How is a business owner sinking under ever-expanding receivables supposed to respond to our country’s current situation? The recession shaved 11% off American’s median income before it officially ended in 2010, and according to the Federal Reserve the first three years of “recovery” shaved off another 5%. While the wealthiest 3% saw their share of…
Slick lawyers and authority-charged judges often get the glory and attention in a courtroom. In fact, there’s one person in every courtroom whose job is to actually blend so well into the surroundings that it’s not even apparent the person is there. While technology has taken over many aspects of the legal world, the people…
Why should you care if your accounts receivable management company attains agency certification? Consider it similar to the people you hire to staff your accounts receivable and administrative positions. You probably check their education, experience, and achievements before stamping your approval. Don’t choose a profit recovery company before checking to see if it’s been vetted…
Retailers may already be singing that it’s the most wonderful time of the year, but if you’re not careful, the winter holidays may be your most woe-ful time of the year. That’s because in a time where consumers do nothing but spend, spend, spend to cross off items on their holiday lists, incoming medical bills…
The odds your degree or training covered a rudimentary introduction to the Microsoft Office Suite and Excel spreadsheet software – high. A bookie wouldn’t be interested in that one. The odds that your professors or trainer covered the ins and outs of the program and showed you some of the ways you can cut time…
A month ago the nation was in full heat wave mode. You? You were busy servicing every whining, warm-air sputtering, froze-up air conditioning unit in the $11 billion dollar homeowner air conditioning pie you had time for. Don’t look now, but the first day of Fall just passed you by and heat for the Winter…
There’s no sign of the hoarders trend slowing down, which is a good thing for your self-storage business. No matter how many units you manage at your site, the one thing that’s probably the biggest slow down in turnover is getting each spot revamped for its new renter. Get ready to “clean up” in the self-storage race…
Breaking news! Today there’s front page, above-the-fold, top o’ the scroll, shout it from the bandstands news – major, major breakthroughs in the economic shutdown that’s paralyzed the country for the past couple of weeks. CNN Money announces in its boldest, biggest font: Congress has just raised the debt ceiling. While Democrats and Republicans are pausing…
Use programs within programs. Saves: 5+ minutes Want to add an Excel spreadsheet to a Word document? You don’t have to open multiple windows at once. Simply use Word’s Insert Object feature to place the spreadsheet on the Word page. You can even make changes by double-clicking the spreadsheet, which opens the Excel-in-Word mini window.…
Microsoft Word is the Office Manager’s top choice for word processing office productivity software. But you may be so used to just opening the program and typing that it doesn’t seem to make you more productive – it’s just a place to type. If you’re only using word to put pixels to paper, let us…