Do you work from home most of the time? If so, you probably have papers that need to be filed. Whether they are long term storage or short term task papers, you will need places to store these things to be able to retrieve them easily. This week we are talking about the essential business home office filing systems you need to make your office work more efficiently. Let's start with the temporary papers in your office. Temporary Home Office Filing System These temporary filing systems … [Read more...] about Essential Business Home Office Filing Systems to Keep the Papers Organized
Small Business Organizing Tips Archive Page
Welcome to our Small Business Organizing Tips archive page to help you and your business streamline processes. Read the archive posts for tips to use in your business.
10 Important Tips for Juggling Work and Family While Starting a Business
Every day, we struggle to manage our home and work lives all the time. But, as a small business owner, this is even more compounded. We have the drive to start our business but are torn between taking care of our young children. It is a real dilemma and may not be resolved in this one post. But, we can sure try! Right? Remember, there's no need to feel guilty about this process, we all go through it. I came out the other side and learned a lot of different tips to make this process much more … [Read more...] about 10 Important Tips for Juggling Work and Family While Starting a Business
Working from Home Downfalls and How to Correct Them
With so many people working from home these days, there are bound to be problems with whatever system you set up for yourself. This post talks about several downfalls of working from home and how to resolve them. I hope this helps you get more productive during your business day. 6 Major Downfalls of Working from Home and How to Solve Them Working From Home Downfall #1: Not knowing what you need to do during the day. Doing task after task on the fly but not getting the important stuff … [Read more...] about Working from Home Downfalls and How to Correct Them
Easy Ways to Clear Digital Clutter for Small Business Owners
If you are not aware, I write an organizing blog to help people get and stay organized in their home. I created a version of this post on my organizing blog that is primarily for homeowners and individuals. This post also adds business files. When updating software or hardware, I like to go over the files individually and start deleting them. Below is a step by step review of how I do this for my personal as well as business life. Clear the desktop files … [Read more...] about Easy Ways to Clear Digital Clutter for Small Business Owners
How Long Should I Keep Business Records
How long do you keep your business files? Do you keep them forever or do you get rid of them after a certain length of time? Keeping files for a business is different from keeping your personal files. There are many different types of business files that need to be kept at different lengths of time. Over the years small business owners have asked me these questions. To be honest, the IRS doesn't have a clear, across the board answer to this question so here is what I suggest. If you wish to … [Read more...] about How Long Should I Keep Business Records
7 Best Containers For Your Home Office
Keeping your home office organized is very important. Even if you have another office and split your time with your home office, both workspaces need to be as organized as possible. This way, if you are working in one office and need to work at your home office, you will be able to transition to the other space easily and be more productive. To do that, you need to have the best containers for your home office to hold the necessary papers and supplies. Here are examples of the seven best … [Read more...] about 7 Best Containers For Your Home Office
5 Easy Steps to Create an Organized Home Office
Is this year's goal to get your business organized? Wouldn't you love an organized home office? A space that is just for your business. A space that you can do your work, your bills, and be able to research with minimal distractions. Ah, doesn’t that sound lovely? Well, I am here to tell you that it IS possible to do this. Here are five easy steps to create an organized home office that is also hidden when you are not working. First, find a place in the corner of your home … [Read more...] about 5 Easy Steps to Create an Organized Home Office
How to Show Income Breakdown on a Profit and Loss Report
While in QuickBooks reviewing my client's P&L report, I realized that it didn't show the breakdown of where the money came from. This particular client does not invoice through QuickBooks so the information wasn't being tracked. I wasn't going to add more work to the client's bill to duplicate the invoice process. So, instead, I created a different way to track this information. To save paper, money, and help the client, I created this quick trick on how to show income … [Read more...] about How to Show Income Breakdown on a Profit and Loss Report
30 Desk Items To Throw Away For A Tidy Space
Whether you have a home office or a traditional office, you probably have items lying around your desk that don't necessarily need to be there. As you get busier and busier, you may have issues keeping your desk clear from clutter. Why do you need to clear your desk space? Well, there are the obvious reasons, like it distracts you from the work at hand and it doesn't allow you space to work. There are also other reasons like helping you be more creative and being able to find things more … [Read more...] about 30 Desk Items To Throw Away For A Tidy Space
