September is Self-Improvement month.
What better way to celebrate this holiday than making a commitment to improve your organizing or time management skills? After all, if you continue to do what you’ve done, you’ll continue to get what you’ve gotten. Here are your productivity tips for this month: 1. Make the decision to change. It doesn’t have to be […]
August Productivity Tip
The first week of August is ‘Simplify Your Life’ week. There are lots of articles out there on the subject of work-life balance. There’s even more talk about it. Recent survey results uncovered the fact that many employees don’t even think it exists. So what percentage of us really achieve it? If your goal is […]
Introducing Your Advisors
Consider this. Each of us has somewhere between 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts a day. More than you thought, huh? Some of them help you get what you want and some get in the way of what you want or what you are shooting for. And these results all began with just one thought. If you […]
Finding Your Niche
Large companies often leave smaller market segments unserviced since they don’t represent, for them, a sufficiently profitable target. A small business can capitalize on these unmet needs by developing a product or service that fills the gap. You can think of a niche market as a narrowly defined group of potential customers. A niche market […]
Make Bank Reconcilations Easier Using the “Undo Last Reconciliation” Feature
Last month I focused on the “Locate Discrepancies” button that is part of the Bank Reconciliation feature in QuickBooksTM. Like the “Locate Discrepancies” button, another overlooked, but very helpful part of the Bank Reconciliation feature in QuickBooksTM is the “Undo Last Reconciliation” button. This button is located right next to the “Locate Discrepancies” button that […]
The IRS Increases Mileage Rates Due to Gas Prices
On June 23rd the Internal Revenue Service announced an increase in the standard mileage rates for the final six months of 2008. The rate will increase to 58.5 cents a mile for all business miles driven from July 1, 2008, through Dec. 31, 2008. This is an increase of eight (8) cents from the 50.5 […]
July Productivity Tip
The first week of July is ‘Take Charge of Change’ week. The hazy, lazy days of summer and vacations are upon us. This time of year you may not be spending much time thinking about your to-do list, cluttered workspaces or procrastination challenges, but you could be contemplating how to take charge..and gain more time […]
Wage & Hour Update: Pro-Ration of Minimum Salary For Part-Time Exempt Employees Disallowed
The U.S. Department of Labor recently issued an opinion letter on the topic of pro-rated salaries for exempt employees. An employer inquired whether it is an acceptable practice to pro-rate the minimum allowable salary of an exempt employee to reflect his 20 hour per week part-time status, by paying the worker $15,000. In a letter […]
Make Bank Reconcilations Easier Using the “Locate Discrepancies” Feature
Over the next few months I’m going to give quick tips about the bank reconciliation feature in QuickBooksTM. There are a lot of wonderful tools that are part of the bank reconciliation feature and learning just a couple of them can make your life a little easier. One of the little known features in the […]
Drumming Up Business During Slow Times
Every economy and every business has its ups and downs. The trick to weathering the storms successfully is to be prepared for them. Reactivate Dormant Accounts The quickest and easiest way to do this is to sit down with your list of past customers, call them, say hello, and see what’s going on. Don’t make […]