Watching the cash balance is one of the most frequent activities of a small business owner. Besides making sure you have enough cash for payroll and bills, there is another huge opportunity you can benefit from: lowering the cost of processing your bills. It can be expensive and time-consuming to process bills and handle the paperwork involved. We’ll take a look at a few of the many ways you can streamline your accounts payable processing costs in this article.
Read more →Payroll is one of those aspects of business that many are reluctant to change, but it’s worth evaluating from time to time and this is a good time of year to do it. If you decide to make a change, you have time to be up and running with your new payroll system by the first of the year (or sooner if you want).
Read more →In our other article, we discussed metrics that are indicators of your business’ financial health. So here are some suggestions that might help you get to those vitals quickly using QuickBooks.
Read more →On a doctor’s visit, the first thing the nurse does is take your vitals: your temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiration rate. These basic measurements are the first place doctors look to see if something is wrong with our health.
Read more →Our last article focused on Pro/Premier. However, features I’m most excited about this year are in Enterprise Solutions. In fact, a couple have been on my wish list for quite some time, so I’m happy to finally see them in the software (job costing, customizing expense columns and price breaks based on quantities).
Read more →As we move into the fall season and the final quarter of the year, it’s a perfect time to commit to a project in your business that will help you reach the year’s end in better shape. Here are five ideas:
Read more →While I have not had this version long, nor have I moved my data yet, I’m excited about many of the new features this year, especially in Enterprise Solutions. This version seems to address several pain points that have been issues for quite some time – some big, some small. But lots of small ones can add up to maybe making this a worthwhile upgrade. This article focuses on Pro/Premier. We’ll discuss Enterprise next time.
Read more →In the vast majority of industries, referrals are the most cost-effective way to gain new clients and grow your business. When you attract new clients through referrals, your marketing costs are lower, your selling process is easier and more effective, and the referral usually makes for an excellent client. It’s just good business sense to look at how we can proactively increase our referrals. Here are six ideas.
Read more →How customers find you is important to know. If you pay for advertising, attend networking functions, belong to associations, have people refer to you, you want to know which marketing channels are best to use – and which you might want to drop. You may also want to reward those who refer to you, whether it be a simple thank you note, or a gift of some kind. So tracking source of lead and referrals can be very useful.
Read more →If you are the type of person who loves mobile apps, texting, and getting your email on your phone, then you’re in for a treat: accounting has finally come around to your smartphone! Here are a few great developments you can try so you can stay on top of your business numbers.
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