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Self-employed individuals need to make liability insurance a priority in the twenty-first century. Today more than ever, individuals and corporations are eager to file even the most frivolous lawsuit against business owners they hold liable. The following article offers some general advice for protecting yourself, your assets, and your family as a business owner or self employed professional.

A liability is anything you or your company can be held responsible for in a court of law. If you do business in the public - as most of us do - you will need to think seriously about how you will go about insuring yourself against unexpected harm or the accusations of even your best customers.

There are several options to consider here from general liability insurance, contractors liability insurance, and small business liability insurance. Depending upon your profession, you will want to choose the best coverage plan for your operation. A general contractor will have different considerations than a commercial real estate operator, for example. The options your premium includes will naturally depend upon what type of work you are doing on a regular basis.

Retail operators - or any self employed who opens his or her doors to the general public - will also need to consider the possible claims that might arise with people making use of business facilities. If one of your customers slips and falls on the way to the bathroom, you could be held liable. If one of your employees develops an illness while on the job, you could be held liable. Of course, many employers manage to defend themselves successfully in court against ridiculous claims, but it is always better to be safe than sorry in the world of liability.

To find liability insurance, I highly recommend searching for providers online. Many quality liability coverage providers advertise on the web and offer very user friendly websites so you can get a free quote without much trouble. Be sure you provide accurate information when completing these quote forms to avoid sudden changes to your quote down the road.

Finding good insurance coverage for your business is an important step to take so invest a fair amount of time doing research and looking into different liability insurance companies before making a final decision. With so many tasks to accomplish as a self employed business owner, time can be limited. Still, this is an extremely important component for the future success of your endeavor.

Read much more about self employed liability insurance at http://Self-Employed-Insurance-Help.com today.

If you are lucky enough to have received a diamond ring for engagement or just a gift or are considering purchasing one for someone then it is worth looking into insuring such a precious stone.

Many people forget the importance of insuring a diamond ring, what can be worse than falling in love with a ring and something happening to it, whether it is lost or damaged if the ring is not insured then the costs will have to be forfeited by the owner, If the diamond ring was expensive then you may find your self in a situation where you simply can not afford to replace or repair the ring.

Diamond ring insurance is not as simple as you may think, most insurance companies will not just cover the item on your normal policy, some may cover jewelry for theft but not for other circumstances where by the diamond ring has become lost or damaged.

Most insurance companies will allow you to purchase additional insurance for fine jewelry and your diamond ring however there are a few questions you should ask before taking out this addition to your existing policy.

1st and most importantly you will want to know how much the insurance will cost. It is also wise to ask how this will affect your policy should you need to make a claim for your diamond ring.

2nd ask if an appraisal needed to cover your diamond ring and if so would these need to be provided by yourself by specific appraiser or will your insurance company take care of this for you.

3rd ask if the diamond ring be covered for its full value or replacement cost and will this be in the form of a cash sum where by you would purchase the replacement ring yourself or will the insurance company replace the diamond ring themselves and send to you.

4th check if the diamond ring be covered wherever the damage or loss takes place, some insurance companies will only cover loss or damage within your own company so additional travel insurance may be needed if you were to go abroad.

5th will the insurance cover all repairs on the diamond ring and who will make any repair to the ring, some insurance companies have their own tradesmen who would make any repairs needed other insurance companies will ask for several estimates provided by yourself before you can go ahead and get the diamond ring repaired.

6th always ask about excess, this is a sum of money you will pay before anything is repaired or replaced, this is normally ascertained by the value of the ring, it is a very important aspect of insurance, you may find small repairs can be done without going through your insurance, some cases will show that it simply is not worth paying the excess to replace or repair your diamond ring depending on the excess figure.

Diamond ring insurance may sound daunting but it need not be, knowing what to ask and knowing the facts always helps.

Vicki Churchill writes for several sites including Diamond Ring and Platinum Wedding Ring including who are the best insurers and what to consider when insuring your diamond ring

Blogs are known to attract large numbers of internet visitors; this is due to the very fluid nature of blogs. Blogs are dynamic and constantly changing with new information, they are more personable than a website because of the two-way interaction enabled by blog post comments, and often blogs are more truly reflective of the business because they are written and edited by the business owners themselves.

Blogs allow for so much flexibility. You can post the latest news broadcast for a business event, within minutes of a decision being made. Links, text, video and voice are easily added to your blog, without you needing any real background knowledge in web design or web codes or language. Yet if you do have a little in the way of basic skills with HTML or CSS, then you can enhance your blogs even further.

The authors of blogs become a part of a huge blogging community, connecting very easily with each other because of the blogging experiences that they share in common. Take a look at the bottom of any blogs at our home site, and you'll see a few examples of the types of communities to which bloggers attach themselves.

All the links that you place at a blog are a link back to that site, and is very quickly picked up by the search engine spiders. Search engines such as Google and Yahoo love blogs because of their constantly changing, and very recently, published content. Personally, I like to use Blogger because Google owns it, however I am not very certain of whether you are given preference in the search engines for that reason. I often like to think so!

There are so many sites you could explore if you're considering starting your own blog. A few of these you can see listed at a post dated in July, at our main blog. Most blog services are one hundred percent free, which is also very enticing for start up businesses particularly.

A great way to increase traffic at your blogs is by visiting other blogs and commenting at their posts. That too is a link back to your business site or blog. Your credibility in the blogging community is heightened if you have your own blog and if the comments left at other business blogs are genuine and informative, or provide constructive feedback.

Blogs have reached into the corporate and government sectors. More and more, having a blog is no longer perceived as a business elective, it is fast becoming a prerequisite. Business related blogs are also a fantastic way to keep a record of pertinent information to your industry, more specially if there is some news out there that will build a greater case for using the services of your business. You can quickly and easily direct a prospective customer to one of your blog posts, pointing to a poignant piece of research or industry news.

The web is becoming more social, and people are beginning to value relationships and conversations more than passively consuming information. Blogs are an integral part of the web 2.0, which is largely participatory in nature. If you are not exposing your business to customers within the web 2.0 evolution of the online world, you will not be set up in all the right communities for the web 3.0, again transforming the way the web is used.

A blog with frequently updated content, connecting to a great many social networks by way of feeding your content directly to your audience, will place you in prime position for being a part of the expansion of the internet and the web 3.0 applications currently being created.

In the not too distant future, in fact it is happening now, so much more online engagement with your prospective customers will be done on a network level, and ...what is central to relationship selling? The people who know you and who like you will use your services and buy your products! So get in amongst it all, starting with just one blog, after you have set up your business web site. Having your own blog will open up doors on the internet, that you did not know existed when you only had a single web site presence.

Adam (Ads) Onvids, from Perth in Western Australia, publishes blogs and articles for http://adsonvids.com.au to help you promote your local business online, using social media and web 2.0. Contact Ads at his eBusiness Card http://adam.adsonvids.com.au