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Hairdressing Salon Case Study for Payroll Course using Xero and MYOB

Hairdressing salons are all about people, scheduling and gossip. They are located all over the world and are a fascinating…

1 year ago

Buying an Online Business: What is it worth?

I've been speaking to an ex-corporate employee from the US lately and we were talking about buying an online business.…

5 years ago

Financial Reporting with Expensify and Xero

How Expensify can link with Xero WE'VE TALKED IN THE past about what a life saver daily reconciliations can be, and why some…

7 years ago

Marketing for When Your Business Strategy Changes

Where lead generation services are useful CHANGING YOUR BUSINESS STRATEGY to include additional services will require an additional investment in marketing…

7 years ago

Should You Start a Business That You LOVE or a Business YOU CAN DO?

Pairing knowledge with a gap in the market CONFUCIOUS ONCE SAID: "FIND a job you love and you’ll never have to work…

8 years ago

There’s So Much Cool Stuff You Can Do With PowerPoint

PowerPoint: The Great Visual Aid to What You're Saying Many people don't realise what an excellent design tool PowerPoint is. It…

8 years ago

Working Out Job Costs and How to Charge Your Clients

Why You're Underselling Yourself with Fixed Price Quotes I've written a number of blogs on how bookkeepers can work out…

8 years ago

What Bookkeepers Can Learn From Real Estate Agents: Facebook Advertising

Facebook - Great for Local Marketing In its decade of existence, Facebook has built up a wealth of data about…

8 years ago

What Bookkeepers Can Learn From Real Estate Agents: Using Video and Images

Focusing on Education Rather than Sales THE INTERNET HAS CHANGED the way businesses market their services to prospects, from a…

8 years ago

What Bookkeepers Can Learn From Real Estate Agents: Sales Pitches

Never Fear: A "Sales" Pitch Can Really Just Be a Conversation After you’ve set the correct prices for your bookkeeping services, it’s time…

8 years ago

What Bookkeepers Can Learn From Real Estate Agents: Setting Prices

Don't Reinvent the Wheel: Glean Relevant Info from the Property Industry As a bookkeeper, or someone thinking about becoming a…

8 years ago

MYOB, Xero or QuickBooks: Which Suits Your Business Best?

Which is the Pick of the Bunch? IN A PREVIOUS POST, we highlighted some of the biggest differences between QuickBooks…

8 years ago

QuickBooks Isn’t SuperStream Compliant, But It Doesn’t Matter!

How QuickBooks Palms Off Payroll I'm a fan of QuickBooks as the functionality is excellent and the cost of the software is still…

8 years ago

Are You a Bookkeeper Who Needs More Clients? Want My Advice?

FINDING PROSPECTS AND converting them into clients involves selling and most of us hate doing it, but wait... For those…

8 years ago

The New Year’s Approaching: Think About New Content Marketing for Your Business

The Value of Content Marketing The beginning of a new year, which is typically the quietest as people take a…

8 years ago

Why Partnerships Can Be Risky Business

An Understanding of Business Partnerships is Essential As we mentioned in our previous post about doing the necessary actions to…

8 years ago