After you’ve completed a service or product sale to a client, it’s always nice to get paid for your efforts. QuickBooks gives you two ways to bill clients: invoicing and billing statements. A short QuickBooks how-to can help in understanding the difference between the two. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Three Things That Can Go Wrong In Payroll Setup And How To Avoid Them
Because paying employees correctly and on time is critical to the long-term success of a business, many companies choose to outsource the following payroll services: setup, implementation and maintenance. In addition to freeing up your valuable time, with outsourced payroll services you can be sure that payroll setup mistakes won’t create any unexpected future costs. Continue reading
What Is QuickBooks Hosting? How Does It Work?
Whether you’re already benefiting from the robust features that QuickBooks offers or thinking about implementing the software for your business, you should consider QuickBooks hosting as another value-added option.
Instead of installing and updating software on multiple computers throughout your company, QuickBooks hosting runs the software remotely, allowing your employees to access the web-based interface from any computer. Continue reading
Three Ways Your Retail Operation Can Benefit From Using QuickBooks Point Of Sale
Retail is all about having the right product at the right place for the right price. Although a simple concept, it’s a constant juggling act trying to balance those elements. To do so requires having constant control over your inventory, the type of control that a point of sale inventory system can give you. Continue reading
Three Ways QuickBooks Can Streamline Your Payroll Operations
Paying your employees correctly and on time is an essential part of running your business. If you are new to the requirements of paying employees or if you need to teach a new staff member how to run payroll, you will discover that there are a lot of steps involved. You can make payroll easier with QuickBooks payroll services. Continue reading
I Already Run A Shop. Why Do I Need Point Of Sale Training?
Most software tools today are very intuitive, allowing users to start doing at least basic tasks with them as soon as they sit down at the computer. It doesn’t matter if it’s a personal app or a professional package, you can get great results. But without proper training, you can use those packages for years without ever touching the full potential of what they can really do. Continue reading
Three Benefits Of Budgeting
You have a vision for your company and you’ve started developing a business plan. Part of that process involves creating a budget. Financial planning is a daunting task for many people, but it is an important component in running any successful business. Understanding the benefits of budgeting can help you overcome the challenges you may face. Continue reading
Using The Item List In QuickBooks: Fast Information, Easy Navigation
The QuickBooks Item List is a powerful tool when it comes to managing, reporting and understanding your business. (To get there, click Lists | Item List)
Basically, the Item List is just that: any line item descriptions that are put on forms such as invoices or purchase orders. The line item can be an actual product description, or a customer discount, or even taxes and shipping/handling charges. Continue reading
Three Things You Need To Know About Selling Online Before You Commit
Making the decision to sell your products or services online is more complex than it might appear. There are many moving parts to online success. Any “web marketing for novices” type of book can provide the basics: selecting and registering an appropriate domain name (your internet address), what to look for in web hosting, putting together a credible website, and then…the phone rings with the first order, right? Continue reading