Maintaining a healthy inventory of products to sell is always a balancing act. And it usually involves a lot of trial and error when your business is young. If you’re selling unique products that you’ve created yourself, it’s not so hard. You make one, you sell it, and your inventory is gone.

Unless your business always collects payment for items and services on the spot (or accepts credit cards on your website), you need to know how to create effective invoices. QuickBooks Online makes this easy. You could be completing invoice forms and sending them out within about 15 minutes of logging in for the first time.

They’re your company’s most valuable asset. Thorough customer records can improve your customer relationships.

Not all habits are bad. Here are five good ones you should develop during each QuickBooks Online work session.