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QuickBooks Tip: Using Color to Help Identify Accounts or Files

Michelle Long — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:51:50 +0000

It is frustrating to enter transactions into QuickBooks and discover you entered them into the wrong bank account or QuickBooks file. Using different colors can help differentiate checkbook registers (i.e. accounts) or QuickBooks files. This helps you quickly identify which account or file is currently open. Read below for details on how to change the [...]

Join Michelle Long at Scaling New Heights – an Advanced Training Conference for Intuit Advisors

Michelle Long — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:50:44 +0000

I’m thrilled to be presenting several sessions again this year at Joe Woodard’s Scaling New Heights 2012 conference in Nashville, Tennessee from June 17 – 20. Joe has lined up great sessions and speakers again this year. There’s over 100 hours of in-depth training on Intuit products and selected QuickBooks – integrated solutions and more. [...]

Great Sale on QuickBooks Pro 2012 – Remember QuickBooks 2009 to Sunset in May

Michelle Long — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:00:04 +0000

There are some GREAT sales on QuickBooks 2012 right now. Plus, if you or your clients are using QuickBooks 2009, it will be sunset on May 31, 2012 which means many online services will no longer work. Read below more for details about the service discontinuation or sunsetting of QuickBooks 2009 and details on sales [...]

Congratulations to Winners of QuickBooks Enterprise, ProAdvisor Program Membership and the 10 winners of QuickBooks 2012!

Michelle Long — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:14:45 +0000

Thank you to everyone who subscribed, shared and posted during the contest over the past few months. Below you will see the final list of all the winners. Hopefully, I will have more contests or giveaways in the future. Watch for some of the survey results in future blog posts. Also, check out the quick [...]

Intro to Social Media for Accounting Professionals and Small Business Owners — Free Webinar by Michelle Long

Michelle Long — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:01:08 +0000

In this webinar, Michelle Long presents an Introduction to Social Media. If you want to learn the basics to get started with social media for your business, then you need to watch this free webinar. Michelle covers the basics of getting started with Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter and demonstrates important things about each. Also learn [...]

Last Call – Enter to Win a ProAdvisor Membership with Enhanced Payroll for Accountants ($799) or QuickBooks Enterprise 12.0 ($3,000)

Michelle Long — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:24:47 +0000

The latest winner of QuickBooks Premier 2012 was Janet Roderick, CPA! You still could win a ProAdvisor Membership with Enhanced Payroll for Accountants ($799) or QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 12.0 (5 user – $3,000) — details below. It only takes a few minutes to enter and you can’t win if you don’t enter! Also, answer the [...]

iPad (or Tablet) Basics and Benefits to Improve Productivity and Efficiency for Accounting Professionals, Business Owners and Others

Michelle Long — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:44:23 +0000

Are you considering an iPad or other tablet for the holidays? Are you wondering how will you use it? Are there enough benefits for you to justify the cost? Do you need 3G or WiFi only? How much storage space should you get? Can you use QuickBooks or other programs on an iPad or tablet? [...]

FREE Webinars – Intro to Social Media and Intro to Pivot Tables

Michelle Long — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:50:10 +0000

Michelle Long and Chuck Vigeant are offering you free webinars in December. Pivot tables provide the most powerful option to analyze business data from a variety of angles and Chuck will help you learn the basics of using pivot tables. Social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and more) is a revolution (watch the video below to [...]

Last Chance – Enter Weekly Drawing to Win QuickBooks Premier 2012 – Plus, Enter to Win a ProAdvisor Membership or QuickBooks Enterprise

Michelle Long — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:30:17 +0000

Last week Jo Ellen Peters entered the drawing and she won QuickBooks Accountant 2012! You still have one more chance to win QuickBooks Premier 2012 ($399). Plus, enter the drawing for a ProAdvisor Membership with Enhanced Payroll for Accountants ($799) or QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 12.0 (5 user – $3,000). It only takes a few minutes [...]

Tax Preparation Fees a Strong Value, Says National Society of Accountants

Michelle Long — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:07:17 +0000

Survey finds average cost for an itemized return is reasonable at $233 What can you buy for $233? How about this: the services of a professional tax preparer or accountant who can complete your 2011 tax return, relieving you of endless hours of hassle trying to decipher the ever-changing federal tax code (not to mention [...]

Final Weeks–Will You Win QuickBooks Enterprise? A ProAdvisor Membership? QuickBooks Accountant or Premier 2012?

Michelle Long — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:51:24 +0000

We are in the final weeks of the QuickBooks 2012 contest. As a reminder, Intuit generously donated nearly $8,300 worth of FREE QuickBooks 2012 products and services for me to give away! Eight people have already won but there are still four prizes to give away worth almost $4,700! QuickBooks Enterprise 12.0 (MSRP $3,000) and [...]

Intuit Service Outage Continues to affect Merchant Services, Email and other Online Services

Michelle Long — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:36:56 +0000

Unfortunately Intuit “executed a planned maintenance over the weekend and ran into some issues.” Monday the servers were experiencing outages or delays in processing and users are reporting problems this morning (Tuesday) too. Affected services appear to include Merchant Services (processing credit cards), QuickBooks Online (slow or offline), emailing invoices,estimates. etc. from QuickBooks and possibly [...]

Deadline is November 15 for Discount Pricing to Grow Your Business for Accountants, CPAs, Bookkeepers, QuickBooks ProAdvisors and more

Michelle Long — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:08:54 +0000

Do you want to grow your accounting, QuickBooks, tax, or IT consulting business, but feel like your marketing skills are holding you back? Do you feel like there is no time to take on more clients, but you’d still like to earn more than you currently earn? Is your business not as full as you’d [...]

QuickBooks Tip: Fixing Reconciliation Beginning Balance or Date

Michelle Long — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:46:25 +0000

Many times I hear QuickBooks users say the beginning balance in the bank reconciliation window is wrong and they do not know how to fix it. If a transaction has been voided, deleted and re-entered or otherwise un-reconciled, it will affect the beginning balance in the reconciliation window. You should never just mark transactions as [...]

For Accountants, QuickBooks ProAdvisors, CPAs, EAs, and Bookkeepers who want to Grow their Practice

Michelle Long — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:46:07 +0000

If I were to ask you how you would rate your selling and marketing skills on a scale of 1 to 10, what would you say? If you’re like most of us, the economy has made our weaknesses in this area glaringly obvious over the last few years. Just about everyone I know needs more [...]

QQube Receives “Awesome Add-On” Award — Technologies That Boost Productivity

Michelle Long — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:45:13 +0000

QQube was selected as one of the 2012 Awesome Add-Ons by The Sleeter Group. The award signifies that QQube is among the most productive and effective technologies designed to enhance common business management systems, helping to increase productivity and efficiency. QQube is a data extraction technology that drastically reduces the time it takes to create [...]

Want to Win QuickBooks Premier 2012 or QB Enterprise? Just Subscribe, Click to Share & Post to Enter

Michelle Long — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:22:11 +0000

It’s time to announce the seventh Weekly Winner of QuickBooks Premier 2012 (three more weeks to go)! As a reminder, Intuit has generously donated nearly $8,300 worth of FREE QuickBooks 2012 products and services for me to give away! There will be 12 lucky winners of FREE QuickBooks 2012 products or services in this contest [...]

ALERT — Spam / Phishing Email about Intuit QuickBooks – Security Tool

Michelle Long — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:39:16 +0000

There is another spam / phishing email making the rounds again. Please spread the word that this is not a legitimate email — just delete and do not click on any links. It says: You will not be able to access your Intuit QuickBooks account without Intuit Security Tool (IST) after 31th of October, 2011. [...]

Intuit’s Average Billing Rates Survey 2011 – Details for QuickBooks ProAdvisors, Accountants and Bookkeepers

Michelle Long — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:23:44 +0000

Drilling Down on Intuit’s Bookkeeping Survey Results: Regions, Population Density, and States By Bill Teague In Intuit’s second early report we drill down on the results of Intuit’s Bookkeeping Rates survey based on location. Before we show you the results in terms of region, population density, and state, please be aware that the size of [...]

QuickBooks Tip: Applying Owner’s Time for Job Costing

Michelle Long — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:16:17 +0000

Job costing is important to contractors, builders and many other types of small businesses such as plumbers, electricians, architects, landscapers, wedding planners, caterers and many others. When the business is a sole proprietor (or an LLC taxed as a sole proprietor), then the owner takes an Owner’s Draw instead of a paycheck. Thus, you cannot [...]

Join Michelle Long for What’s New in QuickBooks 2012 and Find and Fix Client Data Errors Faster

Michelle Long — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:22:53 +0000

Welcome QuickBooks 2012 — there are some really great new features this year for QuickBooks users and accounting professionals! I am honored and excited to be one of the trainers again this year for Intuit Academy. I hope you will join me for live seminars or webinars as detailed below. Live Online Training Live training [...]

Subscribe, Share & Post to enter to Win QuickBooks Premier 2012 or QuickBooks Enterprise 12.0

Michelle Long — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:35:02 +0000

It’s time to announce the sixth Weekly Winner of QuickBooks Premier 2012 (four more weeks to go)! As a reminder, Intuit has generously donated nearly $8,300 worth of FREE QuickBooks 2012 products and services for me to give away! There will be 12 lucky winners of FREE QuickBooks 2012 products or services in this contest [...]

Congrats to the latest weekly winner of QuickBooks 2012 – Subscribe – Still More Chances to Win

Michelle Long — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:06:20 +0000

It’s time to announce the fifth Weekly Winner of QuickBooks Accountant 2012 (six more weeks to go)! As a reminder, Intuit has generously donated nearly $8,300 worth of FREE QuickBooks 2012 products and services for me to give away! There will be 12 lucky winners of FREE QuickBooks 2012 products or services in this contest [...]

Intuit’s Average Billing Rates Survey for 2011

Michelle Long — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:21:32 +0000

Setting billing rates and fees can be challenging and can vary depending upon your education and credentials — are you a Certified ProAdvisor, CPA, accountant, bookkeeper or QuickBooks consultant? How many years of experience do you have and do you specialize in a certain area? Where are you located geographically? Should you charge hourly or [...]

Make More, Work Less, and Get Inspired About Your QuickBooks Consulting Practice

Michelle Long — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:33:27 +0000

Want to know how Cindy S., a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, raised her rates by 50% just a few months ago and is already earning more revenue in her bookkeeping practice? Or perhaps how Suzanne, a CPA and Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, implemented a super simple, takes-a-tiny-bit-of-time follow-up system that got her a nice 4-figure account she [...]