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Making Your Days Count

Erin — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:38:33 +0000

I admit it. I like numbers. Consequently, when a book titled, “20,000 Days and Counting,” came along, I had to know what it was about. I first heard about the book when the author, Robert D. Smith, was being interviewed. I loved listening to Robert talk – his energy is, well, energizing! You can find [...]

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Yellow Sticky Notes

Erin — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 01:00:43 +0000

Yep, yellow sticky notes. That’s how I knew it was not longer a matter of IF I would leave my previous employer but WHEN. I was working late one night in March of last year, and I went to the supply cabinet to get several packages of sticky notes to create a personal wall of [...]

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What is Your Slipper Size?

Erin — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:17:34 +0000

One of the best and scariest benefits of starting my own firm is the fact that I get to choose who our clients will be. Yes, each client has to choose us back. But, I have the final say in whether or not we will provide a proposal for services to a potential client. You [...]

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Guaranteed Smiles This Tax Season

Erin — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:21:34 +0000

We realize that not everyone is smiling this tax season. Oh sure, some people didn’t pay taxes as the year went along so now they will owe a chunk of change to Uncle Sam when it comes time to settle up on April 15th. But, we’re not talking about those folks. We are talking about [...]

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Vivid Numbers Joins the Catbird Seat in 2013

Erin — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:00:45 +0000

When an opportunity opened up to move the office to The Catbird Seat in downtown OKC, I was thrilled! But, then I started thinking: What the heck is a catbird seat? A catbird? Is it related to that weird sculpture on I-40? Of course I went to Wikipedia for the answer: “The catbird seat” is an [...]

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Last Minute Tax Planning Tips

Erin — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:00:17 +0000

Okay, some people may be dashing around buying last minute gifts today. I plan on fighting the crowds at the grocery store today because I committed to making my momma’s homemade mac and cheese and pumpkin pie (premade crust – shhh!). However, if you are a business owner, thoughts of taxes may be lingering in [...]

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Choose Your Own Crapware

John — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:15:50 +0000

If you’re a new (or not so new) windows user, you may be wondering, “what software should I get for my shiny new machine”? Well the problem with most new PCs that you buy is that they’re filled with crapware. Crapware is all the software that Dell, HP, Gateway, Acer, etc. loads onto your PC [...]

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5 Reasons to Love Xero

Erin — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:44:37 +0000

Remember the old days when the only accounting software choice for small businesses was Quickbooks? With the recent surge of web based software, the choices are abundant. As a CPA, I admit that I can be picky and hard to please when it comes to financial software. Xero has continued to impress me and is [...]

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A little love shout out to Evernote – from the tech side

John — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:22:28 +0000

Erin asked me to post once in a while about something on the tech side of business. After sitting a while in my make-shift office (iMac on a rubbermade tote in front of the couch… house isn’t quite set up yet, heh), I asked myself, “what is the one app I use everyday other than [...]

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State of Creativity Conference 2012

Erin — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:07:36 +0000

I was fortunate enough to learn last week about the State of Creativity Conference 2012 hosted by Creative Oklahoma. I decided taking my naturally creative other half (his name is John) to the conference was a good plan. He could be my protective, creative shield just in case there was some “mind scan” at the [...]

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