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	<title>Smart Money Choice$</title>
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	<description>How to make your business thrive...one decision at a time</description>
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		<title>Can Social Media Really Help You Grow Your Business?</title>
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I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard all the noise about the BIG claims of mega-success by businesses who are using Social Media to promote their businesses. But is it really just that &#8211; a lot of NOISE that doesn&#8217;t mean a hill of beans in the real world? Or is this  an important trend that small business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bookkeepingdirect.com/smartmoneychoices/can-social-media-really-help-you-grow-your-business/</link>
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		<title>Cash Crunch: How to Improve Your Business Cash Flow</title>
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Not enough cash coming in?
Many small businesses battle cash flow problems, sometimes for years. This can be dangerous, especially in a choppy economy.
If you have frequent cash flow pinches, these days you&#8217;re really living on the edge.
If you&#8217;re tired of the &#8220;excitement&#8221; and want to avoid ultimate disaster, you need to be asking some important [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bookkeepingdirect.com/smartmoneychoices/cash-crunch-how-to-improve-your-business-cash-flow/</link>
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		<title>QuickBooks 2007 Critical Alert</title>
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If you are using any version of QuickBooks 2007 (or older), you need to pay attention to this.
Effective May 31, 2010, Intuit (the makers of QuickBooks financial software) will discontinue live telephone support and add-on services for QuickBooks 2007 software (all versions).
Services that will be discontinued:
Assisted Payroll
Basic Payroll
Enhanced Payroll
Standard Payroll
Employee Organizer
Merchant Service
Billing Solution (formerly QuickBooks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bookkeepingdirect.com/smartmoneychoices/quickbooks-2007-critical-alert/</link>
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		<title>The State of Small Business: Cash Flow, Sales &amp; Profit</title>
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We are already one-third of the way through the year. Have your revenue numbers been improving?
I came across some revealing stats recently that are quite eye-opening about what&#8217;s really going on with A LOT of small businesses. I made a quick video to show what the numbers are really telling us about what we need [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bookkeepingdirect.com/smartmoneychoices/the-state-of-small-business-cash-flow-sales-profit/</link>
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		<title>What The New Economy Means For Entrepreneurs</title>
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As an entrepreneur, what does this &#8220;new economy&#8221; mean for you and your business?
Do you have a plan? How are you doing so far with this year&#8217;s goals?
If you&#8217;re still trying to navigate in the right direction, that&#8217;s great! Even if the revenue numbers aren&#8217;t quite where you&#8217;d like them to be (yet), here&#8217;s a short [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bookkeepingdirect.com/smartmoneychoices/what-the-new-economy-means-for-entrepreneurs/</link>
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		<title>5 Last Minute Tax Savings Tips</title>
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The major tax deadline of April 15th is quickly approaching for non-corporation businesses (sole proprietorships, partnerships and LLCs). Here are five quick tax-savings tips you don&#8217;t want to forget before the deadline arrives in all its glory.
1. Home Office Deduction
Generally, you can deduct business expenses that apply
to a part of your home if that part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bookkeepingdirect.com/smartmoneychoices/5-last-minute-tax-savings-tips/</link>
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		<title>How to Get Paid Faster &#8211; Online</title>
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Most businesses have at least a few ways to accept payment from their customers. It may be in the form of collecting cash, debit or credit cards, or by check, either up front, at the time of delivery of the product or service, or sometime after the sales transaction has been completed.
But more and more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bookkeepingdirect.com/smartmoneychoices/how-to-get-paid-faster-online/</link>
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		<title>How to Find a Good Bookkeeper</title>
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Q: &#8220;Gabrielle, I&#8217;m in the market for bookkeeping services. Any suggestions for what to look for and what to expect in pricing?&#8221;
This is a typical inquiry I receive through my website. And for good reason. It&#8217;s a great question! Let me tell you why.
Doing the bookkeeping in your business won&#8217;t make it an amazing, profitable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bookkeepingdirect.com/smartmoneychoices/how-to-find-a-good-bookkeeper/</link>
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		<title>Five Year-End Business Cash Boosters</title>
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This year is quickly coming to a close. It&#8217;s been a choppy one for most small businesses, especially in the cash flow department. How about you? Well I&#8217;ve got some good news for you.
There&#8217;s still time to make this year go down easy and pull in some fast cash. Here are five fast-results tips to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bookkeepingdirect.com/smartmoneychoices/five-year-end-business-cash-boosters/</link>
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		<title>Important Update on a QuickBooks Security Issue</title>
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It&#8217;s Gabrielle Fontaine with a heads-up critical update for everyone currently (or formerly) using QuickBooks software.
Intuit, the company that makes QuickBooks, just announced that there is a potential security risk that has been found that would allow hackers to access the data on your computer.
The threat is due to a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft&#8217;s ActiveX [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bookkeepingdirect.com/smartmoneychoices/important-update-on-a-quickbooks-security-issue/</link>
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