SubscribeI made this graphic on neoformix.com, and it shows the spike of tweets about QuickBooks on July 14, 2010. The graphic shows the explosion of tweets peaking about 2:30 pm. The volume of tweets was several times that of the day before and the day after. The graphic also shows what other words were most [...]
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The Hidden Value of the QuickBooks TLG file
Part of your QuickBooks company data is the TLG file. It’s not something you normally are aware of, but in some situations it can be a very important file.
The transaction log file (TLG for short) is maintained automatically by QuickBooks as part of your data. The file resides in the same folder as your main [...]
ETA Given for Intuit Services Restoration
Alison Ball at Intuit just tweeted that they expect for services to be restored today at around 2:30 pm pacific time. A number of Intuit’s websites and online services went down earlier today.
A little earlier, Intuit.com was totally unavailable, but now shows this on their homepage:
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Some Intuit Websites and Services Down
We are getting lots of calls today from people having problems accessing QuickBooks Online and other websites and services on Intuit servers.
Intuit tweeted this morning, saying that they had a commercial power failure and are working to restore services.
As of the time of this post, we are seeing the following websites down:
intuit.com
QuickBooks Online
Intuit Merchant Services
Intuit [...]
How to Not Fire a Client
I had been working with a prospective client on a QuickBooks data project for a few weeks…figuring out the specs, analyzing a preliminary copy of their data, quoting the work, emailing lots of questions and answers back and forth.
And there was a growing feeling that it just wasn’t right.
The prospective client was pleasant enough and [...]
Joyce Beck contributes 3000 posts at the QuickBooks Forums
Joyce Beck, a contributor on the QuickBooks Forums since 2003, just rolled over her 3,000th post. That’s a lot of great advice from one lady!
Joyce is a QuickBooks Pro Advisor in the UK, but is quick to help folks in the US and elsewhere as well. She goes by RobJoy on the forums.
According to her [...]
Which Online Resources do QuickBooks Users Use?
We did a survey in our June eNewsletter and asked our subscribers what online resources they used for business info and connections.
The results:
QuickbooksUsers.com Forums – 44%
Intuit Community – 34%
LinkedIn – 19%
Facebook – 15%
Twitter – 7%
None of the above – 36%
I was a little surprised that Twitter was so low. A little dismayed, too — I [...]
Time to Change Editions of QuickBooks?
I remember the day I put on my then-favorite suit — a charcoal pinstripe — and doggone it, it didn’t fit anymore! Oh man! The clothing that used to serve me so well didn’t serve me anymore.
If you are using an edition of QuickBooks that doesn’t seem to fit, don’t worry…there are options.
Moving from desktop [...]
What Do People Love BEST about QuickBooks?
In our last eNewsletter, we surveyed our subscribers about what they liked best about QuickBooks. What do you think the overwhelming answer was?
Ease of use.
They said things like…
“Ease of use and intuitive setup” (Intuit should like that)
“Easy to correct errors”
“Easy and fun to use” (Hey! Who said you could have fun with [...]
5 Keys to QuickBooks Success
How to make sure your QuickBooks setup, security, site, supervision, and scale are all up to par for your business.