by | Oct 21, 2015 | Accounting & Bookkeeping, Income Taxes, Personal financial planning, Sales & Marketing, Small Business Owners, Surviving an IRS Audit Series
This is the clean version of my client’s first thoughts when they receive an audit notification. Then, naturally, they start panicking about their return—if it was done correctly, what deductions they took, and what to do now. If this happens to you, first of...
by | Oct 20, 2015 | Accounting & Bookkeeping, Books, Income Taxes, Sales & Marketing, Small Business Owners, Tax Tip of The Week
If you’re a business owner, you know how much you rely on your family’s support. Your spouse is probably already helping you in your business. Actually, officially putting them on the company’s payroll has many advantages. You can deduct the full amount...
by | Oct 16, 2015 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Sales & Marketing, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
The myth most business owners believe: Too often I hear business owners express how well their business is doing by how much their sales are growing. When I probe, I find that all their marketing and sales efforts are focused on getting new customers....
by | Oct 15, 2015 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Sales & Marketing, Small Business Owners
The most valuable resource in every business is the business owner’s time! You can buy everything else except more hours in the day. So what can a business owner do to “find” the time to focus on what is most important to their success and survival—increased...
by | Oct 13, 2015 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Sales & Marketing, Small Business Owners
Tap on the link below for an excellent video by Drew Davis on the huge increase in sales that can result by producing videos for your products and services (www.tippingpointlabs.com/2011/04/25/steal-this-slidethe-value-of-product-videos). The research he includes in...
by | Oct 9, 2015 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Cash Flow, Sales & Marketing, Small Business Owners
Successful marketing requires that a business owner truly understand the buying process prospects go through before reaching a decision to buy. There are normally six stages to the consumer buying decision process. Making the purchase is only one stage of the...
