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August Meetings

ANTS Scribe — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:06:26 +0000

The August ANTS meetings will be held on Tuesday the 3rd and Tuesday the 17th at 7:00 AM at the T. C. Eggington’s located on the southwest corner of Alma School and the US-60.

August 3rd: Lin Bourgeois with Prepaid Legal will be speaking.

August 17th: Commercial Realtor Ian Baldwin will be speaking.

July Meetings

ANTS Scribe — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:41:13 +0000

There will only be one July ANTS meeting on Tuesday the 20th at 7:00 AM at the T. C. Eggington’s located on the southwest corner of Alma School and the US-60.

July 20th: Tom McArdle with Prickly Pear Carpet Care will be speaking.

Meeting Notes from June 15th, 2010

ANTS Scribe — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:45:04 +0000

Featured Speaker

Realty Executives – Sandi Nilson

Realty Executives was recently ranked 11th largest broker in the U.S. and also 18th in volume in the U.S.

90% of people in the market for a home will be search for it online.

Roundtable Discussion and News

TMI Sonora Telemarketing

Ask for the sale. Call your old customers and ask them why they don’t use you – they may have simply forgotten.

Bell Mortgage – Debbie Flinn

The conventional loan people now want picture id’s and a 2nd credit report at the end of the loan process.

Also there are talks about bringing back the first time home buyer tax credit.

Ben Franklin Plumbing

Ben Franklin has been bought by Direct Energy and is now the largest home services company in the US.

AZ HEAT

Juli recently toured the Juice Plus manufacturing plant in San Diego – when they say vine ripened, it is litterally true. Fruit sold at stores is sprayed with chemicals twice before it gets to you.

Juice Plus is NSF certified, which involves being tested for heavy metals. ARTICLE

Thanks to everyone who attended today.

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ProBest Blog Post Picked Up By The NASE

ANTS Scribe — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:30:00 +0000

A recent blog posting over at ProBest’s official blog, which was recommending two other local businesses, was picked up and re-posted by the National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) on Facebook yesterday.

Meeting Notes from June 1st, 2010

ANTS Scribe — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:43:44 +0000

Featured Speaker

Wilfredo Benitez with TMI Sonora Telemarketing

Let our telemarketing professionals train your team or do the cold calling for you.

Roundtable Discussion and News

Alliance Flooring

Moving their showroom to Tempe in the coming Weeks.

SixChip Consulting

SixChip Consulting will be offering two new classes soon, in addition to the Blogging 101 class currently offered for free every month: an Introduction to Android class will be offered at least twice a month & a monthly How to Be Safer Online featuring the YubiKey will also be held monthly.

Realty Executives – Sandi Nilson

Sales are up from last year but prices are down – its expected to take 2 or 3 years for our market to normalize here in the valley.

ProBest Pest Management

Be aware of foreclosed homes in your area that may have pools that are going neglected – these are breeding grounds for mosquitoes and they need to be treated. Weeds in the front yard may be a good indicator.

State Farm Agency – Mary Contreras

Right now the replacement cost for homes are about $150 a square foot so that means that buying a home is way cheaper than repairing or building new.

Think twice about co-signing on a car or a home because you can be held liable – if they don’t have proper insurance, you could be in a world of hurt.

Precious Treasures Childcare

Precious Treasures Childcare recently was awarded the Wells Fargo Trailblazer award. ARTICLE 1 ARTICLE 2

AZ HEAT

Juice Plus is now offering the Juice Plus Effect – try Juice Plus for 90 days. Anyone can now sponsor military personnel.

Bear Grylls (from Man VS Wild on the Discovery Channel) has partnered with Juice Plus.

Thanks to everyone who attended today.

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June Meetings

ANTS Scribe — Fri, 21 May 2010 13:37:56 +0000

The June ANTS meetings will be held on Tuesday the 1st and Tuesday the 15th at 7:00 AM at the T. C. Eggington’s located on the southwest corner of Alma School and the US-60.

June 1st: Linda with Ben Franklin Plumbing will be speaking.

June 15th: AJ with Dependable Solar will be speaking.

Meeting Notes from May 18th, 2010

ANTS Scribe — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:36:36 +0000

ANTS Business

Lin Bourgeois with Prepaid Legal is keeping her foot up after a fall in NYC.

JerriJo of Aunt J.J.’s Attic is now blogging. Visit his new blog at http://auntjjsattic.wordpress.com/

Featured Speaker

AJ with Dependable Solar

Solar rebate money is going away and might return in October.

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ProBest Profiled in NASE

ANTS Scribe — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:51:00 +0000

Keith Birkemeyer of ProBest Pest Management was recently interviewed by the National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE). The article can be found in the May/June issue of Self-Employed Magazine – read all about it over at ProBest’s official blog.

Meeting Notes from May 4th, 2010

ANTS Scribe — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:00:13 +0000

ANTS Business

Ben Franklin Plumbing’s CEO’s were on NBC’s The Apprentice last Sunday night. Ben Franklin was chosen to participate because of their ethics and high values. Visit Win100grand.com and enter to win$100,00.

Laura with Holy Cow Organizational Consulting is leaving the ANTS group; her husband’s job is taking them to Connecticut.

Realty Executives – Sandi Nilson is now blogging. Visit her new blog at SandiNilson.wordpress.com

P & G Assembly also has a new blog. Visit his new blog at DennehyFurnitureAssembly.com

Featured Speaker

Linda Stanfield with Ben Franklin Plumbing

Working in the insurance world you see 1 in every 3 claims are water damage related. Save money in the long-run by having your plumbing checked out now and help prevent a major catastrophe.

Each Ben Franklin Employee is extensively trained and certified, and are continuing to be trained 5 hours a week.

Water treatment is becoming more and more important. Educate yourself and pickup a chlorine tester from Home Depot and test your water.

Ben Franklin strongly stands behind their warranties.

Roundtable Discussion and News

SixChip Consulting

Comarco Recalls (Targus) Power Adapters for Laptops Due to Burn Hazard PRESS RELEASE

Beware Facebook’s ever-changing policies regarding how they use your data: Facebook Further Reduces Your Control Over Personal Information via EFF.org ARTICLE

Digital Photocopiers Loaded With Secrets via CBSNews.com ARTICLE WITH VIDEO

Bell Mortgage – Debbie Flinn

The First Time Home Buyer Program ended on Friday, April 30th so we are “back to basics ” regarding mortgage financing with no stimulus package from the government. Bell Mortgage offers many types of home financing, FHA, VA as well as Conventional loans. We do Owner Occupied, Second Home as well as Investor loans.

Realty Executives – Sandi Nilson

Renting houses in the valley is getting harder due to the demand for rental property growing as rental properties are getting harder to find. Lenders are now focused on short sales and modification instead of getting foreclosures on the market.

Aunt J.J.’s Attic

Look at your calendar and see who’s birthday is coming up. Aunt J.J.’s Attic offers many creative and custom gifts for any occasion.

Precious Treasures Childcare

Opening a new location in July near Ray and Rural road.

Ben Franklin Plumbing

Applications for the (amazing!) 2010 AAAME class, a two-year business mentoring program, are now available on-line. OFFICIAL SITE

Dependable Solar

Big changes in solar up ahead; lots of companies should be going away because APS is out of money already and SRP is running out.

AZ HEAT

Give the gift of health to Mom this year with Juice Plus for a year.

Visitors

Allen Crowder with Employee Benefit Exchange, Corp.

Thanks to everyone who attended today.

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May Meetings

ANTS Scribe — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:19:27 +0000

The May ANTS meetings will be held on Tuesday the 4th and Tuesday the 18th at 7:00 AM at the T. C. Eggington’s located on the southwest corner of Alma School and the US-60.

May 4th: Linda with Ben Franklin Plumbing will be speaking.

May 18th: AJ with Dependable Solar will be speaking.