Email was the original goddess of instant information transfers, so gloriously easy that it is little wonder it quickly became a primary communication mode between businesses and their customers. Just as we were accepting that legal documents could be scanned in and emailed, we were getting used to still faster forms of communication like Messenger […]
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No matter where you operate your small business in Canada or the United States, there are government standards of compliance required that govern everything from the kind of financial records you need to keep to how you produce and measure certain products and services, what you pay your employees, and how you create a safe […]
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There are a number of reasons why your company may be struggling with cash flow issues, and many of them have little connection with how much business you are doing and how successfully you are doing it. Sometimes it is a simple matter of having your payables due before your receivables. If you have to […]
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My wife and business partner, Juliet Aurora, and I have worked side-by-side for many years. We believe that for the most part we have done it successfully, but it took having AIS Solutions win Intuit’s Global Firm of the Future contest to have a broader world recognize it. What we have learned as “couple-preneurs” is […]
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There is no question that selecting a bookkeeper can be daunting and in a perfect world, the freelancer will tell you right if she or he is capable of doing the job you need. But that is not always the case.
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To Incorporate or not to Incorporate? That is the question. For most small businesses, the question of if and when the company should be incorporated is one that should be considered at regular intervals.
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No matter what business you are in, there will be often be times when the pace changes, sometimes as predicted, sometimes not.
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Building a team can be a fun and challenging experience. Like putting together a puzzle, you have to find the right pieces.
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When you run your own small business, you work on average at least 20 hours more than the paid employee who works a designated shift five days a week and calls it quits.
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When it comes to getting new clients in your business, nothing is more effective than a good word-of-mouth (WOM) referral.
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