Category Archives: Business

Mr. A’s New Checking Accounts

Business, business tips
When we opened Mr. A's checking account for his business, he didn't really have a “business” at the time.  He was doing some remodeling work for his sister, and we just wanted to keep the money for materials in a separate account.  Then as time went by, Mr. A decided to take the leap and start his own business.  We've continued to use the same account.  Occasionally a client would make the check out to the business name, and I'd… Read the rest

Quickbooks Pro vs. Quickbooks Simple Start

Business
As you know, I keep Mr. A's books for his two businesses, and for a while I was keeping track using Quicken.  That seemed to work out okay, but it started to get cumbersome because I was having to use Excel to create invoices.  A friend of mine told me she uses Quickbooks, and loved it, so I started checking into the program.  I discovered there is a free version which can be downloaded (which would probably be perfect for… Read the rest

Will The "New" Truck Be A Wise Investment?

business tips
I wrote about the “new” truck we purchased over the weekend. We discovered in the past few days of tracking mileage that this truck gets nearly 20mpg which is excellent. Mr. A put 15,400 miles on his old work truck in 2008. The miles per gallon varied, depending on how fast he drove. When he could travel at 55 miles per hour, he could get 15 miles per gallon. But we live in an area where the only route into… Read the rest

Give Your Company A Good Name

business tips
I've been extra busy lately. I've got a lot of pans in the fire, and on top of those I'm assembling a mailing list to send out for Mr. A's business. We're going to send a 2009 magnet calendar with Mr. A's business information on it, a price list, several business cards and just a general announcement that we're here for business. I was excited to discover some envelopes that I was given free by one of my clients will… Read the rest