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IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO USE QUICKBOOKS TO TRACK YOUR BUSINESS FINANCES?

If you have a business, then you need to track company finances.  The two main reasons are:  to keep your business running smoothly and to generate reports required by the IRS, SEC, and anyone else that you may have to … Continue reading

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MARTHA BECK’S 5 RULES FOR LASTING JOY

These rules can apply to business as well as your personal life.  Work can be one of the biggest stressors that you will ever have. 1) Honesty is the best policy.  When we weave webs of deception, we need to … Continue reading

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IDENTITY THEFT

I think everyone has heard about Target’s identity theft issue.  I know that I don’t want that to happen to me. Jean Chatzky writes for AARP Magazine and has the following tips to protect you: Monitor Your Financial Life – check … Continue reading

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FREE BUSINESS SEMINARS IN MT AIRY

Don’t forget about the small business seminars in Mt Airy on May 12 and 14th. These are on marketing your business through social media. They are free to Surry county residents.http://www.surry.edu/Portals/0/pdfs/CCE/Small%20Business/2014/05-12-marketing-your-business-through-social-media.pdf

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LINKED IN PAGE

For more detailed information about experience, training, and education, please feel free to check my linkedIn account @ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/debbie-ervin-mba/31/122/17a.

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GOOD BUSINESS PRACTICE

If you are a brick and mortar business, cleanliness is important to many customers.  I am a bathroom person, so it disgusts me to go to a restroom that is nasty.  I realize that the people using it are the … Continue reading

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WHAT IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROGRAM MANAGER AND A PROJECT MANAGER?

According to The Handbook of Program Management by James Brown, A Program Manager is the individual who is responsible for delivering a major product or service, while improving that product or service AND enabling the organization to continuously outperform the … Continue reading

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INEXPENSIVE ONLINE CLASSES

Do you like to learn new things?  Do you need continuing education classes?  Try ED2GO classes.  I have taken four of these so far.  I have had accounting fundamentals, WordPress, website design and intermediate Excel.  These are interactive, instructor-led, online, … Continue reading

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DOES YOUR STATE OWE YOU MONEY?

Have you checked to see if the state owes you any funds?  There are two websites that have been sanctioned to facilitate searching for these funds according to AARP Magazine.  MissingMoney.com allows you to search the unclaimed property records for … Continue reading

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MOBILE MARKETING

I went to one of the small business seminars in Elkin yesterday.  It was called Going Mobile for the Small Business.  It was a great class.  I heard terms that were unfamiliar, learned what they are, how they would apply … Continue reading

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