When it comes to small business tasks, bookkeeping falls into the category of necessary but unglamorous.  It is important to maintain accurate books and records for a variety of reasons, including providing easy access for tax audit purposes, meeting federal and state tax record-keeping requirements, [...]

Lawn & Order

Spring is in the air, and the beautiful sunshine and warm temperatures have almost everyone itching to get outside and enjoy Mother Nature.  One of the first places people head is their backyard—for cookouts with friends and family, a game of catch with [...]

Once you overcome the initial challenge of acknowledging that you do, in fact, need help, there are a couple of things to consider before you can effectively delegate. First, you have to define the task so that others can understand your expectations.  Give clear instructions, encourage questions [...]

Most people don’t relish the thought of painting their house.  It is one of those necessary evils that we endure because it is too expensive to buy a new home every time a room needs updating.  Ok, so maybe I’m overreacting just a little, but the truth is there are a lot of other things [...]

Take Back Your Time

What comes to mind when you think of the term delegation?  For most of us, we envision a boss giving their minion something along the lines of a TPS report to work on.  While this technically is delegation, many people fail to realize that you [...]

Some people are neat and tidy by nature, while others live with a comfortable level of clutter.  Then there are those people who can’t make it to the bathroom in the middle of the night without tripping over something.  Regardless of your degree of untidiness, most people could use some help getting [...]

All good things must come to an end, and that includes my Lowcountry Local First blog challenge.  I have to admit I was a little daunted by the proposition at first, but it has been a wonderful opportunity [...]

Last weekend, my girlfriends and I had a holiday cookie party. We showed up to my friend’s house, donned aprons, and decorated sugar cookies of various shapes and sizes. Some even showed up with family recipes that required no decoration (i.e. S’mores cookies, penut butter cookies, and [...]

Tourists often experience two pleasant surprises when they visit Charleston.  They are blown away by how nice the people are (we weren’t voted America’s friendliest city by chance!) and they are wowed by the cuisine.  Few people realize the culinary diversity and talent that Charleston attracts.  [...]

Every now and then at YuDu, we find companies that we just absolutely adore. They have great customer service, amazing products, and well….they just make us look good! Early on in YuDu history, we found Christoph Artisan Chocolatier and they [...]