How to Start a Bankruptcy Forms Processing Service – Legal
How to Start a Bankruptcy Forms Processing Service
Victoria Ring
Due to the dramatic increase in technology, business professionals now have the ability to outsource their skills and earn extra money working from home as a bankruptcy forms processor. Unlike an attorney or notary public, a bankruptcy forms processor does not have jurisdictional limits. In other words, a bankruptcy forms processor could live in Yellow Springs, Ohio and prepare bankruptcy petitions, pleadings, Motions and other court documents for attorneys practicing in California, New York or any other U.S. state.
In fact, a bankruptcy forms processor can set up a bankruptcy business in their home with very little money and earn a full-time income very quickly. This concept has also opened the door for attorneys practicing in other areas of law to open a sideline bankruptcy practice, and many of these attorneys seek a freelance forms processor to process their paperwork for them.
This is where you as a bankruptcy forms processor can fill a need that is becoming more popular as electronic filing procedures become more the norm. In fact, some states now require electronic filing of all court documents. Paper documents are only accepted by the court from consumers or in other rare circumstances. It will not be long before all the states will have electronic filing procedures in place and those resisting the change will be left behind.
A typical bankruptcy forms processing business might operate like this:
1. Client either downloads or is emailed a set of Client Intake Forms in PDF format to print and fill out at their leisure.
2. Client will fax or email their completed forms to the attorney or forms processor for review. If the attorney decides to accept the bankruptcy case, the forms processor can begin drafting the bankruptcy petition from the information provided on the Client Intake Forms.
3. Areas of the Client Intake Forms that are not properly completed by the client or containing statements that require a more detailed answer would be easy to take care of. The forms processor or attorney will simply call up the client and obtain the information. No appointment would be necessary.
4. After the drafting of the bankruptcy petition, the forms processor saves the document in PDF format and sends it to the attorney as an attachment on an email.
5. At this point the attorney may wish to meet with the clients to review their bankruptcy petition before filing, but it is not absolutely necessary. Some attorneys I worked for never meet the client face-to-face except when they showed up at court. They communicated with the client by email or telephone.
Note: Electronically filed documents do not require the client
Ten Customer Service Secrets to Win Back Customers – Stress Management
Ten Customer Service Secrets to Win Back Customers
Ed Sykes
Recently I was facilitating an Outstanding Customer Service program and broke for lunch. Knowing that the restaurants in the area had much to desire as far as service I gave the students an extra fifteen minutes for lunch.
Sure enough a group of four students came rushing into the classroom with their lunches in hand. They sincerely apologized and quickly explained that they receive poor service at a restaurant This restaurant is part of a national chain. Hint: its name references a day in the week. I can
Is Windows XP Service Pack 2 SP2 Killing Your Affiliate Sales – Marketing
Is Windows XP Service Pack 2 SP2 Killing Your Affiliate Sales
Mike Snyder
Have you noticed a drop in affiliate sales since Microsofts Windows XP Service Pack 2 SP2 was released I have and I didnt really know why until my wife, kids, and friends started asking me why their computer wasnt working right.
While using Internet Explorer my son said, "Dad, nothing happens when I click on this link." I scratched my head for a minute and thought, "he isnt doing anything different, the only thing I recently installed was XP SP2"; then the light went off ... one of SP2s features is the incorporation of a pop-up blocker. After installing SP2, links that normally opened in a new window now dont open at all. The immediate way around it is to hold down the control key Ctrl then click the link or right click the link and select "Open in New Window". To permanently turn off IEs pop-up blocker, click Tools > Pop-up Blocker > Turn Off Pop-up Blocker.
So how does all this relate to lost affiliate sales
If you have your affiliate links set to open in a new browser window, they are considered "pop-ups" by the post-SP2 Internet Explorer and many other pop-up stopping programs. The average Internet surfer with pop-up blocking software or SP2 installed will simply go to another site because they think the link does not work. If they do not see your affiliate product/page, they will obviously not buy what you are selling. Since the pop-up blocking feature is more-or-less automatic with SP2, you potentially lose a customer when they upgrade their copy of Internet Explorer.
Why would anyone set their affiliate links to open in a new window
I have heard both positive and negative reasons to open links in new windows. The main reason to do it is to avoid losing customers by sending them away from your page with no way to get back. That is what I used to do until today.
How can I tell which links open in a new window generate a pop-up
A lesson in Html is beyond the scope of this article but, in general, if you do not have any tags after the URL in the HREF tag, you are not generating pop-ups. If you have a target="_blank" after the URL, it will open in a new window and is considered a pop-up.
What is an easy way to fix my links
If you only have a few pages to fix, just edit them by hand. Pages with many pop-up links can be easily edited in Notepad or other software with a search and replace option. Simply replace target="_blank" with target="_top" or target="_self", target="_parent" if you are using frames. If you have a lot of files to change, try ReplaceEm http://www.orbit.org/replace/ , a freeware program that replaces text strings in multiple files and directories.
The bottom line:
It may just be a coincidence but this morning I changed the majority of my links so they do not open in a new window and saw my affiliate commissions as well as overall site traffic jump within hours!
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