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• 08/09/23: Building a Resilient Supply Chain in Your Business
• 06/15/23: Five Summertime Strategies for 2023
• 06/12/23: Five Summertime Strategies for 2023
• 06/05/23: Cool Tech Tools: ChatGPT
• 06/01/23: Cool Tech Tools: ChatGPT
• 05/12/23: 5 Ways to an Accountant’s Heart
• 04/28/23: Don’t Shortchange Yourself: What an Entrepreneur’s Pay Should Cover
• 04/20/23: Cool Tech Tools: Drones
• 04/20/23: 1099-K Reporting Changes
• 04/06/23: 6 Ideas to Put the Spring into Your Spring Revenue
• 03/23/23: Do You Need a Business Savings Account?
• 03/09/23: Is Sunk Cost Bias Affecting Your Spending Decisions?
• 02/23/23: Knowledge Panels
• 02/09/23: Understanding Equity on the Balance Sheet for a Sole Proprietor
• 01/26/23: 10 Ways to Slow Down in Business (and Why You’d Want to)
• 01/12/23: Prioritizing Capital Expenditures
• 12/29/22: Five Ways to Welcome in a New Year: 2023
• 12/15/22: Are Your Employees “Quiet Quitting?”
• 12/01/22: What Is an Audit? 
• 11/17/22: The Accounts Payable Process
• 11/03/22: Understanding Equity on the Partnership Balance Sheet
• 10/20/22: Pricing Methods
• 10/06/22: Time Batching
• 09/22/22: Understanding Equity on the Corporate Balance Sheet
• 09/08/22: Cool Tech Tools: ClickUp™
• 08/25/22: When Your Remote Employee Lives and Works in Another State
• 08/11/22: Is Your Best Skill Aligned with Your Business Model?
• 07/28/22: Five Subtle Ways to Carve Out More Business Profit
• 07/14/22: Unravel Your Competitors’ Secrets with Mystery Shopping
• 06/30/22: How to Make Accountability Work
• 06/16/22: Should You Get Cybercrime Insurance?
• 06/02/22: ESG and Small Businesses
• 05/19/22: How a Loan Affects Your Financial Statements
• 05/05/22: How to Write a Refund Policy
• 04/21/22: How to Keep Your Customers Coming Back
• 04/07/22: Why Are You in Business? Crafting Your Mission, Vision, and Values Statements
• 03/24/22: Online Payment Systems: They Are Not All the Same
• 03/10/22: 5 Ways to Rejuvenate, Refresh, and Revive Your Entrepreneurial Passion
• 02/24/22: Test Your Financial Resilience
• 02/10/22: Protecting Yourself from Supply Chain Shortages
• 01/27/22: How Variance Reporting Can Keep Your Profits on Track
• 01/13/22: Five Ideas to Attract Staff During the Great Resignation
• 12/30/21: What’s in Store for 2022?
• 12/16/21: Understanding Sales Conversion Metrics
• 12/02/21: Time Tracking
• 11/18/21: The Power of Thank-You Notes
• 11/04/21: Controlling Labor Costs
• 10/21/21: The Four-D Time Management Trick to Boost Your Efficiency
• 10/07/21: Gearing Up for Holiday Sales: 2021 Trends and Opportunities
• 09/23/21: Making Customers Pay… You
• 09/09/21: Six Things to Look for Every Month in Your Accounting Reports
• 08/26/21: Help Wanted: You Have Options!
• 08/12/21: Direct vs. Indirect Costs (and Why You Should Care)
• 07/29/21: How to Better Track Your Carbon Footprint
• 07/15/21: Five Accounting Reports You Don’t Want to Be Without
• 07/01/21: Re-Imagining Your Chart of Accounts
• 06/17/21: Clubhouse: The New Kid in Town
• 06/03/21: Cool Tech Tools: Airtable
• 05/20/21: Financing Options for Small Businesses
• 05/06/21: What Is Internal Control?
• 04/22/21: Getting to the Next Level of Your Business
• 04/08/21: 5 Tips to Spice Up Working from Home
• 03/25/21: Mix Up Your Revenues for More Profits
• 02/25/21: Fighting Cybersecurity Threats in Your Business
• 02/11/21: The Concept of Independence in Accounting
• 01/27/21: Ten Places to Look to Find More Profits
• 12/31/20: Wrapping Up 2020
• 12/17/20: The Power of Listening
• 12/03/20: The Personal Financial Satisfaction Index (PFSi)
• 11/19/20: Being Grateful in a Less-Than-Awesome Year
• 11/05/20: The Importance of Customer Communication
• 10/22/20: The 13-Week Cash Flow Forecast
• 10/08/20: Building a Continuity Plan for Your Business
• 09/24/20: Cool Tech Tools: Easy Ways to Create Video Graphics
• 09/10/20: What to Do When an Employee Is Terminated
• 08/27/20: Six Fun Ideas to Bring into Your Marketing
• 08/13/20: Watch Out for These Five Common Accounts Payable Errors
• 07/30/20: Five Expenses to Cut During Tough Times
• 07/16/20: How to Reduce Stress Around Money
• 07/02/20: 3 Essential Metrics for a Smarter Marketing Spend
• 06/18/20: How Liquid Is Your Business?
• 06/04/20: 18 Small Business Opportunities in 2020
• 05/21/20: Cool Tech Tools: Apps that Get You Places
• 05/07/20: 5 Signs You Need to Upgrade Your Accounting System
• 04/23/20: How Business Owners Get Paid
• 04/09/20: How to Work from Home More Often
• 03/26/20: Mobile Accounting? It’s Here, Now
• 03/12/20: Six Tips to Grow Your Business in 2020
• 02/27/20: The Psychology of Money
• 02/13/20: Accounting Tasks at Year-End
• 01/30/20: Add Functionality to Your Accounting System with Apps
• 01/16/20: Three Essential Business Roles for Success and Balance
• 01/02/20: 10 Hot Business Trends for 2020
• 12/19/19: Cool Tech Tools: Fathom
• 12/05/19: How to Stop Robocalls
• 11/21/19: Get Organized with This 32-Item Year-End Close Checklist
• 11/07/19: Seven Essential To-Do’s When You Get a New Customer
• 10/24/19: Using Custom Fields in Your Accounting Software
• 10/10/19: Protecting Clients’ Credit Card Numbers
• 09/26/19: Avoiding Accounts Payable Errors: What to Watch Out for
• 09/12/19: Does Your Business Have a Safety Net?
• 08/29/19: Why Having a Budget Is Important
• 08/15/19: Cool Tech Tools: Zoom
• 08/01/19: Five Key Reports for Your Business
• 07/18/19: Understanding Cost of Goods Sold
• 07/03/19: Mid-Year Review
• 06/20/19: Five Timeless Tips to Improve Customer Service
• 06/06/19: Do You Know Who Your Top Customers Are?
• 05/23/19: Accounting-Related Policies
• 05/09/19: How AI Is Changing Accounting
• 04/25/19: Buying a Car or Truck for Your Business?
• 04/11/19: Your New Hire Checklist
• 03/28/19: Beyond the Books: The World of Accounting
• 03/14/19: 5 Ways to Speed Up Your Cash Flow
• 02/28/19: A Report Card for Your Business Financials
• 02/14/19: Money and Marriage
• 01/31/19: 10 Ways to Boost Your Business Revenue for 2019
• 01/17/19: How to Save More in 2019
• 01/03/19: What Is Reputation Management?
• 12/20/18: Business Planning Made Easy for 2019
• 12/06/18: Marketing by the Numbers
• 11/21/18: Being Grateful
• 11/08/18: Defining Blockchain
• 10/25/18: Your Perfect Work Day
• 10/11/18: Training Fido to Fetch More than a Bone
• 09/27/18: The Concept of Internal Control
• 09/13/18: 5 Ways to Make Your Business More Efficient
• 08/30/18: Should You Have a Financial Dashboard?
• 08/16/18: How to Survive a Worker’s Comp Audit
• 08/02/18: Setting Up Products and Services
• 07/19/18: How to Cut Costs with Fixed Assets Management
• 07/05/18: 5 Tips on Bringing Home the Bacon
• 06/21/18: Three Tips to Maximize Your Social Security
• 06/07/18: Do You Spend Too Much Time on Email?
• 05/24/18: Cool Apps: Accounting System Add-ons
• 05/10/18: How to Read Your Income Statement
• 04/26/18: Boost Your Accounting Know-How with These Terms
• 04/12/18: Five Fun Customer Perks to Set You Apart in the Marketplace
• 03/29/18: Cool Apps: Food Delivery Options
• 03/15/18: How to Evaluate Your Marketing Spend
• 03/01/18: Making Deadlines Can Save You Big Bucks in Your Business
• 02/15/18: Is Your Workplace Female-Friendly?
• 02/01/18: Three Super-Easy Ways to Boost Your Revenue for 2018
• 01/18/18: Five Tips to Make Tax Time Painless
• 01/04/18: Five Ways to Ring in 2018
• 12/21/17: How to Write Your Mission Statement
• 12/07/17: Get Ahead on Year-End Tasks
• 11/22/17: Spice Up Your Marketing with Storytelling
• 11/09/17: The Perfect Chart of Accounts for Your Business
• 10/26/17: How to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft
• 10/12/17: Browser Productivity Tips You May Not Know
• 09/28/17: How to Beat Procrastination
• 09/14/17: Is It Profitable to Blog?
• 08/31/17: Cool Apps: Amazon Echo
• 08/17/17: Could Your Business Survive a Disaster?
• 08/03/17: The Power of Influencer Marketing
• 07/20/17: What Is Reasonable Compensation?
• 07/07/17: Five Ways to Streamline Your Payroll Process
• 03/30/17: Cool Apps: Hootsuite
• 03/16/17: Five Numbers You Should Know About Your 2016 Performance
• 03/02/17: Understanding Payment Terms
• 02/16/17: Positive Pay
• 02/02/17: Tax Time, Ready or Not
• 01/19/17: The New I-9 Form
• 01/05/17: Start the New Year with a 2017 Profit Plan
• 12/22/16: Five Money-Saving Things to Do Before Ringing Out 2016
• 12/08/16: Cool Apps: Google Forms
• 11/23/16: Is There Really a 4-Hour Workweek?
• 11/10/16: Signs You Might Be Outgrowing Your Accounting System
• 10/27/16: A Quick Primer on Crowdfunding
• 10/13/16: 5 Steps to Move Your Marketing into the 21st Century
• 09/29/16: Beyond Saving Trees: New Trends in Receipt Management
• 09/15/16: Cool Social Media Apps: Instagram
• 09/01/16: Add a VIP Revenue Stream to Your Business
• 08/18/16: 5 Metrics to Gauge Your Business Performance
• 08/04/16: What’s Your DSO?
• 07/21/16: 5 Tips to Implement to Give Your Clients 5-Star Service
• 07/07/16: Do the New Overtime Rules Affect You?
• 06/23/16: Have Your Layer Cake and Eat It Too
• 06/09/16: Cool Tech Tools: Cloud Storage
• 05/26/16: Seven Small Business Risks You Might Not Know You’re Taking
• 05/12/16: Five Steps to Getting a Loan
• 04/28/16: Marketing by the Numbers
• 04/14/16: Six Ways to Put the Spring in Your Sales
• 03/31/16: Boost Your Accounting Know-How with These Terms
• 03/17/16: Separating Business from Personal in Facebook
• 03/03/16: Cool Tech Tools: Boost Team Collaboration with Slack
• 02/18/16: Cool Social Media Apps: Periscope
• 02/04/16: The Triangle of Fraud Risk
• 01/21/16: 5 Ways to Delight Your Customers
• 01/07/16: Will 2016 Be Your Best Year Ever?
• 12/23/15: Is Your Website Mobile-Friendly?
• 12/10/15: Get Finance-Savvy with 10 Accounting Terms
• 11/25/15: Cool Tech Tools: Automate Your To-Do List
• 11/12/15: How Pinterest and Instagram Can Make You Money
• 10/29/15: Eight Ways to Save Time You Might Not Have Thought About
• 10/15/15: Three Costly Accounting Mistakes to Avoid
• 10/01/15: Cool Apps: Zapier
• 09/17/15: Attract More Customers with Event Marketing
• 09/03/15: Your Daily Numbers
• 08/20/15: Cool Tech Tools: When There’s No Internet, Use Your Personal Hotspot
• 08/06/15: How to Avoid Sales Tax Surprises
• 07/23/15: What to Do About Spam
• 07/09/15: Mid-Year Milestones
• 06/25/15: Cool Tech Tools: Customer Portals
• 06/11/15: Ten Excuses to Have a Sale
• 05/28/15: Understanding How Teams Grow
• 05/14/15: The Best Payment Terms for Faster Cash Flow
• 04/30/15: Five Modern Marketing Methods You May Not Know About
• 04/16/15: Cool Tech Tools: Google Drive
• 04/02/15: Does Your Accounting Department Have Holes in It?
• 03/19/15: The Short and the Long of It
• 03/05/15: Influencing Your Word-of-Mouth Results
• 02/19/15: Are Your Workers Contractors or Employees?
• 02/05/15: The One Question to Ask Each Day
• 01/22/15: Five Ways to Streamline Data Entry
• 01/08/15: Do You Have a Revenue Plan for 2015?
• 12/24/14: Planning for a Fabulous 2015
• 12/11/14: It’s Bonus Time
• 11/26/14: Catching Up with Your Contractors Before 1099 Time
• 11/13/14: What Is Real-Time Accounting (and Why Should You Care)?
• 10/30/14: How Understanding Assets vs. Expenses Can Make You Rich
• 10/16/14: What’s Your Hourly Worth?
• 10/02/14: Navigating Nanny Taxes and Household Payroll Compliance
• 09/18/14: How to Read Your Balance Sheet
• 09/04/14: Is There an App for That?
• 08/21/14: Shortcut Your Management Time with Exception Reporting
• 08/07/14: Six Common Payroll Mistakes to Avoid
• 07/24/14: Summertime Strategies for Your Business
• 07/10/14: Does Your Small Business Need a CRM?
• 06/26/14: Oops: Do You Owe Sales Tax and Not Realize You Do?
• 06/12/14: Seven Profit-Boosting Entrepreneurial Habits
• 05/29/14: Five Essential Components of an Entrepreneur’s Compensation
• 05/15/14: Is It Time for Spring Cleaning Your Business Files?
• 05/01/14: Nine Tips to Dazzle and Retain Your Top Customers
• 04/17/14: Do You Know Your Weakest Business Link?
• 04/03/14: Five Browser Productivity Tips
• 03/20/14: How Painless Is Your New Customer Experience?
• 03/06/14: Five Ways to Go Green with Your Accounting
• 02/20/14: How to Avoid Seasonal Bumps in Your Cash Flow
• 02/06/14: Is Your Business Using the Right Accounting System?
• 01/23/14: Five Ways to Reconnect with Your Passion for Your Business
• 01/09/14: Six Business Topics and Trends to Study for 2014
• 12/26/13: Create a Theme for a Prosperous and Meaningful New Year
• 12/12/13: Optimize Your Revenue Mix for More Profits in 2014
• 11/28/13: What to Do When Calling the Help Line Doesn’t Help
• 11/14/13: Five Tips to Get Ready for a Pain-Free Tax Time
• 10/31/13: Five Best-Practice Accounts Payable Tips for a Smoother Cash Flow
• 10/17/13: Avoid the Three Biggest Sales Mistakes and Close More Business
• 10/03/13: Five Fall Projects to Refresh Your Financial Results
• 09/19/13: Five Fun Things to Add to Your Invoices
• 09/05/13: Do You Know Your Small Business Vitals?
• 08/22/13: Five Ways to Rev Up Your Referrals
• 08/08/13: What Does Popeye Have to Do with Accounting?
• 07/25/13: Mobile Accounting
• 07/11/13: Budgeting Breakthrough
• 06/27/13: Need an A/R Makeover? A Quick, 5-Item Best Practice Checklist
• 06/13/13: Five Cash Leaks to Avoid
• 05/30/13: The Fine Art of Prioritization
• 05/16/13: Is Hosted QuickBooks Right for You?
• 05/02/13: Have You Been Hacked? How to Minimize Your Risk
• 04/18/13: Seven Strategies to Put the Spring into Your Sales
• 04/04/13: What Is Cloud Accounting?
• 03/21/13: Is Your Data Backed Up? Seven Often-Overlooked Places
• 03/07/13: Five Ways to Protect your Cash
• 02/21/13: Five Email Productivity Tips
• 02/07/13: Five Places Where Spending More Pays Off
• 01/24/13: Five Places to Find More Profits
• 01/10/13: The Entrepreneur’s Paycheck
• 12/27/12: Planning for an Awesome 2013
• 12/13/12: Five Hidden Talents of Your Accountant
• 11/29/12: Seven Year-End Adjustments to Make to Your Books
• 11/15/12: Five Things You Can Do to Make Tax Season Smoother
• 11/01/12: Is Your Business Missing an Accounting Skillset?
• 10/18/12: Compliance Checklist: Seven Items You May Have Forgotten
• 10/04/12: Are You Vulnerable to Fraud?
• 09/20/12: Six Quick Productivity Tricks So You Can Go Home Early
• 09/06/12: Five Favorite Freebies You Can Steal
• 08/23/12: Create an Easy, Head-Turning Elevator Speech
• 08/09/12: Recognizing a Job Well Done
• 07/26/12: Seven Ways to Wow Your Clients
• 07/12/12: Five Bottlenecks to Avoid that Stump Your Business Growth
• 06/28/12: Ten Things You Might Not Think to Delegate But Should
• 06/14/12: Are You in the Business of Pleasure?
• 05/31/12: Life Beyond the Profit & Loss Statement – Do You Know Your Lifestyle Ratios?
• 05/17/12: Are You Fully Supported in Your Business?
• 05/03/12: Twelve Low-Cost Employee Perks for Fun & High Performance
• 05/01/12: Cutting Expenses Key To Profitability, But How? Some Tips
• 04/19/12: The Power of Permission
• 04/05/12: Do You Know the Lifetime Value of Your Client?
• 03/22/12: Are You Working on All the Wrong Things?