www.stepintosuccess.com/ - Belinda Ellsworth has spoken at National Convention and many have her tapes. She is very enthusiastic and is a real wow in person. Her speaking schedule is on her website and you can even register for her seminars online! She has tapes and a magazine.

www.ilenemeckley.com/ Ilene Meckley has personally recruited over 650 consultants for the company she represents. She is now has a business telling others how to have success in growing their businesses. She has a free weekly email.