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 …

…ZZZs. What would you say if I told you that the key to your success in business was getting more sleep? Sounds crazy, but it may be true. Yet many entrepreneurs run their business on less than 6 hours …

Welcome back to our “Can I expense that” series for Tax Thursdays. Last time we discussed travel expenses, this time it’s all about… Tech expenses – what can you deduct? We no longer live in …

If your timing is off, your prospects won’t become clients. Tim, an independent IT consultant, learned this lesson the hard way. A hit of bad news A few years ago a good friend of mine suggested I hire his buddy Tim to set …