Business Planning

7 Ways to Revive Your Entrepreneurial Passion

By Patty Hansen | Mar 9, 2022

Most entrepreneurs would agree that owning a business is an incredible privilege, and they would likely never want to go back to working for someone else. However, we all have our days! And sometimes those rough days can turn into weeks. When we’ve temporarily lost a little bit of our…

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Test Your Financial Resilience

By Patty Hansen | Feb 23, 2022

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

By Patty Hansen | Feb 9, 2022

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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Five Ideas to Attract Staff During the Great Resignation

By Patty Hansen | Jan 12, 2022

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!

By Patty Hansen | Dec 22, 2021

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

By Patty Hansen | Nov 24, 2021

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

By Patty Hansen | Nov 10, 2021

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

By Patty Hansen | Oct 28, 2021

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!

By Patty Hansen | Oct 12, 2021

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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4 Easy Ways to Get your Clients to Pay You ON TIME from Your Favorite Orange County Bookkeeper

By Patty Hansen | Sep 22, 2021

It happens all the time. A customer fails to pay on time, the credit card expires, or the check bounces. What can you do as a business owner to spend as little time as possible on these items, but still get the cash collected? Your favorite Orange County Bookkeeper is here…

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