Do I Need a Blog for My Business?
If done correctly, business blogs can act as the biggest drivers of organic traffic to your website. Blogs for business are a free and easy task to help promote your company and solve problems for your audience. Despite the potential, many small businesses do not utilize a blog. Maybe, they don’t have the time, resources, […]
10 Best Tax Deductions for Small Businesses
A tax deduction, or tax write off, is a business expense that can be subtracted from your taxable income, decreasing the amount of money you owe. Tax deductions for small businesses are important because they ultimately reduce your tax liability and lower your tax bill. This will help your business save money in many areas. […]
The Top 5 Reasons You Need a Business Bank Account
When you’re starting a small business, there are a lot of important decisions to make. One of the most important is what type of bank account you should use. In today’s age of side hustles, freelancing, or opening a business from your makeshift home office, small business owners mistakenly believe that they can use […]
How to Conduct a SWOT Analysis
A SWOT analysis is a powerful tool to help you better understand the state of your business and how to set goals. A quality SWOT analysis provides a snapshot of where you are today and what direction your business should be moving. In this post, we’ll cover the best ways to conduct a SWOT analysis, […]
5 Tips for Improving Your Business Credit Reports
If you’ve been through the process of building your personal credit, you know it takes commitment. Building your new business credit is similar in this way, but it’s a little more complicated than building your personal credit. Whether your business is new or it’s been operational for some time, you can follow these five steps […]
10 Steps to Starting a New Business
Congratulations, you’re considering starting a new company to pursue your dreams and ambitions. Kudos to you! As entrepreneurs, we all have different experiences. The blueprint for one small business won’t necessarily work for another, but some elements of starting up will always be true. Here are the top 10 things to consider when starting your […]
6 Tips to Write a Friendly Overdue Invoice Letter
Your customers are human, and sometimes they forget to pay on time. Even if you’ve kept up with collections and courtesy letters for payment, you’re likely to have past due accounts sometimes. Which means that you’ll eventually have to write an overdue invoice letter. In this blog post, you’ll see strategies for crafting your initial […]
3 Effective Ways to Collect Past Due Accounts
Delinquent accounts. The phrase makes most business owners cringe. Delinquent accounts are synonymous with poor cash flow and strained customer relations. Would you believe that half of all business owners deal with delinquent accounts? Knowing how to handle delinquent accounts is beneficial because most businesses will need to do it at some point. You may […]
7 Time Management Tips for Small Business Owners
If you’re like most small business owners, you work nonstop—but it’s difficult to get through your to-do list. One minute you’re working directly with a customer. The next minute you you’re tackling a spreadsheet. Then immediately after that, you’re negotiating rates with a vendor. Short of adding 12 hours to each day, how can you […]
