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Catching the Cloud
This week I have some breathing space to review our software. The key one being tax software – TaxCalc. We are very happy with TaxCalc and we also like the Hub. The absence of a cloud version is now a...
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Power of Google
I am planning my marketing spend. I want to make sure I get results from my marketing expenditure/investment. In that regard, I completed an analysis of how acquired the clients I have so far. The...
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Not now please
It is always at the most inappropriate times that what I really want comes up. There is so much going both on the work front and my personal life front that I wish this opportunity (?) could have...
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Annette Ferguson – The Super Accountant
I read today’s blog by Suzanne Fordham on Accounting Web. The blog is about Annette Ferguson – The Super Accountant. I thought it was an okay blog. Nothing that I have not read or heard before. The bit...
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My Contacts List
I know the success of my business is so much dependent on the quality and the size of my contacts list. It reflects whom I know and call for help when I need them. Of course in return I would do the...
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What keeps you awake?
Whether you are in a job or have your own business, they are bound to be aspects of your work that keep you awake at the most inappropriate times. Mine is tonight. It has passed 1am now. The key area...
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Mindset on Risks
It is 1 June today! Why the hell is time going so fast! I am getting older each day; I want to freeze time or better still, reverse my ageing process. I have just started my new career. It will be over...
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Client Power
Over the past few months, the competition for accountancy and tax services has become fierce. I had some good quality enquiries. I lost out because my fees were higher than others. I could not lower...
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Audio books
I used to go through one audio book a week. Over the past few months, I moved to music and neglected my audio books. The books I tend to listen are unabridged non-fiction (business management and...
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I worked, worked and worked
Finally, our website is live! It is my baby, and I will not hear anything bad about it. It was both a painful conception followed by an equally painful birth. They were three other talented people...
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Are Practice Advisors Conning Accountants?
Of course most of the practice advisors are a decent folk. They do not have a bad bone in their body. Further, they really want to help. Most of them have very little idea of the reality outside their...
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Hello, 2015
For me, 2014 from a business perspective was tough. Rebranding, pricing, staff issues and marketing took a lot out of me. I did not have a clear plan with time scales to do what I wanted to do....
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Work for 2015
In one of my previous blogs, I mentioned that I will share my plan on how I will spend my time in 2015. So far, some of the key aspects are now sorted. These are: 1) Office space and 2) branding. I am...
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Back to Tax School?
I hope you know by now my dear reader, blogging (writing) helps me to clarify my thinking. It is in this regard, I decided to blog today. I completed my ACCA in 1996. My experience on tax has been...
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