Finally, Microsoft Philippines launched Microsoft 7 Beta yesterday, that aims to make computer works faster! However, the product is not yet available and consumers might wait until the fourth quarter of this year to avail.

This is good news for Vista users who are experiencing difficulties in the system, a lot of complaints against Vista are collected because of it’s slowness and lack of compatibility with other hardware devices.

Jay Joson of Microsoft Philippines is encouraging companies to upgrade their computers to Microsoft 7 Beta to experience faster system. Microsoft 7 beta is ideal for companies that depend a lot on computers.

Making and Saving money is quite hard to do in this kind of economy we have. However, we must go on and think of an alternative way to earn money. Venturing in a small business or getting a part time job is a great alternative to sustain our daily finances.

Here are my Top 5 alternatives to get extra income:

1. Computer Shop- Computer shops are one of the most in trend and progressive business to put up nowadays.

2.  Apply for a Home based online job- There are websites online that hires people who can send articles to them by daily or weekly basis. The payment will depend on how many article you sent. The minimum pay is p300 per article.

3. Join in a Direct Selling Company- This is really works for employees who want to earn an extra income. Direct Selling is not time consuming, you can even sell your products on breaktime or after work.

4. Bake Cakes and Pastries- For those who want to earn while at home, venturing in this business is also great. You don’t have to spend a lot of money to start in this kind of business, all you need to have is a baking skills.

5. Create a Blog- This is the most common way of getting paid nowadays, without exerting too much effort. Just create a blog, make it as creative and well viewed,  and apply to GoogleAdsense, you will get paid from the ads that the google had posted to your blog or site.

Chinese-Filipino Business Club, Inc. launched a 2-day seminar that aims to help people venture in a small business to gain extra income.

The seminar will focus on businesses that can be obtain at home:

• Fashion Jewelry Making will be held on February 26, 2009 (Thursday) at 1:00-5:00 pm

•  T-Shirt Printing and Mug Design Transfer will be conducted on February 27, 2009 (Friday) at 1:00-5:00 pm

Both seminar will be held at 8th floor, Sky 1 Tower, 68 Dasmarinas St. Binondo, Manila.

The seminar is FREE and there are only limited seats available so hurry up and register now!

For Registration, please call CFBCS at Telephone #s 244 4991/244 4996. fax them at 241 6475 or kindly visit them as 7th Flr. Sky 1 Tower, 68 Dasmarinas St. Binondo, Manila.

Registration is between 9:00-12:00nn and 1:00-5:00pm.

A book entitled The Fund Raiser’s guide to Fund Raising by Mayan G. Quebral aims to teach fund raisers and interested to be one the successful way to conduct a fund raising program. She also listed 7 principles that is absolutely helpful to obtain success in fund raising, the 7 principles are as follows:

1. If you passionately believe in what you are doing, you will raise a lot of money.

2. Realize that fund raising is NOT about money

3. The road to your organization’s success will be full of bumps, obstacles, and distractions. Vision-Mission-Goal statements will keep you focused and on course.

• Vision- Shared hopes, dreams, and image of the future.
• Mission- The reason your organization exists
• Goals- Shape the targets towards which plans and actions are directed

4. The crafting of your vision statement determines how you will ask money from your perspective donors.

5. If you consult your mission statement before you make major decisions, you will always be on track towards your vision.

6. Taking the organization vision to heart transforms your people from employees to advocates.

7. An organization driven by its vision, mission, and goals will outlasts any personal-driven organization.