Third Hand Bookkeeping Service

If you don’t keep track of how much money you’re making, you have no idea whether your business is successful or not. You can’t tell how well your marketing is working. And I don’t just mean you should know the amount of your total sales or gross revenue. You need to know what your net [...]

It’s tax time and you have piles of receipts, bank statements, tax forms scattered all about. If you work from a home office, filing space is definitely at a premium so here is a guide of what records you need to keep, what you can save electronically and what records you are safe to shred [...]

Do you cringe when you open up your QuickBooks file? You have receipts in the car, crumbled receipts in your purse or briefcase, and vendor invoices buried in the papers on your desk or email inbox. Here are 10 easy steps you can put in place today to better organize your bookkeeping records so the [...]

The 2011 standard mileage rates are as follows: .51 cents a mile for business use .19 cents a mile for medial or moving expenses .14 cents a mile for charitable organizations The 2011 social security wage base will remain at $106,800, unchanged from 2010. There is no limit on covered self-employment income that will be [...]

Most of us came from the corporate world where working with budgets was an everyday occurrence. So now you are the one in charge and budgeting is the last thing on your mind for your business. Budgeting is just as important to the small business owner as it is to major corporations. It helps control [...]

Computers were meant to cut down on paper but it seems we feel some sense of security by having piles of paper around or can it just be hard to break those old habits of printing everything. Can a paperless office be in your future? Yes it can and here are a few steps that [...]

As we prepare for Thanksgiving and spending time with our families and friends, please keep in mind our service men and women who are overseas and not able to enjoy another holiday with their family. About Operation Gratitude: After the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, founder Carolyn Blashek felt the need to aid [...]

The appearance of what you send out to your subscribers contributes a lot to the success you can achieve through email marketing. Through your sender’s line as well as your branding, you can gain trust through recognition. Through the design that you utilize, you can project quality and distinction. Many email users consider commercial messages [...]

Even though I am not a Mom, I was approached by Sandy Naidu of DotComMothers to be interviewed for their website of successful business women. To read my interview, visit http://www.dotcommothers.com/virtual-assistant-personal and hope you have time to read the stories of other inspirational and successful women business owners. Thank you Sandy for sharing our stories!

The content of your emails plays an immensely important role in gaining trust from your subscribers. Although the quality of the information you send out is still the most important element in building trust through your content, there are a lot of other factors to consider. Listed below are the most important ones. Give more [...]