Posts Tagged ‘Profits’
You Have to Understand Your Financials
Every business owner must understand and maintain their financial statements. By being unable to do so, many entrepreneurs get themselves into some major issues on so many fronts.
Read More Pricing Strategy: Factors to Consider
How to price your product or service is a critical decision that your small business must make and will directly determine your ability to succeed in an uncertain economic environment.
Read More The Best Practices for Modern Accounting
Accounting for a business is more complicated than just subtracting your expenses from your revenue. There are so many things to consider and monitor, which makes it a necessity for business owners to take advantage of all of the modern best practices for accounting.
Read More Tips to Avoid Credit Card Fees
Small businesses rely on credit card sales and payments to grow and move forward; however, many small business owners can feel the weight of high credit card processing fees pushing down on them, especially in lean economic times.
Read More Don’t Lose Profits: Pay Close Attention to Your Financial Documents
No business is designed to take losses. You would be hard pressed to find a small business owner that is setting out to lose money, and to not end up a successful business. Paying attention to profits can go a long way in helping a business, even if a profit does not seem likely all the time. Below are a few points to keep in mind when managing financial documents.
Read More An Unconventional Path to Better Business: Raise Your Rates & Turn Clients Away
When I started out my own business, I made so many mistakes. A year and a half later, the company’s revenue has increased by over 300% and my personal profit has increased by more than that. Want to know the reason? I did two things: I raised my rates and got pickier about the clients I work with.
Read More Gross Margin Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
Your financial report says that you’ve achieved a 35% gross margin on your latest project/job. Should you be happy? Maybe. Gross margin doesn’t tell the whole story.
Read More Milking the Business
If you have worked for a corporation for a few years before you start your own venture, you need to really prepare for the first time of not having a paycheck every two weeks. While you hear stories about all the personal things that your business can pay for through the company, milking your company can be a very big problem.
Read More Don’t Miss These Small Business Tax Deductions
For any small business, it is critical to be aware of available tax deductions in order maximize profit. Surprisingly, many businesses fail to realize some of the deductions that apply to their business. Here is a list of tax deductions shared by the US Small Business Administration that you should be aware of as a small business owner.
Read MoreLower Your Business Taxes with an LLC, or Too Good to be True?
Many entrepreneurs decide to form an LLC in order to protect their personal assets from seizure by a bank or lender, but there are several tax advantages that incentivize LLC formation as well.
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