Yesterday at SXSW, we were fortunate enough to catch up with Ramit Sethi, author of the New York Times Bestseller, I Will Teach You To Be Rich. Ramit also writes for his own site, iwillteachyoutoberich.com – a popular online blog for personal finance tips, small business insights and …

Update 12:22 AM Mar 9: We’re done! Thanks for your patience. Your FreshBooks account will be temporarily unavailable for approximately 30 minutes as of 11:59pm (midnight) EST tonight, Friday, March 8th, 2013 for a brief maintenance update. Reminder! Please ensure you have saved all work by 11:55PM EST. Please note: The FreshBooks iPhone app, iPad …

Today marks day 1 of #SXSW and to kick things off, we held a FreshBooks customer meet-up in the heart of downtown Austin last night. With the drinks and appetizers flowing, we got to chit-chatting and naturally found ourselves immersed in deep conversations about things …

If you give your customers gifts throughout the year, you may be able to deduct part of the associated cost. How much can you deduct? You can only deduct $25 per person per tax year. If your gift costs …

Paying lots of attention to your prospects and clients can be a good thing, but it can also backfire. Mark, a designer, had it backfire so much he considered folding up shop. Four months to go By the time Mark booked a coaching session with …

Last week, the FreshBooks Support Team was honoured with the Gold Stevie Award for Best Front-Line Customer Service Team. You might be asking though, “what are the Stevie Awards”? The Stevie Awards are the world’s top sales, contact center, and customer service awards! Past winners …

This year marks our 7th trip to the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, and it’s going to be a blast. Catch Freshies Faraz and Randy attending events, live blogging and hosting a fun customer drink-up in Austin on March 7th. …

Welcome to our last post in the “Can I expense that” series for Tax Thursdays. Last time we discussed tech expenses, this time it’s all about… Marketing, but what can you expense? Almost anything can be a marketing expense. It’s the thought that …

When I first started working as a freelancer, I was thrilled to call myself a “business owner.” All I could think of were all the cool loans, opportunities, and credit cards I could get with my own company…of sorts. Thus I …