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Roger Ely’s Tips for How to Raise Your Prices Properly
Did you hear the news from last week’s inflation report?Consumer prices increased more than 5% between May 2020 and May 2021.Given the Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target, that’s a pretty steep increase.Have you taken a look at your own cost of doing business...
Roger Ely’s Tips for Building a Business Emergency Fund
Pretty sure I've said this before.I'll likely say it again, too.If there’s one thing the past year has taught business owners, it’s that the "unexpected" can occur at any time.Managing your Seminole, OK business during good times is hard enough; rough times make it...
How To Digitize Your Business by Roger Ely
It seems as if the world is getting drenched in tech. It’s literally falling from the sky (we’re looking at you, rocket boosters).Because there is so much technology around us, it can be easy to become numb to it. We can quickly start to view it as just a “thing”...
5 Tax Planning Tips to Give Your Seminole, OK Business a New Look This Summer
Before we talk about some tax planning tips to give your business a new look this summer, I first want to say that I hope your Memorial Day weekend was special. Even though this Seminole, OK business owner had some work to do, a quiet office is my friend. In thinking...
4 Next Steps for Business Tax Return Review
This week marks the end of another tumultuous tax filing season.I can’t remember anything like it. With the last minute legislative changes, software update delays, and IRS service issues -- this very well might have been the most disrupted and difficult tax season in...
Roger Ely’s Three Business Tax Penalties To Avoid When Possible
With May 17th behind us (though for those in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahama -- this was just another day. June 15th is coming at us fast!), we’re turning towards the planning and optimization part of our calendar.But before we leave taxes in the rearview, let's address...
Expense Reimbursement vs Company Credit Cards: What Seminole, OK Business Owners Need to Decide
If you'll forgive me, I'm going to get pretty geeky today.You probably didn't realize that there are actual pros and cons to expense reimbursement for employees, etc. or using a company cc. Oh my Seminole, OK readers, I'm going to take you down a little rabbit hole...
5 Helpful Tips for Seminole, OK Businesses To Be More Resilient in Crisis
The overall economy is on a tear right now, but for some businesses, things don’t look so rosy. By the way, if that is you and your business (not so rosy), there are a multiplicity of grants, tax credits, and very favorable loans available -- though doing it properly...
What Seminole, OK Business Owners Need to Know About Commercial Real Estate Mortgages
Does the thought of paying rent to your Seminole, OK commercial landlord for eternity make you cringe?Do you get a little bit of FOMO when you hear stories about other people building empires with real estate?The decision to purchase your own space from which to...
5 Cybersecurity Steps all Seminole, OK Business Owners Should Take
From making sure that nobody is doing Zoom calls in their bathrobe to ensuring that work actually gets done on time, you’ve got a few extra things to worry about as a Seminole, OK business owner these days.Chief among those new concerns, however, should be...
Commercial Real Estate Opportunities In Seminole, OK NOW
As a Seminole, OK small business owner, you’re no doubt fully aware of the importance of your business location. This is especially the case if you have a retail store or deliver a service where Seminole, OK customers come to you -- you need a location with ease of...
A Few Helpful Tips for Seminole, OK Businesses to Win at Controlling Costs
So ... I'm not sure if you knew this.Apparently, running a business is expensive. And controlling costs can be daunting.But despite whatever you might see from those gurus who are posing by their Lamborghinis in the Facebook ads ... even the leanest Seminole, OK...