Tag: VA

  • 6 façons simple de partager vos reçus avec votre assistant virtuel

    6 façons simple de partager vos reçus avec votre assistant virtuel

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    Si vous travaillez avec un assistant virtuel spécialisé en comptabilité, l’un des meilleurs moyens de gagner du temps consiste à mettre en place un système simple pour envoyer vos reçus et vos factures. Voici quelques options simples qui fonctionnent bien : • Transférez vos reçus par e-mail directement vers une boîte de réception commune dédiée…

  • When the world seems uncertain, clarity is essential

    When the world seems uncertain, clarity is essential

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    Le printemps bat son plein. Les affaires sont en plein essor.Les prix du carburant grimpent.Les guerres se poursuivent. 🌋Le monde semble de plus en plus chaotique.😶‍🌫️Dans mon bureau, tout est calme. Les comptes sont équilibrés.Les délais sont respectés.Les chiffres sont cohérents. Parfois, la chose la plus précieuse que l’on puisse offrir à une entreprise, c’est…

  • Once again, you're working late from your hotel room

    Once again, you're working late from your hotel room

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    It’s late. You’re back in your hotel room after a long day of meetings. Instead of relaxing, you’re sorting through your receipts and trying to get your books in order. If you’ve found yourself doing your bookkeeping from a hotel room more often than you’d like…

  • The snail

    The snail

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    Lately, I’ve been trying to work a little more like a snail. Not in terms of ambition, but by avoiding unnecessary chaos. (And, ideally, without getting eaten by a French person!) Less rushing from one task to the next. Fewer impulsive reactions. Less confusion between urgency and importance. More focus. More thoughtful execution. Better…

  • Secure Your Business for the Summer

    Secure Your Business for the Summer

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    There’s something about early May that always sets off alarm bells for me. On the surface, everything seems fine and orders are pouring in. Discussions are moving forward, and nothing seems urgent. And that’s exactly the problem. I’ve been in this situation before, sitting at this very window, thinking I had…

  • Why should I track my monthly expenses?

    Why should I track my monthly expenses?

    It’s easy to see what the future holds when you know how to go about it! So, grab your crystal ball (your accounting software) and open a new Excel spreadsheet. Step 1: List all your expenses from the past 6 months—tip: use a tool to export them to CSV format…

  • You're stealing from the government

    You're stealing from the government

    That VAT bill you “didn’t see coming”? It didn’t just fall out of the blue. You simply didn’t pay attention to it. Right now, a sum of money is quietly accumulating in your business… and it doesn’t belong to you. It’s not profit. It’s not “money in…

  • No customer follow-up?

    No customer follow-up?

    Your client hired you for a specific service, and you worked hard to win that contract, whether directly or indirectly. However, just because the work is done doesn’t mean the job is finished: don’t count your chickens before they hatch. Checking in with a client…

  • Are you a bank?

    Are you a bank?

    You’re not a bank. So why are you financing your customers? If cash flow is tight even though business is “going well”… that’s probably where you need to look. Cash flow is king. Always. And bad invoicing habits are quietly choking it. Let’s be honest: You finish a project… and the invoice goes out several days later. Or worse, in…

  • Delegating “small tasks”

    Delegating “small tasks”

    Following a BNI meeting last year, a client told me about a recurring issue with his systems: customers who had already paid their invoices were still receiving payment reminders. The root cause was the reliance on manual data entry in his accounting system, which…