Ask a Manager
JULY 12, 2025
My first recommendation – as a freelance bookkeeper to many small businesses – is to setup a separate bank account! In reply to Freelance Newbie. You’ll need to have a business account if you setup a company, but even if you are operating as a sole trader, have a separate account for business transactions.
Insperity
JANUARY 15, 2012
Back your data up off-site, Meghan Blair-Valero, founder of Fogged In Bookkeeping , advises in her blog. Barer advises that you also have an uninterruptable power supply. Secure off-site. He also backs up remotely with CrashPlan. “I take a ‘belt-and-suspenders’ approach to backup,” he says. Prepare to power down.
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Success
JUNE 23, 2021
For the past decade, BELAY has been witnessing this phenomenon firsthand through its network of contractors who supply virtual support as assistants, bookkeepers, web maintenance professionals and social media strategists. You do not need to be managing email and invoicing and bookkeeping,” she says. “If
Ruby
MAY 30, 2023
From bookkeeping, office administration, and HR issues to marketing, website maintenance, and customer relationship management, running a firm is a full-time job by itself. That’s why only 1% of law school graduates start a solo practice, according to the American Bar Association. It takes months of preparation just to plan for it.
Success
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
A final word on marketing: if you want to have an unlimited supply of customers, Dr. Tony Alessandra—entrepreneur, speaker, and author of the sales classic, Non-Manipulative Selling —suggests that you create “apostles,” often termed “raving fans.” Bookkeeping and some accounting. You need help. Create systems.
Success
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
For example, the Wave Advisors program provides bookkeeping support and one-on-one accounting and payroll coaching. Each company offers free support, but this support varies by hours and by type (phone, video, chat or email). Some even offer additional help for a fee.
SnackNation
JANUARY 11, 2019
(This includes stocking office supplies, snacks, cleaning supplies, and other daily essentials.). Being office bookkeeper. Overseeing the office budget. Managing office administrative team. Developing and implementing procedures. This includes safety procedures, such as evacuation plans, building security protocols, and more.).
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