November, 2008
Can Westpac and St George afford not to close down branches?
Following St George shareholders approval last 13 November to merge with Westpac, management of St George has started sending letters to its customers to say that the bank will continue with its current number of branches even if a Westpac and St George branch are side by side. The letter also states that St George customers will not be levied an ATM fee should they use Westpac’s ATMs, and vice versa. That’s nice [..]
3.3 million Australian to retire over 20 years
In 2007, 11.6 million Australians are covered by superannuation, reports the Aust Bureau of Statistics. The government statistician also reports that of the 3.9 million people aged 45 or over who were employed when surveyed in 2007, 3.3 million said they intended to retired mostly over the next 20 years.
Super credit card promises to stop fraud
An Australian small technology company will soon pilot a battery-powered supercard which promises to stop up to $1 billion a year in credit card frauds, the Sydney Morning Herald reported today. The company is EMUE Technologies. Trials for the supercard would begin in quarter one 2009 with an Australian bank in conjunction with one bank each in Britain, Israel, Switzerland and Italy [..]
Yes, we welcome contributing writers
I write articles for this site using my many years of professional experience in accounting, foreign exchange, corporate credit, internet technology, publishing, business presentations and other related areas.
But I am still very much interested in receiving articles on other topics. And I encourage other experts to join me as contributing writers.
Like other blogs with WordPress installs, you, as a contributing writer, are assigned your own control panel to post and edit your articles in your by-line. Or, if you are not comfortable using a WordPress control panel, you can email your articles to me and I will them posted in your account.
Regardless of which method of posting you use, as a contributing writer you receive the following benefits:
1. If you have your own website. you can include a link to it in the author profile at the bottom of the article. Links in the author profile carry full SEO strength, they are not “nofollowed”. This means that your name, your articles, and your tags are easily searchable.
If you don’t have a website of your own, you can still avail of the same benefits. I can have your page set up in this site with your own customised URL. The URL or web address is yours and yours alone. You can use that personal homepage to direct your friends or readers to that page which contains all your writings in this website.
In either case you can also write a paragraph or two describing yourself at the bottom of the article. I allow contributing writers very generous attribution and credits.
That is an amazing way of promoting yourself online. Your articles can demonstrate your expertise to your readers and to your prospective clients.
2. If you write 3 or more articles (not comments), I will give you a text link to your site or homepage on the LINKS box.
Contributing Writers Guidelines
Our writers guidelines are very simple.
1. First and foremost - The articles that you submit must be written in English.
2. The articles that you submit must be your own original work. I prefer comprehensive articles, with minimum of 300 words for an article.
3. You must be the sole copyright holder for each article you submit. Articles written by a ghost writer are perfectly acceptable as long as they are being used only by yourself.
4. Articles must be spell-checked and proof-read for grammatical errors prior to submitting. Please do not submit articles filled with spelling errors and bad grammar. Please observe proper paragraph and line breaks to ensure readability of your articles.
5. You can use your own photos from your digital cameras. If you have an online photogallery which is relevant to the article, you can link the photogallery to your profile. If you need a stock photo for your article, let me know, and I may be able to work out something for you from our photo archives.
Let us remember: Like you and our readers, we are committed to delivering high-quality content.
Ready to join me and start promoting yourself? Please contact me.
First home owners incentives
The Australian Government has announced a First Home Owner Boost. According to the announcement from the Commonwealth, first home buyers now receive an automatic doubling of the First Home Owners Grant to $14,000. First home buyers building their first home receive an additional $7,000 raising their grant to $21,000. [...]
