Google’s privacy policy allows it to collect cross-spectrum data concerning everything about you – your business, personal matters, private communication, your health, financial concerns and political opinions. Google is not connecting the dots to get a centralized picture of you and whatever you’re doing. To the extent that Google is now in a position to..
Free online accounting software is changing the way small business owners manage their finances – for the better. These free web-based accounting applications offer many advantages over manual accounting systems. Many perform all the functions that a manual system does, but with much less work. For example, manual data entry is all but eliminated, and..
If you’re planning to start your own small business, you’ll find that there are many hurdles to jump and questions to answer along the way. Here are some of the important things that are worth paying attention to as you move down the path toward small business financial independence. First, make sure you choose the..
If you’re in the process of starting your own business, or even if you’re just considering doing so in the future, here are some bits of wisdom that will almost certainly prove valuable to you along the way. First and foremost, you need to think of yourself as a business owner. Even if you plan..
Large scale project failures are often the ones that hit the headlines: millions of dollars wasted, months or even years late, not meeting the needs of the community. We’ve all heard the doom-laden proclamations but presumed they don’t apply to us. That’s not the case. As a small business, you’re unlikely to be running..
Since every business is unique, the SEO consultation that you receive should be unique and custom-tailored to meet your needs. A successful SEO campaign will involve different aspects such as on-page SEO and off-page SEO. The SEO consulting services that you receive also depends on your goals, and whether you only want SEO services to..
For business owners like yourself who are looking for a full service SEO package to help market website, make sure that any SEO package you choose includes some of these basic components. To start near the beginning of any SEO campaign, you need to have keyword research. Keywords are one of the driving forces of..
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..