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The View From Down Here
The SMB (small-to-medium business) market segment is
nothing to ignore if you're a professional
accounting practice. Small businesses are just big
businesses getting started. And you can be the
difference between success and failure. Imagine
working with that little one-man shop and helping
him to create an empire. It's been done, and usually
with a lot of guidance from a good accountant and
financial advisor.
The biggest problem that we typically see when a
large, prestigous firm attempts to serve their small
business (growing business) clients is that there is
frequently an attempt to apply "big business"
processes and methodologies, and introducing too
much complexity when trying to solve simple
problems. The KIS principle (keep it simple) is
still the very best approach with your SMB clients.
Intuit's QuickBooks Pro is one of the most popular
small business accounting packages available. And
it's no wonder, given the huge numbers of QuickBooks
trainers, consultants, and sales and support
organizations that exist.
So how does a professional practice differentiate
itself while at the same time leveraging the
incredible market and momentum that QuickBooks has
created? Consider the benefits and opportunities
afforded through the online accounting model
developed by e-Accounting CPAasp.
By offering e-Accounting's hosted QuickBooks
services, you and your clients are able to run
fully-functional QuickBooks Pro applications just
like you do now - but you can access the application
and the data from virtually anywhere Internet
connectivity is available. Now, businesses with
multiple locations can run a single set of books in
real-time and without the costs of a wide area
network. Business owners can do their books at night
in the comfort of their own home. And you, the
accounting professional, trainer or consultant, can
have real-time ANY TIME access to your clients'
version of the applications and data - from
anywhere.
Onsite consulting or bookkeeping support may be part
of the service you provide. Consider how much more
effective your service could be if you could simply
login and connect to your clients' programs and data
whenever they need your help. No more fumbling with
remote control software that exposes your system
(and your client systems) to potential security
risks. No more copying data files to diskette or
sending via email. No more driving. Just improved
efficiency and better service.
Real-time access to business applications and data
is what e-Accounting can offer you and your clients.
Real-time data; real-time business intelligence,
real-time business opportunity. e-Accounting and
CPAASP simply helps you working smarter.
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There's no time like the
present to make a move to e- Accounting.
Hundreds of practices are
improving the profitability of their
EXISTING BUSINESS using these models. Even
more are taking that next step to developing
niche services and specialties based on
their new capability.
Using the Internet as a really big hunk of
network cable is what we're talking about.
That's what it comes down to. We call it WAN
your LAN. For you, it means working closer
with others - more closely than ever before,
and to the benefit of all involved. Clients
get better numbers and better service, you
get happier and more clients, and a better
bottom-line.
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For Small Business Clients
Regardless of the size of your professional
practice, you probably serve at least some
segment of the small- medium business
market. Small business clients require a
different approach than larger companies,
and the types of services they need, while
similar in nature to the larger
organization, often require that the
accounting firm take a more direct level of
involvement in the performance of the daily
processes.
The accounting office, to the small business
client, may be the bookkeeper, payroll
processor, financial statement preparer, and
bank account reconciler. You may be asked to
pay bills, invoice customers, and provide
any possible level of process support. If
you could get your small business clients
running online with their bookkeeping
systems (or if you run the books online for
them and provide direct access), you
position yourself to provide not only a much
higher level of service, but you also
improve your ability to deliver the service
cost-efficiently. And that's the key with
the small clients - earn enough working for
them while at the same time keeping their
costs down, so that they can grow into
larger more profitable companies and
clients.
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Working With Larger Businesses
As a
business grows in size and complexity, it
typically needs more sophisticated software
in order to support more detailed processes
within the business. For example, a business
grows beyond the need for simple checkbook
accounting to order or inventory management,
shop floor controls, manufacturing or
enterprise resource planning, etc. As this
evolution in the business occurs, the
sophistication of the systems grows - but
the basic requirements of the business
process remain the same.
The
value of centralized management of the
application and data resources for an
enterprise organization can have a
significant positive impact - frequently to
a greater extent than with the enabling of
the small business. And, once the systems
are centrally managed and accessible, the
accounting professional (you) can now
connect and work in realtime with your
enterprise client. The benefits to be
derived are many, and the result is the
e-Accounting result: improved profitability
in the engagement, and a more accurate and
insightful result for the client. |
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Are You Ready to Upgrade Your
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Intuit's
QuickBooks 2008 products include a
number of new features to make accounting
for business easier than ever.
e-Accounting is currently rolling out
hosting services for QuickBooks Pro, Premier
and Enterprise editions on the
CPAASP hosting platform. Email sales@cpaasp.com
or call us at 866-206-1781 for more
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Add-On Award at the 2008 Accounting Software
Consultants Conference
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Using the Internet as your own private
network, you would access your desktop, get
all your important business applications,
and have all your valuable business data at
your fingertips. Coworkers and team members
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wide area network of users who can share
data and collaborate as if they were all on
the same LAN.
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We host software you already use, and run it
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