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Intuit Practice Management

Intuit is rolling out a new cloud-based product for accounting professionals this week, Intuit Practice Management (IPM). This product has been in “pilot” status for over two years now, but now anyone can sign up for it. Let’s take a quick look at what this offers. What does “practice management” mean to you? Different people [...]

June 6, 2013 | By | Reply More

Cloud Accounting with Xero–The Details

I introduced you to Xero in our prior article (Xero Overview), now let’s dig in a bit deeper. In our attempt to come up with a standard for comparing online accounting systems, we (Doug Sleeter, MB Raimondi and myself) came up with a list of features that we would like to see in a good [...]

May 29, 2013 | By | 7 Replies More

Cloud Accounting with Xero–An Overview

As a part of my ongoing series of articles on cloud accounting programs for small businesses, let’s take a look at Xero. This is a product that started in New Zealand in 2006, and they brought their product to the US just a few years ago. It is a well-funded company that has a lot [...]

May 22, 2013 | By | 13 Replies More

Cloud Accounting with QuickBooks Online–The Details

I introduced you to QuickBooks Online (QBO) in our prior article (QuickBooks Online Overview), now let’s dig in a bit deeper. In our attempt to come up with a standard for comparing online accounting systems, we (Doug Sleeter, MB Raimondi and myself) came up with a list of features that we would like to see [...]

May 7, 2013 | By | 7 Replies More

Cloud Accounting with QuickBooks Online–An Overview

As a part of my ongoing series of articles on cloud accounting programs for small businesses, lets take a look at QuickBooks Online. It’s been around for awhile, it’s from a company that has a big presence in the small business accounting market, it’s one you are going to run into often. Intuit is making [...]

May 2, 2013 | By | 9 Replies More

Shopping for a QuickBooks Shopping Cart?

When I talk with new or potential customers, the question I get asked most is “What shopping cart should I use?” My answer is usually “It depends”. Generally I try to remain unbiased as I work with lots of different ecommerce products and try to remain “product agnostic”. In a previous article, I covered what [...]

April 25, 2013 | By | 8 Replies More

ZenCash Dashboard for Receivables Management

Earlier this year Stacy Kildal wrote about ZenCash as a product/service that you can use to manage your receivables and collections. Let’s take a look at a new feature they have added earlier this year, the ZenCash Dashboard. If you are managing a business that has a significant amount of receivables, this dashboard can give [...]

April 10, 2013 | By | 1 Reply More

Mass Updater Utility for QuickBooks Data

How many times have you found yourself needing to make a mass change of some type to your QuickBooks transaction data? It may be simple enough to make that change on a few transactions, but what if it is the same item of information hundreds of different transaction? Perhaps you mistakenly entered a group of [...]

April 9, 2013 | By | 14 Replies More

How Can I Share Content Without Overwhelming People?

Are you wondering why you would want (or need)  to share content on the web? The answer is simple. In this day and age if we’re hoping to use social media to build our businesses then we need to think of ourselves as broadcasters. You share news and information that is relevant to your topic. [...]

March 25, 2013 | By | 10 Replies More

QuickBooks Online for iPad

Inuit recently released a QuickBooks Online app for the iPad. Let’s take a look at what it can do. Keep in mind that this is “version 1.0” of the app, and I always tend to be a bit cautious about the first release of any Intuit product. QuickBooks Online for the iPad is a free [...]

March 5, 2013 | By | 6 Replies More

Cloud Accounting with Wave–The Details

I introduced you to Wave in our prior article (Cloud Accounting with Wave – An Overview), now let’s dig in a big deeper. Recall that Wave is a free, cloud based  double-entry accounting system that combines features for both business and personal finances. In our attempt to come up with a standard for comparing online [...]

February 26, 2013 | By | 13 Replies More

Cloud Accounting with Wave–An Overview

When you are looking at cloud accounting programs for small businesses, one of the more intriguing prospects to consider is Wave. This is a double-entry accounting system that includes features for both business and personal finances, and it is free! Sometimes I laugh when people talk about the “small business” market. What is a small [...]

February 21, 2013 | By | 3 Replies More

Barcoding for QuickBooks: SmartScan Order Verification

I’ve been talking about QuickBooks barcode support a lot lately. If you have an inventory-centric business, barcodes can really help improve your efficiency and accuracy of data entry. This has been an area that I’ve received a lot of questions about ever since Intuit introduced barcode support in QuickBooks Enterprise Advanced Inventory.  While I like [...]

February 19, 2013 | By | 7 Replies More

Barcoding for QuickBooks: SmartScan Inventory Count

Barcodes can be used to improve the speed and accuracy of certain QuickBooks inventory-related tasks, but only if you have the proper software. One of the functions where barcoding can be very useful is with taking a physical inventory count – let’s take a look at how SmartScan Inventory Count by Baus Systems can help. [...]

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