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Small Business Accounting 101: 9 Steps to Get Your New Business on Track

Up and Running

Generally, there are three options to choose from to get your bookkeeping done: DIY: For the hands-on approach, a robust Excel spreadsheet or some simple accounting software can help you manage your books. Team up with a CPA. The majority of sales-oriented businesses end up having to pay sales tax as well.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

Business model: o They bought a lot of ad inventory (banner ads/advertising) driving people to signup forms, converting (fill out form) and sold leads, o Initial strategy was first comparison shopping and then monitoring and upselling on more savings. Later they became big business in Financial services lead-gen.

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When DIY Is A Terrible Idea

YoungUpstarts

For example, did you know that there is a different tax treatment if you sell or license software? In Texas, software delivered on a DVD and software downloads are taxed differently. Whether you choose to use tax automation software or contract a CPA, just do your business a favor and take taxes off your plate.

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Episode 103: How to Become a Profitable Amazon Seller With Cyndi Thomason, Christine Cobb, and Ellen Britt

Mike Michalowicz

Cyndi Thomason, president and founder of Bookskeep, has channeled her energetic nature and passion for her work into the perfect business model for assisting small businesses, entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations. Link to my Facebook business page is: https://facebook.com/EllenBrittBiz. Our Guests. Backed by a B.A.

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How to Fine-tune Your Small Business Finances—from Funding to Growth [Webinar Recap]

Up and Running

For this discussion, we were joined by CEOs Jared Hecht of Fundera, Joshua Reeves of ZenPayroll, Matt Rissell of TSheets, and our own Sabrina Parsons of LivePlan and Palo Alto Software. They cover funding for small businesses from the initial funding stage to later stages of growth, and other areas in between. Thank you Jared.

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Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Optimization

ConversionXL

At their $39/month price point, this means that a customer generates about $1,800 in lifetime revenue, allowing Constant Contact to make money at a CPA (cost-per-acquisition) of $450.” Calculating LTV depends on your business model. Various Google spreadsheets also exist for doing your own modeling.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

Up and Running

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. I’m the CEO of Palo Alto Software. A lot of people have asked about the software. This is Sabrina. Sorry about that if you couldn’t hear me.

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