Good Accounting is so Important

Great accounting is so important for each and every business, but too many are lacking in this area. Most use standard income statements and balance sheets, but there is so much more information business owners need that is not available in these basic financial statements.
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How Much Does a Website Cost?

You know you need a website. You even know what you want to put on it. You know how to market it, everything. But do you know how much that website costs? Don’t just guess—factor in each and every expense! Your budget for a website needs to include the cost of a domain name, web hosting, design and development.
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How to Save a Failing Business

The competitive nature of modern economies can leave any company vulnerable to the prospect of financial disaster. Difficulties with debt and creditors can quickly run out of control with anything other than a truly robust business strategy and a reliably winning formula.
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Personal Credit Card Alternatives for Nonprofits

If you run the finances for a nonprofit organization, chances are you have questions about expense management. While there isn’t an expense management bible specifically for nonprofits, there is a lot of good advice on the internet—the trick is sorting through the muck to find the gems.
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Who Said Social Media Marketing Was Free?

Whoever said that social media (SM) marketing was free is living in La-La Land. Even if your business has “free” SM accounts, content doesn’t appear by osmosis. It takes real, live people to create it, post it, and engage with it.
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Is Your Small Biz Ready to Leave the Nest?

Your business is booming. Congratulations! Now you’re starting to consider moving out of your home-based office to a commercial office location. That’s a big decision and one that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Finding the right location for your small business is critical.
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Should #Minwage be $100 Per Hour?

If you look at the trending tweets on twitter about #minwage, you can actually see minimum wage inflation just by reading the tweets. These are very compelling memes if they were true, but there’s more to the story.
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Starting a Business on a Shoestring

While it’s true that most new companies require some degree of startup capital to help get them off the ground, many businesses are surprisingly cheap to open. There are several ways to keep initial costs low when starting a business.
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