Cosmic Coin Drop

Tracking Your Money - Manually or AutoMagically

June 02, 2024 ā€¢ Lauren Poppins Raye ā€¢ Season 2 ā€¢ Episode 7

šŸ‘†šŸ» Iā€™m so curiousā€¦ what system do you use to track your business money flow?

Thereā€™s no right way to keep track of your income & expenses. 

The only requirement is that you do keep trackā€¦ consistently.

And for those that do, there are 2 camps of tracking: manually or AutoMagically.

And there is a time and a place for each.

Manual tracking of your money is great if youā€™re brand new to having a record-keeping practice because youā€™ve been avoiding it in your business.

This is for 2 reasons:
1ļøāƒ£ itā€™s helpful to be able to really get inside of the process to understand it

2ļøāƒ£ itā€™s a way to embrace the process without also having to learn new tech just yet

Eventually, AutoMagical (aka, automated) tracking of your money using a bookkeeping software becomes the better option.

This is for 3 reasons:
1ļøāƒ£ once you understand whatā€™s going on and feel comfortable with the process, it just makes to set it on autopilot so you can focus on other things.

2ļøāƒ£ you have the option to easily delegate the oversight to a bookkeeper.

3ļøāƒ£ you can view your P&L (Profit & Loss Statement) in lots of different ways - monthly, quarterly, yearly, etc. - to be able to see your progress from every angle.

Either way, what matters is that you have a system in place that works for you, that is maintained regularly.

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