Author Archives: E.T. Barton

About E.T. Barton

E.T. Barton has been in bookkeeping since 1998. In 2002, she began her own business specializing in bookkeeping, office administration, and market financial feasibility research. Nowadays, she spends her time writing romance novels, blogging about business and travel, and playing roller derby. You can contact E.T. Barton at ETBarton@OneHourBookkeeper.com.

OUR EBOOK: How To Do A Year’s Worth Of Bookkeeping In One Day

  By E.T. Barton | May 2, 2012 - 1:58 am | EBooks, QuickBooks Instructions
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Here at the OneHourBookkeeper.com, we are working hard to prove to our readers that we’re more than just another blog about bookkeeping.  We honestly believe we can help Small Businesses save money on their bookkeeping with simple tips that can save time, stop embezzlement, find discounts, etc.  In that spirit, we have written a book called “How To Do A Year’s Worth Of Bookkeeping In One Day.” With the newsletter, you will get tips that you won’t see on this blog, and you will also be offered discounts on all of our future products.  For example, we currently have a … Continue reading →

10 Ways to Make Your Office Go Mobile

  By E.T. Barton | January 10, 2012 - 10:03 pm | Decreasing Expenses, Internal Controls, Virtual Bookkeeping
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The other day, I came to a stop at a red light behind a big white sedan.  As I sat there, waiting for the light to change, I noticed a funny shape in the passenger seat of the car.  To top it off, there was a small round thing where a GPS would usually be found.  When the light turned green, the driver reached over to the passenger seat and – to my surprise – made the funny shape disappear.  In that instant, I realized exactly what I was looking at, as well as what the round thing was:  a … Continue reading →

BOOKKEEPING MONEY-SAVING TIP # 2: Use a Rewards Credit Card

  By E.T. Barton | November 21, 2011 - 10:24 pm | Money Saving Tips
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In Bookkeeping Money Saving Tip # 1 – Skip the Checks, it was recommended that Small Business Owners (SBOs) use checks as little as possible.  Not only do checks cost money to purchase and replace, but they also cost bookkeepers a lot of data entry time.  The better tool to use in lieu of checks is debit cards.  Debit cards take directly from the checking account, just like a check would, but the debits are better for fraud prevention, record keeping, and downloading into certain bookkeeping programs (like ). ON THE OTHER HAND, over-usage of debit cards can be a … Continue reading →

Why You Should Invest in QuickBooks

  By E.T. Barton | October 24, 2011 - 9:30 pm | Money Saving Tips
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There’s a saying in Mary Kay that I’ve always lived by.  To paraphrase, the saying goes, “Don’t waste dollars on penny projects.”  If you’re a Small Business Owner (SBO), this phrase for you would mean, spend your time on the things that will make the most money for your business (like sales).  Bookkeeping is often one of those things that won’t make you nearly as much as what you do best.  Plus, it can be delegated to someone else who will do it faster and cheaper.  In effect, an SBO who does the data entry on their own books is … Continue reading →

How To Manually Download Your Bank Transactions into QuickBooks

  By E.T. Barton | September 8, 2011 - 8:57 pm | EBooks, QuickBooks Instructions
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Are you tired of entering every single Debit and Billpay transaction your company has?  Thanks to QuickBooks and their relationship with many different banks, this information can now be downloaded directly into your file, and QuickBooks can post the information for you.  To do it, follow the steps below: THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE EBOOK “HOW TO DO A YEAR’S WORTH OF BOOKKEEPING IN ONE DAY”: QuickBooks is one of the best bookkeeping programs out there because it can “talk” to your bank account.  As of the publication of this book, hundreds of banks already are able to … Continue reading →