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Quickbooks Overview - Essentials Every User Should Know at SmallBusinessWebcast.com

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January 31, 2012 from 9am to 10am
In this Webcast, Seattle CPA Jessica Chisholm will fill you in on a few QuickBooks user essentials. The object will be to improve your ability to navigate QuickBooks in a more efficient manner and increase your understanding of the software. This course will show you how to properly record deposits, make journal entries, and give you other tips so you can be sure you are getting the maximum benefit that QuickBooks can provide for you. This…See More
Tim Blake and yupingwang are attending Jessica Chisholm's event yesterday
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Why and How Small Businesses Should Be Doing SEO at SmallBusinessWebcast.com

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March 7, 2012 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm
A walkthrough of real small businesses, the challenges they face and how SEO can fit into their marketing activity to help build their brand and drive new customers.Matthew Davidson has over 10 years of online advertising experience having been on the original Microsoft adCenter team upon its launch. During Matthew’s years at Microsoft he has managed hundreds of large paid search accounts on Bing.com for numerous advertisers including: Prudential, Cabelas, Barnes & Noble, Frontier Airlines…See More
Sherry Benge is attending Lisa Schroeder's event yesterday
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For 1/31 Quickbooks webinar

My questions:1) When is Simple Start sufficient and when does a user need to move to a more robust product?2) I had difficulty trying to email an invoice to a client in Simple Start - would like to see how to do it.3) Seems like invoices aren't very customizable in Simple Start - if they are supposed to be, would like to see how.See More
Discussion posted by Nancy Wolff Leary yesterday
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Quickbooks Overview - Essentials Every User Should Know at SmallBusinessWebcast.com

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January 31, 2012 from 9am to 10am
In this Webcast, Seattle CPA Jessica Chisholm will fill you in on a few QuickBooks user essentials. The object will be to improve your ability to navigate QuickBooks in a more efficient manner and increase your understanding of the software. This course will show you how to properly record deposits, make journal entries, and give you other tips so you can be sure you are getting the maximum benefit that QuickBooks can provide for you. This…See More
Ruby Bennett and Sherry Benge are attending Jessica Chisholm's event Wednesday
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LLCs & S Corps Explained - Using Them To Reduce Taxes at SmallBusinessWebcast.com

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February 15, 2012 from 10am to 11am
In this Webcast, CPA John Huddleston will explain LLCs and S Corporations, C Corporations and how they can help reduce your tax obligations, as well as other factors to consider to determine the best structure for your small business. The webcast uses specific examples of tax reduction and breaks down a much misunderstood topic into plain language you can understand. …See More
Sherry Benge is attending John Huddleston's event Wednesday
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Starting a New Business - To-Do List at SmallBusinessWebcast.com

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February 7, 2012 from 9am to 10am
In this webcast, CPA Jessica Chisholm, will discuss a to-do list that should be followed when starting a new business.  Jessica will discuss different business structures, how to obtain an Employer Identification Number, whether your business idea will be consider a business vs. a hobby by the IRS, different ways to keep your records and more.  If you are planning or considering starting your own business then this webcast will help…See More
Sherry Benge is attending Jessica Chisholm's event Wednesday
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7 Tax Tips For The Self Employed at SmallBusinessWebcast.com

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January 25, 2012 from 10am to 11am
For many self employed individuals, negotiating the tax gauntlet is like searching for gold in the Amazon jungle without a guide or a map. Our webcast will help keep you from being snake bit, help you find some of that tax gold and return with all your parts intact. There are three basic strategies that we'll look at.1) Increase deductible business expenses. 2) Shifting non-deductible expenses to deductible business expenses. 3) Avoiding those nasty surprising IRS assessments.Hopefully you'll…See More
A Viescas, Ruthann Hanson and steve are attending Jennifer Zhou's event Wednesday
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Ruthann Hanson, Nancy Allin, steve and 1 more joined Small Business Webcast Tuesday
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Tax Tips For Medical Professionals at SmallBusinessWebcast.com

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January 24, 2012 from 9am to 10am
In this webcast, Seattle CPA, Jessica Chisholm, will discuss tax tips for Medical Professionals. Jessica will discuss entity selection, auto deduction, leasing vs. buying equipment, and more. She will also discuss hiring family members and the tax savings that can provide Doctors, Dentists, and other Medical Professionals who own their own practices. If you are in the medical field and own your own practice, or want to own your own…See More
Nancy Allin is attending Jessica Chisholm's event Tuesday
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Tax Tips For Medical Professionals at SmallBusinessWebcast.com

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January 24, 2012 from 9am to 10am
In this webcast, Seattle CPA, Jessica Chisholm, will discuss tax tips for Medical Professionals. Jessica will discuss entity selection, auto deduction, leasing vs. buying equipment, and more. She will also discuss hiring family members and the tax savings that can provide Doctors, Dentists, and other Medical Professionals who own their own practices. If you are in the medical field and own your own practice, or want to own your own…See More
steve might attend Jessica Chisholm's event Tuesday
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KC, Jack Taylor and Ed Ferguson joined Small Business Webcast Monday
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Tax Tips For Medical Professionals at SmallBusinessWebcast.com

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January 24, 2012 from 9am to 10am
In this webcast, Seattle CPA, Jessica Chisholm, will discuss tax tips for Medical Professionals. Jessica will discuss entity selection, auto deduction, leasing vs. buying equipment, and more. She will also discuss hiring family members and the tax savings that can provide Doctors, Dentists, and other Medical Professionals who own their own practices. If you are in the medical field and own your own practice, or want to own your own…See More
Jack Taylor is attending Jessica Chisholm's event Monday
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Quickbooks Overview - Essentials Every User Should Know at SmallBusinessWebcast.com

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February 28, 2012 from 9am to 10am
In this Webcast, Seattle CPA Jessica Chisholm will fill you in on a few QuickBooks user essentials. The object will be to improve your ability to navigate QuickBooks in a more efficient manner and increase your understanding of the software. This course will show you how to properly record deposits, make journal entries, and give you other tips so you can be sure you are getting the maximum benefit that QuickBooks can provide for you. This…See More
Daniel Thorson is attending Jessica Chisholm's event Monday

Members

  • Chris Crowley
  • Marcus yao kormada
  • Nancy Wolff Leary
  • Daniel Thorson
  • Tim Blake
  • yupingwang
  • Jessica Chisholm
  • Sherry Benge
  • Ruby Bennett
  • Jennifer Zhou
  • Lily
  • Jeffrey Moore
  • reshma talreja
  • A Viescas
  • Ruthann Hanson
  • steve
 

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The business advisors/instructors of the Small Business Institute of Seattle & Bellevue provide continuing education in all fields vital to assist small businesses to succeed. Fields of study include Tax, Accounting, Law, Marketing, Computer Networks, Search Engine Optimization, Business Insurance, Office Software, and much more. Through sponsorship, we are able to provide quality continuing education FOR FREE.

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Matthew Davidson

Free Search Engine Optimization versus Pay Per Click Internet Marketing

It’s always been surprising to me as an experienced online marketer just how much time and money is spent on paid marketing channels such as pay per click ads but how little time and money is spent gaining free marketing through increasing the organic rankings on the major search engines.

 

With this in mind, I decided to do some research to determine how much traffic is driven from paid search advertising versus organic search rankings. It may surprise you to learn that 90% of…

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Posted by Matthew Davidson on October 26, 2011 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Dwight Edward Tompkins

The New Lifetime Gifting Rules For The Next Two Years Can Really Help Family Businesses

The new tax law signed by the President in December gives the owners of Family Businesses probably the biggest tax break to come along in many years.

 

That break is the lifetime gift tax exemption, now $5 million, for next two years (2011 & 2012); or $10 million for a married…

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Posted by Dwight Edward Tompkins on April 9, 2011 at 10:00am

Omur Oztas

Social Media for SMBs

The days are way back where everyone was going through a brochure in order to learn about any product/service that has been offered by a Company. Today, digital media such as websites, blogs, microsites and social network applications are indispensable tools of communication.

The digital platforms known as social media are a useful communication tool for people of the information age. Those companies who are smart enough to invest in the…

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Posted by Omur Oztas on March 22, 2011 at 7:41am

Kristin Baker

The benefits of using a CPA instead of H & R Block at tax time

When considering how to do your taxes, you have some choices. One is, you can prepare your return yourself, or, you can select a storefront tax preparer that has only had brief training (for a few weeks) to instruct them on how to process different kinds of tax returns. It is…

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Posted by Kristin Baker on January 14, 2011 at 11:03am — 1 Comment

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Demelza

Intro 4 Replies

Hello everyone, I see that I'm the first one to post an introduction here. Interesting. Anyhoooo I actually found this site from the Craig's list events section. Who knew? I've just started with a new company selling sustainable Disaster Resistant…Continue

Started by Demelza in Introduce Yourself. Last reply by Maria Marsala Jan 8.

Nancy Wolff Leary

For 1/31 Quickbooks webinar

My questions:1) When is Simple Start sufficient and when does a user need to move to a more robust product?2) I had difficulty trying to email an invoice to a client in Simple Start - would like to see how to do it.3) Seems like invoices aren't very…Continue

Started by Nancy Wolff Leary in Webcasts & Website Issues yesterday.

charyo

Retirement fund for an S Corp owner 8 Replies

HiMy wife and I are the only 2 shareholders of our S Corp which we set up for her business.I would like to set up a retirement fund that is pre=approved by the IRS. Do you guys have any recommendations on that? We still haven't paid her any salary…Continue

Started by charyo in Tax & Accounting. Last reply by Rich Sanidad Dec 3, 2011.

Caitlin Dundon

Smaller Business 4 Replies

Anyone else interested in "smaller" business. While I am interested in learning whether my company should become an LLC (currently a sole proprietor), this webcast's example of a profit of $100,000 clearly is not representative of my situation. I am…Continue

Started by Caitlin Dundon in Small Business Community Wide Discussions. Last reply by steve leonard Oct 29, 2011.

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