Good Bye to The Boulevard

Oy veys mer. Life is kicking my butt. I need to start making some money and I am so scattered. I'm doing event planning, marketing and Pre-Paid Legal along with some internet commerce and the occasional work for the attorney. It suddenly dawned on me that I don't really need to be in Charlotte, as much as I'm happy here. I think I want to go back to Israel for a month just in case I need to take a full time job. This would be my last opportunity to spread my wings and not have to report to an office. I can keep a journal while I'm there and do my photography, blogging, etc. I think I need to get out of here and have an adventure.

I'm shutting down Sara's Spot at The Boulevard. It's been fun but hasn't made any money. I'll have it through Christmas and then I have to get out of there. I'm including some goodbye shots for those of you, Don, who never made it down there.

Anyway, happy Thanksgiving to everyone and keep those wallets under lock and key during your holiday shopping. Call me if you want to start your Identity Theft Shield!
To all my readers (Mom, Emily and Donald), please spread the message of love and peace in your every day conduct. I will try and do the same.

Sara Abrams
visit: Team National and shop!

A Little Holiday Precaution Can Help Maintain Holiday Joy

The following willl appear in my Identity Theft Protection newsletter later this week. You're getting a sneak peak!

The holidays seemed to arrive earlier than ever this year! As soon as the Halloween candy was moved to my store’s discount shelves, the Christmas decorations began making an appearance. I guess it really is that time of the year again.

If you’ve begun your holiday shopping, you’ll want to be extra careful regarding identity theft. Thieves are on the lookout to take advantage of the holiday rush and weary shoppers who have let their guard down. You might be the victim of purse snatching or a pickpocketed wallet, a shoulder surfing incident while you withdraw money from the ATM, or a sophisticated attack on your computer through phishing or other means in order to infiltrate your bank account(s). You should be checking your account balances electronically on a daily basis during the holidays to watch for any purchases that are not yours.

Before you head to the mall, make a copy of the front and back of your credit and debit cards and keep these in a secure place. Make sure that the company phone numbers are legible. In case of a theft, you will want to have easy access to this information in order to begin immediate cancellation of your cards. Don’t give out your bank account number over the phone or on the Internet unless you have generated the call. And NEVER respond to an email asking you for personal information such as your password. Your bank will never request that, yet I was receiving a number of “phishing” emails that looked exactly like my bank’s website and logos.

Here’s a simple trick you may already be utilizing. Instead of signing the back of your credit card write, "Ask for Photo ID."

Hopefully you’re lucky enough to be planning a wonderful holiday getaway. If so, notify the post office to put a hold on your mail. Unless you have a locked mailbox, you definitely don’t want pre-approved credit card offers sitting in your mailbox just waiting to be taken. Better yet, you may want to put a stop to those solicitations. You can call 888-5 OPT OUT (567-8688).

Let me take this occasion to wish everyone joyous, and safe, holidays!

To all my readers (Mom, Emily and Donald), please spread the message of love and peace in your every day conduct. I will try and do the same.

Sara Abrams
visit: Team National and shop!

Quick Post - I WENT TO THE POLICE CONCERT!

Hey everyone! I was invited to the Police concert. What a blast! I never in my life thought I would get a chance to see STING live. He was so awesome. I forgot how many hits they had. I'm attaching a photo of my new best friend, Tommy, the wily tom cat. He's been domesticated in such a quick amount of time that it's just astonishing! Last night he came to my back door where I have my office and asked to be let in. It was 1:30 in the morning and COLD outside, so of course he was let in. I kept my other 2 cats in the rest of the house, shut Tom up in the back office and prayed that he would figure out how to use the kitty litter. Well, the next morning he went right back outside without so much as a thank you, but he does love me. I only get bitten once a day now! HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE!

To all my readers (Mom, Emily and Donald), please spread the message of love and peace in your every day conduct. I will try and do the same.

Sara Abrams
visit: Team National and shop!

Commerce Connections for 11/6/07!

As usual, I never know who is going to show up at the Commerce Connections meetings, so of course I'm a little nervous before the event. The biggest surprise tonight was that even though it wasn't the largest gathering, there were lots of new people to meet. That was very exciting to me! We'll take December off for the holidays and then start up again in January. I'm hoping to designate a set day, like the first Wednesday of the month, and a set place, which will more likely than not be the Renaissance Hotel in SouthPark, as our permanent networking home. I think it will be easier to grow that way.

Let me know if your company wants to be our next sponsor in January!

To all my readers (Mom, Emily and Donald), please spread the message of love and peace in your every day conduct. I will try and do the same.

Sara Abrams
visit: Team National and shop!

Working On Saturday Night! Not Good!

Hey everyone. Congrats to all of you who are self employed entrepreneurs. It's not easy by any stretch of the imagination. So why do we do it? Has your dream of "time freedom" come true? Are you rich beyond your wildest imagination now that all your hard work goes to promote your dream and not those of "the boss man"?

Probably not. Here I am, on a Saturday night, racking my brain trying to come up with resourceful ways to sell identity theft protection and a new thing that I'm dabbling in that shortens the life of your mortgage. It's 7:30 pm and all I can think about is getting in the car and going to Rusans or Tin Tin to feast on Sushi. But my budget is telling me – NO!, this isn't the right weekend for that kind of indulgence. My gut is telling me that I need to keep working and keep promoting and eventually I will have all those things that were un-imaginable when I was in a capped salaried position.

I don't know how many of you buy into the law of attraction belief. I do and don't. My ask, believe, receive mantra to find a good man who will love me has not come true yet but my request for monetary security seems to have taken off this week. I was offered commissions by three different individuals if I were to make connections for them to sell their products, and you know I'm the connections/networking queen! I've been given three writing assignments this week (which of course I haven't started yet!) and I was just hired to do some marketing. In addition I had several great meetings for the Pre-Paid Legal products.

I'm not there yet financially, but I would like to give all of you who are struggling to be self employed a virtual hug of encouragement and let you know that it does take time. If you truly believe in your product(s) and yourself you will achieve those lofty goals that we all desire so much!

Send me your success stories. I would love to hear from you.

To all my readers (Mom, Emily and Donald), please spread the message of love and peace in your every day conduct. I will try and do the same.

Sara Abrams
visit: Team National and shop!