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Ask the Accountant… Question: I have QuickBooks Premier 2020. I keep seeing pop-ups from QB asking if I want to upgrade to Premier 2022. Should I do that? Answer: If you purchased your QB Premier 2020 on a one-time basis (instead of a subscription), it will be updated without any additional cost through May 2023.…

While showing up on the first page of Google is crucial for promo distributors, and Google Ads will achieve this much faster than SEO, you can end up wasting hundreds (or thousands) of dollars a month if your campaigns are poorly configured. Here are the most common Google Ads mistakes distributors make and how to fix them...

The title of my blog is “Million Dollar Mindset.” You may think that I consider money to be the true measure of success. I don’t. Of course money is important. Without money, life can be very difficult. With money, life can be lived more fully. But money is not the true measure of success...

It’s time for the promo industry to level up. Since the beginning of 2020, utilizing multiple forms of media creation, social selling, digital marketing and strategic collaboration has never been more relevant. This industry has so much to offer and so many creative minds. Unfortunately, the sector remains commodity-centric and content-averse...

Since the majority of internet traffic is now mobile and the majority of mobile time is spent in-app, social media represents one of the best chances you have at getting views, shares, likes and visits to your distributor website. To help you get maximum visibility and website traffic with social media, these are some simple tactics to try...

It is easy to get stuck thinking about our regrets. There are people who continue to think about their disappointments months and even years later. Where you give your thoughts is where you give your focus and energy. What you regret is in your past. It is your future that deserves your focus and energy. Here’s how to easily put your regrets in your past...

Ask the Accountant… Question: I keep reading about the QB Premier subscription. Why are we being forced into the Online version? Answer: It’s true that QB Premier 2022 and beyond can only be purchased on a subscription basis. It is not true that this is the online version of QB (QuickBooks Online, aka QBO). A…

From a very early age, the message of failure is driven into our subconscious: Failure is bad. Failure means you didn’t prepare. Failure means you didn’t study hard enough. Failure means you are lazy, or worse, weren’t smart enough to begin with. All of this teaches us that, more than anything, failure is something to…

“The power to win requires grit and discipline. You always choose your own destiny,” shares Chad Agate. From being incarcerated for a period of time at an early age to becoming a serial entrepreneur, Agate’s story is one of inspiration and motivation. Tune in to hear how our mindset and doing this one powerful thing…

As I pen this blog, I am in Vegas for the 2022 World Series of Poker. There are lots of great business lessons in the game of poker—patience, situational awareness, position and many more. In poker, going all-in means that you commit all your chips to the pot, typically with the belief that you have…