7 Benefits of Workflow Management Systems

Don’t have your workflow procedures documented? Well you should. It’s something that can reap big rewards for your firm for the rest of its active life and takes very little effort to implement. We’ve talked a couple of times before about workflow systems. We keep adding to the subject because we really do think it’s that important for your firm’s growth.

Online Bookkeeping Vs Traditional Bookkeeping Services For Small Business: What are the costs?

The majority of business owners take care of their bookkeeping needs independently and require accuracy in order to keep up with the ever-growing economy. Small businesses have a few options for bookkeeping services to suit their particular needs. Rates will vary depending on your choices but it’s essential to understand the needs of your business to decide on which services work the best for you. Below are three types of available bookkeeping choices including

Are Your Remote Bookkeeping Costs Setting You Back Annually?

BOSS is one of the oldest remote bookkeeping companies in Australia today and can offer businesses a service where bookkeepers follow our client’s own procedures and have direct contact with bookkeepers via skype and email. All jobs can be performed on a fixed fee basis keeping monthly costs down for businesses where bookkeeping is concerned.

5 Tips for Building Your Dream Client List

A-list clients are the dream. However, it can be a bit of a trick to know for sure that you’re not signing on with D-listers in A-listers’ clothing. You might have to go through quite a bit of misery before you come to realise that a new client was not what you were hoping. That’s why we’d like to suggest that you integrate a system for partnering with new clients. Let’s take a look at some points you might consider going through when you’re checking out whether or not you want to work with a new client.

Bad Hires Are Your Mistake

By using a personality test alongside the usual resumes and interviews you’ll end up with a much clearer picture of how a potential hire will fit into your firm. Now you’ll know not only what you’re hiring (the skill-set and experience) but whom you’re hiring, allowing you to build a more versatile team.

Quick Tips to Help You Become a Better Leader

As you grow your firm’s team you’re going to discover that being an accounting wizard does not translate into being a top tier leader. The weaker your leadership skills, the more you’re going to have to make up for the lackluster performance turned in by your team. That defeats the whole purpose of bringing in new people in the first place. Happily, leadership qualities can be grown, just like your accounting skillset. Here are some leadership tips to keep in mind as you bring new people in under you.

Affordable Employee Perks for Small Firms

The ultimate point is that there’s no need to break the bank in order to offer cool perks. Like anything else in building a business, choosing the best perks is an experiment. Don’t be afraid to tweak and tinker your offered perks until you hit on a combination that has your employees praising your name on their Facebook account.

15 Quick Tweaks to Boost Your Leadership Skills

Poor leadership is a death by a thousand cuts. This week we’re going to jump right into a variety of actions you may or may not be taking that are diminishing your leadership role in your firm. That diminished role can be costing you productivity, time, and even employees who think their efforts might best be spent helping to build a competing firm.

Have You Still Not Gone Paperless?

Looking to boost your firm’s efficiency? It’s time to go paperless. There are programs and apps out there now to cover just about any need you have, from file workflows to interoffice communications. The big question though is why make the change at all? Here are 12 solid reasons why you should join your competition in the digital age.