Have you been trying to find the owner of an email address? Are you getting far too many spam messages in your inbox? These are common problems for people who use the internet face weekly. The internet has opened the flood gates for communication and sometimes, problems can arise.

A reverse email directory, or reverse e-mail lookup, can help you find either the owner of an internet mail address or report how many email addresses are registered under a particular name. These websites have large databases that house registration information on any email address on the web. So, if you have lost contact with someone and you would like to know how to get back in touch, this is a perfect solution.

If you have been trying to find this information on the web, and come up empty handed, a 15 second search can give you the results you are seeking. When searching through a reverse email directory, it is important to find a website with a robust database so you can be sure you are getting accurate reports delivered to you. There is nothing worse than getting the wrong information, especially when you really need it.

After a quick search, the reverse email service will let you know if they have the owner or address you are seeking and ask you if you would like to download it. Most people have to use a service like this at least once or twice per year, depending on circumstances.

So, if someone is harassing you or you just need to find out the owner of a particular email address, an e mail lookup can help put your mind at ease.

If you go to your class reunion, you may reconnect with some old friends from school. These don't happen often, however, and there are some people who think these are a waste of time and don't bother to show up. When you want to find an old classmate, you have to think about the quickest and easiest ways to catch up with them. Today, you have the option of connecting with them through the Internet. That works well if you know where to look.

Before you search, remember that some people are not online, and they are going to be harder to find. Not everyone thinks the Internet is a good thing, and they avoid it as much as possible. Some have been online for a long time, but they really don't go on much any longer. Those that do may have been careful about personal information, and they may never be found no matter how hard you look.

Despite all of that, some are easier to find than you may think. Your first step should be to find classmate matching sites that are going to set you up immediately to be in contact with those that you knew in school. Think of Classmates.com and Reunion.com. Both are excellent in those regards. Add your information and then see what comes up. Don't forget to read through and use the message boards for your school if you still can not find someone.

You can also take advantage of the networking sites - both professional and social. Most of them have links through which you can see who else from your school and your graduation class is on that particular site. Once you enter your own information, you are going to find searching much easier and more exact. Search these sites by your classmate's name as well, as some don't include their school information and may not be found through that school network.

When you have trouble locating someone through those means, but you have an old mobile number for your classmate, try a site that allows you to trace a cell phone number. You can get some information for free, and details for a fee. See if you find out anything more through these sites when all else fails.

Mary is a bookworm that loves to write about technology and ethical issues. You can check out her latest tech project at http://www.FreeCellPhoneTracer.com

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1. Use free services.

You can find almost every telephone number using public record services. If you're looking for a person it might be a bit harder because many people request their number removed from the public databases.

However, if you're looking for a business, that shouldn't be a problem. Just go to yellowpages.com and search there. If the business isn't listed in Yellow Pages, simply do a Google search on the name of the business and if they have a website, find the "contact us" or "about us" link to find out more about them.

But, for a person, if a free service doesn't help you might want to consider investing in some of the paid and more advanced services.

2. Use paid services

There are lots of players in this field. Unfortunately, I found that 90% of so-called "detective" websites are rip-offs. If you find a site that says you can get instant access (for a certain time) to millions of public, address, criminal, marriage records there is a huge chance the site is a rip-off.

Why? Because paid sites don't work this way. You get charged for detailed background report of a person. With a good reason. Some of those sites actually pay to the database provider for each search. Some of them (like US Search for courthouse records) even have a team of people who go and ask for the data in person.

3. Use people search engines

Sites like pipl.com (you have a bigger list here help you search through social networking sites like MySpace or Hi5. Some people store their phone numbers there. If you find a persons profile, you can even contact him for a phone number.

4. Use your 'social engineering' skills

Although this is a black hat technique, you can use it in good purposes. If you really need a persons number, call his/her close relative, friend of them you know and say you're a close friend and you need their number immediately in order to give some important information or whatever.

5. Use a private investigator

This is the most expensive, yet time-saving option. There are lots of private investigators to find on sites like freelancesecurity.com for little money.

Good luck with your searching!

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It can sometimes prove a difficult task to find a suitable local tradesman or service supplier, particularly as there is such a vast range to search through. But in today's modern world there are various methods available to search through for these local businesses, making finding the required results much easier.

For many people, the first port of call when looking for recommendations on reliable local tradesmen has traditionally been next door neighbours, friends and family. It may also be likely that over the course of time you might have recorded the contact details of reliable tradesmen and service providers in your own personal phone book, so you would know who to call for emergency water leaks or who could fix a washing machine that has stopped working. However, just as often, that information becomes dated as tradesmen retire, sell their business, move away from the local area or simply cease trading, meaning that once-stalwart handyman may no longer available when the time comes to call on his services and so the process of finding another begins.

Before the advent of the Internet, word of mouth and handing out business cards were imperative for a business to become noticed. In fact, businesses were led to believe there was no other way to go about advertising. As competition for business has increased, due to a greater amount of tradesmen and a growing population, so has the need for your business to raise its public profile.

Although many local tradesmen and service providers continue to use tried and trusted methods, such as advertising in local newspapers, distributing flyers and even placing a postcard ad in a newsagent's window, traditional methods of finding local tradesmen and service suppliers are now being given a helping hand from the Internet.

Many online providers and local directory websites offer rating systems that allow a user to view the ratings given by previous customers of local tradesmen and service suppliers. This option gives a potential customer the ability to consider the best person or service for the job in mind by analysing these ratings, which can also help reduce the chance of dealing with a rogue tradesman or service provider.

Quick and easy-to-use online search systems are also now available that help display results that match the searchers requirements and a phone number search using such systems can often provide more information than conventional paper-based methods, such as a business address or trading hours. What's more, many businesses can even be directly contactable through these systems, by way of direct calling, email and even SMS messages, which can all help to boost business.

As a result, these listings can offer speed and convenience in their service, both to the searcher and the business - an often sought-after requirement for those unforeseen circumstances when you need a tradesman or local supplier urgently, while making the business themselves more contactable.

Paul McIndoe writes for a digital marketing agency. This article has been commissioned by a client of said agency. This article is not designed to promote, but should be considered professional content.

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PETALUMA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2000

Tegal Corp. (Nasdaq:TGAL) today announced that a major East Coast based customer has placed a follow-on order for multiple Tegal 901e etchers.

The tools will be used for etching Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) devices, which are widely used in wireless communication products such as cellular telephones. Valued at over a million dollars, the order is scheduled to ship during this fiscal year. GaAs and other III-V materials are used to make the integrated circuitry for high-performance telephony, data communications, wireless telecommunication devices and wireline solutions for the Internet. Demand for wireless telecommunication appliances and services are expected to fuel explosive growth in demand for high speed telecommunication IC devices. According to Cahner's In-Stat Group, this market is forecast to grow at a CAGR in excess of 20%.

The 901e systems ordered are specially designed for the challenging wafer handling and processing requirements of GaAs substrates. They feature a production-proven transport system that minimizes wafer damage and maximizes product yields. This order doubles the installed base of 901 etchers at this customer site.

"We continue to expand our strategic position in the rapidly growing wireless telecommunications IC market. Follow on orders like this demonstrate the industry's ongoing confidence in Tegal's ability to provide the most advanced etching equipment for GaAs applications," commented Michael Parodi, chairman, president and CEO of Tegal

Tegal's 900 series etching systems are widely recognized for their low cost of ownership and high-throughput. More than 1,300 of the 900 Series systems have been installed around the world and are supported by an extensive worldwide parts and service organization.

About Tegal Corp.

Tegal Corp., headquartered in Petaluma, is a leading designer and manufacturer of plasma etch systems used in the production of integrated circuits (ICs), opto-telecom devices and other related microelectronics devices. Etching is a key process and must be repeated multiple times in the production of these devices. Tegal markets and services its systems in all major IC-producing regions of the world. More information is available on the Internet at www.tegal.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to industry conditions, economic conditions, acceptance of new technologies, the growth of the wireless market, as well as other risks set forth in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SAN JOSE, CALIF.--On the heels of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's Wireless '95 show in New Orleans last week, VLSI Technology's Wireless Products division today will launch a salvo of new products, including a two-chip Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) solution for cellular radio telephones and two Digital European Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) chips targeting both European and U.S. markets.

VLSI's two-chip GSM solution consists of the VP22002 Kernel Processor and VP22020 GSM Vocoder, which together are said to perform all baseband signal processing required for a GSM mobile station, from speech vocoding to the radio system modular interface. Both parts are compliant to GSM specifications.The GSM Kernel Processor integrates type-approved GSM functional blocks, such as channel coder, equalizer, GSMK modulator and timing generator, along with VLSI's Functional System Block (FSB) technology, including a 32-bit ARM RISC microcontroller. The MCU operates at one instruction per clock cycle, giving a maximum processing power of 13MIPS. Power management facilities permit 155mW power draw at 5V operation in active mode; 25mW in idle mode; and 10mW in sleep mode. The GSM Vocoder operates at 13Kbits/sec., offers fully asynchronous coding and decoding processes, and has two asynchronous data ports and a host microprocessor interface.

The Kernel Processor is packaged in a 176-pin TQFP and is available now for $47 in 1,000-unit quantities. The Vocoder is available in 100-pin TQFP packages and costs $18 in same quantitiesAlso in VLSI's new wireless lineup is a family of two separate DECT chips consisting of the VLSI VP23000, targeted at base station applications, and the VP23001 processor, targeted at handset applications. Both implement the digital processing for DECT physical and media access control (MAC) layers.

The VP23000 is a DECT protocol engine that brings together the DECT core and the G.721 transcoder and is said to improve system range and performance in "noisy" environments. In the audio interface, the core passes 32Kbps speech data to the G.721 transcoder via multiport RAM. The device also has a software programmable radio interface, and the ability to work with industry standard MCUs. An on-chip host interface supports both the Motorola and Intel processor bus architectures as well as other MCUs.

The VP23001 integrates the DECT core and G.721 transcoder with an audio codec. It incorporates all functions to implement a minimum-component count, lowpower handset, containing a programmable PCM codec, a digital processing subsystem for the DECT physical layer, a radio interface, and a host processor.

Both parts come in 100-pin TQFP packages and are available priced at sub-$10 in production quantities.

Providing a roadmap to planned future product developments, VLSI said it will follow this week's introduction of the 13Kbps GSM chipset with a mid-year rollout of a 3-Volt, half-rate (6.5Kbps) device to integrate with its Oak DSP core. In addition, between now and 1997, VLSI will unveil a series of full and half-rate devices including a vocoder, GSM/DECT vocoder and GSM/DECT Kernel, plus it is working on single-chip GSM solutions.

Similarly, in the DECT arena, the company is planning to later this year introduce another DECT product at the customer premises PBX market. VLSI has under development for the 1996 time-frame a residential DECT single-chip offering and a DECT audio processor for office terminal voice/data applications, plus other PBX DECT solutions.

VLSI claims to be a supplier to five of the top 10 cellular telephone vendors as measured by worldwide sales.

PETALUMA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2000

Tegal Corp. (Nasdaq:TGAL) today announced that a major East Coast based customer has placed a follow-on order for multiple Tegal 901e etchers.

The tools will be used for etching Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) devices, which are widely used in wireless communication products such as cellular telephones. Valued at over a million dollars, the order is scheduled to ship during this fiscal year. GaAs and other III-V materials are used to make the integrated circuitry for high-performance telephony, data communications, wireless telecommunication devices and wireline solutions for the Internet. Demand for wireless telecommunication appliances and services are expected to fuel explosive growth in demand for high speed telecommunication IC devices. According to Cahner's In-Stat Group, this market is forecast to grow at a CAGR in excess of 20%.

The 901e systems ordered are specially designed for the challenging wafer handling and processing requirements of GaAs substrates. They feature a production-proven transport system that minimizes wafer damage and maximizes product yields. This order doubles the installed base of 901 etchers at this customer site.

"We continue to expand our strategic position in the rapidly growing wireless telecommunications IC market. Follow on orders like this demonstrate the industry's ongoing confidence in Tegal's ability to provide the most advanced etching equipment for GaAs applications," commented Michael Parodi, chairman, president and CEO of Tegal. Tegal's 900 series etching systems are widely recognized for their low cost of ownership and high-throughput. More than 1,300 of the 900 Series systems have been installed around the world and are supported by an extensive worldwide parts and service organization.

About Tegal Corp.

Tegal Corp., headquartered in Petaluma, is a leading designer and manufacturer of plasma etch systems used in the production of integrated circuits (ICs), opto-telecom devices and other related microelectronics devices. Etching is a key process and must be repeated multiple times in the production of these devices. Tegal markets and services its systems in all major IC-producing regions of the world. More information is available on the Internet at www.tegal.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to industry conditions, economic conditions, acceptance of new technologies, the growth of the wireless market, as well as other risks set forth in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SAN JOSE, CALIF.--On the heels of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's Wireless '95 show in New Orleans last week, VLSI Technology's Wireless Products division today will launch a salvo of new products, including a two-chip Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) solution for cellular radio telephones and two Digital European Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) chips targeting both European and U.S. markets.

VLSI's two-chip GSM solution consists of the VP22002 Kernel Processor and VP22020 GSM Vocoder, which together are said to perform all baseband signal processing required for a GSM mobile station, from speech vocoding to the radio system modular interface. Both parts are compliant to GSM specifications.The GSM Kernel Processor integrates type-approved GSM functional blocks, such as channel coder, equalizer, GSMK modulator and timing generator, along with VLSI's Functional System Block (FSB) technology, including a 32-bit ARM RISC microcontroller. The MCU operates at one instruction per clock cycle, giving a maximum processing power of 13MIPS. Power management facilities permit 155mW power draw at 5V operation in active mode; 25mW in idle mode; and 10mW in sleep mode. The GSM Vocoder operates at 13Kbits/sec., offers fully asynchronous coding and decoding processes, and has two asynchronous data ports and a host microprocessor interface.

The Kernel Processor is packaged in a 176-pin TQFP and is available now for $47 in 1,000-unit quantities. The Vocoder is available in 100-pin TQFP packages and costs $18 in same quantities.
Also in VLSI's new wireless lineup is a family of two separate DECT chips consisting of the VLSI VP23000, targeted at base station applications, and the VP23001 processor, targeted at handset applications. Both implement the digital processing for DECT physical and media access control (MAC) layers.

The VP23000 is a DECT protocol engine that brings together the DECT core and the G.721 transcoder and is said to improve system range and performance in "noisy" environments. In the audio interface, the core passes 32Kbps speech data to the G.721 transcoder via multiport RAM. The device also has a software programmable radio interface, and the ability to work with industry standard MCUs. An on-chip host interface supports both the Motorola and Intel processor bus architectures as well as other MCUs.

The VP23001 integrates the DECT core and G.721 transcoder with an audio codec. It incorporates all functions to implement a minimum-component count, lowpower handset, containing a programmable PCM codec, a digital processing subsystem for the DECT physical layer, a radio interface, and a host processor.

Both parts come in 100-pin TQFP packages and are available priced at sub-$10 in production quantities.

Providing a roadmap to planned future product developments, VLSI said it will follow this week's introduction of the 13Kbps GSM chipset with a mid-year rollout of a 3-Volt, half-rate (6.5Kbps) device to integrate with its Oak DSP core. In addition, between now and 1997, VLSI will unveil a series of full and half-rate devices including a vocoder, GSM/DECT vocoder and GSM/DECT Kernel, plus it is working on single-chip GSM solutions.

Similarly, in the DECT arena, the company is planning to later this year introduce another DECT product at the customer premises PBX market. VLSI has under development for the 1996 time-frame a residential DECT single-chip offering and a DECT audio processor for office terminal voice/data applications, plus other PBX DECT solutions.

VLSI claims to be a supplier to five of the top 10 cellular telephone vendors as measured by worldwide sales.

This is part two of a two part series concerning communicating more effectively. Part one covered questions one through five about factual information (demographics). Part two covers how to use these characteristics to improve communications.

To avoid communication barriers, business owners must learn all they can about the business’s present and potential customers. The knowledge acquired from answering questions six through ten reveals the different types of communications and media required to communicate effectively with targeted markets.

1. How do the public demographics covered in questions one through five enhance communications?

Knowing segments like age, occupation, income, gender and national origin of a target market reveals a wealth of additional characteristics. Putting these characteristics into a table or matrix reveals the characteristics most repeated across segments. The four or five characteristics most repeated or shared provide good appeals for the market. Just considering one segment is similar to stereotyping. But gathering information across segments adds detail. It enables business owners to better understand market members and to more effectively communicate with them.

2. How can these appeals best be expressed verbally?

Knowing a public’s shared characteristics provide communicators with detailed ways to improve verbal and visual communications. Writing style and level as well as verbal appeals must conform to shared characteristics.

For instance, self-improvement and how-to-information articles written in a simple style communicate well with lower class members because such articles help them to meet their needs on limited incomes. Middle class people can be better reached with articles written in a more complex style about advancing their careers and financing their children’s education.

3. How can these appeals best be expressed visually?

Preferences for graphic design techniques, colors, and art also vary by shared characteristics. For instance:

• Generations X and Y prefer centered typesetting for headlines while Baby Boomers and the World War II generation prefer aligned left headlines.

• Young single women prefer earth tone shades while married women with children prefer pastels.

• People who are well educated and in the higher social classes like abstract art, while less educated, working class people prefer realistic photographs.

4. What communication vehicles best reach the public?

Different public characteristics also provide keys to selecting communication vehicles and topics. Consider the differences below by social classes and generations.

• Working class – prefer lively advertisements and promotions, self-improvement and how-to articles.

• Middle class – want information about living graciously on middle class incomes, bettering their careers, improving their homes and family life.

• Upper class – primarily seek investment and financial information.

• Generations X and Y don’t trust the media and prefer person-to-person communications.

• Generation X – prefers communications through music and over the Internet.

• Generation Y – prefers loud and quick moving visuals, and humorous and emotional representations of their lifestyles.

• World War II – prefers print publications that provide information on staying healthy and managing their limited incomes.

5. How can business owners best use this information to meet their purposes and improve their communications? Business owners can improve their communication effectiveness by using the Matrix Market Segmentation process to determine the best appeals for any market.

The first concept leading towards cellular wireless technology was the creation of Mobile Radio services. Mobile radio services basically were walkie talkie or CB communications.

Mobile radio services were first used in 1921. Police used mobile radio for closed radio communications between police dispatch. Only one line of communication could be used at a time. So if one officer was on the line with a dispatcher the other officers or dispatcher would not be able to be reached.

It wasn't until 1946 that the first mobile telephone was created. These phones were specifically made for cars and ran a price of $2,500 and that was in 1946! The phone weighed over 3 lbs. and was bulky in appearance as well.

Along with the bulky shape and price of these analog cell phones, only 25 users in an entire city could use the cellular service at one time so congestive failure was ever so common.

If having only 25 city wide users wasn't enough, lines were full of static and constantly disconnecting. You had to be rich and patient to own a cellular phone in 1946.

Over the years cellular wireless technology has gone digital and although many may complain of cellular quality still, cellular services are far more reliable and affordable today than they ever were before.

Do you have a crisis management or crisis communications plan for your business or organization? Do you believe your business or organization is too small to need a crisis communications plan? Or do you believe that crises only happen to others?

If you are like the majority of businesses and organizations today, especially small to medium sized ones, you answered NO to the first question and probably YES to the second question. And I hope you answered NO to the third question.

Well, I cannot emphasize too strongly that no matter how big or small you are, every organization should have a crisis management and crisis communications plan.

If you read the newspapers or watch the news on TV or hear the news on the radio, you know that crises happen every day. No person or organization is immune from crises. Think about such recent crises as fires, bank robberies, corporate scandals, sexual harassment, product recalls, death of top executives, closing a facility, etc.

So what should you do? The answer: develop a crisis management plan in 2 parts. The first part is the crisis management plan (how your company or organization will deal with the crisis at hand to minimize negative impacts). The second part is the crisis communications plan (how you will communicate with the media and the public about the crisis).

Too many companies prepare one without the other. Both are critically important. Your goal needs to be that most crises will never get reported in the media because you handled the situation skillfully enough that it never became visible to the media. And the development and implementation of a good crisis communications plan will help make sure of that.

Some great tips and techniques for your crisis management program can be found on the Public Relations Society of America website. General principles that can positively affect your actions and communication in a crisis situation.

Crisis communication planning can help you deal effectively with those unexpected disasters, emergencies or other unusual events that may cause unfavorable publicity for your organization.

Before the crisis, successful communication will depend, in large part, on the preparations you make long before the emergency occurs.

During the crisis, your focus is to deal with the situation, gather accurate information and communicate quickly.

Reporters provide few surprises in a crisis situation.

Your spokesperson should be forthright in dealing with media questions. There are, however, some questions he or she simply cannot and should not answer.

Your spokesperson should not respond to media questions with "no comment" because this answer can imply a lack of cooperation, an attempt to hide something or a lack of concern. There are more appropriate responses when he or she either doesn't have one or is not at liberty to give certain information after the crisis.

I sat on two juries (felony cases) during three weeks of jury duty. I saw nearly thirty witnesses and heard four different attorneys argue their cases. In between attorneys and witnesses there was plenty of time to think over what I had seen and heard. After I reviewed the evidence, testimonies, and arguments and then deliberated with my fellow jury members I reflected on my knowledge of business communications and found a direct parallel.

Here are 12 Things About Business I Learned While On Jury Duty:

1. Don’t believe everything you see.

2. Don’t believe everything you hear.

3. You don’t always have the facts you need, but you need to make a decision based on what evidence you have on hand.

4. There are more than two sides to each story.

5. Unanimous decisions are made up of compromises and hard won small victories.

6. Expressions can both reveal as well as mask the truth.

7. At the heart of each side is communications.

8. Choices never come easy.

9. The right questions don’t always get asked.

10. Doubt always remains.

11. Sometimes you have to settle for what you hope is right.

12. Satisfaction comes from a verdict or choice you believe is right and then having your judgment confirmed as valid and correct.

Do you consider yourself to be an effective business communicator? Have you honed your skills when communicating via E-mail and voice-mail messaging, in addition to the more traditional formal business writings? Could you use a little help improving the effectiveness of your business communications in each of these forms?

Regardless of how you responded to my questions, I am going to say that I believe each of us can always use some help in improving the effectiveness of our business communications. And I want to assist you and guide you in finding ways to do just that. And I will start with the more formal or traditional written business communications form. Tina Miller is a freelance writer who’s been published in Corporate & Incentive Travel and the Milwaukee Business Journal and she offers the following tips:

1. Write the way you speak.

2. Take a positive approach.

3. Tell your readers what’s in it for them.

4. Write at the reader’s level.

5. Never send a business communication when you are angry.

6. Anticipate questions.

7. Be careful with acronyms and technical language.

8. Reap the Rewards of Technology.

9. If you can wait an extra day before sending the communication, take advantage of that extra time.

Next, let’s look at E-mail, which is a major means of business communications and in fact is the “preferred” business communication form for a major part of the total communications effort by many businesses today. I found 10 tips to writing effective E-mail prepared by Jessica Bauer and Dennis Jerz. Here they are:

1. Write a meaningful subject line.

2. Keep the message focused and readable.

3. Avoid attachments.

4. Identify yourself clearly.

5. Be kind – don’t flame.

6. Proofread.

7. Don’t assume privacy.

8. Distinguish between formal and informal situations.

9. Respond promptly.

10. Show respect and restraint.

And finally let’s look at voice-mail messaging, another major means of business communication. Here are 10 tips for effective voice-mail messages from Jeff Wuorio, a veteran freelance writer and author based in southern Maine.

First – what to do when you’re the one leaving the message:

1. Get to the purpose of your call.

2. Put contact information up front as well.

3. Don’t repeat what the system already knows.

4. Get to know the person who’s getting the message.

5. Avoid trying to leave a message about numerous topics.

Second - tips for your recorded voice-mail greetings:

1. Consider changing your greeting every day.

2. Offer specifics.

3. Encourage detailed messages.

4. Use humor and offbeat material with caution.

5. Always review your outgoing message.

Please read Jeff’s entire article found at:

www.microsoft.com

Glenn Ebersole, Jr. is a multi-faceted professional, who is recognized as a visionary, guide and facilitator in the fields of business coaching, marketing, public relations, management, strategic planning and engineering. Glenn is the Founder and Chief Executive of two Lancaster, PA based consulting practices: The Renaissance Group, a creative marketing, public relations, strategic planning and business development consulting firm and J. G. Ebersole Associates, an independent professional engineering, marketing, and management consulting firm. He is a Certified Facilitator and serves as a business coach and a strategic planning facilitator and consultant to a diverse list of clients. Glenn is also the author of a monthly newsletter, “Glenn’s Guiding Lines – Thoughts From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach” and has published more than 250 articles on business.

There are three types of IRS audits; correspondence, office and field.

Depending on which audit IRS selects for you can produce very different results. This article is about the IRS Correspondence (CP2000) Audit. If you have been notified about a field or office audit it would be best to look in the yellow pages for an Enrolled Agent if you don't have a year round Tax professional.

If you have received a CP2000 in the mail, the first thing to do is breath deep, not to worry, prepare a cup of tea or coffee, sit down and READ the CP-2000. This form looks very intimidating, however, once you actually read the pages you will understand exactly what must be done. But WAIT.

It is our strong suggestion that you contact your Tax Professional. The reason is simple. A CP2000 is a Correspondence Audit. This is when IRS request that you mail information or documents instead of meeting with you. This method of auditing is used to verify such things as real estate sales, itemized deductions and other information concerning deductions. It may have been a small error in the preparation of the taxes that resulted in a big adjustment or it may be a mistake on IRS's part concerning your deductions and or dependents.

If IRS is correct, it is best for your Tax Professional to receive this information. Because once its established that IRS is correct - they (IRS) will want to know how you plan to pay your tax liability, assuming there are taxes owed. At that very point in the communications, you will need a tax professional to help you tell IRS the truth and still have a reasonable amount of disposable income remaining each month for whats left of your social life.

When you receive communications from IRS that you don't understand, contact your Tax professional. If IRS sends you communications that requires your signature, run, not walk, to your Tax professional.

Cassandra is a Registered Tax Professional and Instructor for Basic Tax Classes in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her online tax services provides basic tax resolution. Visit http://www.taxeswilltravel.com for more information