I encourage you to launch and run your business as leanly as possible: bootstrap the business, invest your own funds in the business, live frugally and watch every penny you spend. The less money you spend, the less profit you need to generate to turn your business into a success. The less money you borrow, [...]
The fab people at Officeworks have given me a $100 AU Officeworks voucher to give away to a lucky reader....read on to find out more details...[This competition is now closed and I'm excited to share with you Ross Dawson selected Grant Steele as the winner. Dawson remarked there were a number of excellent comments. Thank-you [...]
During the 2013 Problogger conference, I attended a session called ‘Selling Stuff’ run by Shayne Tilley. Tilley has been involved in selling 30 million worth of ebooks – this guy knows his stuff – so when he talks you listen! He started the session, getting all of us to stand — I’m that awkward person [...]
How do I allocate a fuel bill that is 80% business and 20% private in Xero? How do I record transactions made from my business savings account to my business credit card account in Xero? Where do I allocate monthly website upkeep and hosting expenses too in Xero? Where do I allocate car registration in [...]
Yes! You can use Xero cashbooks for your personal finances. Xero cashbooks has bank feed options, spend and receive money, and has the look and feel of the business version of Xero so it's easy to use! As you would expect it does not include payroll or inventory, or the ability to raise invoices or bills. It does [...]
I was interested in trying out a cloud based debtor tracking systems as cash flow is critical for the survival of a small business and chasing outstanding invoices is time consuming and something I least like about running a business. I signed up to the Xero approved add-on debtor tracking solution Debtor Daddy. The whippet [...]
Minute Dock is an online Time Tracking solution Minute Dock is an online Time Tracking solution, that syncs with Xero ideal for those who bill by time .Before using MinuteDock my desk and PC monitor where covered with post-it notes recording time I’d spent with clients. Invoicing clients ended up being a time consuming process, [...]
An article about my experience with the installation of the Xero for WooCommerce license. I’ve recently had the Xero for WooCommerce license installed on my WordPress website. This enables details of every purchase made on my website to populate Xero, my online accounting system, at warp speed. I estimate this set-up saves me about 15 minutes a [...]
I asked a group to comment on what aspects of a speakers talk they wanted to see more of. Here are their comments:- Change in voice levels / great projection Confidence Eye contact Passion in their topic Smiles Variety of pace I think it is good to remember what resonates with Joe Public when you [...]
I recall a discussion with a business owner who had worked for a ‘big 4’ accounting consulting firm. She was paid extraordinarily well to tell people how to improve the operations of their own business, and was flabbergasted by how little she actually understood about running a business, and how much she learned during the [...]
