How to Evaluate Your Marketing Spend
One of the most important success factors of small businesses is the ability to generate revenue, and to do that, most businesses need to market their services and products to bring in new customers and sales. The challenge for small business is how to make their...
Making Deadlines Can Save You Big Bucks in Your Business
There are a lot of deadlines that come with running a business. Missing some deadlines can have serious financial implications to the health of your business. Let’s take a look at how much you’ll save by being on time with the following deadlines. Payroll One of the...
Bookkeeping and Accounting Basics
Many new business owners are daunted by the idea of bookkeeping and accounting; most have not been trained to any degree in either field. Obviously, for the professional bookkeeper or accountant, both are fairly simple. Bookkeeping is the practice or profession of...
Is Your Workplace Female-Friendly?
Attracting and retaining talent in your small business can be a giant step toward growing into a mid-sized business. Beyond attracting new employees with salary and benefits, here are several perks, policies, and benefits to consider when recruiting women, and...
Three Super-Easy Ways to Boost Your Revenue for 2018
Every business has a gold mine in its current customer base. But not all business owners remember to mine this gold because they are too busy trying to attract new customers or developing new products or services. This is the perfect time of year to step back and...
Bookkeeping Tips for Your Business
It's a new year and a chance for a fresh start and that includes your bookkeeping! The beginning of the year is a great time to get your books in order and set up habits that can be easily followed and kept up with all year long. The start of each New Year gives the...
Five Tips to Make Tax Time Painless
Tax time is probably not your favorite time of year, especially if you have to pay the government your hard-earned dollars. Here are five tips on how we can make it just a bit less painful. 1. Have patience. Practicing patience will go a long way when you’re dealing...
Five Ways to Ring in 2018
Happy new year! January is the month of new beginnings and a perfect time to strategize about projects that will boost your business prosperity. Here are five ideas to get you thinking about new beginnings for your business in 2018. 1.Learn new technology. Every year,...
How to Write Your Mission Statement
Mission statements are not just for large corporations. As an owner of a small business, you can benefit from going through the exercise of writing your mission statement. It can not only re-connect you with your “why,” it can also communicate an important part of...
Create a Theme for a Prosperous and Meaningful New Year
It's almost 2018, and at this time of year, it's natural for us to pause and reflect on where we've been and where we want to go. For business owners, it's especially important to raise our minds above the daily fires for a moment, take in some fresh air, and elevate...