Web 2 Point Dough: Quick, Groups, Camp and Giveaway

Quick: With only three months left in 2008, Quickbooks 2009 is out.  The new features which focus on small business community include online services such as free Web site creation and hosting for one year, and better online banking. Check out the press release for more details. Manage Groups Simply: If you collaborating on a [...]

Wesabe Helps Quickbooks Set-Up

I discovered a new use for Wesabe today while working with a new client doing Quickbooks set-up. See my client has a personal banking account with a bank that doesn’t allow for data transactions to be easily uploaded into Quickbooks Pro for Mac. So I downloaded an OFX file from the bank, and did a [...]

Intuit Presents: I Will Just Start

 To market to budding entrepreneurs, Intuit has created a new contest where the prize is $50,00 in cash, products and services. Also a free copy of Quickbooks Simple Start is available online at I Will Just Start.  In addition the New York events will take place next week, November 8 and 9 at the “Just [...]

Quickbooks + Typepad = Small Business Blogging

I have been blogging for nearly four years, and I have used  different blogging platforms  including Blogger, Typepad and WordPress.  I often tell my small business clients that they should blog, and apparently Quickbooks and Typepad agree. The two companies have teamed up to encourage entrepreneurs to blog and they provide a convincing argument. For [...]

Quickbooks Simple Start is a Rip Off

For the most part, Quickbooks is an effective small business application. I have worked with Quickbooks Pro Desktop (Mac and PC) and the 2005, 2006, 2007 versions. I have used the Quickbooks online version which is like Skipper to Quickbooks’ Desktop Barbie. Quickbooks Simple Start version, which retails for $99.95 and it is absolutely useless. [...]

Quickbooks 2007

I have a client who is now using the latest version of Quickbooks (2007). I am curious to learn about all the new bells and whistles that it has. According to Amazon reviewers, this version works well with Windows XP and integration with Word, Excel has been improved. Since this version is brand new, I [...]