Author: Jen Miller
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Does Your Small Business Need Automated Bookkeeping?
If you’re sitting there thinking, But my bookkeeping is automated, I’m using a computer, it’s time to rethink what you know about automated bookkeeping. Using Excel spreadsheets and desktop accounting software might be more efficient than keeping a written ledger like an 18th-century shoemaker, but you’re still inputting and verifying your financial transactions manually. Bookkeeping…
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Is Cloud Accounting Safe for Small Businesses?
2021 is on track to be a record-breaking year for data breaches, with 1,291 breaches reported as of Q3 2021—and that’s after almost two years of reports citing an ongoing spike in cyberattacks since remote work mandates began. Even though cybercrime has been all over the news lately, small business owners often have so many…
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How to Keep Track of Business Expenses and Why It’s Important
As a business owner, do you handle your own finances without the help of a bookkeeper or an accountant? If you do, you’ve likely had the experience of bookkeeping tasks—like recording business expenses—falling to the wayside for a multitude of reasons (e.g. you’ve been really busy or the idea of bookkeeping summons a deep dread,…
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How to Keep Books for a Small Business: 13 Tips to Follow
If you dread bookkeeping but feel it’s not worth outsourcing, you’re not alone. Many entrepreneurs successfully handle their own financial books. The good news is that when you learn how to keep books for small business, it makes important decisions easier and minimizes preventable financial mistakes. Good bookkeeping—that is, the record keeping of your business’s…
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Small Business Week 2021 is Approaching: Prepare Now for a Successful Campaign
A recent survey found that 75% of consumers plan to support nonessential small businesses as soon as restrictions are lifted. And as folks begin venturing out again, Small Business Week (September 12–18, 2021) is the perfect time to engage them. What is Small Business Week? National Small Business Week (NSBW) is the U.S. Small Business…