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Practice Management

Don’t be caught without workflow in your paperless system

Currently some workflow and document management systems are designed to function independently of one another, making it necessary to run several different applications to perform two tasks that go hand-in-hand. Is it possible for workflow and document management to coexist? Here are some details to consider when combining a workflow and document management system. Document management has many known benefits relating to reducing overhead, but is going paperless enough in an effort to save costs for the small office? Having access to electronic documents is not the only way to save money.
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News from the Cloud: Cloud computing is high on Obama agenda

President Obama has high ambitions for cloud computing, as described in this wrap up from our sister site, BusinessCloud9.Details of several pilot programs aimed at delivering cost efficiencies have been outlined in Obama's 2010 budget request which will "utilize more fully and broadly departmental and agency architectures to identify enterprise-wide common services and solutions with a new emphasis on Cloud Computing."
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Little books offer big help in the world of social networking

A book publishing company in Cupertino, CA has made a publishing genre out of the concept of social networking. With a smorgasbord of titles designed to help anyone who has a desire to get up to speed in this area, the folks at the company that calls itself Happy About are completely in touch with Web 2.0. Here is a sampling of their titles.
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Tips for making blogging worthwhile

Blogs have become a great way to wax lyrical about issues of the day or what you've been up to in your private life. But if you want to use them to market your business, you need to define the aims and objectives of the blog instead of pouring time and cash into pointless waffle.
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Social networking can really pay off

Facebook, MySpace and the like are hugely popular with millions of people around the world who use these sites to communicate with friends. But do these services offer real opportunities for entrepreneurs looking to grow a successful company? Dan Martin, editor of our sister site, BusinessZone.co.uk, investigates the business benefits of social networking.
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LinkedIn 101

Many feel that the serious side of social networking exists at LinkedIn and, in fact, the site has been referred to by many as a business networking site instead of a social networking site. According to Jason Alba, author of I'm On LinkedIn, Now What???, "LinkedIn is a Web service where you can find others who you should connect with, so that they can add value to you, or you can add value to them, or just because adding each other to your networks seems to make a lot of sense. So it is a tool to expand your network, allowing your network to grow wider or deeper."
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How using Twitter can promote your business

Some social networking sites seem to come and go, largely unnoticed. Not so with Twitter. The tweeting phenomenon has grown exponentially and entrepreneurs are finding that Twitter provides some excellent opportunities for business promotion. Here are ten steps demonstrating how using Twitter can bring you business.1. Smart registrationKey to the registration process is using the right keywords in your biography. You have to be clever though as, like every other area of Twitter, you're restricted in the number of characters you can use.
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How technology is changing continuing professional education

By Thomas G. Stephens, Jr., CPA.CITPTwenty years ago, virtually all continuing professional education (CPE) events were the same – an instructor stood in front of an audience flipping transparencies on an overhead projector. To say the least, attention spans were challenged! Then, in the mid-1990s, things began to change with the advent of personal computers, data projectors, and presentation software. Benefitting from technology, CPE events became livelier and more interactive and participants benefitted from more engaging content delivery.
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Sleeter Group selects Results Software as a strategic partner

The Sleeter Group and Results Software have announced an alliance to deliver an integrated business solution to the small to medium business market, where Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions are in high demand.The new relationship empowers the Sleeter Group Consultants Network (SGCN) of over 600 QuickBooks consultants, to offer Results CRM products and services to their clients who are seeking to leverage their investment in QuickBooks by integrating it with their office operations and customer relationship managemen
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10 Low-cost security strategies for your business

By Diana DiBelloIf your personal or business security strategy is little more than a set of colorful sticky-notes with passwords attached to your screen, you are in big trouble!In today's environment, we should know better than to leave passwords and other sensitive information in plain sight - making our systems vulnerable to attack.
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Announcing a new community for accounting professionals

AccountingWEB, AccountingJobsToday, and GoHAGit Consulting are pleased to introduce a new community designed to connect accounting and finance professionals.
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Introducing the AccountingWEBinar Series

AccountingWEB is pleased to announce a series of live webinars aimed squarely at the needs of CPAs in public and private practice. This wide-ranging series will cover the following topics:Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft WordMicrosoft AccessIntuit QuickBooksSage Peachtree AccountingXML/XBRLEach webinar will involve a 50 minute presentation by AccountingWEB staff writer David H. Ringstrom, CPA.
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Three Excel menus you may have overlooked

By David H. Ringstrom, CPASheet NavigationEveryone is familiar with using the arrow buttons in the lower left-hand corner of the Excel screen to push worksheet tabs back and forth across the screen. However, try right-clicking on these buttons instead, and you'll see a menu similar to Figure 1. Simply click on a sheet name to instantly activate that worksheet. 
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Managing Excel Add-Ins

By David H. Ringstrom, CPAAdd-ins are programs that plug-in into Microsoft Excel to add additional functionality. Some add-ins expand Excel's core functionality, while others allow third-party products to add features to Excel's environment. In this article I'll discuss how to enable some of Excel's hidden features, as well as give you some pointers on what to do when third-party add-ins vanish from Excel.Hidden FeaturesExcel ships with several add-ins that you can manually enable. Some of these include: 
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Buried gold: Excel's Form command

By David H. Ringstrom, CPAMany users are not aware that Excel has long had a feature that enables you to browse through a table of data one record at a time. As shown in Figure 1, the Form command provides an easy way to navigate through a table of data. This command is easy to access in Excel 2003 and earlier versions, but is deeply buried in Excel 2007. In this article I'll show you how to use the Form command to make quick work of reviewing a list of records. 
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Tricks for opening and closing multiple Excel files

By David H. Ringstrom, CPA
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Tricks for Hiding and Unhiding Excel Rows and Columns

Hiding and unhiding rows and columns are mundane tasks that many users take for granted. However, sometimes simple tasks can trip up Excel users, like unhiding just one row or column within a hidden set.
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Automating expense control delivers huge returns

by Bill VergantinoIf you are like most small-to-midsized business executives, your primary focus is on growing revenue and controlling company spending. To that end, you leverage technology to eliminate inefficient processes in your company, such as a CRM system to manage revenue and an accounting or ERP solution as your back-end financial system of record.
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Change your IT strategy to work smarter in the recession

By Jennie LeopardThe recession is pushing every organization, regardless of size, to find ways to work smarter. Companies both large and small need to reduce operating costs at the same time they continue to increase productivity, efficiency, retain a competitive edge, and stop that bottom line from shrinking.How can you adapt your IT strategy in this economic downturn?1. Sweating existing IT assets harder
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Getting your feet wet with marketing online

By James Pennington, consultant at the National B2B Centre (NB2BC)Plan your Web siteMany people sit down and start working on their Web site but then stop and never get started again because they haven't thought about what they are trying to achieve. Remember, that your Web site is another sales medium. Understand your proposition and unique selling point and have a strategy for using the Web. The following resources can help: 
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