Workplace Insight

APRIL 26, 2022

Kitchen and catering assistants, cleaners, and sales and retail assistants – some of the occupations with the largest number of workers in the UK – are among the occupations to be given a ‘probability of automation’ score of over 60 percent in the ONS report (ie 60 percent or more of those jobs are at risk from automation).

Bookkeeping 98

Bookkeeping Catering Technology Payroll 98

Success

JUNE 23, 2021

For the past decade, BELAY has been witnessing this phenomenon firsthand through its network of contractors who supply virtual support as assistants, bookkeepers, web maintenance professionals and social media strategists. You do not need to be managing email and invoicing and bookkeeping,” she says. “If

Bookkeeping 88

Bookkeeping Cubicle Maintenance Delegation 88

Success

DECEMBER 13, 2022

If someone with a fixed mindset excels at sales but considers themselves poor at bookkeeping, they may accept this weakness as fact and move on. Fixed versus growth mindsets vary by degrees. They can even vary within the individual depending on subject or context. Second, time is not unlimited.

Bookkeeping 125

Bookkeeping Learning Sales Consulting 125

Success

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

At home you ignore the dishes from Friday’s half-eaten breakfast, open your laptop, and spend seven hours on sales calls. Yes, in a startup of one, you’ll need to tackle bookkeeping or mop floors. Your analytics can reveal how website visitors or app users are behaving and which features generate sales. Play to your strengths.

Sales 124

Sales Bookkeeping Prioritization Maintenance 124

Fellow

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Paid plans enable teams to host webinars, register virtual event attendees, and record calls—making it a great tool for sales enablement, customer success, or marketing teams. This makes it a great tool for accountants or bookkeepers who are short on time and need to automate manual data entry and calculations.

Software 52

Software Sales Problem-Solving Bookkeeping 52

Success

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

According to Oberlo , a drop-shipping app created by Shopify, almost one-third of the world’s population is now shopping online, accounting for 18% of retail sales worldwide. When you clearly and narrowly define your audience, word of mouth will spread inside that audience, and the referral sales will flood in. Don’t try to guess.

Sales 100

Sales Delegation Problem-Solving Bookkeeping 100

Insperity

AUGUST 1, 2019

If bookkeeping practices are kept in reasonable order and someone can manage the books, tackle closing and financial reporting, then there’s no requirement that the most senior financial person have a C-suite title, saving you a permanent post and a corresponding salary. At least that’s how things have been done traditionally.

Leadership 199

Leadership Bookkeeping Networking Correspondence 199

Insperity

JULY 6, 2017

Or, maybe your COO thinks he’s doing his job well because sales are through the roof, despite the high turnover rate in his salesforce. For example, your best friend from college has been your bookkeeper for years. Don’t assume leaders know something you haven’t communicated to them directly.

Leadership 190

Leadership Bookkeeping Communication Technology 190

Work Life

MARCH 8, 2024

In its first year, the shop did $450,000 in sales. Now, in year two, it’s projected to increase sales by 33%. The bourbon boom has dominated the spirits industry for more than a decade, with sales surpassing 31 million cases in the U.S. “I didn’t go to business school,” LeGrand says.

Sales 105

Sales Insurance Food Bookkeeping 105

Insperity

AUGUST 21, 2014

When you started your business, you thought you could handle it all yourself – sales, accounting, payroll, hiring, etc. For example: Don’t use gender-specific words such as “salesman” when you need a sales professional. You think you need a bookkeeper now, but as the business grows, will you ultimately need a controller?

Bookkeeping 113

Bookkeeping Advertising Salary Sales 113

Ruby

JULY 8, 2019

Consider all the effort it takes to court customers, build your network, optimize your online presence, hire new staff, launch marketing and sales campaigns… The list goes on. Fundera Lendio SmartBiz EquityNet Accounting and Bookkeeping Unless you’re a CPA, you probably didn’t get into business to work with financial information all day.

Bookkeeping 40

Bookkeeping Advertising Customer Service Networking 40

Success

OCTOBER 9, 2021

For instance, you might value bookkeeping skills more than Adobe CC skills for a certain office position. Simply visit the free, online page and plug in the data you’ve gathered. You can even weigh certain qualifications as more or less important. A click of the mouse creates a multiplier effect for the skills you value most.

Problem-Solving 91

Problem-Solving Bookkeeping Software Decision Making 91

Ask a Manager

MARCH 29, 2018

” She just ended up doing a lot of unscrupulous things to increase our sales and alienate her coworkers. A couple years back, before my own promotion, someone who worked at another franchise came with the promise of giving our owner the other store’s “secrets.” She also was a terrible employee — always late, etc. —

Bookkeeping 20

Bookkeeping Advertising Computer Sales 20

SnackNation

JUNE 19, 2017

Administrative Assistant” used to be synonymous with things like scheduling, bookkeeping, and arranging travel. And while this is largely true – you shouldn’t try to write a financial model while you’re on a sales call, for instance – some of an Admin’s core responsibilities require them to knock out tasks simultaneously.

Administrative Assistance 30

Administrative Assistance Problem-Solving Multitasking Bookkeeping 30

Ask a Manager

MARCH 11, 2021

” • “ I have a friend who moved from pro domming into work as a real estate agent (home sales). It seemed to be actually good transition for her.

Real Estate 31

Real Estate Advertising Bookkeeping Interviewing 31