Jun 27

Jun 27 Creating A Financial Plan

Business Knowledge, Planning, Accounting

Depending on the current state of your finances, financial freedom might seem a long way away. For many people, financial freedom—when you don’t have to worry about how to pay the bills and your money is invested and making money for you—is a far off dream. What they don’t understand is how close financial planning can get them to that dream.

Financial planning isn’t all staring at ledgers and creating spreadsheets, although if you like that sort of thing you’re welcome to do it. It’s about creating a list of your financial goals and figuring out how to get yourself there.

Here are some steps to take to get started on your financial plan.

Jun 27

Jun 27 What Is Financial Planning?

SBAI

Business Knowledge

To many people, financial planning sounds like something for the very rich. The wealthiest people take their piles of money to someone who tells them where to invest it so they can make even more money. The rest of us just focus on saving what we can while paying off debt and hoping we don’t lose our jobs before we’re financially stable.

In fact, financial planning is about having long-term and short-term financial goals and developing a plan to achieve those goals. It’s about knowing how to make the most of your money – whether that’s putting a little extra into savings one month or paying off a bit of debt more quickly.

It’s about making smart financial decisions so your money is working for you as efficiently as possible while reducing your monetary stress. It’s also about becoming financially stable more quickly, so you can survive if any major expenditures come along.

In short, financial planning is something everyone can benefit from.

Jun 2

Jun 2 4 Tips For Getting Your Business Through Tough Times

SBAI

Cash, Business Knowledge, Accounting

If you’re a small business owner whose company hasn’t gone through hard times, that’s great but it’s likely to happen at some point. As much as we dream about being brilliant enough at business that we’ll never face slow times, there are many things beyond our control that can negatively affect our business.

Here are four tips for getting your business through difficult periods so you can look forward to many more years of business ownership.