Seasoned Portland business owners know that solid business relationships can provide a powerful competitive differentiator for their prospects, clients and even with their vendors and suppliers. And that the fruits of these successful Portland business relationships generate Loyalty, business growth, and and a significant improvement to your buiness’s bottom-line.
Opening a new business is stressful, especially if you’re not sure where to start when it comes to organizing your books. But don’t panic—we’ve got some small business accounting tips here. As a new business owner, you don’t necessarily have to hire a full-time CPA to manage your books. In fact, you can keep your business running smoothly by following these accounting tips for small businesses.
Taking the occasional break to read news, reviews or even whimsical stories from colleagues can be beneficial to your professional development. Getting insight and ideas into the latest technology, HR, marketing and other general business information can help you grow your practice. And staying current with industry laws and regulations can help you position yourself for success with clients. Even thought there are a ton of resources out there, here are 11 informational and regularly updated blogs that will inform, entertain and improve you as a professional.
With so many credit card processing companies available to choose from, it can be a daunting task for a small business to select one that has all the services and features they are looking for.
Every day, business owners are faced with challenging decisions about where to spend their money. Hiring additional employees, upgrading equipment or implementing new processes could all be considered potentially beneficial areas for increased investment. But in an effort to not drastically impact your overhead, here are four low-cost investments that have the ability to start saving you money quickly, and continue to pay off in the long-run.
ebs Associate’s Denise Loter-Koch was excited to finalize a 2015 QuickBooks training schedule for Gensco affiliates and re-sellers in the Pacific Northwest. Gensco, a distributor and manufacturer of HVAC products, has regularly made use of Ms. Loter-Koch’s expertise for training events due to the large number of HVAC businesses using QuickBooks and other Intuit services to run their businesses.
The end of September is the end of yet another business quarter, which means it’s time for a recommended checkup to keep your QuickBooks data accurate and up-to-date. To help you get started and make sure you have the basics covered, here is a quarterly review checklist for bookkeepers, business...
ebs Associates is excited to announce that we are moving our corporate offices to the same location as the ebs Learning Center! This move will take place in an effort to better serve our clients, students and other professionals that look to us for business software, training and support. It will also give us the opportunity to expand ebs Associates and continue offering businesses with the latest QuickBooks products and Intuit services they need to succeed.
Learn why one Portland Area professional decided to become an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor
Wondering what led one Portland native to become a QuickBooks ProAdvisor uncovered a variety of questions that many other local professionals also had about the Intuit program.
In a brief discussion with Jessica Loter-Griffith , an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor at Out Of The Box Technology, she noted that people often call wondering how to become a QuickBooks ProAdvisor.
They are also curious about what the benefits are and how to use the ProAdvisor program to build their business.
The following are some of the more useful tips and pointers that she had to offer those who have questions about becoming a ProAdvisor.
Since it can be time consuming to learn some of the more advanced features available within Intuit’s suite of QuickBooks products, here are 5 simple things anyone could be doing to get the most out of QuickBooks.