How to Organize Receipts & Business Cards
When you have a mountain of receipts and business cards, tidying them can seem like a daunting task, but with a bit of direction and some time, they will be neatly structured. Whether you want to organize them via computer or in their physical form, both are possible. If you take a few moments every time you get a receipt or business card to file it away, then you will never have to spend a lot of time sorting through them. Does this Spark an idea?
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Scan all of your files into your computer. Programs such as NeatReceipts come with a small scanner that copies receipts and business cards right into a program on your computer. You then sort them, write notes on each file and throw away the hard copy because the digital copy can be printed out at any time. You can also mail receipts and business cards to companies such as Shoebox, which scans them and digitally sends them back to you. This saves you the time and effort of scanning; all you have to do is organize.
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Create files for your receipts. For example, have a file for each month and file the receipts as you get them. Have a system where you file the most recent receipts in the back. This way they are always in order. If you use the same folder for both business and personal receipts, then make a mark on each one designating which category it goes in.
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Make a Rolodex of your business cards. Write the date and place where you got each one. They tend to pile up over time and you may forget, so these details help jog your memory. This works best for business cards because you need to be able to see them as a reference, whereas receipts are consulted less often.
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