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Do You Have a Public Relations Strategy?
January 29, 2019 by OSYB Staff
Don’t wait to have a public relations (PR) strategy until something goes wrong. Holding off on a PR plan until a crisis happens is not a good idea. A good public relations strategy means that you are communicating regularly with the public about your company’s reputation, and it is part of your overall branding strategy. […]
Concerned About Firing an Employee?
January 24, 2019 by OSYB Staff
Letting an employee go is never an easy thing to do. No matter the size of your business, firing an employee will more than likely be something that you will have to consider doing or actually have to do. Intuit QuickBooks shares some points that you should think about before you fire an employee: Is […]
Framework to Draw in Clients
January 22, 2019 by OSYB Staff
Intuit ProConnect shares a framework that you can use to bring in more clients and to add value to the work that you perform for them. Here are some ideas to embrace and work on: Send clients a letter that shares that the most significant tax reform in thirty years is coming into play, and […]
Marketing Tips That Count
January 17, 2019 by OSYB Staff
Sometimes it’s not enough to know what the right things to do are, it is also important to know what the things are that you should not do. Neil Patel, NY Times best selling author, with 18 years of marketing experience shares his marketing principles to live. Here are some of Neil’s valuable points to […]
Entrepreneurs, How’s Your Work/Life Balance Fairing?
January 15, 2019 by OSYB Staff
Intuit Quickbooks shares survey results from 500 self-employed individuals on the positives and negatives of being the captain of your own business. Here are some results: Most work an average of 40 hours a week. Most work on weekends, even while clocking in an average of 30-40 hours per week. A lot say that […]
Spruce up Your Accounting Skills
January 10, 2019 by OSYB Staff
You’re pretty comfortable with your accounting skills and so are your clients, so why build skills, and spend time and dollars to change? Goingconcern. com shares a few reasons why sprucing up your accounting skills and adding a Master of Accounting (MAC) degree could be beneficial: Both separate you from those who don’t have the […]
Big Change Forecasted for Auditors?
January 8, 2019 by Guest Writer
Accounting Today, shares that at a roundtable discussion at New York University (NYU), with distinguished members, it was noted that the role of auditors could change drastically or even diminish within 10 years. Professor Yermack of NYU said, ““The distributed ledger reduces the need for audit by 97 percent,” he said. “Auditors in the future […]
Knowing When You Have You Been Hacked
January 3, 2019 by OSYB Staff
The start of the year is a great time to assess your abilities and look at what you know and areas where you can improve. If you need sprucing up on your tech skills, a good place to start would be knowing when your security has been breached. Storage Craft shares some obvious signs that […]
