SubscribeGetting ready to install a newer version of QuickBooks? Take a few minutes to prepare and you might save yourself some grief.
* Pick a good time. The installation will take a little bit of time, as well the data conversion when you first open your company file under the new version. Don’t do this right [...]
How to Get Ready for a QuickBooks Upgrade
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 [...]
So Many Big Files
I’m talking to people every day who are concerned about the size of their QuickBooks company data file. (Press F2 in QuickBooks to see how big your file is).
Some people are concerned because their file is bigger than they expect, or bigger than any other data file they work with, and that makes them nervous [...]
The 2nd Most Accomplished Percolator in Colorado
What’s this? A humble old aluminum percolator coffee pot. Nothing special.
Oh, but it is.
You see, Bob Martin used this percolator when he went camping, in preparation for his mountaineering expeditions. When he passed away in 2008, he had climbed every mountain in Colorado that stands over 11,000 feet. That’s over 2,000 mountains. Add 2,000+ peaks [...]
What Changes are QuickBooks Users Planning?
Autumn is typically the time that accounting software users evaluate their software and make plans for the immediate future.
In our experience, some of the factors affecting accounting software decisions include initial purchase cost, ongoing maintenance and support costs, software compatibility and integration issues, functionality, conversion costs, and learning curve.
What are QuickBooks users planning to do [...]
The 140MB QuickBooks Online Conversion Limit
Thinking about moving from a QuickBooks desktop edition to the QuickBooks Online Edition? Check your file size.
There is a limit on the size of files that can be successfully uploaded/converted to QuickBooks Online. That limit is 140MB. This file size limitation refers to the size of the exportable file that QuickBooks creates in preparation for [...]