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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You may or may not have heard of  Hub pages. They were new to me, but are another great way of driving traffic to your website or blog. Hubs also help you become known online as an expert in your niche.

Although they each use different terms, Hub pages are similar to Squidoo lenses as far as content. Each hub contains information on just one area of the niche, for instance “conducting an interview” would be a complete Hub topic.

I recently enjoyed reading a short report by Melanie Bremner called “Hubbing with Hubpages for Fun and Profit”.  Melanie covers a number of concepts in her report, including how to:

• set up a profile on Hubpages
• create a hub
• understand the rating system used for hubpages
• socialize and become known as a quality writer and expert in your field
• promote a product or service without creating a commercial hub
• build traffic to your hub
• properly utilize and set up SEO tags and keywords for the best results

At 22 pages complete with screenshots, this detailed report left me eager to set up my own Hubpage. The tips on getting traffic to your Hub can readily be adapted to any website or blog.  And at only $5, it’s a great investment in your Internet learning.

Technorati Tags: Hub Pages, Hubs, creating a Hub

Every one of us is an expert at something and there are other people who want to know what you know. So why not create an infoproduct?  It can be an eBook, an audio or video file, or a hardcover book or cd. Or maybe a package that includes all of those things.