Month: September, 2011

Understanding the Three Kinds of QuickBooks Data Problems

Since we specialize in accounting database consulting, we’ve seen tens of thousands of data problem cases over the years. You can boil them down to three categories:
1. Lurking data problems. In these situations, everything looks OK to the user in their daily use of QuickBooks. They can enter bills, run reports, do payroll, and backup [...]

How Google Analytics Can Help You Help Your Customers

Google Analytics is a great (and free) tool available to anyone who has a Google account. It can help your marketing efforts a lot.
“To succeed in business, know what your customers want, and give it to them”. Google Analytics can help you know what your customers want (and the rest is up to you!)
Here are [...]

In Their Own Words: User Converts from QuickBooks Enterprise to Pro

“Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Your service saved me money and so much time.
We’re a very small business that was sold Enterprise by an unscrupulous bookkeeping firm, and the timing couldn’t have been worse when QuickBooks informed me that I needed to upgrade my Enterprise to continue to receive payroll updates.
I didn’t [...]

Review: Epson WorkForce 840 All-in-One Printer

I bought this printer about a month ago for home office use, and it works so well I had to write about it. This is the first non-HP printer I’ve had in memory, and I love it.
Like most of the all-in-one genre of printers, this one does these four things:
* print
* copy
* fax
* scan
Here are [...]

What Browsers Do QuickBooks Users Use?

Ever wondered what the browser landscape is like in the QuickBooks world?
Here is the breakdown for the last 50,000 unique visitors of this blog (presumably QuickBooks users!)

* Internet Explorer: 48.80%
* Firefox: 27.63%
* Chrome: 14.84%
* Safari: 6.86%
* Other: ~1%

This matches up pretty well with the browser use pattern seen in our QuickBooks Forums too. The incidence [...]