5 Tips to Get Ready for a Pain-Free Tax Time
Five Tips to Get Ready for a Pain-Free Tax Time With the holiday season just around the corner, it's a perfect time to get your financial records in order. Tax moves you make now can mean finding more "green" to spend on family gifts and festivities. Here are five...
Get Ready for 2016 QuickBooks Can help
Get Ready for 2016: QuickBooks Can Help We'll be ringing in the New Year soon. Will you have wrapped up your 2015 finances by then? There's something very satisfying about turning our calendars to January. It always feels like a fresh start. We resolve to develop...
Is There An App for That?
Is There an App for That? The technology side of the accounting industry is rapidly changing and expanding. Literally hundreds, if not thousands of new companies and new software applications have sprung up to help small businesses automate their processes and save...
How To Read Your Balance Sheet
How to Read Your Balance Sheet The Balance Sheet is an important report in your business's financial statements. Most small business owners are unsure of what all of the numbers mean on this report, so let's see if we can shed some light on what they mean. A...
Does Your Small Business Need a CRM?
Have you ever stayed at a hotel and then returned, finding that they have stocked your room with everything you asked for the last time you were here? Your special allergenic pillow was already waiting for you, you were asked if you would like a dinner reservation...
Five Browser Productivity Tips
Most of us spend a lot of time browsing the Internet, and that means using browser software. Google Chrome is the most popular browser with roughly 40 percent market share. Internet Explorer follows with about a 30 percent share and Firefox is third with less than...
How Painless Is Your New Customer Experience?
Is your business easy to do business with? Or is it difficult? The answer could impact your revenue as well as your reputation for service. Here are a few tips to help you stand in your customer’s shoes for just a few minutes to answer those questions. First...
Five Ways to Go Green with Your Accounting
With St. Patrick’s Day and spring arriving, March is a great month to have “green” on the mind. There are green shamrocks, green beer, the green of new vegetation, and there’s even green accounting too. Here are five ways to make your accounting a little more green....
Six Business Topics and Trends to Study for 2014
Happy New Year! The New Year brings new areas to benefit from and be aware of. You’ve likely heard these topics mentioned in the news. The question is, have you stopped and thought about how they will be impacting your business this year? The Biggie: The...
Optimize Your Revenue Mix for More Profits in 2014
Many small business owners focus on generating more revenue every year, and that’s a great objective. But not all revenue is created equally. If you sell more than one product or service in your business, then you can benefit from looking at your revenue mix....