If the word “budget” makes you want to run, you’re not alone. For many handmade business owners, budgeting feels like restriction when money already feels tight. But a budget is not punishment. It’s a decision-making tool that helps you plan for expenses, spot money leaks, and start paying yourself on purpose.
3 Things Every Handmade/Creative Biz Owner Must Do – Bookkeeping basics. 1) Open a separate biz checking account. 2) Do your bookkeeping. 3) Create a budget. These are 3 things every handmade or creative business owner must do. As if you don’t already have enough stuff on your plate to do being a small handmade …
Time tracking, the art of keeping detailed records of the amount of time you spend on EVERYTHING you do in your business. As handmade or creative business owners we tend to think that time tracking is only important when we are working on a project. That’s just not true. Time tracking is important and we …
Keeping on track of your numbers (finances) determines your success or failure. If you are constantly avoiding your bookkeeping you’ll never get a handle on your financial numbers. Bookkeeping & how to overcome your fear of numbers Bookkeeping & how to overcome your fear of numbers is this weeks topic, because I hear things like …
A behind the scenes look @ yarnybookkeeper.com. What goes on and some new offerings that will appear in the very near future. This is a very different type of blog post – in fact it’s not one of my normal blog posts at all. It’s more of a behind the scenes glance at what’s going …
Tools, Apps & Tips for going digital in a paper world is our topic this week. Going digital in a paper world can create quite a few stumbling blocks – change can be difficult and you do need to be organized! Sometimes the stumbling blocks happen because we just can’t wrap our heads around the …
Internet safety is often overlooked, you need to protect yourself and your information in this online world that we live in. The internet is a wonderful thing – it puts a ton of information at our fingertips and allows us to come into contact with people from all over the world. We’re no longer limited …
Spreadsheets – I really do love them and I use them for a LOT of behind the scenes things in both my handmade business and here on yarnybookkeeper.com. Spreadsheets are versatile and there are lot of different ways that they can be used without the huge learning curve of creating mathematical formulas, macro’s, pivot tables, …
