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EASY INVOICE

2/21/2016

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05/2017 Update: After using Easy Invoice App for over a year and appreciating it's value, I have stopped using it due to a change in their pricing. It may still be a viable option for your business, but for now I have chosen to go back to using a template on my MacBook. A little more work, less utility, but cheaper and not held ransom by a 3rd party app.

The calendar can be an effective agent of change. 
For the past 11 years I had been generating almost all my sales documents by hand. That means hundreds and hundreds of pages worth of estimates and invoices, all painstakingly hand-written. The thing is, I had experimented with Word and Pages and dabbled with various apps, but nothing seemed to meet my needs. I felt like it was simpler and that it gave my business a craftsman feel. But maybe it was fear of change, laziness to learn a new method, or pure procrastination. Either way, the time had come to try something new.

This past January I decided that it was time to commit to switching to digital estimates and invoices. After 2 months of using this particular app to create all my estimates and invoices, I think I found an effective new tool that is an asset to my business. I'd like to share it with you in case you are looking for a simple way to manage this aspect of your business... 

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THE 2 BEST DAYS TO HIRE A BOOKKEEPER

9/6/2015

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The two best days to hire a bookkeeper are the day you open your business, and alternatively, today.  

Tomorrow is the wrong day to hire a bookkeeper. 

Tomorrow means it's not a priority and can be put off until it becomes critical.  Which is definitely is the wrong day, because when it becomes critical it means it's costing you a lot of money.  Money because you have to take time away from producing and serving customers and allocate it to organizing that you put off in the past.  Money because you likely will have lost or missed claimable expenses.  Money because you may face penalties and interest for late remittances for GST, taxes, WCB and maybe payroll remittances.  Money because you may not receive rebates and refunds you may be entitled to. 

Two reasons you may be putting this off are because it requires a little work to get organized. But a bookkeeper can walk you through the process and help you with all that paper work stuff.  A second reason may be because you feel it's too expensive - you just can't afford it.  Let's analyze that one a bit closer...

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