11 must do steps to prepare your business In the housing market, sellers understand the value of staging the home. Getting it in the best possible shape before showing it to potential buyers. Your business is no different. If you are thinking about selling your...
Increase profit? Start with business pricing strategy
Does business pricing strategy play a major role in your profit goals? Profit is the goal for every business. In its simplest form, net profit is determined by subtracting expenses from revenues. A profitable business is well-poised for future growth, securing loans...
What to Look for in Accounting Services for Businesses
Accounting services for businesses are often seen as a necessary evil just to endure and delegate as quickly as possible. But what if accounting solutions were a powerful partnership, helping you unlock greater profitability and knowledge of your business? The problem...
How to use your monthly financial reports to reach 2023 goals
Are Your Monthly Financial Reports Guiding Toward Your Goals? As we enter 2023, you have most likely defined financial goals for your business to achieve in the new year. It may be a revenue target, or employee headcount, or even a cashflow target from profitability....
How to Harness the Power of Automated Bookkeeping
Is your business gaining the benefits available from automated bookkeeping? Bookkeeping equals a chore in your mind, right? Keeping up with transactions and expenses is a needful process in any fundamentally-strong business. But too many think of it as a reactive game...
Growth Metrics to Measure in Annual Planning
Your annual plan is your company’s “North Star” for the following year. Its core function is to provide every decision-maker with an actionable framework to make decisions. The challenge many organizations face comes in the way of deciding what KPIs to measure. There...
Tracking KPI Performance in Your Business
There is no shortage of content available online that tells you which KPIs are better to track in your business, which you should avoid, and even how to calculate each one of these metrics. However, there are nearly as many resources showing you the day-to-day...
See All of Your Agency Metrics in One Place with a Financial Dashboard
People think they can plug their QBO or Xero into a financial dashboard app and BAM! It's magically going to give them all the answers to run their business. The true value of dashboarding is to visually display KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)...meaning agency...
Financial Records and Reporting in Accounting: Critical and Non-negotiable
Companies need up-to-date financial records and a strong team to succeed. Yes, for all of the typical reasons. Reasons like a solid foundation, good cash flow, and proper tax planning. But it’s more than these. Sound records and reporting are vital to all internal...
Accounts Receivable Management: What it is and how it saved one of our clients $228,000 per year
Accounts receivable (A/R) is an important part of any business relying on invoicing as a primary revenue. Your business provides services, invoices clients, and collects (receives) those invoiced funds. Accounts receivable management is made up of the systems,...
Cash Management Systems are a Team Sport
Did you know.... cash management is a TEAM sport? Your entire cash management system, or ecosystem really, includes: All departments of your operation (aka the people) The tools you use to manage cash The system and/or infrastructure you use to ensure things run...
How Much Cash Can I Take Out of My S-Corp?
S-Corporations are great for successful service-based businesses, like agencies or consultant companies. If you’re making 7+ figures, it’s a popular and beneficial overall entity structure.