QuickBooks 2011 Review – You Can Start for Free

When I was doing research for my book, Small Business Cash Flow, I asked small business owners how they were keeping track of the financials in their companies. The answer was pretty surprising — about 50% didn’t use software of any kind. They either did it manually (yes, pen and paper!) or used some type of spreadsheet.

I truly don’t understand why someone would do that when they could use software like QuickBooks to make their life easier and save them time to do important things like marketing their business.

I love QuickBooks and have used it for ten years. I was thrilled when the folks at Intuit contacted me and asked if I’d like a briefing on the new Quickbooks 2011. [Read more...]

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Skype Can Work Well for Business

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I don’t know about you, but I like easy, reliable and affordable services for my business. And when I can save a few bucks, that means more gets added to my bottom line. That’s one of the reasons I use Skype as my business phone service.

A lot of people think Skype is just this free service that anyone can use to connect via voice or video over the internet. It definitely is that, but it’s also much more. Skype is a full fledged VOIP phone service. You can actually get a phone number that people can call you on through your Skype service. I’ve been using the service as my main business phone since January, and other than one small blip, it’s been excellent. [Read more...]

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You Could Become A Victim Of Online Credit Card Fraud Like I Did

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Yep. It happened. I’ve been buying most of the stuff I own online for at least five years now. I am cautious about who I do business with and where I buy, but I buy something online every week and have never had any problems — until last week. It was an old, established account that got my money (so to speak) and it was my own fault that it happened. [Read more...]

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