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QuickBooks®: News You Can Use |
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| Presented by: Scott Gregory, QuickBooks Specialist |
May 2008 |
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You no longer need an IT department to connect to
your office computer from home! It's a snap with GoToMyPC!
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Business Intelligence in QuickBooks? |
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If you are a user of QuickBooks Enterprise
Solutions 2008, you have a feature baked into
your software that you probably did not know even
existed!
If you click on Company in the menu bar, then Intuit
Business Connect, you will begin the process of
gaining additional insight into the profitability of your
business.
Using Business
Intelligence, powered by Business Objects,
you'll have the ability to:
- Use a Profit and Loss Dashboard
- Run a Profitability Dashboard
- Use a Sales Dashboard
Each of these dashboards gives you the ability to see
not only how the numbers look today, but how they
could look in the future doing some "what if" type of
analyses.
There is no extra cost to use this Business
Intelligence feature - you simply have to create an
account (or use an existing one if you use other
QuickBooks services), accept the terms of service,
and log in to access the features and benefits.
Have fun with this new and helpful tool in QuickBooks
Enterprise 2008!
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QuickBooks 2005 - Bye Bye 5/31/08 |
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Please be aware that if you are still using QuickBooks
2005, some very important changes are in store
for you at the end of May!
As part of the "QuickBooks
Discontinuation Plan"
(formerly known as their Sunset Policy), the
makers of
QuickBooks will no longer support QuickBooks 2005
as of May 31, 2008.
What does this mean to you? (a lot!) This is a
partial
list of services that will no longer work as of this date:
- All QuickBooks Payroll Services
- Online Banking
- Online Bill Pay
- E-Mail of Invoices, Sales Orders, etc.
- Much More...
If you have any questions about this very pressing
issue,
please contact me. To save up to 20% on your
purchase of QuickBooks 2008,
visit my web site today!
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Client Spotlight! |
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Care for Others helps hard-working
Americans avoid
entering the cycle of poverty by providing financial
assistance in times of crisis. They provide hope to
working families and individuals who, through no fault
of their own, find themselves in need of temporary
help to get them through a difficult time.
Through the distribution of modest Helping Hands
Grants, funded exclusively through the generosity of
private citizens, Care for Others helps restore hard-
working people to self-sufficiency.
I met with Mary Mekota, the president of Care for
Others a few weeks ago to review and resolve her list
of QuickBooks questions and concerns.
We spent a couple of hours together in reviewing
how
she was currently using QuickBooks, and what she
was hoping to have QuickBooks do for her in the
future.
During our meeting time, I was able to help Mary get
much more comfortable with the operation of
QuickBooks and more insight on those areas of need
in her organization. Very simple, yet very successful.
A QuickBooks consulting projects doesn't need to
be long and involved. In many cases, a 2-3 hour
meeting provides just the right amount of insight to
help you gain the clarity you've been looking for in
QuickBooks!
How can I help your business with QuickBooks
today?
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You're Invited - June 18th |
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Looking for ways to improve your business?
Join the Willoughby Area Chamber of Commerce on
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 for their third annual Business Expo!
There is no cost for you to attend this event. Be sure to
take in the following presentations while you are there:
- "My Dog Died and I Need the Day Off!" - a
humorous look at the outdated policies that may be
hurting your business! Presented by Pat Perry,
president of Employers Resource Council
- "Creating Customer Loyalty" - who doesn't
need to know more about this in today's economy?
Presented by Chris Powers of Employers Resource
Council
In addition, there will be some outstanding door
prizes, refreshments, and a chance to meet other
local business owners. All at no cost to you!
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What If Your Computer Crashed? |
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Protect your critical business data from loss
from
computer malfunction, virus infection, natural
disasters and all other potential problems.
Far better than using an external or flash
drive, the
Mozy online backup service not only automates the
process, but gets you a secure, offsite, version of your
data backup too!
Current statistics show that one in every ten hard
drives fail each year. The cost of recovering a
failed hard drive can exceed $7,500, and success is
never guaranteed. Do you want to be a statistic?
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QuickBooks Tip of the Month |
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Q: Is there a way to get QuickBooks to load and
open a company file faster?
A: While I can't guarantee an improvement,
here are some tricks to try to get working in
QuickBooks faster:
- Upgrade to QuickBooks 2008 - my testing
and use
shows that it starts up faster than older versions
- Close All Windows - before you leave
QuickBooks
for the day, click Window in the menu bar, then Close
All
- Close Company File - instead of
just clicking the red "X" to close out of QuickBooks
completely, once you have closed all windows above,
then click File > Close Company/Logoff. Once you
open QuickBooks again, you'll see the "No Company
Open" window.
Just select the file you want to work on, and click Open!
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Need QuickBooks Help in Your Business? |
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QuickBooks confusing to you? Trying to learn more
about what it can do for your business? Trying to
resolve a mess left for you by the previous
bookkeeper?
Download my menu of services and
advice that outlines the ways that I can help your
business.
Don't wait another day! Get my menu of
products and services right now and get the help
YOUR business has been looking for!
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About Scott Gregory |
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The
"QuickBooks: News You Can Use"
newsletter is written and distributed monthly by
Scott Gregory. Scott is a:
- QuickBooks Specialist
- CPA
- Technology Consultant
- Charter Member of QuickBooks Enterprise
Solution Provider Program
- Member, Intuit Speakers Bureau
Scott is also the president of Bottom Line
Accounting Solutions, a firm that specializes in
helping small businesses use
QuickBooks effectively and profitably. Feel free to
drop Scott an
e-mail if you'd like to learn more about the
services his company can
provide.
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Legal Stuff |
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QuickBooks is a registered trademark of Intuit.
Bottom Line Accounting Solutions is not affiliated with
Intuit in any way.
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of those links. They are presented solely for
informational purposes.
This publication Copyright 2001-2008 Bottom Line
Accounting Solutions, LLC. All rights reserved.
Other product and company names mentioned herein
may be trademarks and/or service marks of their
respective owners.
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