Motivated To Learn

As we age, there are so many experiences and so much expertise that we gather along the way. Although we may not think those things are valuable, other people need our knowledge. It’s our responsibility to share what we’ve learned. 85-year-old Eleanor McCallum has learned that lesson and now we can benefit. The following is an article written by her. I hope it motivates you to go and do likewise.

Many years ago I started a bookkeeping career, long before there were computer programs to do the necessary calculations automatically. Double entry bookkeeping was used at that time with large journals and ledgers for the accounts, which consisted of purchases, sales, inventory and a general journal. Each business transaction was manually recorded in a journal consisting of several individual pages. The transaction and cost, broken down into base price, taxes and whatever else needed to be specified was recorded on its specific page.

These expenses and amounts would then be copied to a general ledger where there would be several pages headlined with their respective categories. At the end of each accounting period it would be necessary to manually total the expenses for each category and transfer these totals to a balance sheet and profit & loss statement. That type of manual bookkeeping could only be enjoyed by someone who wanted to learn all of the ins and outs of bookkeeping and perhaps find a better way to facilitate all of this.

When computerized bookkeeping and accounting programs came on the scene, I definitely wanted to be able to use them. Then everything could be automatically delivered to its proper location in the company books, quickly and efficiently. Accpac and then QuickBooks were two programs that I learned to use to advance my bookkeeping practices.

Quickbooks Easy Start is set out in such a way that a person with no bookkeeping experience can begin using it immediately. It tells you how to set up your business, explains money in and the related sales receipts, deposits and how to accept credit cards.

Money out, explains writing checks, recording expenses, issuing refunds and paying employees. In the your business section, customers and vendors with all related information can easily be recorded, then lists are created so you can go back in to any account to make adjustments.

My step by step guide to help new users with QuickBooks Easy Start for their home based businesses is available right now. This guide features screen shots and easy to follow instructions for each step. I really enjoyed compiling it and hope others will want to read it.

Eleanor McCallum

http://quickbooksguide.biz

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We are one of many families who use one company to supply our Internet, cable television, and phone service. Usually that isn’t a problem, but now I’ve realized we need to have an alternate plan for our communication services. Our neighbours were having satellite installed and no longer needed the cable. But the panel for our street had the wrong house numbers allocated, so instead of disconnecting next door, we lost all of our services.

That wouldn’t have been so bad for a short time, but it was Friday of a long weekend. We called right away to report the mistake, but the technician couldn’t come back and we would have to call again Monday. It turned out that the whole week was a busy one and our service wouldn’t be restored until the following Thursday.

We did have a cell phone for emergency use. It was necessary since one of our grandkids had to go to hospital. An old tv antenna helped us get a couple of channels. As for the Internet, I visited places that had wireless access and managed to get some of my email. Without a laptop and the mobile phone, it would have been much more difficult to take care of our family and our business.

Now that life is back to normal, we have some decisions to make. Should one company supply all of those services in the future? What alternatives do we have?

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One of the things I’ve noticed a lot of business owners do is to set up a free blog on Blogger.com or one of the other free hosting services and then neglect to register a domain name of their own for the blog. So instead of being able to tell people to go to FromKnowledgeToProfit.com, for instance, I would be telling them the Internet address is FromKnowledgeToProfit.blogspot.com instead. Not nearly as professional sounding. And when the price of domain names today is less than ten dollars a year, not a very good business decision.

I’ve created a short tutorial to help you register a domain name and then point it to your free blog. I hope you find the information useful and welcome your comments.

DomainRegistrationBooklet

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This is a last minute note to let you know about NAMS. It’s the affiliate marketing workshop I have attended twice in the past and will be held this August in Atlanta, Georgia. Three days of hands-on intensive training by some of the best Internet marketers in the business. No sales pitches are allowed, just solid content.

I wasn’t planning to attend and the price had been raised to $697.  As each week went by, I started wishing I’d registered. Then I got an email the other day offering a large discount on tickets.  But the special price is only available until the end of May – which is tomorrow! So I paid my admission right away, then I started thinking I should at least let my readers know.

You’ll have to act fast. Click on this NAMS link and before you buy your ticket, add the coupon code NAMS4MAY and it will only cost you $397 – a savings of $300! It doesn’t matter what your experience level is, there are groups for Beginners, Intermediate, and Advanced.

If you decide to go, please comment and let me know and we can get together while we’re there. You won’t regret it. And did I mention that my 85-year-old mother will be there too? After all, Internet marketing can be done even from your rocking chair.

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I’ve mentioned before that I host my websites on Hostgator and how much I like their service. After today, I more than like their service. I was updating this site a short time ago when for some reason all of my content disappeared. After my initial heart failure, I went straight to the chat feature for Hostgator’s tech support. There were two people in front of me in line, but my wait was less than two minutes.

I quickly typed my problem into the chat feature and the technician, Kervin, asked me to wait while he looked at the problem. Less than a minute later, my site was back to normal. There had been a problem with the WordPress database and he had repaired it. Then he took the time to explain to me how to fix it myself should it ever happen again.

With my former hosting service, I had to send an email if there was a problem and wait a day or so for the answer. I love the fact that I can chat to a Hostgator support person whenever I have a problem. I have a number of websites, all hosted with Hostgator for a low monthly fee. Add that to their excellent customer service and it’s no wonder I recommend them whenever I can.

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