Here’s to round 2 of our first bi-weekly newsletter!
Mike and Cathy, back again in your inbox for round 2 of our bi-weekly newsletter. We want to provide meaningful IT, marketing, and accounting advice for your small business.
This week’s edition covers logo tips, password basics, and the month-end close process that Cathy has used for years.
We hope you enjoy it. If you ever have any questions about IT, marketing, and/or your accounting, just reply to this email to reach out!
5 Logo Design Tips Small Business Owners Should Know
For small business owners, investing in a logo design can feel overwhelming. But the investment can truly be worth it if you do it right. It will help elevate your brand identity and even simplify your sales process if it truly represents you.
Here are the 5 logo design tips small business owners should know:
- Keep it Simple
- Reflect Your Brand Identity
- Choose Colors Wisely
- Ensure Scalability and Versatility
- Timelessness Over Trends
We dive more into each of these tips on our blog.
Strengthening Your Small Business: The Importance of Password Basics
In today’s digital world, small businesses are just as much a target for cybercriminals as large corporations. With sensitive customer data, financial information, and business operations at stake, it’s crucial to protect your business from cyber threats. One of the most effective ways to safeguard your business is by implementing strong password practices like these:
- The Foundation of Password Security: Length and Complexity
- Stop Reusing Passwords
- Utilizing Password Managers
- Implementing a Password Policy for Your Business
We explore the basics of password security and why they matter even more in this blog post.
The QuickBooks Online Month-End Close Process
Over the years, Cathy created a process for month-end work for all of our clients utilizing QuickBooks Online. This has helped us streamline our procedures, saving us more time to work on other things in our business or for our clients. The process consists of these simple steps:
- Planning – Do this before the end of the month to determine what tasks will be completed and the deadlines.
- Bank Reconciliations – The first thing you should be doing each month to close out the books.
- Workpapers – These help you support other accounts on your balance sheet and make sure everything is accounted for.
- Review & Report – This is the final stage, during which you go back over everything and finalize the books for any reporting you want to run.
Want more details on these phases? Read the full blog post.
