1/16/15  How Pinterest and Instagram Can Make You Money There’s a visual side to every business, and Pinterest and Instagram, which are social media applications, can show your customers and prospects what your business looks like form day to day.  Plus, you can have some real fun with it.   Pinterest allows people to post… Read More

10/30/15  Eight Ways to Save Time You Might Not Have Thought About Time is money as they say, and if you can save time, you’re also saving money.  Since your time is limited to 24/7, both personal and business time saved is profitable.  Here are eight ways to save time (and money) for your consideration. … Read More

10/26/15  Three Costly Accounting Mistakes to Avoid Small business owners have a lot on their plates, and time simply does not allow you to become an expert in all the areas required for running a business.  Here are a couple of common mistakes that I see all the time.  Correcting them will help you be… Read More

10/05/15  Cool Apps: Zapier Do you need to get data from one app to another?   If so, it’s time to check out Zapier. You might be moving data manually from, let’s say, your shopping cart to your CRM or from Evernote to Google Docs, or something like that.  Zapier allows you to automate the process… Read More

9/14/15  Cool Tech Tools:  Customer Portals If you have a business where you have to send documents of any kind to your customers, then you may benefit from a portal.  You can save time on customer service and possibly postage and labor.  You will also look most professional while increasing service delivery. What Is a… Read More

9/9/15  Your Daily Numbers Some numbers need reviewing on a daily basis, and one example of this is cash.  When cash is coming in from a number of places, it’s great to have a daily summary of what was collected. It’s also great to make sure all the collections hit your bank account so you… Read More

8/22/15  Cool Tech Tools:  When There’s No Internet, Use Your Personal Hotspot Have you ever been in a situation where there’s no internet and you needed it?  Or perhaps you’re at a hotel and don’t want to pay the extra $15 per day for wireless internet.  If so, you’re not alone, and luckily, there’s a… Read More

8/3/15  How to Avoid Sales Tax Surprises Sales tax laws are constantly changing, and sales tax audits have increased since states and local agencies have become creative about finding new ways to generate revenues.  If you haven’t made any changes in your sales tax procedures in a while, you are probably at risk. Taxability From… Read More

7/26/15  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 department, right? Wrong. Large companies have many functions in their accounting departments, and small… Read More

7/24/15  Are Your Workers Contractors or Employees?  If you have workers in your business, you likely made a decision when you hired them as to whether they should be an employee or a contractor.  If all you hire is employees, then you have nothing to worry about.  But if you hire contractors, there may be… Read More