Ted Demopoulos is a frequent speaker at conferences, conventions, and other business events, author of What No One Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting: Real-Life Advice from 101 People Who Successfully Leverage the Power of the Blogosphere, and coauthor of Blogging for Business. He’s also a friend of mine, and he contributed to The…
Want a trend report that pays attention to small town trends? Read the top 10 trends for 2008 from Jack Schultz, author of Boomtown USA. My top 5 picks from his list are: NWOSU Ranger Rodeo Team,These Millennials are shapingthe future of small towns 1. Millennials-Hard to believe that this generation, ages 10 to 27,…
This year, I’ll attend my first all-technology conference. South by Southwest Interactive festival in March in Austin includes all sorts of interactive technology. Austin is close enough to drive, so I’m going! Before I go, I’m taking Jeff Pulver’s pre-conference advice to plan and set some goals. So, if you’re going, leave me a comment….
Before you let the new year carry you away, take care of three important year-end accounting tasks. 1. Run your year-end reports on paper. There are four important types of reports to document your important business info for the year. Put them on paper to protect against changes in software systems, lost data, or other…
Common mistakes can kill your small business, but most of them can be easily corrected or avoided. Today’s Bad Example: Bad LocationAll business depend on location to some extent. Even if your small business is just you, the location affects your work! More often, we think of retail and food businesses that depend on walk-in…
As part of the Simplified Accounting and Bookkeeping series, I present an ancient handout from my days of teaching QuickBooks courses. QuickBooks is capable of tracking an enormous level of detail and then generating reports from it. This does make the program extremely flexible, offering several different options for each type of detail. No one…
Small and simple businesses don’t require too much record keeping. How tiny is tiny? This article is for you if: you have a simple side business you are the only person in your business you sell only your own services (like a consultant) you re-sell products from a single supplier, or direct selling such as…
Every small business person has to face up to it: keeping financial records. Most of us would do anything to avoid having to set up an accounting system! Here’s my simple rule: Don’t track anything you don’t have to. Do track data that helps you make better decisions. Do meet all legal requirements. If you…
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