If you plan on running a business out of your home, you need to acquire some home business management skills that are easy to learn and easy to implement. While there isn’t a blueprint for success, there is a rough outline. It’s not enough to want to run a home-based business – you have to […]
If you are a freelancer or run a home-based business there are compelling reasons to do your own bookkeeping. Many small business owners would rather outsource to an accountant. Often, they believe bookkeeping/accounting is too complex and time-consuming. Beyond having up-to-date, organized and compliant records of business finances, bookkeeping can give you insight you need […]
If you run a small business, a bill tracker can save you from financial headaches, such as cash flow problems. Why track bills? If you are like many small biz owners, you are busy…perhaps too busy to monitor bills and bill payments. While you could use a spreadsheet to track bills – from aging payables […]
If you’re a freelancer or run a small business, you need a reliable method of tracking sales tax you charge to customers and pay to vendors (if taxes you pay are recoverable in your jurisdiction). Accuracy is important because you’ll have to remit taxes to tax authorities. Using spreadsheets is one way of tracking sales […]
If you are a freelancer or home-based business owner, home office productivity is a challenge. It’s likely that you came to freelancing from an office job and when you were daydreaming of freelancing, you may not have considered the productivity benefits of working for someone else. You worked to a schedule, were organized and accountable, […]
We’d all like to spend more time doing what we love and less time with tasks that consume time. This is true of anyone and especially true for small business owners who have many demands competing for their limited time and attention. If you run a micro-business or are a freelancer, your time is valuable. […]
On this blog, we’ve often stressed how important budgeting is for small businesses, and a simple business budget is probably the best because it will be used. This seemingly obvious statement is true of other many tools, whether in your garden shed or computer. If you are a small business owner or freelancer, you probably […]
Micro-business owners and freelancers often do their own bookkeeping, but knowing when to hire an accountant can prevent financial problems and heartache in the future. From managing their business finances to marketing, freelancers and small business owners like to roll up their sleeves and pitch in. Usually, they do so out of necessity, particularly when […]
One personal trait that successful freelancers have in common is attention to detail. They pay attention to all aspects of their business, including finances. While it may seem obvious, ignoring finances or having only cursory knowledge can mean the difference between success and failure. You don’t need a degree in finance to understand some very […]
If you are like many freelancers, you probably don’t think that much about managing business finances and you may regard bookkeeping for freelancers as a necessary, but sometimes painful part of doing business. Beyond creating invoices and perhaps tracking expenses, freelancers may not understand the real value of using a bookkeeping application. It’s much more […]