Tax Deductions For Bloggers and Creative Entrepreneurs

Tax Deductions For Bloggers and Creative Entrepreneurs

Tax season...some love it, some not so much.  As a business owner, taxes can be daunting and can leave you owing mucho dinero if you're not organized.  Luckily there are lots of things that can be deducted on your taxes that are related to running your business/blog.  Obviously if you have a business you can take advantage of many of the deductions available, but if you are a blogger and your blog is your business (a legit registered business), you can take advantage of these deductions as well!  The key to tax prep for businesses/bloggers  especially if you're a one man show is to utilize automation throughout the year and be aware of expenses that you can be deducting that you may not already be aware of.

Today I will be sharing with you a list of tax deductions that you may be able to use for your blog/biz.

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The Best Shortcut Keys To Save You Time (+ a freebie!)

The Best Shortcut Keys To Save You Time (+ a freebie!)

As you may know, my motto is automation.  I live by it...I seek new ways to automate flows...I'm all about it!  To me, automation is a process that can be completed without having to physically touch it.  Everything can't be automated (I'm working towards it though!), so even finding ways to make a process faster is golden.

Shortcut keys are a series of keyboard keystrokes that perform a task without having to use your mouse to click around in menus and various fields.  They are quite helpful to me because they save SO much time.  I'm so used to using shortcut keys now that when I don't know they key for something, I hover over the menu item for the tool-tip to find out what it is.  It's serious, ya'll.  This is a simple way to gain more time.  Even small amounts of time add up in the long run.

Here is a roundup of my most used shortcut keys that can be used in pretty much any program for both Mac and PC.

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