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How To Approach Bigger Business Players In Greater Sacramento or Your Niche
Local Greater Sacramento business owner to local Greater Sacramento business owner(though you might actually be out of the area -- but this still applies), I want to remind you of something that you probably already know:With the election just one month away, the...
5 Business Mistakes That Can Be Fatal by Jim Ornelas
All the political people are arguing over taxes, and my inner geek smiles.(By the way, if YOU want to argue about the tax issues, here's a good explainer article to start with before you make big declarations about the tax issues involved.)Because I'm not really...
The Looming IRS Debt Apocalypse Facing Greater Sacramento Taxpayers
It doesn't take a genius to look around and predict that economic catastrophes are still coming.Yelp recently issued a report which revealed that as of August 31, there were 163,735 businesses who indicated on Yelp that they had closed -- a 23% increase since...
Identifying Your Target Prospect by Jim Ornelas
With the business deadline (9/15) behind us, we're in tax planning season.Though the IRS (and Congress) haven't yet definitively made a statement about it (that we know of), here at Ornelas & Ornelas we are operating according to the fact that the filing deadline...
Struggling Greater Sacramento Businesses Be Careful With Price Reductions
Here we are, with Q3 of 2020 in the rearview mirror, THANK GOODNESS.Only one more quarter left in this 2020 donkey -- but it's going to be an eventful one.I get asked a bunch by Greater Sacramento clients and friends what I think the markets will do, and the only...
Use These Financial Reports For Business Decisions By Jim Ornelas
Just in time for the weekend, the IRS issued Friday-evening guidance about the overly-hyped (at first) payroll tax "holiday".There was initial hope that this might be a great shot-in-the-arm for Greater Sacramento businesses and employees, but given how the thing is...
About That PPP Forgiveness Application for Greater Sacramento Businesses
I have a few quick-hit things to cover today.The first of which relates to some timing issues. Labor Day is behind us (though many of my Greater Sacramento business owner friends and clients don't really take time off for that).(You can't really take a vacation in the...
An Important Update For Greater Sacramento Taxpayers On IRS Notices
Even as a Greater Sacramento tax professional, when I get a letter from the IRS addressed to my business (or, worse, to my home), I share with you that feeling of initial trepidation: what fresh hell will I now have to deal with?More often than not, it's something...
How Greater Sacramento Businesses Get More Done With Less Time
Would you shoot me a note?How are things going for your Greater Sacramento business right now?Doesn't have to be long ... just a little status update, is all. There might be some things we can do to help, if needed (or traps we can help you avoid if things are rolling...
How Your Greater Sacramento Company Can Do More With Less Time
If you didn't get a chance to do this before, would you shoot me back a quick note through the email button at the top of the page? I'd like to hear from you...How are things going for your Greater Sacramento business right now?I'd like to get just a few sentences...
How Greater Sacramento Businesses Can Market More Effectively In This New Normal
I have some ideas for Greater Sacramento small business owners to chew on today about how to connect more clearly and deeply with your clients and prospects, but before I get there, some news:There is still no word about automatic PPP forgiveness for smaller loans...
PPP Forgiveness Reminders For Greater Sacramento Businesses
Doing business in the summer of 2020 sure ain't easy.I have Greater Sacramento clients all over the spectrum -- some whose businesses are on their last legs because of social restrictions and lockdowns, some who are hanging steady, and some who have found ways to...
