How to price your freelance services?
Freelance work allows a large degree of autonomy and could be your ticket to ditching the cubicle. The obvious downside is financial insecurity and a need to really grab your life by the scruff of the neck to make it a success. The primary hinge…
4 ways to prepare your business for the holidays
The holiday season is a schism in the business world. On one hand retailers do exceedingly well in this cash rich period of excess and indulgence. One the other hand, service focused or B2B businesses will face a slow period of shutdown as annual leave…
Know your numbers: know your dates
Just starting a business? Feeling overwhelmed? Read straight up professional advice for first timers in the business world. We continue our exploration into ‘Know your numbers’ with some solid advice on managing important dates for small business. Your social calendar may be full of exciting…
6 Tips for overcoming business failure
So you started a business! Fantastic. Are you prepared to crash and burn? Oh, yes positivity is key, but really. Are you ready for failure? A savvy business owner sure would be after glancing at a few of the alarming stats floating around. “I haven’t…
GST for freelancers
Ok so you are out there now, freelancing like you always dreamed of. Bosses are a quaint memory and a smug work/life satisfaction is your new normal. You once led a structured cubicle life, held prisoner by the hands of a watch and a tight…
Chasing a unicorn – the elusive work/life balance
Having a good work / life balance has always been important to my husband Rob, and myself. We have seven successful adult children and we ensured as they were growing up that they did not miss out on anything children from smaller families might experience. …
How does self-service work in accounting?
It is an increasing trend among business practices nowadays to promote self-service. Self-service is strangely enough the practice of helping yourself, and, it is so popular nowadays, that you will barely find a business which doesn’t have some sort of self-service practice implemented. Serve yourself! The…
What Does a Bookkeeper Do?
In order to get a better idea of what a bookkeeper does, let’s start by dispelling one myth. They don’t actually keep books, that would be the job of a librarian. Instead, they keep financial records. Sure, all of these records were stored in some…