Category: Business
How we set a business budget
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As we’ve started assigning me tasks over the last few months it’s become obvious that my main task has been to take over the bookkeeping. I’ve started entering receipts, tracking expenses, and monitoring income. Curtis still has responsibilities in this area as well, but it has literally cut the time he spends on it down
Why on earth should you create a budget for your business?
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This seems like a simple concept but let me give you a bit of a working definition of exactly WHAT a budget is. That way maybe you can understand WHY you should create a budget for your business. WHAT is a Budget? A budget is an INTENTIONAL spending plan for your business. It gives you
Creating an Effective Budget for Your Business
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This week we’re going to be talking about creating an effective budget for your business. I know, most people hear the word budget and shudder. However a budget is a very effective tool that will allow you track your expenses, profits, taxes, and set a realistic salary for yourself. It will ensure that you actually
How much is your attitude?
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The garden needed to be cleaned. It had a winter’s worth of pine cones and pine needles in it. There were weeds everywhere. It looked terrible. There I stood making the communal townhouse garden presentable grumbling under my breath about the injustice of it all. I’m the one who does most of the snow shoveling
How do you protect your vital business data
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I’ve already gone on record about trusting companies you’re not paying with crucial business process. I simply won’t do it. If you’re a free service, I won’t be relying on you for anything that is crucial to my business. Lately I’ve been thinking that I need to evaluate my business processes a bit more. Namely
Upcoming Series on Pricing
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Hey y’all (feeling a bit Texas today) I’ve got a post series coming up on pricing and one post specifically on weekly pricing. I’d love some feedback on the weekly pricing since that is what most people really want to ask me questions about. I’ve got a draft up on Github for you to read.
Don’t Quit Clients
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The dream of many freelancers is to quit clients and focus on products. It may be themes, or books, or custom yoga pants that you want to make and sell. The specific product doesn’t matter. It’s the thought that no more clients around would be awesome. Quitter is a book about moving from your ‘day
Do you finish as well as you start
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I’m generally a pretty safe driver by all accounts. I drive just barely over the speed limit and rarely rush anywhere (no lane changing and weaving for me) since I simply don’t see the point in saving 30 seconds driving across town. That doesn’t mean I’m free from driving mistakes. Almost there Yes the night
7 tips to start your first mastermind
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I’ve been running a Mastermind for the last 6 months now and I spent the Christmas break trying to become a better Mastermind facilitator. Here are 7 tips I’ve gleaned through my reading and experience with running an effective Mastermind Group. Mastermind Purpose Mastermind’s can be started for any purpose. Want to loose weight? A
Billing that dead project
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One thing I missed talking about in the series on stuck projects was how I determine if a project is stuck and how on earth do I bill for it? Project Based Billing A killer to your productivity, overall motivation and cash flow is the stuck project. When I billed per project (and not weekly
