Getting abandoned by your old bookkeeper can leave you feeling frantic and distressed. It’s not like you can put your business on hold while you look for a solution – and as you look, you want to make sure your next bookkeeper is going to be the right fit.

Small business owners agree that staffing is their number one challenge. It’s not easy building a team that works well together, but it’s very doable if you know what it takes to nurture individuals, keep morale up, and align goals.

You’d be hard pressed to find a profitable business owner who doesn’t set a budget for their business. It’s a vital part of creating a roadmap for success and an easy way to stay on track financially throughout the year.

You work so hard to get new clients – but once you have them, what’s the secret to keeping them? In what ways do you surprise and delight your clients? How do you exceed expectations?

As a business owner, it’s natural to want to oversee every aspect of your business yourself. But even the savviest business owners make mistakes, especially when it comes to bookkeeping.

Whether you’re looking for a new bookkeeper or reevaluating your existing one, you need to know what characteristics to look for to determine the quality and longevity of the potential partnership. What constitutes good bookkeeping?