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| Winner Named for "Home Office From Hell" |
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We informed you about the "Home Office From
Hell"
contest sponsored by Offices2share.com. Did
you
enter? Jason Welshonse entered and won!
Welshonse won the contest because he
illuminated
the sometimes frustrating and boundary-less terrain
of running a home-based business, in a way that
was
funny, poignant and resonated with his
entrepreneurial colleagues.
For his creative efforts, Welshonse will receive a
reprieve from his home office - in the form of a pre-
paid 1-year office lease at an Offices2share.com
location of his choosing. The win will help Jason
convey a more professional image for his
computer
business, Ancient Geek.
Jason's "Top Ten" Contest Entry List:
(can you
identify?)
- I have to yell "Phone!" really loud when the phone
rings to make sure all TVs and radios get muted so I
can answer it.
- I have started to refer to my pets as
employees.
- My customers are starting to think there's a lot of
dogs around my office because my dog always barks
when I pick up the phone.
- I have started answering my home phone with my
company name.
- I had a crazy subcontractor threatening to come
to my home to pick up his last check instead of
waiting for the mail.
- It's WAY too easy to go to work on my day off.
It's Saturday at 11PM and I'm entering a contest to
win office space.
- I'd rather watch Oprah at 4 PM then do my billing.
- It's hard to cram 10 computers into a spare
bedroom. Although I don't need to turn on the heat
in the winter.
- When potential clients hear that I work out of my
home, they respond with "Oh, so you're not a REAL
business."
- FedEx wants to deliver a package, they want to
know if it's a home or office. I always answer "Yes."
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| 2 Mom's Launch Health Records Website |
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Have you ever thought to yourself,
"There just has to be a better way?" I'm sure
we all have... but these 2 moms provided a
solution to their thought, and their idea could
become a convenience for many!
Two stay-at home mothers are trying to
make it easier for families to keep track of medical
information. HealthTracks LLC on Monday
launched HealtheTracks, an online health
record-keeping system.
Jennifer Cofield of Greenwood Village, and Toni
Wanebo of Grand Junction, co-founded the
company in 2003 and teamed up last year to publish
a book, "HealthTracks ... A Child's Health
History."
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| Home Office Boredom |
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Warning: This article will not help advance your
business AT ALL!
You were up with the roosters, took your
coffee into
your office, worked all morning non-stop, and
you
want to take a break. Sometimes a break
doesn't
mean throwing a load of laundry into the
washer.
You simply want a "break." You want to
challenge
your mind or perhaps you want to relax your mind
and just have a little fun. We've come to your
"Non-
Intellectual Down Time" rescue:
Guess
People's Ages by their Photo
Play Mystic
Ball
Read Dumb
Laws On the Books in Your State
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| Have You Encouraged Your Dreams Today? |
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What are you doing to make your dreams your
reality? I know something for sure, if you
do nothing, nothing will happen for you!
"We must look for ways to be an active force in
our own lives. We must take charge of our own
destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin
to live our dreams."
If you want a fantastic start in a medical billing
career, educate yourself with Medical
Billing Course.com.
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Success Corner - Lisa Bentler |
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Lisa Bentler
Bentler Billing Center
Lake Ariel, PA
Lisa began studying medical billing back in 1998
because she needed a position in which she could
work from home. Lisa was a single mom with a
special needs child and daycare was never an
option
for Lisa. Living rurally, there wasn't a daycare
program within a 40 mile radius equipped to handle
the special needs of her daughter.
Lisa began her medical billing studies with "one
of
those highly advertised at-home" schools.
She
completed the class and thought she had a pretty
good understanding of the business until she decided
to further her research online. Her schooling taught
her that "electronic billing" was an "option"
and
neglected to provide her with any information
regarding HIPAA.
Unfortunately, things got worse before they got
better for Lisa. She found a company on the
internet that promised software, training and
support. She sent a check to them only to
determine that they were a
SCAM.
Lisa picked herself up and dusted herself off
and,
determined, joined a medical billing forum. In this
forum she was provided with a great deal of
satisfactory information about Synergy. Lisa decided
to purchase a Synergy Medical Billing Center
Package, which included the course from Medical
Billing Course.com. According to Lisa,
she
learned more in Chapter 1 of Medical
Billing Course.com than she did in the
entire "other at-home" school.
While Lisa was receiving marketing assistance from
Synergy, she continued her research, asking as
many
questions as she could... and then one day she
found herself answering many questions in the Medical Billing Course Student Support
Forum.
It was because Lisa provided the students with
well-
thought out, precise and trustworthy answers
that
she was asked to become MBC's Senior
Moderator
and Support Forum Instructor. Lisa also went
on to
author the "Understanding HIPAA" chapter for
MBC,
which the students find to be extremely valuable in
their studies.
Lisa operates a successful billing center
specializing
in Licensed Massage Therapy. Lisa's
advice: "Stick
with it even if you get discouraged, and when all else
fails, revise, reword, revamp and redo! You will get
there if you continue to work at it. I did and YOU
can too!"
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