So you’ve developed an amazing new product and are finally read to really launch your company. You’ve got a location, employees, capital and a business plan, so you’re ready to go, right? Not so fast. You still have to figure out how you’re going to pay your employees and yourself. You can’t just write your..
The snow falls on the cedar elms. Children build a jolly snowman outside your office. The windows fog as winter’s breath clouds them up. And here you sit in the office – working on end of year planning. Yes, the end of the year is nigh for businesses, and that means payroll tax reporting/payment, W2..
If you’re a small business owner, you know the importance of keeping accurate and organized financial records. Just a generation ago, this detailed and specialized work required the hiring of professional bookkeepers and accountants, which often proved prohibitively expensive. Now, even the smallest micro-business can leverage the power of professional-grade accounting software tools. There are..
Obama is still urging Congress, run by the Republican majority, to extend the year’s tax cuts for middle class Americans through 2012. Though it’s easy to blame party politics, there are deeper issues at work in the delay, including how to make up the lost revenue. At this point, however, no consensus has been reached..
Retailers still reeling from the Thanksgiving weekend sales have turned in their numbers and the picture is very interesting. In short, between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, this past weekend was the most successful four days for retail ever. What does this say about our society? It says it’s shopping season! More importantly, what do..
Advances in technology have given businesses so many more opportunities to connect with their customers. Almost every business recognizes the importance of having a functional website, text promos, along with social networking profiles on Facebook and Twitter. Our culture is so technology-based that most people rely on the Internet for information, and it is the..
A 360 feedback survey is a great way to help out employees that participate together in a business. In a 360 degree survey, feedback is offered by all those individuals and fellow employees that surround that particular employee. It’s as though the employee is in the middle of a circle and that circle around them..
Did you know that a permanent Post Office Change Of Address form forwarding request can make your address available to marketing firms that have your name and previous address? When this occurs, changing a mailing address keeps the junk mail coming. This all occurs through the National Change of Address List (NCOA). Through this list,..
Using a 360 feedback survey you can find out how to improve your organization or you can learn specific behaviors about yourself that you need to focus on improving. These surveys are effective as you can use them on your staff members to help them measure one another based on their performance or you can..