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Sandra Baptist

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Founder and President, "Practice to Business Maven" Business Coach. "More Profit in Less Time!"

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Sandra Baptist, FCCA is CEO of Sandra Baptist Companies, a company dedicated to providing small business owners and entrepreneurs with the tools, resources and strategies to build a highly successful business and a fabulous life.

Sandra Baptist supports professional accountants ...

Sandra Baptist, FCCA is CEO of Sandra Baptist Companies, a company dedicated to providing small business owners and entrepreneurs with the tools, resources and strategies to build a highly successful business and a fabulous life.

Sandra Baptist supports professional accountants through her FREE Inbox Magazine "Accountants in Practice" ( http://www.IAWAB.com ) and women service professionals through here Private one-on-one coaching, training courses and group masterminds at http://www.StrategicPracticeProfits.com

A former accountant, auditor and operations manager, Sandra's passion is to create "entrepreneurial" accountants and CPA's through her trainings and offerings.

Strategic Practice Profits | The Leader In Helping Busy, Frustrated Practice-Owners & Service ProfessionalsTransform Their Businesses ...Thru Marketing, Mindset, Strategic & Business Development!

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WEB: Accts in Practice

Feb. 9, 2012

Sandra Baptist and 7 other people answered this question

How should a new company advertise if it has a limited budget?

Low hanging fruit. Start with people you know. Send an email or letter out to let them know you're opening your doors soon and would like them to know about it. Include: if THEY know anyone they can recommend to you. Start offline to build ... more

Repair Business

Jan. 19, 2012

Sandra Baptist is now following Belldon Colme and 4 other people

Jan. 5, 2012

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What is your number 1 income strategy for 2012?

Growth!
I've been planning since 2011 on what areas I want to grow and what areas I wanted to prune or get rid of completely.
So I'm growing both laterally and vertically in my business-laterally by offering my products to more people and more target ... more

Entrepeneurship

Dec. 2, 2011

Sandra Baptist and 3 other people answered this question

What should every entrepreneur know about asking for help?

That it's never a one word or one sentence solution.
I was hosted on a local radio station on Monday and a biz owner called in, explained his situation and wanted to know what he was supposed to do.
I explained that he needed an ... more

General Management

Entrepreneurship

Nov. 28, 2011

Sandra Baptist and 1 other person answered this question

How do you start a small business without much investment?

Hi there, I wrote an article on this for one of my blogs:
http://www.successfulfinancialwomen.com/2010/10/08/what-kind-of-business-coul...
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Nov. 24, 2011

Sandra Baptist and 6 other people answered this question

How do you handle a customer that doesn't pay on time?

First of all, don't be dependent on 1 (or a few) large customers for your biz. They can ruin you. Seen it happen a number of times.
Having said that, you need to look at how you are designing your proposals and contracts.
Even though ... more

Accounts Receivable

Nov. 24, 2011

Sandra Baptist and 6 other people answered this question

What's the best way to tell clients/ business partners "thank you" when you're on a budget?

Agree with Matt! I used handwritten cards and send them to people that give me referrals, clients, etc.
Sometimes I also send out gift baskets!
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Business Development

Nov. 22, 2011

Sandra Baptist and 67 other people answered this question

What do you consider the difference between a manager and a leader?

Being a supervisor does not necessarily mean that you are a leader. As a supervisor you must balance the mission of the organization; as a leader you must direct your team...
I wrote on post on this here: http://www.businesstransformationcoach.com/2011/10/7-ways-to-become-an-effect... more

General Management

Human Resources

Nov. 17, 2011

Sandra Baptist and 2 other people answered this question

What's the best small business to start during a recession?

I did a post on this topic. You can see it here:
http://www.successfulfinancialwomen.com/2010/10/08/what-kind-of-business-coul...

Nov. 9, 2011

Sandra Baptist and 16 other people answered this question

What do you consider as the top 5 needs of small businesses today?

Absolutely I did miss your point.
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Nov. 4, 2011

Sandra Baptist and 6 other people answered this question

What are the best ways to network for somebody who has recently moved to a new city?

Agree with Art! Join about 2-3 groups and start networking like crazy!
You've got to become visible first.
Can you start offering some free or low-cost courses (perhaps 1-day or 1/2-day sessions) and try and build a list of people that are interested in your services?
Start a ... more

Human Resources

Career Development

Professional Networking

Nov. 2, 2011

Sandra Baptist and 7 other people answered this question

How many chances do you give an employee to suddenly start using common sense?

If she's not working out, then you will have to either have discussions with her or let her go.
You really should not be checking over basic date-entry tasks. That's a waste of your time and $$
I believe in the saying "Hire Slow, Fire Fast!" more

General Management

Human Resources

Administrative Assistant

Oct. 11, 2011

Sandra Baptist and 13 other people answered this question

What are the qualifications to be a mentor?

People mentor for different reasons. I could be a mentor for a child, an entrepreneur, an employee.. Mentoring is different from coaching or consulting where you would definitely have some qualifications before you select one.
Someone would choose YOU as their mentor because of something you ... more

General Management

Human Resources

Career Development

Oct. 11, 2011

Sandra Baptist and 4 other people answered this question

Accountants: What is the entry for receiving a post dated cheque?

Yes but who does 'cash accounting' these days?
But seriously, the payment cannot be cleared by the bank until 'that' date, so how can the IRS take this as income??
Plus it would depend if it's a receivable that the customer is paying on OR a ... more

Oct. 10, 2011

Sandra Baptist and 26 other people answered this question

What is the one business characteristic that you would like to mimic of Steve Jobs?

Love this question Sonya!
I think it's about "Transforming your self and your business until you get to where you want to be."
Wrote a blog post on this:
http://www.businesstransformationcoach.com/2011/10/steve-jobs-transforming-in...
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General Management

Oct. 10, 2011

Sandra Baptist and 2 other people answered this question

What are your recommendations for a new accounting system?

There are a lot of small business accounting softwares around.
I personally prefer QuickBooks, because it's user-friendly. It needs to be properly set up though so you can have the necessary controls in place.
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Accounting Software

Finance and Accounting

Oct. 5, 2011

Sandra Baptist and 23 other people answered this question

Is Facebook getting too complicated?

Yep! For the average user who has little or no technological experience.
The companies that are marketing on there really need to keep up to speed and encourage their 'fan's to stick with them, besides all th changes.
For me personally, everytime I'm on there something has ... more

Information Technology

Product Usability

Social Networking

Oct. 3, 2011

Sandra Baptist and 22 other people answered this question

What's the most important element of a resume?

Keep a straight face. If you're adequately trained to conduct interviews, you should not be showing any (negative or positive) emotion towards one prospect vs another. It comes with practice. more

Human Resources

Career Development

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