Helping You Know Your Numbers Xero is beautiful accounting software. That’s easy for us accountants to say, but working with Xero over the past eight years we’ve seen the difference it has made in so many businesses, both small and large. Xero helps you better understand your numbers, saves you time around invoicing and keeps track of your expenses, making it easier to run your business. To help you know… Read more
How does Your Business Profit Measure Up? Are you happy with the Profit you are currently making in your business? If not, what can you do about it? You first need to understand what Profit is and how it is derived. What is Profit? The formula for Profit is: Sales – Expenses = Profit Profit is what’s left over, after you’ve paid all your expenses How to Increase Profit Profit… Read more
If you think you can or you think you can’t, either way you are right. I was speaking at a Mike Pero Real Estate conference in Rotorua several years ago and one of my favourite quotes that I shared with the conference attendees was Henry Fords “If you think you can, or if you think you can’t, either way you’re right”. I told them, that it is a little known secret,… Read more
As part of our continuing education, recently myself and Paul Dawson our Business Development Manager, attended a 4 day workshop in Sydney called ‘The Experts Academy’. It was an amazing 4 days, with over 350 business owners attending the workshop from all different industries. The purpose of the workshop was to learn how we as business owners could better serve our clients through adding greater value. Following the workshop, as… Read more
The Proactive Accountants Network (to which we belong) is conducting a global survey on what businesses really want from their accountant in order to help the profession offer more tailored services to help you run your business better. This survey is being sent to businesses by accountants globally.We would appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to tell us about your experience with us. Your feedback will not… Read more
Welcome to the winter addition of Marks’ Musing It is that time of year when a number of you have been contacting the office to find out when you should bring in your books and records for us to prepare your financial accounts and tax returns. On the 1st of April, you should have received an email from us, requesting that you download and print the questionnaires from our web… Read more
Scott Wilson from Digital Influence is running a seminar on the Thursay 3rd July called… “Leads Unleashed – How To High Generate Quality Leads On Demand Using Facebook & LinkedIn“. It’s free to attend and you can book tickets here – http://bit.ly/LeadsUnleashed Here’s an overview of what you will discover at this seminar: 1. Your Marketing Goals – The no.1 question every business owner should be asking themselves today if… Read more
Say goodbye to expensive calls Would you like free toll calls within New Zealand and cut rates when you call a cellphone or make an overseas call? Go to www.callzero.co.nz The person who put us on to this told us his mother lives in England. He calls her twice a week using the internet. Instead of spending more than $10 per call the cost is now down to a little… Read more