Fact or fiction: your bookkeeper only files your taxes and hounds you for your receipts. Fiction! Bookkeepers are so much more than just the guy that bothers you about your tax forms.

One of the most important things affecting your business right now: your mindset. A mindset shift can happen in an instance. It can be long lasting and lead to big burn out. And your clients, whether you realize it or not, are probably some of the biggest influences on your mindset.

Sound familiar? You’re doing everything right for your small business - growing your client list, rocking your social media, putting in the work - but your end of month cash doesn't show it. 

What’s the deal?!

From the outside looking in, owning a business can look like unlimited freedom and cash flowing in! But sometimes that is just not reality, or not the complete reality. Sure, being a business owner may mean you don’t have a boss to report to but that doesn’t mean you don’t have clients in your inbox or cash flow constantly on your mind!

We all started our business for one reason or another. Maybe you love matching people with their dream home or guiding people through the toughest challenges in their life. Whatever gifts you were given you figured out how to turn them into a business AND make money. 

One of the most important things you need to learn as a business owner is how to price your services! It may sound simple, but incorrectly pricing services you offer can eat away any profits you have, or even lead to losses that could really hurt your company. Below I will give you some great tips on how to calculate the price for your services!

As a business owner, you may not have as much time as you would like to deal with your business accounting books. QuickBooks is a great software program that makes accounting so much easier - it's about time. One of the best functions of QuickBooks is to help with account reconciliation. In this article, we discuss reconciliation and some issues QuickBooks users encounter.

This is a big one because so many small business owners have a “general idea” of their profitability but they don’t really know what their entire business picture looks like. When you’re ready to expand to the next level – do you know which of your products and services are most profitable, and which ones aren’t? If you needed to cut costs, do you know where your biggest expenses are?  Knowing the numbers in real-time can help you maximize your profits and reduce your expenses.

Don’t worry, almost everyone starts off their business with just a spreadsheet.  It seems easy enough to create the columns and formulas, and enter your data manually.  And it usually works for a little while…until it doesn’t anymore.  As your business starts to grow, it’s time to find a good bookkeeper.