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Mastering Your DC Metro Business Phone Answering
How is your year starting out? We’re into week 2 of 2023 … would love to hear back from you on what are the challenges you’re facing in your DC Metro business finances right now. Relatedly, what are your customer service goals for this year?One customer relations...
Accepting Crypto Payments in Your DC Metro Business
First of all, congratulations on making it through 2022. Pat on the back for sticking with it through the very real ups and the challenging lows. Many of our DC Metro clients went through the wringer … others had their best year yet.From a personal standpoint, I think...
Federal Spending Impact on DC Metro Businesses
I don’t know about you, but after the holidays (and I hope yours were filled with good things and happy times with loved ones), I’m always a bit tapped out on the spending. But in true governmental fashion, Uncle Sam is piling it on. Seems like Congress missed...
Succession Planning Strategy For DC Metro Business Owners
The 2022 clock is almost at midnight.An end to a still somewhat crazy year — “the crazy” seems like our new normal, post-2020, am I right? There were a lot of challenges this year and they were … exhausting. Keeping up with the changes and adjusting to the economic...
Cohen’s 8 “Right Now” Business Tax Moves
Ready for some yuletide cheer? Inflation might have hit its peak this year. So say the “experts.” That particular category of people hasn’t exactly covered itself with glory of late … so, we’ll see how that actually plays out for businesses in the coming...
Employee Gifts: Some Ideas for DC Metro Business Owners
Time is counting down until the year is up and your tax impact opportunity window closes.And even if this is the busiest (and perhaps most profitable) part of the year for your DC Metro business, opening up a little space in your calendar to talk about some year-end...
The New Congress and Your DC Metro Business
This time of year means big things for DC Metro businesses like yours… and big-red-bow-on-top opportunities thanks to the post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas buying euphoria. Early indicators are that this has been a tepid start to the consumer holiday season, but...
DC Metro Businesses choosing to live out of a place of gratitude
This week is an opportunity.To comfort ourselves away from the noise of our clamoring-for-attention society with good food and (mostly?) good company ... for sure.But also, to pause. There's not many opportunities for that as a DC Metro business owner (without falling...
Our (Early) End of Year Checklist for DC Metro Businesses
When I think about the holiday season, I think "calm before the storm." That's because in my profession, once mid-December hits, we're scrambling to handle EOY matters. And then when the new year strikes, we're holding our breath for a few weeks ... and then tax...