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I will be the first person to admit that sticking to a budget over the holiday season is tough. I get so caught up in the fun of the season that I want to bake every cookie, buy every present, attend every party, and decorate every inch of my house. I love the holidays, but they can exhaust my body, my emotions, and my wallet. Here are five easy steps, plus my super secret, never before shared holiday shopping spreadsheet, to help you stay on track this holiday season.
This is a crazy time of year for everyone. Our daily lives are filled up with decorating, shopping, baking, kids’ holiday concerts and recitals, travel, and more. On top of everything, it’s the busiest time of year for most businesses. It’s a tough ask to add one more thing to your list, but I’d like to suggest you put in a little extra effort to get your bookkeeping under control before the end of the year. I recommend taking three basic steps now to make sure your books are ready to go when you need them to be.
There are so many reasons that turning over control of your bookkeeping to someone else can be a daunting task. You know your business inside and out, and it will just be too much trouble to get someone else up to speed. The books are the brains of your business, and you don’t want to trust anyone else with that valuable resource.
I get it. I get it more than you can imagine.
I’ve been hearing from some friends lately that commercial landlords and property managers have been applying pressure and asking for higher rent, while at the same time reducing services that they provide. This made me think that it might be a good time to have a discussion about how much rent you should be paying for your business. It’s easy to get caught up in the annual rent increases and the lure of a fancy main street location, but business owners need to take a good, hard look at the numbers before committing to a lease.