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Running a small business, which includes a household (and keeping up with the administrative portion) can get unwieldy in a hurry. If you are starting out and looking for ways to file and organize your business receipts, here are some suggestions: First, be careful not to make this more difficult than it needs to be. [...]

Tags: accounting, bookkeeper, credit cards, Marie Gibson, QuickBooksPro, receipts

Pricing of services is never easy, especially when you are entering a new business or offering a new service. You may wonder, “How much is enough?” “What is my value and how do I put a dollar value on it?” “Do I tell people in my marketing materials what my price is or wait until [...]

Tags: consulting, Marketing, money, pricing, Speaking, value

Small business owners (as well as any other working person, which I hope is all of us!) often wonder how to hire help that’s not too expensive, but gets the job done. You might have had these questions, as asked by a Life of E’s member: Can you give us more information about using teenagers [...]

Tags: Delegation, teen employees, teen tasks, teenagers, teens, workers

Marie Gibson sent out this email to those who participated in her wonderful ShoeBox 101 Teleseminar (which is still available as a download). It has been just over a month since you participated in the ShoeBox-101 Teleseminar where you learned the basics of setting up your accounting system. It is now February, and I am [...]

Tags: Add new tag, bookkeeping, Marie Gibson

One of the people I have learned the most from in the last 4 or 5 years as I’ve built my company is Alexandria Brown.  On Thursday evening, March 5th, she is hosting a free teleseminar (that I wouldn’t miss) entitled “How to Create Your OWN Strong Economy This Year…with Online Information Marketing.”  You can [...]

Tags: Alexandria Brown, business, economy, entrepreneur

Speakers (of every different ilk, i.e., keynoters, workshop leaders, consultants, trainers, etc.) often wonder what to charge and how to decide their fees. Since I have been a speaker (in all of these roles) for many years, I’ve given this question a fair amount of consideration. Here are some ideas on how to determine your [...]

Tags: fee, payment, price, rate, speakers, Speaking

No matter whether the economy is in great shape…or not so great, businesses need to make sure they are paid in a timely manner. As a solopreneur, you may have wondered, “When making presentations or doing consulting work, what is the best way to assure yourself that you will get paid in a timely manner? [...]

Tags: cost, fee, invoice, payment, speakers

During a recent Life of E’s Email Extravaganza, I received this question: Which credit card processing co. do you recommend for your shopping cart?  At this point I am only accepting through PayPal but that may not work for government clients. My response: Here are two earlier responses from the blog on this: http://meggin.com/lifeofes/wordpress/?p=236 http://meggin.com/lifeofes/wordpress/?p=213 [...]

Tags: credit card services, payment options, PayPal

If you are a business owner and you intend to have your business grow, then you need to be working on the tasks, commitments, and projects that ‘only you can do’ and delegate the rest. You might have a question like this one asked by a Life of E’s member: I would like to start [...]

Tags: credit cards, delegate, delegating, employees, trust, workers

I’m sharing a recent article from Dr. Adrianne Ahern.  I receive her newsletter and this one REALLY struck me and I wanted to share it.  I’ve highlighted the parts that I think are not-to-be-ignored. It’s the third week of January and how many of us have already discarded our New Year’s resolutions? Obviously, I’m going [...]

Tags: Adrianne Ahern, anxiety, choice, facts, period