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Results of SocialCPAs 2011 Social Media Survey

01/12/2012 - 12:36 - 1836 reads

SocialCPAs published its Social Media Survey in December. The survey was developed to gain an understanding of how the accounting profession is adopting or avoiding social media. Barry MacQuarrie, CPA, of SocialCPAs surveyed hundreds of accounting professionals and received responses from eighteen countries.

Paychex Introduces Website to Spur Small Business Development

01/09/2012 - 16:24 - 1038 reads

In the more than forty years Rochester, New York–based Paychex, Inc. has been in business, its mission has been to provide excellent payroll, human resources, and benefits outsourcing solutions to the backbone of the American economy – small and medium-sized businesses.

Small Accounting Firms Can Capitalize on Their Size to Compete with Big Regional Firms

12/20/2011 - 13:04 - 1423 reads - 1 comment

A survey conducted by the Public Affairs Council shows that 90 percent of the 1,753 adult participants have a "somewhat or very favorable view" of small businesses, versus 61 percent who feel that way about major companies.

How Web Sites Can Be Used to Recruit Clients

11/23/2011 - 12:11 - 1913 reads

Your Web site should be a profit center for your accounting practice and generate a steady flow of qualified leads. If it is not, then something is wrong....

Resilience Planning is Step One for Migration to Cloud

11/18/2011 - 12:09 - 1983 reads

There remains a lingering lack confidence in the resilience of many Cloud solutions. The CIO must look at moving the Cloud computing discussion past technology and economics and onto the major benefits such as business agility, time to market, and competitive positioning

Cloud Skills Can Translate into Success in 2012

11/18/2011 - 11:40 - 4402 reads

Cloud Computing skills are top of the to do list for ICT professionals if they want their careers to flourish in 2012, along with business analytics, mobile computing, and social business.

Creative leadership: How organizations can enable leaders to innovate

08/30/2011 - 11:42 - 2968 reads

Forward-thinking leaders learn to harness complexity to their advantage. They take processes with many distinctive parts and integrate each element into a smoothly functioning whole.

New computing solutions are sending small businesses to the Cloud

08/12/2011 - 13:25 - 1918 reads

Cloud services make it possible for business owners to get anywhere, anytime access to all the information they need to run their business. Similarly, if you need to allow a third party to view information, then holding that information in a central location like the Cloud offers the additional flexibility to do that.

Plus one more: Google adds to the social media scene with Google+

08/12/2011 - 13:15 - 2182 reads

Late in June, Google offered yet another choice in Social Media, Google+. Are you ready to add one more social networking site to your to-do list?

Remote vs. Cloud: The perks of working with clients in cyberspace

08/12/2011 - 11:59 - 1993 reads

There are many benefits to working with clients utilizing Web-based software applications. Remote technology applications eliminate unnecessary travel and the need for onsite data exchange.