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Five Marketing Ideas to Grow Your Business When Stuck in a Seasonal Rut
Are sales in a seasonal slump? There's no need to worry! Here are five marketing ideas to grow your business during slow times.
5 Steps to Start a Business By Year End
What do you need to do to get your startup off the ground before next year? These steps to start a business will give you the direction you need.
2018 End of Year Business Compliance Checklist
Finish 2018 right with all of your business compliance requirements in order. This end of year business checklist will help.
Can You Use a Home Address to Incorporate a Business?
s it OK to use your residential address as your business address, too? Here's what to consider before you use your home address to incorporate a business.
Should You Incorporate at Year End or Wait Until Next Year?
Should you incorporate year end or next year? It may depend on the state where a business is located and if the option of a delay effective date exists.
Should I Incorporate or Form an LLC for my MLM Business?
Do You Need to an MLM LLC for Your Network Marketing Business? MLM entrepreneurs are considered independent contractors. By default, they’re sole proprietors, but forming a legal business entity offers potential liability protection and tax benefits. Also sometimes called “network marketing” companies, MLMs offer income opportunities to folks who want to set their own schedule and work at their own pace—without having to build a business from the ground up. Many people who want the flexibility of being their own boss have chosen careers in working as agents for multi-level marketing (MLM) companies, so [...]
What Is a Reseller License?
If you’re starting a retail business (whether online or at a brick and mortar location), you’ll want to apply for a reseller license. A reseller license certifies you don’t have to pay sales tax when buying products on a wholesale basis for the purpose of reselling them to customers. In some states, a reseller license might alternately be called a reseller permit, resale license, resale certificate, sales tax permit, or some other term. Regardless of its name, its purpose is to identify your company as a reseller. Reseller License and Sales Tax In the [...]
How to Hire a Ghostwriter for Your Accounting Blog
Does your accounting business need a blog? Yes, web content like blogs helps your business rise in the search engine rankings. So, if your business website doesn’t have a blog, it’s time to create one. If you already have a blog, are you keeping it current? When potential clients see a website with an outdated blog, it immediately gives them cause for concern. But, you may be thinking, you’re so busy running your accounting business, you don’t have the time to create and maintain a blog. Why not hire a ghostwriter to write some—or [...]
Do Uber Drivers Need an LLC?
Uber drivers, even those doing rideshare driving as a side-gig, are considered to be earning income through self-employment. Just like other self-employed independent contractors, they face some critical startup decisions—including what business entity type to choose for their business. Should Uber Drivers Form an LLC? After signing the Uber contract to designate themselves as a self-employed private contractor, Uber drivers face the decision of what type of business structure they should operate under. They shouldn’t take this lightly, because the business structure chosen will affect their tax obligations and degree of personal liability. When [...]
What Is the LLC Tax Rate?
Before forming an LLC, many entrepreneurs ask about the standard LLC tax rate to see if this form of entity is a solid option for their new business. This is an excellent question and one that can be best answered by exploring what an LLC is and how it is taxed. The LLC (limited liability company) business entity type is one of the most popular selected by small business owners. It shields the owner’s personal assets from the liabilities of the business and may result in some tax savings to boot. The LLC is [...]
What to Expect When Selling Your Business
Maybe your end game has always been focused on selling your business. Or is the pace of running a business becoming too much, and you’re ready to slow down and retire? Perhaps you have a new business idea and you want to sell your business to pursue (and finance) that dream. Whatever your reason for selling your business, your timing is spot-on. According to BizBuySell, an online marketplace for small business buyers and sellers, small businesses are currently selling for record-breaking prices. BizBuySell surveyed 2,300 small business sellers and future business buyers and found sellers can sell [...]
Do I Need a Business License to Sell on Amazon?
Entrepreneurs who want to sell their products through Amazon’s marketplace face many of the same opportunities and challenges as brick-and-mortar stores. Naturally, they have a lot of questions about launching and running an online business. It’s exciting to think of the possibilities but often daunting to figure out where to start, what to do, and where to turn for help and direction. One of the things these business owners want to know is, “Do I need a business license to sell on Amazon?” Regardless of whether an Amazon seller has formed an LLC or [...]
Choosing the Best State to Start a Business
Choosing the best state to start a business is an important detail in your overall business plan. When it comes to launching a small business, “Location, location, location” is part of the formula for success. If you’re wondering if a specific location would give your startup an extra advantage over the competition, you should check out WalletHub’s latest report on 2018’s Best & Worst States to Start a Business. With a bad location ranked as one of the top reasons for business failure, choosing where to launch your business can be almost as important [...]
Buying a Business Checklist
Want to buy an existing business? You’re not alone. BizBuySell.com, a marketplace for business buyers and sellers, reports continued strong business-for-sale activity in the second quarter of 2018. Small businesses sold for a median sale price of $239,000 in the second quarter of 2018. BizBuySell.com predicts 2018 will be a “recording-breaking year when it comes to small business transactions.” As a result, more sellers are putting their businesses up for sale—adding to the already sizeable number of baby boomer entrepreneurs who are selling their businesses in preparation for retirement. You probably have good reasons [...]
How CorpNet’s Partner ProgramHelps Professionals Increase Revenue Without Adding Overhead
CorpNet has always been focused on helping entrepreneurs in all industries succeed. We not only offer services to help them save time and money in forming their own businesses, but we also provide a program for accountants, attorneys, and other professionals to enable them to expand their client services and increase revenue. I recently presented two webinars about the CorpNet Partner Program: Increase Revenue & Client Satisfaction Without Increasing Overhead or Staff – Which explains the Partner Program and how it enables accountants to expand their services quickly and with minimal effort. How to [...]