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Cheap Online Accountants & Financial Nightmares

Cheap Online Accountants & Financial Nightmares

Cheap Online Accountants & Financial ...

Hiring the wrong accounting professionals is one of the worst financial decisions a business owner can make. And in our ...

By Eddy Hood / Oct 22, 2021
[Ebook]: A Tax Director’s Top 7 Tax Strategies for Small Businesses in 2021

[Ebook]: A Tax Director’s Top 7 Tax Strategies for Small Businesses in 2021

[Ebook]: A Tax Director’s Top 7 Tax ...

Six billion. That’s how many hours Americans spend each year collecting their financial information to file their ...

By Eddy Hood / May 6, 2021
5 New Ways to Increase Your Customer Retention Rate in 2021

5 New Ways to Increase Your Customer Retention Rate in 2021

5 New Ways to Increase Your Customer ...

As businesses emerge from the uncertainties of 2020, their priorities — and spending — will shift toward improving ...

By Eddy Hood / Apr 22, 2021
When to Fire Someone: 7 Indicators It’s Time to Let Go

When to Fire Someone: 7 Indicators It’s Time to Let Go

When to Fire Someone: 7 Indicators It’s ...

When someone on your team isn’t happy or performing to standards, you have two options: ignore the issue or get to the ...

By Eddy Hood / Apr 15, 2021
4 Marketing Agency Pricing Models and Which You Should Choose

4 Marketing Agency Pricing Models and Which You Should Choose

4 Marketing Agency Pricing Models and ...

U.S. Census Bureau data shows that in the last 15 years, revenue generated by marketing agencies hasn’t just grown—it’s ...

By Eddy Hood / Apr 8, 2021
4 Things Entrepreneurs Should Know Before Becoming a Franchise Owner

4 Things Entrepreneurs Should Know Before Becoming a Franchise Owner

4 Things Entrepreneurs Should Know ...

There's never been a hotter time to buy a franchise. Franchises have become steadily more profitable over the last ...

By Eddy Hood / Apr 1, 2021
Start a Business with Less than $1k: These 11 Entrepreneurship Success Stories Prove it Can Be Done

Start a Business with Less than $1k: These 11 Entrepreneurship Success Stories Prove it Can Be Done

Start a Business with Less than $1k: ...

Most entrepreneurship success stories you read tell you how massive Fortune 500 list-makers got their start. But what ...

By Eddy Hood / Mar 25, 2021
Make Better Business Decisions Using Your Financial Statements

Make Better Business Decisions Using Your Financial Statements

Make Better Business Decisions Using ...

Most business owners don’t lack confidence or decisiveness. No, to make better business decisions, most leaders lack ...

By Eddy Hood / Mar 18, 2021
Phase Three Is Here: How to Reopen Your Business After Covid-19 Lockdown

Phase Three Is Here: How to Reopen Your Business After Covid-19 Lockdown

Phase Three Is Here: How to Reopen Your ...

As state governments waffle between reopening in phase two, phase three, and even a few phases in between, businesses ...

By Eddy Hood / Mar 11, 2021
Why (and How) to Draft Payments from Your Customers and Improve Cash Flow

Why (and How) to Draft Payments from Your Customers and Improve Cash Flow

Why (and How) to Draft Payments from ...

Think about your back-office finance operation for a moment. If you could eliminate two time-consuming administrative ...

By Eddy Hood / Mar 4, 2021