Business Planning
Unravel Your Competitors’ Secrets with Mystery Shopping
Every business has competitors of one sort or another, and in many industries, it’s crucial to know what your competition is offering their customers. The good news is Your Favorite Orange County Bookkeeper has some suggestions on how you can find out what your competition is up to. This is…
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5 Subtle Ways to Increase Your Business Profit
Whether we’re headed for a recession or not, it’s always a good time to squeak out more profits from your business books. We’re not talking about drastically slashing expenses or spending a lot to raise revenue; Your Favorite Orange County Bookkeeper has 5 great tips to gently lift up your…
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How to Make Accountability Work
Every successful business owner needs accountability for the sake of their business. Entrepreneurs are excellent in running their day-to-day businesses, but some need more accountability to meet internal deadlines and long-term goals. Your Favorite Orange County Bookkeeper has some suggestions on how you can increase your accountability. Setting Goals and…
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Your Favorite Orange County Bookkeeper with Your Mid-Year Review
Can you believe that almost half of 2022 is gone already? That means it’s a great time to take stock of how your business has done for the first half of 2022 so that you can meet your financial goals for the entire year. Your Favorite Orange County Bookkeeper is…
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How to Write a Refund Policy
A refund policy defines the processes and rules for when customers want their money back and want to return the products or services they purchased from you. It’s often required by your credit card or shopping cart company as part of maintaining PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance. Plus, it’s just…
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How to Keep Your Customers Coming Back
Measuring and encouraging customer retention is important for businesses in many industries. There are a few great measures to see how you are doing in this area. Your Favorite Orange County Bookkeeper is here to provide some tactical tips for keeping customers coming back! Measuring Customer Retention The most common…
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7 Ways to Revive Your Entrepreneurial Passion
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
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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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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