My story of learning to make my money work for me…one week at a time. You never get over those “first day of school” jitters, do you? I sat down for my first Profit Planning session with butterflies in my stomach. And it wasn’t just because I felt out of my depth on this whole financial planning thing….
The Financial Rock Star Interview Series
Find out how small business owners (just like you) are living the dream by creating a strong financial plan. Meet Shane and Jocelyn Sams — Financial Planning Rockstars Shane and Jocelyn are the husband-wife dynamic duo behind Flipped Lifestyle, a coaching business that helps people recreate their lives (and lifestyles) through starting an online business. They sell digital products and membership…
Diary of a Profit Planner
Is financial planning right for you, right now? Find out by following my story. We are thrilled to have open spots in The Profit Path. Which means that if you want to get a plan in place to become a financial rock star (like the ones we’ve been featuring here), now is the time to…
The Financial Rock Star Interview Series
Find out how small business owners (just like you) are living the dream by creating a strong financial plan. Meet Trivinia Barber — Financial Planning Rockstar Trivinia is the founder and CEO of Priority VA, a virtual assistant placement firm that matches online business owners with highly skilled administrators. Handpicked by Trivinia, a virtual assistant herself with X…
The Financial Rock Star Interview Series
Find out how small business owners (just like you) are living the dream by creating a strong financial plan. As March transitions into April, and your business moves from first quarter into second, you may be running around with a million things to do. Entrepreneur life is never not busy. But here’s what you’re not doing: drumming your fingers on the…
What 2015 Brought to the Bottom Line
The Bottom Line team shares its top business lessons learned in 2015. Which teachers do you remember best from school? For me, it was Mrs. DeWitt in first grade (who was my favorite teacher ever) and Mr. Payton in seventh grade (who was by far the worst). I can tell all kinds of stories about what made each of…
What Your Business Wants for Christmas – Part 2
For a healthy, prosperous 2016 business year, your final task for 2015 is to relax. The other day, I was at a Christmas party where we were playing holiday trivia. One of the questions turned to A Christmas Carol. You know, the story by Charles Dickens about the greedy old man, Ebenezer Scrooge, who is…
Should You Hire in the New Year?
One of the biggest costs you can absorb when starting and growing your business is payroll. The learning curve on training someone is big, so if you’ve made the wrong hire, you’re going to have to start all over again with somebody else. The process gets expensive quick because you waste time and energy on all kinds…
Why WPCurve Saves You Time, Money and Sanity
Have you ever tried to move a photo or make a change in the sidebar of your WordPress site that caused the whole page to look… well, wonky? If you use WordPress as a blog or even as an e-commerce site, you know how frustrating it can be make little adjustments and then have to…
Summer Business Planning: Prepping for the BIG PAYDAY Called 4th Quarter
“Summertime, and the living is easy.” Perhaps, Gershwin is taking it easy, but time is a’ wastin’ if you aren’t starting to prepare for end of the year profits. Retailers estimate that 40% of a typical business’ income is made in the final quarter of the year. Because of that, summer business planning is important….