Lowell Lane Business Services

Did you know?
I moved to Carthage, Mo in 1992. I was working for the R.L. Polk City Directory company and I transferred to the Joplin, Mo office from my hometown, Topeka, KS.
I then went to work with Names and Numbers Telephone directory in 1994 and was there until 2004. During that time I spent 5 years on the road selling yellow pages to businesses all over the 4 state area. In 1999, I became the in-house sales manager and built the telephone sales department.
In all, I spent about 15 years selling yellow pages advertising.
I met many great people and built great relationships.
I love helping people and that is why I do what I do today.

The most common thing I hear from new clients isn't, 'I need help with taxes.'

It's: 'I don't really know what's going on with my money.'

That's not a bookkeeping failure. That's a clarity failure.

Service business owners — especially those who built their company from the ground up — are often running on instinct.
They know when something feels off. They don't always know why.

What I've learned after years of working with service business owners - electricians, contractors, plumbers, restaurant owners, and more.

The financials aren't the hard part.
The hard part is creating a system where the owner can actually see and trust the numbers.

When that happens, something shifts.
They stop making decisions from fear and start making them from information.

That's the work I find most meaningful — not the bookkeeping itself, but what it enables.

What's the financial question you've been avoiding in your business?

Are your busiest jobs actually your most profitable? 🤔

Most contractors I talk to don't know the answer — and that's not a criticism. Nobody teaches you this stuff when you start a business.

Here's a simple question to ask yourself:

If you removed your 3 lowest-paying job types, would your business be more profitable — or less?

Most of the time: more profitable. Because those jobs eat time you could spend on the work that actually pays.

This is the first thing I look at with a new client. Not their tax return. Their job mix.

📌 Action step: Write down your top 3 services and what you actually make after labor and materials. You might be surprised.

What's your most profitable service? Drop it below 👇

📍 Carthage, MO | Maple Leaf Bookkeeping | 417-660-3076

Busy does NOT mean profitable
I worked with a service business in the area who had $15,000.00 weekly sales but only taking home $600.00 a week, or nothing.
He wasn't doing anything wrong. He just didn't know which services were costing him money -- because nobody had ever shown him.

We cleaned up his books, looked at his services offered, and cut the two services that were quietly draining him. Next month he took home $1000.00 more. Same customers. Same hours.

That is what I do for service businesses -- electricians, plumbers, contractors, and restuarants owners. I help you see the numbers clearly so you can make better decisions.

If this sounds familiar, send me a message. I'm local, I'm easy to talk to, and the first conversation is always free.

Serving Carthage, Joplin, and the four state area.
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