Dealing with Slow Receivables
You’re fortunate if your customers pay on time. You won’t be the only one calling those customers that don’t pay on time. AIPB interviewed Charles W. Kyd, founder, Exceluser.com, a site for Excel users, and former CFO and VP-Finance for many small-growth companies, to...
Can You ‘KonMari’ Your Bookkeeping for a Business That Sparks Joy?
Thanks to Japanese organizational guru Marie Kondo, people across the world are "tidying up" their lives and clearing their spaces of anything that does not "spark joy." With the KonMari method, people all over the world are sparking joy in their lives. Can you do it...
7 Bookkeeping Facts
Are you looking into why you may need a bookkeeper? In small business, it's important to make sure you are doing things properly where the IRS is concerned. So, if you don't know everything there is to know about money, taxes, filing, forms, etc -- it may be in your...
Encouraging Word of Mouth
If you have any doubt that word of mouth referrals are important, consider these recent stats for Encouraging Word of Mouth: According to Neilson, 92% of shoppers trust recommendations from friends and family more than traditional advertising 20% to 50% of consumer...
Biggest Mistakes With Quickbooks Online Bank Feeds
If you are new to QuickBooks or have been using it for a little you have figured out that there is a banking center where you can connect QuickBooks Online to your bank and credit card accounts. We call that the Bank Feeds. Did you know that there are quite a few...
How to Avoid Scams
With everything being digital now and everyone moving their businesses, books and personal lives all to the online space it's important to know how vulnerable you are. It's extremely important to make sure you know the most up-to-date ways to avoid scams, and scammers...
Small Businesses Outsource These Tasks to Save Money
Deciding to outsource isn’t an easy decision especially when first starting out. You are trying to find ways to save money while staying ahead of the competition. How you configure your company and which duties you decide to do internally will have an impact on how...
Tools for Effective Collections Communication
Sometimes in business, we have to deal with things we don't want to such as collections. Depending on your business you may have to use these tools more than others but it's a great idea to always have plans in place for instances like these. Below you will find some...
7 Small but Smart Business Budgeting Tips
With the new year right around the corner, it's time to consider things you need to do to be smarter in your business. Are there things you are overestimating in your day to day tasks? Are there projects that you feel could change your expenses or how things are...
How a Bookkeeper Can Help A Law Firm’s Profit Margin
Lawyers can make a profit and save money by tracking numbers. It is more than just entering data into accounting software. By measuring certain things in your practice to determine if things are growing, are key performance indicators that can show which areas of the...