I caught onto the bullet journaling craze late to the game, but I’ve been incorporating some aspects of bullet journaling pretty much my entire life. When I actually learned about the core of bullet journaling and how people use their bullet journal, I realized that it scratches so many itches for me: Planning & Organization Calendar/Schedule – I’ll admit I’m more than a little Type A. I’ve always
Whether you are filing your own taxes or you hire a CPA, tax season always seems miserable for many. Even though the 2018 tax season isn’t over yet (see IRS due dates), there are things you can be doing now to make the 2019 tax season feel less a burden come this time next year. Staff Paperwork If you hire employees and/or contractors, you want to make sure
Remember the days when your mailbox was full of “junk mail”? It used to be that businesses sent advertisements, coupons, etc. to your home. These days, companies are saving postage and sending email to your inbox instead. Some companies even let you sign up for text ads to your phone. So, does that mean direct mail advertising is no longer effective? There’s no definitive answer, but I believe
We’re a Seattle-area based consulting firm and you may have seen us make the news for record-breaking SNOW! We hope everyone is staying safe and warm out there! The great part about freelancing and consulting is you get to work from home! Or is that a downside? While some corporate offices, schools, government agencies, etc. are closed for the safety of its personnel, does it make sense that
As a freelancer, there are lots of challenges and one of the earliest ones you’ll encounter is how much to charge for your time. This is a tough topic to cover because there’s no right answer. Ultimately, you should feel good about the money you’re making relative to the effort/work you’re putting in. The balance is charging enough to be commensurate with your skill, your time, your materials
What is a CRM? CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management and put plainly it is a system for maintaining information about your customers – clients, donors, shoppers,patients, etc. Every organization exists to serve someone, and your organization can benefit from having a strategy for how to manage, maintain and grow those relationships. CRM’s can be something as simple as an address book or sophisticated software built expressly for
I’m going a little “Off-Topic” here (again), so this won’t be be 100% related to my business or my life as a consultant / freelancer. This is happening enough I created its own category. Today, I’ll be sharing my Home Coffee Roasting Adventure! If you’re in the coffee business, maybe this can be helpful to you. Or if you just love drinking coffee, maybe this will catch your
When you’re self-employed, you have to be your own HR department. This includes looking for the right set of benefits to offer yourself (and your employees). It’s easy to overlook retirement plans. But not only will it save you in the long-run but in the short-term as well. Several different retirement plans are catered to small business. They are straightforward to set up also also easy to manage.
As a full-time consultant/freelancer, I take the jobs I want, the jobs I can find, and the jobs that happen to come my way. This gives me a lot of flexibility in my work schedule at the sacrifice of a “full-time gig”. There are a lot of pros and cons to freelancing. As a lifestyle, I find it works for me. But as a business, most of my
Earlier, I wrote a series of articles about the keto diet. I don’t want to become a foodie site, but I want to take a moment to talk about “bulletproof coffee”. Firstly, you’ll find no affiliate linking on my website, which is to say my opinions comes with no strings or hidden agendas. “Bulletproof” is a brand that’s become associated with the product so much so that it’s