This month we released our 2005 classroom training materials (Learning QuickBooks Step-by-Step). This complete teaching system gives teachers everything they need for the classroom including complete student text, end-of-chapter tests and problems, instructor teaching notes, PowerPoint slides, and a comprehensive Seminar Planning Guide. Our books have received widespread acclaim from college teachers and accountants throughout the country and we hope you’ll consider these materials when learning or teaching QuickBooks. Check out our books today.

Our November 2005 QuickBooks Consultant's Conference is really starting to take shape. We have had incredible response from sponsors and our attendance is growing quickly. With nearly 5 months to go, we’re already 40% sold out and we expect to be sold out very soon. The conference dates are November 9-11, 2005 in Las Vegas, so make sure you save the date and make your reservations today.

When you attend this conference, plan to engage with our QuickBooks Add-On sponsors and really dig into their products and learn how they can help you make the most of your QuickBooks-based information systems. We'll have over 25 sponsors with products ranging from Web store integration, to ASPs, Payroll Solutions, Check Suppliers, and PDA solutions for mobile sales and service companies. The sponsors will help you learn in-depth about their solutions so you’ll benefit from knowing exactly which solutions work for which clients. We have listed our confirmed sponsors below and we encourage you to review their offerings and visit their web sites.

Two of our sponsors (HindSite Software and SunBurst Software Solutions) have their products reviewed in this newsletter and several other sponsors have been or will be reviewed in previous or future newsletters. Some we’ve already reviewed are: BillQuick, PayCycle, Fishbowl, QDA Systems, and Personable. You can visit our newsletters archive at www.sleeter.com/newsletters to read those reviews. We will continue to profile sponsors through the end of the year.

If you haven’t been to a Sleeter Group conference before, this is your chance for top quality professional education, networking with industry executives and other QuickBooks consultants, all while having a great time in Las Vegas.

I hope to see you there.

One of the main goals of our QuickBooks Consultant's Conference is to introduce QuickBooks Consultant's to new QuickBooks products and integrated solutions for their clients. We have lined up some top notch QuickBooks developers to exhibit at the conference. We hope you will attend and get a chance to meet with each of them at the November 9-11 Conference in Las Vegas, NV.

Platinum Level Sponsors Include: Intuit Inc. and PayCycle.

Gold Level Sponsors Include: HindSite Software, BillQuick (BQE Software), SourceLink (Personable), EiPrinting, Software Arts, Sunburst Software Solutions, Acctivate (Alterity), Fishbowl Inventory (Eventronix), ActiSales (eNabler), e-Accounting (Insynq), QDA+ Systems and Softrak.

Silver Level Sponsors Include: Z-Firm, ERPlite, SMS Turbo (Creative Information Systems), Business Data Transfer Service, FieldRanger (Blue Tech LLC), Real Time Accounting and MiSys, Inc.

We are adding new sponsors every day! Our Sponsor's Profile web page gives a description of each company with a link to their web site.

With a busy construction season just getting underway now would be a good time to contact your construction clients, talk about their upcoming needs, and possibly resolve any pain points before they get too out of control.

Many contractors struggle to find a quick, accurate, and reliable method of generating certified payroll reports and AIA billings as well as deal with frequent pay rate changes. These same clients have already come to rely on QuickBooks Pro, Premier or Enterprise Edition’s powerful financial features, which provide an ideal accounting solution, but lack some of the higher-end functionality of construction specific software. Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc. has tapped into the power, flexibility, and ease of use of QuickBooks with its comprehensive, yet easy to use, family of products: Certified Payroll Solution (CPS), Construction Application for Payment Solution (CAPS), and their newest product - Wage Manager Solution (WMS).

HindSite Software is a leading PDA-based business management tool, specifically designed for service businesses with mobile sales and service technicians. It is most well-suited for companies that specialize in irrigation, lawn care, plumbing, electrical, construction, HVAC, cleaning services, cable companies, and other mobile sales and service businesses.

Planning on attending the 2005 QuickBooks Consultant’s Conference? Here are TWO great reasons to register early:

Register for the conference by July 31, 2005 and you’ll automatically be entered in our “Win 3 Night Free Accommodations” contest. Winner will receive 3 nights free stay at the Tuscany Suites & Casino hotel where the conference is being held ($79 per night room rate excluding taxes). The Tuscany Suites Casino and Hotel is an all-suites hotel (located 2 blocks from the Bellagio and Flamingo hotels) with rooms averaging 650 square feet surrounded in Italian ambience with plush landscape, pools and fountains.

In addition, you’ll receive the Early Bird Discount registration price of $449 (a $100 savings)! If you’re already registered for the conference, don’t worry! You’ll automatically be entered into this contest. The winner will be announced immediately following the contest so stay tuned! Contest rules can be found on our web site.

We have completed two of our "Learning QuickBooks Step-by-Step" Teaching System books. Both books are in stock and available. The first is our QuickBooks Fundamentals book. This book is 426 pages and is packed with information on Managing Revenue and Expenses, Bank Reconciliation, Reports & Graphs, Company File Set up and Maintenance and Customizing QuickBooks. This book is intended for self study and for classroom teaching. The book is priced at $35 but if you plan to buy more than one the price goes down to $30 per book. Better yet, if you are a Sleeter Group Consultant you pay only $25 per book.

Our second book in the series is the NEW "Intermediate QuickBooks" for Version 2005. This 441 page book covers Pass Throughs, Inventory, Sales Tax, Time Tracking, Payroll Setup and Payroll Processing, Estimates and Sales Orders, Budgeting, Forecasting & Planning as well as Adjustments and Year-End Procedures. This book is priced at the same low price as the QuickBooks Fundamentals ($35 each, $30 for 2 or more and $25 each if you are a Sleeter Group Consultant).

Both books are available for individual purchase or can be purchased as part of our "Learning QuickBooks Step-by-Step Teaching System" product. This system includes companion PowerPoint presentations, marketing templates, a comprehensive Seminar Planning Guide, data files and much more.

By popular demand, QDA Systems now offers a single user version of it’s well received 5 user version of QDA Plus Data File Analysis Software. Single-person offices can now enjoy the benefits of this time saving, thorough, Data File Analysis Software that produces consistent results for a reasonable $225/year license fee for the "Basic" version. Single-person offices who want to generate more future engagements by offering automated assessment of their clients’ knowledge of QuickBooks, accounting or computers can obtain the QDA Plus "Pro" version for only $395/year. Authorizations are $15 each with discounts for volume purchases.