Estate and inheritance articles in the media

I'll be compiling in this thread some of the latest articles regarding inheritance and articles which show the importance of estate planning:

Using an LLC for Estate Planning

It can help you pass assets down to your heirs while avoiding taxes

By Michelle Ullman

Updated Jul 29, 2020

Surge in post-nup deals for late bequests and second marriages


How to Keep Your Heirs from Blowing Their Inheritance

Brit teen stripped of £500k inheritance by Sharia law court because she's a 'Christian'
The latest row comes after Paris' mum, Laleh Shahravesh, was detained in Dubai for calling her ex-husband's new wife a 'horse' on Facebook

My dad had a timeshare and died without a will. I don’t want it.

Groups to join to promote your publication

Are you a writer? Ann expert in your field and published books?

Today I did some research and found this groups with large following:

1. PROMOTE YOUR BOOK
- The description of the group is: This group's purpose is to help promote your book or reliable, inexpensive service. Authors: find readers/ reviewers. Readers: find new books, meet new authors! Stay on topic or be removed. Feel free to drop relevant ads or review requests. It has 742 fans as of June 5th, 2019.

2. KINDLE READERS & KINDLE WRITERS
- This is a place for readers and writers of Kindle and e-books to share their favorite stories and experiences of using the new electronic media. I shall also be showcasing my own work here in the hope that people might be interested enough to buy some of my stories. 14k fans as of June 5th, 2019.

3. E Books Rock
- E Books Rock is a place to post links about your books. Feel free to post. The idea is to advertise, not beg for Likes or Friends. Enjoy! Open to all genres, international as well. Also on Google+ as E Books Rock. Join both groups and create more exposure! The purpose of the group is to promote authors, and to promote reading in any genre. Starting August 1st 2018, begin your post with Keyword:(and insert the genre your book or post is best described by) Example "Keyword: Fiction" then the post. This will make your posts searchable in the window to the left "Search this group". Posts with out Keywords will be deleted.
Members · 14,264 as of June 5th, 2019

4. Book Junkie Promotions
This page is for all authors to promote their books, blogs, radio interviews, tours, etc. You may promote as much as you wish, as many books as you wish, whatever genre. Anyone promoting anything else will be instantly banned. Blocking admin will also result in a ban. (We can see who you are!)
Members · 29,176 as of June 5th, 2019

5. Author Book Promotion
Book bloggers and readers can find new Kindle books here, and authors can promote their books here. I wish you all the best with your book promotion here and hope you all enjoy additional sales of your books.
Members · 11,959 as of June 5th, 2019

6. Passion for Books
Everything related to books. Authors of books are welcome to post photos of your books. You can also post your videos. And talk about your books. All the other publicities not related to books will be deleted and the member removed. And everything not related to books will be deleted.
Members · 38,325 as of June 5th, 2019

7. The Book Nest
The Book Nest is a place for readers and authors from all around the world to merge and interact. It is a forum where authors can promote their work and readers can recommend and discover new books and authors. Please make photo albums, post your book covers, book reviews, web links, photographs, poetry, book trailers, videos and announce events etc. The Book Nest is an open group where everyone is welcome!
Members · 14,673 as of June 5th, 2019

8. Free Author Book Promotion
This group is for people to promote their book absolutely free to over 7000 subscribers.
Members · 11,132 as of June 5th, 2019

9. AMAZON BOOKS, LIKES AND RANKINGS
Feel free to promote your Amazon books as much as you please...Liking, sharing and commenting each other is highly encouraged. The most interesting commentators will receive weekly chances of having their posters on the cover image of the group. And also once a month I shall host the most interesting and active author on my blog, http://unikorna.blogspot.ro/. Kisses everyone and good luck with your books
Members · 18,978 as of June 5th, 2019

10. Books
Don't wait for the last minute to submit your books to the Forward National Literature Award! http://www.fnlaward.com/
Forward National Literature (FNL) is an independent literary organization dedicated to honoring traditionally published works in twelve categories. As well as garnering attention to its recipients and likely increasing sales, FNL showcases a combination of previously undiscovered and well-known authors based on content, uniqueness, and readability. Because we do not want anyone to be discouraged, there is no entry fee.
http://www.fnlaward.com/
Members · 16,358 as of June 5th, 2019

11. BOOK PLACE
A group for anyone who likes books or is in any way connected with books, including readers, authors, librarians, editors, agents.publicists, illustrators, and more. This includes both print and electronic forms.
Please adhere to Facebook rules. No porn or illegal entries, since we don't want our group to be kicked out.
Members · 32,263 as of June 5th, 2019

Social Media - latest Facebook updates

We manage several Facebook communities. Today we received the following notice from Facebook regarding groups:

"At F8 we announced that we're introducing more unique features for different types of groups. As part of these changes, we are simplifying the types that are available for Facebook Groups. We will soon be adding a new type called General, and retiring 13 of the old types. This update to group types will not change anything for a group's layout, settings or the tools admins can use.

What's changing?

1. We're adding three new group types.

General: The standard set of tools available to all groups. Most groups will soon be General groups.
Jobs: Announced at F8, the new Jobs type will include tools likea new post type for members to share job openings and an easy way for job seekers to filter posts and apply on Facebook.
Health Support: Announced at F8, Health Support groups will include tools like the ability for members to ask the group's admins to post on their behalf, which allows a member to make a sensitive post without revealing their identity to everyone else in the group.
2. Retiring 13 existing group types and updating them to General type.

Groups that are currently one of the types listed below will become General groups. This update will not change anything for a group's layout, settings or the tools admins can use.

Close Friends
Club
Events and Plans
Family
Neighbors
Parents
Project
School or Class
Study Group
Support
Team
Travel
Custom
All group types have the tools and features available to General groups. The difference is that types such as Buy and Sell or Video Games also include extra tools to meet those groups' unique needs.

3. Groups with no type selected will be updated to General groups.

Groups that had no type selected will become General groups. This will not change the experience for the admins and members of the group. This will not change anything for a group's layout, settings or the tools admins can use...

The full information is at: https://www.facebook.com/community/education/blog/changes-group-types?fb_dtsg_ag=AQyB74M2TYxfAC_1zJRDjSZjoxhM9v1hIEn8BjXkrJEYVQ%3AAQyA_y8OPkzDuIhx8BEmPQ38EWZ4gL3GTCxm5X64R_n7Fg&jazoest=27738

Do you have facebook group? Are you doing any changes to it?

Inheritance related articles

I have compiled herewith inheritance related articles. Note, I'm not affiliated in any way with these selections. I have them listed as personal reference and articles I have read regarding the topic of inheritance.
I hope you'll find it useful:

An interesting opinion piece in the Financial Times abound financial planning and your will. It raises questions about Inheritance Tax. Should you put money in a trust? How much should you gift? When? To whom? How? How often?

Read in New York Times:
A battle over the French entertainer Johnny Hallyday’s estate was effectively decided by his Instagram feed, which a judge consulted in determining that he was a resident of France

Postnup, remarriage and children:
Today in #GirlChat: When it comes to leaving an inheritance for your children

Dubai denied a British teen £500k inheritance, citing that she's Christian!

Check out the new Pinterest Board often, as new information gets is added:
ESTATE LAW | FAMILY LAW || Retirement planning || Relationships and finance

Blogging notes

I have used google's blog platform, the blogspot. I find it much easier to use. I have several blogs using blogger, including this BaysideDigital blog.

However, I will compile here some useful information regarding wordpress.

Here is introduction for wordpress at Wikipedia, you might like to learn about wordpress, which is a powerful tool, if you have the time to devote to it and learn all the tools available:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress.com. As per Widipedia, it is owned by Automattic Inc. is a web development corporation founded in August 2005. It is most notable for WordPress.com, as well as its contributions to WordPress. The company's name is a play on its founder's first name, Matt.

You might like to check out content management systems.

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Small Business Week, Scaling a Family Business,

This is a great episode for small businesses. We are a small business and we highly recommend watching this video Feel free to post your messages and recommendations from your business experiences as a small business.

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