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<title>Ray A Stewart - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I am a UK qualified accountant ICPA and FCCA. I love bookkeeping! I can't help it - it must be in my blood and is why I have the jokey title of Chief Nerd!! However, I know that I am one of a rare breed. Most people I come across love their business. They are almost all really passionate about growing their business and providing outstanding customer service - but almost every single on of them dislikes bookkeeping with a passion even to the point of hating it with a vengance. Partly because it is an essential part to every ... ]]></description>
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<title>Recession - What Recession?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:11:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recessions, boom years, credit crunches... they are all a natural part of our lives. An integral part of the huge economy we are all a part of. You can't have a boom time without a bust time. They follow each other like night follows day. Life constantly cycles. All the recent noise the experts have been making about global warming for instance. It is a proven fact that every 10,000 years or so our planet goes through an ice-age. We can't fight it, we can't stop it. There were no cars, aeroplanes or huge factories belching stuff into the atmosphere that caused the last ice-age and changes the politicians propose aren't going to stop Mother Nature going through her cycles of life.]]></description>
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<title>How Long Do I Need to Keep My Business Records For?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:49:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This question comes up a lot here at the office.  I am asked at least 3 times a week as there seems to be lots of confusion out there in the "real world" amongst business people.  The answer is it depends...]]></description>
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<title>Are You Falling Into This Advertising and Image Trap?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:27:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Website hosting is so cheap and easy these days that it is no wonder most businesses have some form of online presence, and proudly include the website name and email address in their marketing materials.  And I hasten to add that is a good thing.  Unless... The email address doesn't match the website address.]]></description>
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<title>Why You Need Insurance For Professional Fees in a Tax-VAT Investigation!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:58:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Did you know you could get insurance cover for this?  Do you know why you need insurance cover for this?  Do you know that a poorly defended Tax investigation could bankrupt you?  Do you think this could never happen to you?]]></description>
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<title>Have You Tried Being a Customer of Your Business Lately?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:43:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you checked recently that the lines of communication to your business are open and working?  It sounds an obvious thing to do, but one person at least hadn't checked for a while and he wondered why his business was stagnating!!]]></description>
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<title>Free Yourself From Drudgery and Add ?'000s to Your Profits at the Same Time!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:34:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Like most people that go into business on their own, your number 1 priority is the product/ service that you established their business to sell/provide. In the early stages of business all your energy is taken getting the business up and running and the records, apart from sales bits, will probably take a very back seat for a long time. The fact is that running a business in the early days involves so many hats for you to wear. You have to be the sales director, buyer, production department and quality control. You also have to become a receptionist, office clerk, helpdesk manager, operation manager, filing clerk, photocopy expert, letter writer, envelope stuffer and stamp licker.]]></description>
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<title>What Bookkeeping Software Package Should You Use??</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:15:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I am well aware that there are few places for you to go and ask questions about the different accounting packages that are available. Not many of you have an accountant in the early days of business so where do you go for unbiased and expert advice on the choice of bookkeeping package? Do you ask friends and colleagues? Do you wait for months until you find a review in a magazine of 2 or 3 packages and use that? Or do you go to one of the large computer stores and look at what packages they sell and pick one of those?]]></description>
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<title>How Do You Find a Worthy Bookkeeper?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:33:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A new client recently told me of the problems he had trying to find a good bookkeeper and I thought it was a topic that may be worth sharing with you here.  When you get to the point in a new business venture that keeping the books yourself becomes an intolerable extra burden on already stretched time resources, how do you source, test, trial and finally secure someone to do the bookkeeping for you?]]></description>
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<title>5 Simple Ways to Improve Your Marketing and Boost Your Business Profits</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:43:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Marketing is the cornerstone of successful business. Without marketing there are no customers, and therefore, no business.   In my work I come across many small businesses. Usually, when the owners are asked about their own marketing efforts, the simple reply is they are too busy to devote time to it and anyway, as they are so busy, they do not need to do any marketing anyway! This attitude highlights the one simple truth that stifles any possible growth in a small business, the owner of the business IS the business.]]></description>
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<title>What Sort of Business Uses a Bookkeeping Bureau?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:38:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are many possible answers to this question, from ignorance of bookkeeping to the proprietor focusing exclusively on the business growth leaving no time for other activities.  However, this article will focus on the size of business - as a rule of thumb.]]></description>
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<title>Who is Likely to Succeed in Business?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:24:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I am surprised regularly by people about to start a business. When we sit down to discuss their plans, I find out they don't have any! They have a vague dream about running their own business and a few ideas to try to get them going but what about in 3 months time, 6 months, 12 months or even longer down the line? No idea! we will see how it goes.]]></description>
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<title>Why Do So Many Business People Ignore the 80-20 Rule?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:15:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I was discussing Richard Koch's book "The 80/20 Principle: The Secret of Achieving More with Less!" with a client yesterday and it became apparent that lots of business people are either not aware of this concept, or do not know how to relate it to their business.  Richard says that 80% of our results come from 20% of our activities.]]></description>
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<title>Questions You Really Must Ask Before You Appoint a Bookkeeper Or Outsource Your Bookkeeping</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:13:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The decision to let go of your business bookkeeping is not one that people take lightly, after all, you are letting a stranger into the inner sanctum of your business and private life, and your finances.  So how do you know that they are trustworthy, responsible, discrete, accurate, professional and competent?]]></description>
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<title>What Happens When the Passion For Your Business Wanes?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:12:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To them I say just do something...... even something completely different... as an experiment. It can re-ignite a flicker of interest and usually is just the catalyst needed to fire things up again...but DO something.  This is where mindset and focus on goals is so important. When the choice is bankruptcy or what??? As long as the person stays focused the "what" is easy. Just do something, do anything.....and do it now!!]]></description>
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<title>10 Common Bookkeeping Misconceptions That Your Accountant Doesn't Want You To Know The Truth About!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:06:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is true that most accountants never want you to question your bookkeeping because they would like to keep making excellent money from you whilst they sort out the mess each year. If they also recommended a computer bookkeeping package to you as well, they probably made money on that too, both on the sale of it to you and when you ring up asking simple questions about how to do this and that with it.  The trouble is, most business people just do not realize how valuable an excellent set of records is to them.]]></description>
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