Category Archives: Business Development

Five Modern Marketing Methods You May Not Know About

Posted on April 30, 2015 by admin

Older marketing methods like direct mail and cold calling just don’t work as effectively as they did a few decades ago.  There are two reasons for that: The trust level between people has dropped more than 20 percentage points in … Continue reading →

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Does Your Accounting Department Have Holes in It?

Posted on April 2, 2015 by admin

Does Your Accounting Department Have Holes in It? You’ve got someone to do your federal and state income tax returns, and you have a bookkeeper. So that’s all that a small business needs when it comes to having an accounting … Continue reading →

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Influencing Your Word-of-Mouth Results

Posted on March 5, 2015 by admin

Just about every business relies on “word-of-mouth” marketing to get the vast majority of its clients. If this is true for your business, then it just makes sense to figure out how to boost your referrals from all sources. Referrals … Continue reading →

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The One Question to Ask Each Day

Posted on February 5, 2015 by admin

As a business owner, you’re likely torn in a hundred different directions every day. It can take up most of the work day just fighting fires, serving your customers, and answering employees’ questions. It’s super-easy to lose sight of what … Continue reading →

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Planning for a Fabulous 2015

Posted on December 24, 2014 by admin

The holiday month of December brings celebration as well as reflection for all the events that occurred in 2014.  It also gives us great hope for a new fabulous start in 2015.  Here are three ideas to start 2015 with … Continue reading →

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What Is Real-Time Accounting (and Why Should You Care)?

Posted on November 13, 2014 by admin

Real-time accounting is when your books are caught up to the present and you know exactly where you stand with your account balances, revenue, and profit.  It’s truly doing your accounting in real time. The opposite of real-time accounting is … Continue reading →

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How Understanding Assets vs. Expenses Can Make You Rich

Posted on October 30, 2014 by admin

Assets and expenses both have a “debit” balance on the financial statements, but that’s where their similarities end. Spending on one can make you rich and spending too much on the other can leave you broke. An expense is money … Continue reading →

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Is There an App for That?

Posted on September 4, 2014 by admin

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 time and money. The … Continue reading →

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Shortcut Your Management Time with Exception Reporting

Posted on August 21, 2014 by admin

Do you spend a lot of time reviewing stacks of reports each month so you can get the information you need to make decisions?  Do you find out after the fact that something went wrong in your business and that … Continue reading →

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Six Common Payroll Mistakes to Avoid

Posted on August 7, 2014 by admin

Getting payroll done has gotten so much easier than it used to be for small business owners.  But there are still some minefields when it comes to state and federal compliance.  We’ll take a look at six of them in … Continue reading →

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