All posts by: Liz Tonneson
Liz Tonneson
Liz is a happily married, stay-at-home mom who also enjoys balancing the books for small businesses. When she's not inputting transactions and making lives less stressful, she can probably be found outside in the sun playing with her little girl or trying new recipes in her kitchen.
My imaginary friend Luisa has a problem. She is a blogger, and makes most of her income from affiliate marketing. Her problem is that she would like to keep track of how much she makes from each affiliate source, but...
I asked for help today. I’ve owned my business for almost a year, but am not where I would like to be with it. To be honest, I haven’t put the amount of time or attention into it that it...
In any business with money coming in and going out, you’ll need to have some way of keeping track of your money. When you receive money or someone takes money from you, it is called a transaction, and each transaction...
Bookkeeping is the process of recording day-to-day business transactions. Transactions can include any purchases made, sales of goods, payments for services, receipts, and more. Accurate bookkeeping provides two kinds of information: What the current value of the business is, and...
1. Write down your “WHY” Why are you a business owner? Why do you do what do? What drives you when times get tough? It’s important to know why you want to be a midwife/chiropractor/homeopath/etc, and why you want to...
I’ll admit it: Sometimes running a small business is a pain in the butt! Of course you love what you do, and you enjoy helping people. But sometimes it’s just hard! And lonely. Yep, lonely! Sometimes it feels like you...
Think about the last time you went to a football game. See the striped field, smell the nachos, listen to the cheers, smear on some face paint, and squint to see the minuscule players far below. And notice the scoreboard....
It’s always hard to decide when to pay someone to do something for you and what you can do yourself. For my wedding, I made the boutonnieres for the groomsmen and designed the centerpieces myself. But I didn’t try to...
Being a small business owner is a little like boxing. You’re up there in the ring by yourself. Fighting your way forward. Winning small and big battles. Maybe your opponent is discouragement, or financial trouble, or competition in your field....
My biggest question while learning about the cloud was, is it SAFE? I could just picture all my personal information floating around in cyber space, ready for anyone to reach out and snatch it. How could it be safer and more...
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