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 August 2008
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This Congratulations to Mario Nowogrodzki, a member of the Sleeter Group Network and one of our webinar instructors who was featured as one of the "Killer VARs" in an article in the Accounting Technology magazine. The foundation of Mario’s business is QuickBooks Consulting, but he has turned his foundational skills into a very successful VAR business as well. Read the article about Mario and how he’s found success by educating his clients. I look forward to seeing you at our annual Accounting Software Consulting Conference, held this year in Phoenix. See below for details.
The desktop application hosting model offers a variety of IT management and administrative benefits. The potential gains for the subscriber include lower acquisition and operating costs for technology. While a business owner knows that there In this month’s article, Joanie Mann investigates the hidden benefits of application hosting.
REGISTER by August 31st and enter To WIN a one year Sleeter Group Consultant Network Membership and receive a 25% Discount on the Conference! (All members of The Sleeter Group Consultant Network receive a 25% discount on conference registration fees in 2008). Already registered? You have been automatically entered in the contest. Congratulations to our July contest winner Diana Turner of Turner and Cleveland in San Antonio, Texas. Diana won three nights’ accommodations at the Renaissance Glendale hotel during conference week. Join Doug Sleeter as he hosts our 2008 Platinum and Gold Conference Exhibitors in a series of free webinars demonstrating some fantastic accounting software solutions. Visit www.sleeter.com/webinars. Many of our Exhibitor Webinars are recorded and available now. Questions about the conference? Please visit our conference web page or give us a call at 888-484-5484.
The Sleeter Group’s Summer Webinar Series is on sale for 20% discount The series includes several new webinars, repeats of some of our most popular webinars, as well as FREE "Conference Exhibitor" webinars covering some great solutions from a few of our Conference Exhibitors.
Additional recorded Exhibitor Webinars available at www.sleeter.com/webinars
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All three of our books are now shipping with the trial software. Our QuickBooks Fundamentals Version 2008 covers accounting basics, In addition to working in the classroom, all three books make excellent self-study material for clients. Click here to order. For more about the Trial Software, read the article below.
Putting Previously, this system included our extensive, 400-plus page college textbooks. We have heard from many of you that you wanted a condensed version designed specifically for one-day seminars. QuickBooks The QBSS also includes everything you need to offer seminars, from marketing materials to planning checklists. Our Seminar Planning Guide includes helpful advice for getting started including securing a venue, advertising and using seminars to market your practice. There is also a new chapter on webinars. This product will begin shipping the week of August 18th. Owners of the 2007 QBSS will receive a 40% discount on the 2008 version. For more information, contact our office at 1-888-484-5484. Note the QBSS workbooks do not include a trial version of QuickBooks. For book with a trial version, see our article (above) on our college textbooks.
The 2008 Accounting Software Consultants Conference is going green! We A Cyber station with four computers and two printers will be accessible on site so you can easily print any of the presentations you want to take notes on. Less paper means nothing weighing you down as you explore the conference sessions and vendors. And lighter luggage means no surprise fees for your return flight. More Going Green Methods:
To find out more about our 2008 Accounting Software Consultants Conference, visit our conference webpage.
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Members of The Sleeter Group Consultant’s Network have the ability to obtain training and VAR status with a variety of business solutions to help you build your practice and provide higher levels of service to your clients. There are exciting things happening in the reseller programs. Don’t miss your opportunity to participate and expand your skill set while earning more in your business. Fishbowl Inventory Expanding the scope of consulting services from pure accounting to more operational systems, like inventory management and controls, can be a daunting task. Working together with The Sleeter Group and our Solution Partners like Fishbowl Inventory, consultants get the training, technical service, and community support it takes to be successful in branching out into new areas of business. Reseller opportunity: Test Fishbowl Inventory 5.3 Fishbowl would greatly appreciate input from the VAR community, concerning the new features and any evaluation of the software you can provide. The link below will allow you to download version 5.3 and join a list of beta testers. The Fishbowl Inventory support staff is trained on the new features, so please do not hesitate to contact them with any questions. Fishbowl is offering current customers and resellers an incentive for participating in the beta, so register today and see what’s new in Fishbowl Inventory 5.3. http://www.fishbowlinventory.com/products/beta.php
The The BillQuick Advisor Blog is almost ready, too. Advisors will receive syndicated blog posts automatically via email. The blog is a repository of advisor marketing and “how-to” resources. Advisors can obtain a wide variety of BQE marketing materials here, including an updated price list and a new BillQuick brochure. The brochure can be branded with the consultant’s company logo, so clients know who to turn to for service. And be sure to get a copy of the Top 25 Reasons Why QuickBooks Users Need BillQuick. A monthly webinar series for BillQuick Advisors is in the planning stages now. The first webinar will be held in the first half of September. While the topics are not yet final, the goal is to kick off the first webinar with actionable information. The best part of the webinar planning is there is no shortage of outstanding topics. The worst part is there is no shortage of outstanding topics.
MISys Small Business Manufacturing is The first webinar for MISys resellers in July provided a great deal of information for consultants and potential resellers who work with or wish to work with small manufacturers. The follow-up to this seminar, slated for August 11, will provide in-depth information on how the MISys SBM solution address the specific challenges faced by manufacturers, and how you can bring this tremendous resource to bear for your clients.
Question: Our accounting firm has a server that holds numerous QuickBooks files for different clients. Recently, the Database Manager Server began to stop periodically. I was wondering if anyone else had experienced this problem and if you had figured out a solution. Pat Carson responded: Yes, this was a huge problem for our office. We had to restart the computer every week. It went away completely when we gave QuickBooks its own server. Seems Microsoft Exchange Server and QuickBooks don’t like each other much when they are housed together. Stuart McClain added: A support rep told me that that QuickBooks Point of Sale was not compatible on Windows Server with Exchange installed – I don’t know if this helps. Mario Nowogrodzki contributed: QuickBooks Point of Sale is generally not supported on Windows Server, regardless of other applications installed. In practice, it might work, but it isn’t recommended or supported by Intuit. We have many clients running QuickBooks Database Manager on the same server running Small Business Server, which includes Microsoft Exchange. No problems to report. Pat Carson continued: Enterprise ProAdvisor Support told me that Microsoft Exchange uses too many resources. Our problem occurred when more than two people opened QuickBooks at the same time – and it did not have to be the same data file or even the same version of QuickBooks. It was great to see the problems disappear – a rather expensive solution, but cheaper than having 3 or 4 people standing around while we rebooted the server. Editor’s note: Mario Nowogrodzki will be giving three webinars during our Summer Webinar series. Topics include Case Studies in Networking QuickBooks and Working with Mid-sized Businesses. To see our complete webinar schedule visit www.sleeter.com/webinars. All upcoming summer webinars are 20% off. To learn more about the Sleeter Group Consultant Network and our email list visit our website.
In addition to client consulting, many of our consultants provide consulting services to software developers who seek advice on the best practices for integrating their applications with QuickBooks and other accounting software products. To locate one of our certified consultants visit our Find a Consultant page. To learn more about becoming a consultant visit our Become a Consultant page or call our office at 888-484-5484. Members of the network receive a substantial discount on our resource products as well as our annual Accounting Software Consulting Conference.
SALE – Receive 20% off your purchase of the QuickBooks Pro Edition! Now through September 1st buy QuickBooks Pro through The Sleeter Group to receive 20% on the software. For the CD or downloadable version, receive 20%, plus FREE shipping! QuickBooks Pro Edition 2008 makes accounting easy with tools to organize your finances all in one place. Complete tasks like payroll, invoicing, bill tracking and check writing. Track sales and expenses, and easily share this data with MS Word and Excel. With QuickBooks Pro, you’ll spend less time on routine tasks and more time on business. Visit www.sleeterstore.com for more information. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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is quite a busy summer. I hope you’re finding the type of success in your business that we see throughout our network of consultants.
are costs associated with the equipment, software and other tangible elements, he or she may not consider the ongoing costs of maintaining and managing the system. End-user support, backups and data management, network security and virus protection, content filtering and lost productivity are all areas where the business spends time and money, but few businesses totally recognize these soft costs as being directly attached to their IT budget.
on a high quality QuickBooks seminar just got easier. Our Learning QuickBooks Step-by-Step Seminar System (QBSS) now includes two streamlined seminar books for the 2008 version. And the price of each of these workbooks has been reduced to as low as $29 each.
The 2008 
Seminar I workbook covers accounting basics, tracking revenue and expenses, bank reconciliation and file setup. The Seminar II workbook covers inventory, sales tax, payroll, budgets and estimates. These books are only available to those who purchase our seminar system and members of Sleeter Group Consultants Network.
are eliminating the use of heavy binders as well as disposable 
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