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Who is Making a Big Deal out of Small Business?

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Every week it seems I come across a new website full of information for the Small Business owner and Entrepreneur. Websites that you could lose yourself in for hours reading and learning about different topics such as: bookkeeping, small business taxes, marketing, and social networking. Since I’m sure that I’m not the only small business owner always looking for new idea’s to benefit my business, on a weekly basis I’m going to share a favorite website that I’ve found to be worth exploring.

This week that website is Small Biz Bee where they are “Making a Big Deal Out of Small Business.” They share all kinds of lists, video’s and idea’s that I’m sure you’ll find beneficial to your business.

Take a few minutes to explore and then let me know if you liked the site. And if you have other suggestions for good websites geared towards small business owners please share them in the comments. Thanks!

Are you one of the guilty ones?

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Are you one of those business owners guilty of shoving all your receipts into a drawer to deal with later?

Why not shove them all into an envelope on a weekly or monthly basis and send them to Gem’s Virtual Office instead!

I’ll use QuickBooks software to post and record your income and expenses for the month. You’ll receive monthly reports so that you are always up to date on how your business is doing! If you want to go a step further, I’ll balance and reconcile your banking and credit card accounts, invoice your customers, pay your bills and more.

Let me take some of those nail biting, hair pulling hours away from you! Take the time to sit back and relax or, spend those extra hours building your business further.

So are you one of those guilty ones? Contact Gem’s today for additional information and a free consultation at deb@gemsvirtualoffice.com I look forward to hearing from you.

How are you handling your monthly bookkeeping tasks?

Struggling with your blog? 10 must reads!

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Are you a small business owner or individual trying to get your blog noticed online? Do you struggle with content, never knowing what to write about? I know I do! Below you’ll find 10 articles that offer some great advice on writing content for you blog. I hope you find the information as helpful as I did! 

1. Battling Bloggers Block from ProBlogger

2. How to Create Dreamy Content While You Sleep by from copyblogger

3. 20 Blog Topics To Get You Unstuck by Chris Brogan

4. 5 Types of Posts to Feed Your Business Blog from Hubspot

5. Do You Have Blogger’s Block? Coming up With New Content Continuously by WAHM Biz Builder

6. 7 Ways to Engage Readers of a Business Blog from ProBlogger

7. 10 ways to get regular content for your website or blog by Content Blog

8.  How to Write Great Blog Content from ProBlogger

9.  How to Get Stuck Words to Flow Again from Freelance Switch 

And number 10, which I’m participating in right  now,  is 31 Days to Build a Better Blog hosted by ProBlogger. It’s not too late to sign up. Join in the fun and better your blog today!

What suggestions would you make to others that are struggling with their blogs? Would love to hear your ideas.

Don't Let Your Bookkeeping keep you up at night!

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A Recent Intuit study shows that the number one thing that keeps small business owners up at night is paying their bills. See the entire story here.

Knowing that, why not let a Virtual Bookkeeper like Gem’s Virtual Office handle it instead. Wouldn’t it be nice to end the day knowing that your bookkeeping and bills aren’t waiting on your desk for attention! 

Here is a list of 10 tasks that Gem’s can complete for you in an hour: 

   1. Balance your checking account.

   2. Enter your vendor invoices

   3. Call your customers in regards to past due invoices

   4. Post your cash receipts and deposits

   5. Pay your bills

   6. Invoice your customers

   7. Assist with your payroll

   8. Reconcile your credit card statements

   9. Generate P/L Reports each month

 10.  Work with your accountant as needed. 

Get in touch with Gem’s today and let us show you how working with a Virtual Bookkeeper can save your business both time and money!

My Sticky Business Task 1

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Are you following along with the Sticky Business Contest over at Men with Pens? As mentioned in a previous post the contest is well underway and you can no longer enter, but you can follow along and complete the thought provoking tasks for yourself just as I’m doing.

Task #1 was to write a brief overview of your business concept in 200-350 words. Explaining the business type, services, where you’ll find customers, how they will hear about your business, and how will they take delivery and pay for your services. Here’s my completed task.

“Gem’s Virtual Office is a small business owned by Deborah Frawley of Williamson, NY. It was originally opened as a virtual business offering bookkeeping and administrative services to small businesses and individuals needing an additional person to help them manage and grow their business. Today Gem’s is not only virtual, supporting businesses in any location, but also a local business, offering pick up and delivery of projects as well as onsite support as needed.

Some of the bookkeeping services that Gem’s offers are: Accounts Payable (entering and paying bills), Accounts Receivable (invoicing customers and recording payments), collections of overdue accounts, financial statement preparation (so a client always knows where their business stands), and bank account management and reconciling.  Gem’s bookkeeping software of choice is Quickbooks and Deb is a certified Quickbooks user.  Clients can choose to have the bookkeeping done at Gem’s home office with reports generated weekly, use the online version of QuickBooks, or their software can be accessed remotely using programs such as Log Me In.  Administrative services provided include: e-mail and calendar management, data entry, customer service, word processing, bulk mailing, and travel arrangements.

Gem’s will be marketing and networking locally and nationally on social networking sites such as Facebook,  Twitter, and LinkedIn. Brochures and postcards are also being sent out locally, and businesses and individuals can view Gem’s website at www.gemsvirtualoffice.com.  I’ll also look forward to meeting a lot of local businesses and people at area networking events.”

If you’ve been following along with the contest please share. It’s been a very good tool and motivational exercise for me,  and you might find it to be the same for you. Check back in the next few days and you can read my response to Task #2.

To see the Tasks as they post them for people to join in and to hear how the Stick Business contest is going, visit Men with Pens.