Costco Connection - January 2006

332005 Photo Contest Winners More than 19,000 Costco members from around the world gave us their best shots. We picked the best of the best. Here are the winners of Costco’s annual photo contest.

Siegfried Matull, Gualala, CA Honorable Mention, U.S.

24 Fire when ready

Does it really make sense to bite the hand that feeds you? Sometimes firing a client can actually help your small business in the long run.

BY HARVEY MEYER

27 Making your Web site seen How do you get people to visit your Web site? Search engine optimization is key to getting your URL on the short list of searches.

BY PAUL LIMA

31 Super chauffeur, etc.

SPECIAL SECTION:
FOR YOUR HEALTH

55 Ditch the diet

Say goodbye to on-again, off-again dieting by adopting some strategies you can use for life.

BY LAURA LANGSTON

60 Healthy living

We offer stories on workouts for women, a Lean & Fit lifestyle, the benefits of fish oil supplements, organizing your medicine and more.

COVER PHOTO: KEITH SZAFRANSKI

^Costco ^member ^Stephany ^Thompson^A ^truly ^Costco ^homedrives her successful small business ⁴¹_Barbara _and _Cliff _Marano _decoratedby running errands for folks in her _most _of _their ₄_{,000-square-foot}^small ^town ⁱⁿ ^Alaska.Connecticut home with furniture ^BY ^DONNA ^FREEDMANand accessories from Costco.