Episode 005 | How to Automate your Bookkeeping and Meet your Goals
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Create & Automate
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Today on Create + Automate, we’re joined by Dondrea Owens of The Creatives CFO. Dondrea is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) who helps high-level entrepreneurs and creatives achieve clarity and confidence with their money. Her core mission is to educate and empower business owners to make better financial decisions through knowing their numbers.
During the episode, you’ll learn:
- Why she has tools in her business that she doesn’t know how to use,
- How she justifies walking up in the middle of the night to write content,
- How she hacks Dubsado & Quickbooks to make tax time easier,
- and the one accounting tool you’re probably using that she absolutely hates that you should get rid of ASAP!
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Spending Plan for Creatives, a guide to helping your find out how much running your business really costs.
- Welcome Sequence Map Opt-In, a guide to help you start creating a welcome sequence designed to convert leads to paying customers.
- Create & Automate, Episode 003 | How a Coach Uses Automations to Maintain a 20-Hour Work Week
Tools mentioned in this episode.
- Quickbooks
- G Suite
- Asana
- Jetpack Workflow
- Dubsado
- Acuity
- Toggl
- Onlypult
- Wave
Follow Dondrea
- Website
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