Patty Hansen
Test Your Financial Resilience
There’s more to being financially resilient than simply saving enough money for a rainy day. A part of being financially responsible is maintaining good financial records – and making sure people who need access to your records know where to find them if something happens to you. Your Favorite Orange…
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Protecting Your Business from Supply Chain Shortages
The past few years have seen major kinks in the supply chain due to a number of reasons: aberrant buyer behavior, source material scarcity, government shutdowns, and worker shortages, to name a few. What can a business owner do to protect their businesses from shortages and therefore, revenue loss? Your…
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Keep Your Profits on Track with Variance Reporting
While there are literally hundreds of accounting reports that can help you run your business better, one of the most popular – and greatly underutilized – reports is the variance report. This is one of Your Favorite Orange County Bookkeeper’s favorite tools! A variance report helps you compare how you…
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Five Ideas to Attract Staff During the Great Resignation
If you’re having trouble attracting and keeping staff, you’re not alone. A convergence of issues has created one of the greatest talent shortages in our lifetimes. With boomers retiring in large numbers, pandemic and opioid deaths, people not wanting to work for low wages, childcare availability disappearing, tighter immigration policies,…
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What’s in Store for 2022? Upcoming Business Trends from Your Favorite Orange County Bookkeeper!
The last few years have been unlike any other in our lifetimes and have caused a large amount of changes in a short timeframe. As we close out 2021 and enter 2022, it’s the perfect time to reflect on what we’ve learned, what’s happening now, and what we want to…
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The Power of Thank You Notes: A Great Way to Build Rapport from Your Favorite Orange County Bookkeeper
Your Favorite Orange County Bookkeeper is here with a great idea on how to further build connections with your clients, customers, vendors, and employees. As we approach the holiday of Thanksgiving, it’s the perfect time to think about how we can use thank you notes in our businesses and lives…
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Controlling Labor Costs
For service businesses, labor cost is typically the largest expense that is incurred in business operations. For many other types of businesses, the cost of labor is a large component of overall costs. Controlling labor costs so that they stay in line with what’s best for the organization is an…
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The Four-D Time Management Trick to Boost Your Efficiency from Your Favorite Orange County Bookkeeper
Time is our most precious personal resource; Once we’ve spent it, we’ll never get it back. As busy entrepreneurs, we seem to have less time than anyone else, so it just makes sense to look for ways to use our time wisely. Your Favorite Orange County Bookkeeper is here with…
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Gearing Up for Holiday Sales: 2021 Trends and Upcoming Opportunities from Your Favorite Orange County Bookkeeper!
Your favorite Orange County Bookkeeper is here to share this year’s projected holiday trends and upcoming opportunities for your business! This 2021 holiday sales season will give businesses a chance to continue their online migration from 2020 trends, with possibilities for more refinement and improvements. The goal is to bring as…
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