blog post from Susan Olinger

Spring is here, it's time to get some "Garden Coaching" from Sterling Horticultural Serviceshttp://www.sterlinghort.com/?p=604  read more

CANCELLED EVENT

CANCELLED EVENT For those  of you coming to the Networking Event Friday morning at the Chester Diner it has been read more

Be accountable

Do you want to be more confident and increase your self-worth? Are you ready to go beyond surviving and start thriving? Then today's Survival Tip is just what you need. Accountability, a hallmark of the LeTip organization, is an essential virtue of successful business people. LeTip members take read more

It's a jungle out there!

It's a jungle out there! Today, more than ever before, small business owners and entrepreneurs face huge challenges and risks. We all have to swim deeper, fly higher, and run faster to survive. That's why it really pays off to collaborate and network with other business people in your community. read more

Buisness tip Do Something Positive

Sterling Horticultural Services

Plant Detectives Fall Workshop Saturday September 29th at read more

Boogie Board RIP Adds Handwriting Recognition

 n my last post I share with you how the Boogie Board RIP integrates with Evernote the online note taking service. Today I would like to share with you a screencast that shows you how you can take your hand written notes and covert them to editable text that can be exported to Microsoft Word. The read more

U.S. Supreme Court's Decision on Health Care Law

On June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and its companion law, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (HCERA).  In a nutshell, the nation’s highest court upheld the law – except for read more

Elavon Payment Processing

Category: Bank Card Services Deborah Lagzdins Phone Number: 908-294-2223 E-mail: Deborah.Lagzdins@elavon.com Website URL: http://www.elavon.com/ Elevating payments…worldwide At Elavon, our entire focus is on delivering reliable and secure payment solutions to help businesses succeed in an increasingly complex global marketplace. By serving as a single source for payment processing worldwide, Elavon sets new standards in convenience, reliability read more

Changing the Way Small Businesses Access Capital

A strong cash flow and good payment behavior demonstrate the performance of your business and can help you to qualify for business loans from $5,000 up to $150,000. By reviewing business performance in addition to credit history, we can identify healthy businesses that others pass by. Cutting-edge technology allows our read more

A new board

Jeff Scotti of ScottiDesign.com takes over as president of the Somerset Hills LeTip chapter. Mr Scotti presented the previous president, Cathy Ayres , (http://www.somersethillsletip.com/members/mary-kay-cosmetics/) , with a gift basket from fellow member Michele Kotarski of Bellisimo in Chester (http://www.somersethillsletip.com/members/bellisimo/). The Somerset Hills Letip Chapter is one of the oldest and read more

2 members featured in "Mansion In May"

Two of our members Sterling Horticultural Services (Contractor Landscape) and Interiors at 40 Main (Interior Design)  Will be featured in this months Mansion In May.  Mansion In May features the areas top designers and contractors, each participant is selected from a field of hundreds of applicants and it is honor to read more

Stirling Horticulture knows their stuff

Last week Marc Zukovich from Stirling Horticulture spoke to us about the basics of pruning a garden. Marc made an excellant presentation that we all learned a lot from in a short time.                       Look for Stirling Horticulture at this years Mansion in read more

Earth friendly garden tip

One of the best ways to avoid the use of chemical pesticides in your garden is to invite birds.  Birds dine on bugs, and their tastes vary by species.  The more varieties of bird species present in the garden, the more insects will read more

Livescribe Echo Smartpen Perfect for Business

If you are in business then you know just how important it is to be able to listen to your clients and respond to their needs. With so much going on you know how easy it is to get distracted and miss out on what your clients are saying. Well read more

Supercharge Your Meetings with Magic Whiteboard

Magic Whiteboard is a supercharged whiteboard on a roll that can be put up anywhere in seconds, and sticks with static. The magic lies in the statically charged polypropylene film that clings to almost any flat surface.  This film can be written on with standard dry erase markers and erased read more

Xpaper Saves Time and Money

 I'm sure if you are in a school or running a small business you are constantly being asked to sign papers and fill out forms. So in the process, you generally print the forms sign them and then if you are like me and have moved away from using a read more

Next step in the miracle

HYDRATION: It's so easy!  remember when the weather is cold, the heat is on, you need to think HYDRATION! Once your skin's been cleansed and a slight bit of the natural mantle has been removed, it has to be hydrated with moisturizer! Look for a moisturizer that promises results.. one that read more

Improve Your Workflow with Xpaper

 I have been a long time user of digital pen technologies and am always amazed by its feature set and simplicity. At the core of digital pen technologies is Anoto functionality which gives software developers the tools to create innovative solutions. For the past several years I have been using a solution read more

Food revival, turn back the clock.

This is a very well written informative article about local businesses. Twenty-three-year-old Nicole Ort of the Long Valley farming dynasty is leading Ort Farms into a farm future that looks a lot like her grandfather’s past.“We were dairy farmers,” said 85-year-old Harvey Ort Sr., whose father, Jacob, started the farm read more

A great meeting

A great meeting and a very interesting presentation by one of our newest members, Brian Friedlander. In his presentation he demonstrated a new digital pen which can record live information and then transfer the text onto paper or a wall chart. This is a excellent new item which would enhance  read more

do you want a miracle for your skin?

Skin care needn't be complicated. It's finding the right products that work for your skin. And sometimes that means trying before buying and having the complete money back guarantee as your back up..   Finding a cleanser that delivers anti-aging products while still deep cleaning read more

Business Hiring Best in years

Here is a Gallup poll that shows more hope for the economy. - By 22% to 8%, more U.S. small-business owners expect to increase than decrease the total number of jobs at their company over the next 12 months, according to a new Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index poll conducted Jan. read more

Digital Pen & Paper Solutions Demonstrated at Somerset Hill LeTip Meeting

 If you attended the February 10, 2012 Somerset Hills LeTip Meeting then you saw a demonstration of a number of innovative and easy to use digital pens solutions for your business. We first had a look at PaperShow for Teachers which was used to drive the PowerPoint slide deck and make the presentation more read more

Sterling Horticultural is designing a garden space for "Mansion in May"

Susan Olinger, of Sterling Horticultural Services, a full-service landscape firm, is designing a garden space for "Mansion in May", Morristown Hospital's fundraising event. This event showcases both landscape and interior designers. The photos show the garden space to be designed, and the view of the mansion from the space.     The garden will read more

The Best State for Raising Kids - New Jersey!

It's not so hard to believe when you live here but you never really expect to have it recognized nationally. There  are a lot of great things about New Jersey. It is easy to take your kids to NYC or Philli we have Princeton and Rutgers. The REAL Jersey Shore read more

Jobless rate at 3-year low as payrolls surge

The United States created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to a near three-year low, Nonfarm payrolls jumped 243,000, the Labor Department said on Friday, as factory jobs grew by the most in a year. We are giving away a Kindle read more

1099 advice from McAleney Wealth Management

    McAleney Wealth Management, LLC Jon C. McAleney President 350 Main Street Suite 3A Bedminster, NJ 07921 908-375-7970 jon@mcaleneywealth.com February 2012 Hi Everyone!Wow no snow yet and it's Febuary! Can you believe it? It's sure helping  all of our heating bills! Febuary also brings the time we start getting all your 1099's. Most companies should have the 1099's out by Feb 15th unless read more

Free Kindle Fire by Amazon Movies, apps, games, music, reading, web browser and more.

ScottiDesign is giving away a FREE Kindle Fire all you have to do is “Like” them. Do to ScottiDesign (Click here) Facebook page hit the “Like” button at the top of the page to enter to win. ScottiDesign an internet marketing and website development firm is showing off some of the promotions read more

Tax Appeals

This is a good time to be thinking about whether your paying too much in real estate taxes. The filing deadline is April 1, 2012. The process is not complicated but the first step is to understand what the market value of your property is, and whether you have the read more

Small business need to work together.

The 350 Project (http://www.the350project.net) has been around for a few years but I thought it would be a good idea to revive it for the new year. As the economy continues its steady climb we should all think about how we spend our money. Money spent at locally owned business read more

2012 WORKSHOPS @ NJSBDC of Northwest Jersey

Some very good workshops.  from NJSBDC of Northwest Jersey About NJSBDC The NJSBDC network (www.njsbdc.com) is the premier provider of comprehensive services and programs for small business in New Jersey. The organization, which consists of 11 centers statewide, helps businesses expand their operations, manage their growth or start ventures. Expert staff and read more

The good new keeps on coming.

(Reuters) - Employment growth accelerated last month and the jobless rate dropped to a near three-year low of 8.5 percent, the strongest evidence yet the economic recovery is gaining steam. The jobless rate, which peaked at 10 percent in October 2009, has dropped 0.6 percentage point in the last four months. For read more

Many of our members have seen a positive growth in their business.

Most of our members reported this morning that they are happy to see positive growth trends in their business.It may be because our members are the more aggressive motivated business people in our area but most member felt very positive about the future. I have been a member for over read more

Consumer Confidence up beating the forecasts

With the improvement in the job market, increase in corporate profits plus increases in durable goods orders and new homes sales, consumers are starting to regain their confidence. Bloomberg news reports.Confidence among U.S. consumers rose in December to the highest level in eight months as an improving job market helped read more

A new Holiday Tradition!

This one is worth sharing as most of us will be scrambling this weekend to finish up.. Christmas 2011 -- Birth of a New Tradition..shop local:) As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide Americans with monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods read more

25 New twitter tips

New Twitter: 25 Tips and Tricks for Savvy Tweeters by Brian Anthony Hernandez The reorganized and refashioned Twitter.com is a markedly different beast than it was just 48 hours ago. Now millions of users who call Twitter’s web destination home are looking for help. Perhaps just 25 soupcons of it. read more

Any wall or blackboard or desk could be turned into a writing surface with Magic Whiteboard

In this day and age of computers and technology it is quite liberating to touch a marker to whiteboard. Now imagine if any wall or blackboard or desk could be turned into a writing surface with a simple and easy to use product. Well your quest has been answered, you read more

Internet Marketing member featured in restaurant TV commercial.

Jeff Scotti our Internet Marketing specialist ended up in a television commercial for Maria's Cafe. At 22 seconds into the commercial you can see Jeff dressed in blue and Andew Bloom in green directly across the table from him. ScottiDesign builds websites and internet marketing plans for small businesses. read more

Thanks to Ron Karcich for filling in.

Ron Karcich our Real-estate Professional filled in this morning as our guest speaker. There were over 20 members present that all had something to add to the conversation. We were able to ask him all the questions we had about short sales and real-estate in general. Ron asked us to read more

More good economic news

Boeing posts it's biggest order ever and four days later gets a bigger order. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Emirates Airlines' position as the biggest all-time orderer of Boeing jets lasted all of four days.Boeing announced Thursday that Indonesia's Lion Air has set a record with a nearly $22 billion order of read more

Higher search engine results.

Clients always ask what is the best way to get listed higher in search engines. One of the best ways is to have a “Trusted” quality website link to your website. We have a goal to make our chapter's website a dynamic site that will be one of the most read more

No meeting Friday 11/4/11

Due to the widespread power outage and all the inconveniences most of our membership has had to endure from this storm, there will be no meeting this Friday, 11/4/11. See you on the 11th, CathyPosted by,Jeff Scottihttp://www.scottidesign.comWebsites and internet marketing(908) 333-5871 read more

Good economic news CAT has best quarter ever.

It is not getting much attention in the news but there are definite signs of the economy improving. BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Caterpillar's(CAT_) third-quarter earnings report is a sign the global economy won't suffer a double-dip recession.Caterpillar, the world's largest construction- and mining-equipment maker, reported a third-quarter profit of $1.71 a share, read more

Your sump pump didn't work?

Well, after Hurricane Irene came to visit us and then a tropical storm made its presence known the week afterwards, you absolutely know whether you have a water problem at your home or business.  Sump pump failure questions on your policy do not necessarily mean whether or not your sump read more

Mixer October 17, 2011

Somerset Hills LeTip had a business mixer on Monday Night October 17th at CoWorking in Long Valley. We had a great turn out of around 50 business people. It was two hours of networking capped off by an abbreviated meeting and the awarding of doorprizes donated by the LeTip Chapter read more

Vote Yes for Michele Tardive Kotarski

Vote Yes for Michele Tardive Kotarski! Ken Sonzogni Sonzogni, Bottitto & Fingerhut Kenneth Sonzogni, CPA 908-719-8600 ext 201 IRS Circular 230 Disclosure: To ensure compliance with requirements imposed by the IRS, we inform you that any U.S. federal tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachments) is not intended or written to be read more

Business Mixer Monday, October 17, 2011 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Business MixerMonday, October 17, 20115:30 pm – 7:30 pm 20 Schooley’s Mountain Road Long Valley, New JerseyWe are one of New Jersey’s most successful business networkinggroups. Last year we passed over $400,000 in business tips among our23 members. If you are interested in growing your business, join us to find out read more

ScottiDesign launches a new website for Ladyfingers

ScottiDesign is happy to announce they have just launched a new website for Ladyfingers of Chester, NJ. LadyFingers is a retail store in Chester, NJ Featuring Vera Bradley, Brighton, Chamilia, beautiful jewelry, and unique gifts for women of all read more

2 new members

Somerset Hills Letip welcomes two new members. Gregg Kattermann of Clearwater Construction-Long Valley, NJ - Established in 1998, Clearwater Construction, LLC, specializes in renovations, home remodeling, additions and new construction. More and Cristian Saavedra - Macarena Painting - 973-945-6678 -Painting and More Commercial, Residential, Interior, Exxterior, Decks, Power Washing, Stains and more. Fully read more

This weeks schedule

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF THE SCHEDULE Date Greeter Showboat Blogger Speaker 08/12/11 David Blaine Michele Katarski Julie Koza Tommy Endahl 8/12 Board meeting 8:32am 08/19/11 Greg Yannaccone David Blaine Jeff Scotti Susan Olinger 8/19 will be Inthe gardens of Sterling Horticultural Services 110 Bartley-Flanders Road, Flanders Directions: Route 206 to Bartley-Flanders Road (at Flanders Shop-Rite) ¼ mile from Shop-Rite, on read more

Schedule for 7/29/11

Program for Jul 29, 2011 Greeter-Michele Katarski Showboat-Robert Heffernan Speaker- Christine read more

blog post from Susan Olinger

Spring is here, it's time to get some "Garden Coaching" from Sterling Horticultural Serviceshttp://www.sterlinghort.com/?p=604  read more

CANCELLED EVENT

CANCELLED EVENT For those  of you coming to the Networking Event Friday morning at the Chester Diner it has been read more