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Happy Thanksgiving
to you and your families!

Small Business Saturday is coming up and SmartSpark Business Solutions is looking to highlight small businesses on our page. We would like to feature small businesses that are unique (no networking marketing, please) and from all different industries - whether they offer a service or a product.

Do you have a small business you would like to see featured? Drop their name below! We just ask the small businesses we choose to feature follow our page so invite them to follow us here: https://www.facebook.com/yoursmartspark.

SmartSpark Business Solutions We help entrepreneurs and business owners focus on making money by managing their bookkeeping.

Sip & Spark Conversations — SmartSpark Business Solutions Wednesday, May 6, 2020, 4:30PM - 6:15PM (Central Time) Join like-minded professionals Sip & Spark Conversations, a remote networking event! Participants will be divided into groups of two or three based on their interests. Groups will meet for fifteen minutes and then everyone will be assigned to a....

Are you looking for financial relief outside of EIDL & PPP? If so, check out this article by Alignable.

16 Creative Funding Resources Your Small Business Should Use Explore 16 funding resources your small business can use to get through the coronavirus outbreak, including grant options, crowdfunding, and cash flow ideas.

For anyone in the Chicagoland area who is in need of a help getting in touch with a bank! Jason is great!

House approves $480 billion package to help small businesses and hospitals, expand Covid-19 testing The House of Representatives voted Thursday to approve a roughly $480 billion package to deliver aid to small businesses and hospitals and expand Covid-19 testing, the latest attempt by lawmakers to blunt the devastating impact of the pandemic.

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Senate approves $480 billion package to help small businesses and hospitals, expand testing The Senate passed a roughly $480 billion relief package Tuesday that includes hundreds of billions of dollars in new funding for small businesses hurt by the coronavirus outbreak along with other priorities like money for hospitals and expanded Covid-19 testing.

Last week, SmartSpark Business Solutions hosted their second Sip & Spark Conversations remote networking event and this one was better than the first! We trialed a new format that allowed attendees to move from breakout room to breakout room as they pleased at the end of the event. This way, people could continue conversations or meet people they were not initially paired with.

If you want to join us for the next event, it is coming up this Thursday, April 23 at 4:30PM. Registration is open at www.yoursmartspark.com/sipandspark.com. This event is for those in the Chicagoland area at this time.

We are considering expanding these events to be geographically agnostic. If this is something that may interest you, help us out with some market research by filling out our survey here: https://forms.gle/ZB4sJEavV4mfw8hL9.

Remote Networking Market Research Hello! Thank you for taking the time to tell us about your networking habits. This will help us create remote networking opportunities in the future. Let's start by learning a bit about you! :)

We have added a COVID-19 resource page to gather helpful links regarding COVID-19 financial relief.

Navigate to www.yoursmartspark.com/covid19 for links to federal and local loan applications as well as helpful information on the Economic Injury Disaster Loan and Paycheck Protection Program.

We will be updating the page as we find other helpful resources! If you would like to be notified of updates, please leave your email below or message it to me and we will be sure to send your way.

We are offering free help in navigating all of your options. Please do not hesitate to reach out. We are here to help! Sign up for grab a time on our calendar at the link in the comments below.

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COVID-19 is changing our every day.

More employees than ever are working remotely to stop the spread of the virus.

In these uncertain times, let's help each other out! What are the tips and tools you use to work effectively with your teammates when you can't be in the same place?

Now it's easier to contact SmartSpark Business Solutions.

Are you hoping that Santa brings you more time to work IN your business instead of ON your business? SmartSpark Business Solutions is here to help you. Let us take the management of your bookkeeping and digital ads off your plate so you can get back to doing what you do best.

Schedule a discovery call with us to chat about how we can help! https://calendly.com/yoursmartspark/discovery

Happy Hanukkah from SmartSpark Business Solutions! There is a lot to love about the Festival of Lights - candles, fried food, games, and then more fried food. What more could you ask for?

Hannukah also reminds us that anything is possible. When there was only enough oil for one night, the candles burned for eight. Now, if that isn't inspirational, I don't know what is!

Happy Holidays!

We all love receiving gifts - holidays, birthdays, whenever. In our opinion, it's even better to give gifts than to receive them. What if you give your client a gift? Can you write that off?

The answer is yes BUT...the IRS only allows businesses to deduct up to $25 of their out-of-pocket costs per client gift. If you want to get nerdy with it, read more here: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p463.pdf.

This time of year is filled with cookies and talk of resolutions but although we love cookies at SmartSpark, we prefer setting goals instead of resolutions.

We won't bore you with the importance of setting SMART goals but we hope you take the time to set both personal and business goals. As a business owner, it's easy to let the business take over every waking moment and forget that you wanted to take more OrangeTheory classes or learn Spanish.

So, what will you do personally and professionally in 2020?

As a small business owner, your time is limited. Chances are, you didn't forge out on your own to burn the midnight oil every. single. night. Remember why you started and don't be shy to ask for help. SmartSpark is here for you!⁠

It's official! SmartSpark Business Solutions is open for business. We are here to help small businesses tackle those pesky business chores that are necessary but seem to always move to the bottom of the to-do list. We are excited to help you reach the next stage of your business!

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