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Ways to Keep Your Home Based Business Organized
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 | Business |
Clients like it when you can work with them efficiently, and one way to maintain that great customer service is to keep your home based business organized. From a paperless office to a wastepaper basket, there are simple strategies for getting your home based business organized so that things move smoothly. First, the best method for getting your home based business organized is to become paperless. Yes, there are still circumstances that require paper, but with computers, scanners, portable ...› Continue reading
Taming the Paper Tiger at Work - A Book Summary
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 | Business |
This article is based on the following book: Taming the Paper Tiger at Work By Barbara Hemphill Kiplinger Books, 2003 ISBN 0938721984 182 pages The Big Idea Getting organized is not an easy task. Everyday, you are forced to deal with mountains of paper that contain both crucial information and useless garbage. This scenario is common to anyone who dares thrive in the workplace. Without realizing it, you may have bred your very own paper tiger. Although paper can serve a great purpose, a ...› Continue reading
How To Get An Extension To File Your Business Tax Returns
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 | Business |
Yes, the tax season is upon with the first filing date for some businesses being March 15, 2005. If you can't imagine getting your tax returns together by that date, you need not worry. The IRS automatically gives you an extension if your file the appropriate form. As you might expect, there are different forms for different businesses. An Important Note It is vitally important that you understand that an extension to file taxes is not an extension to PAY taxes. The IRS will give you a break ...› Continue reading
Time for a Clean Out
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 | Business |
Time has flown. It's been six months since you came back from your relaxing holiday over Xmas and New Year. Remember when you charged into the office that first day, all primed to make the new year the best ever. You made a New Year's Resolution that you would definitely get organised to start the coming year with a bang! So what did you do? You cleaned out all the clutter that had accumulated throughout 2002 and in some instances, since 1992! And once you had completed this mammoth task, you ...› Continue reading
FILING
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 | Business |
Filing: How To Find What You Need When You Need It Nobody enjoys filing, at least nobody I?ve ever met. But like it or not, keeping track of paper information is crucial to living an organized life or running a successful business. The biggest problem most people have with filing isn?t how to store it, but how to retrieve it. So how do you create a filing system that works? Here are three basic steps to get you started. 1. Sort your material into BROAD TOPICS. (common categories are money, ...› Continue reading