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Got a Home Office? How deductible is it?

By Maesz

If you set up your business’s office inside your home, how will you go about deducting the costs of that office? Since not all of your home expenses are for the business, then some sort of allotment must be made in order to accurately reflect business expenses. A certifiable “home office” that is used “exclusively […]

May 31, 2008 Filed Under: finance, Small Biz 100, tax matters Tagged With: maesz, service businesses

The easiest accounting system

By Maesz

So, you have decided officially to become a “business.” Now, what? Well, in order to know how well your business is doing, you will have to keep track of income and expenses: just guessing is not enough. Unless you have specifically chosen otherwise on your tax return, you’ll be reporting on a cash basis. This […]

May 29, 2008 Filed Under: finance, Small Biz 100 Tagged With: maesz

Apply the Simplified Marketing Plan to Online Tools

By Becky McCray

With 89,567* online tools for connecting, sharing, networking, etc., how do you ever prioritize and keep online socializing from taking over your work?[*I made up that number, of course] Our Friend Glenda Watson Hyatt set me to work on this topic, and explained what she meant via email: My quandry is: I have all these […]

May 28, 2008 Filed Under: Best of, entrepreneurship, marketing, Small Biz 100

How to convert freebies into paying clients

By Becky McCray

Every small service business gets them: people fishing for free help, or asking twenty questions so they can go off and do it on their own. If you don’t have an established way to help them easily and convert them into paying clients, you are missing out on business and going crazy, I’ll bet. Cody […]

May 10, 2008 Filed Under: customer service, marketing, Small Biz 100 Tagged With: service businesses

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