Business Management
Kickstart Your Firm’s Growth Through Marketing & Branding
Special Feature
October 2009 issue
In this issue
Practice Management
The CPA Technology Advisor’s 40 Under 40 Honorees for 2009
A Senior Roundtable: What’s “New” is “Old” Again
Construction, Manufacturing & Distribution
Building Blocks to Building Profit: Manufacturing Software Implementations
Special Feature
1099 & W-2
2009 Review of W-2/1099 Compliance Systems
Many small businesses and household employers still lack a system that provides year-end wage and information reporting, fortunately, there is an abundance of inexpensive systems available specifically for W-2 and 1099 processing.
Practice Management
2009 Review of Tax Planning Systems
Tax Planning Can Help All Filers (Not Just the Wealthy)
Business Management
2009 Review of Time & Billing Programs
Getting bills out the door faster and better managing work processes are just two of the reasons that a time and billing system can help a professional firm be more efficient.
Practice Management
A New Perspective
A Productivity in Practice Feature
Practice Management
Leaders Don’t Stay in One Place for Very Long…
Technology Keeps Moving, and So Should You. The only constant in our profession is change, and there’s no denying it. Improvements in technology, new mandates and acquisitions seem to happen every day. And if you don’t keep up, you can quickly be left behind.
Accounting
Another Technology Wave
Column: From the Trenches
Disaster Recovery
Are Your Clients Insuring for Disasters?
Column: Real Stories, Real Solutions
Accounting
Using Excel to Clean Up Your QuickBooks Customer Lists
Column: The QuickBooks Advisor
Hardware
Keeping Up With User Policies (Part II of II)
Column: Tricks & Tips
Practice Management
Rethinking System 7
Microsoft is in the midst of rolling out System 7, the newest generation of Windows operating system. The company is betting much on the success of this system, particularly after the lukewarm reception it received to Vista. What’s more, System 7 is seen as the base of future generations for the software — leaner, more […]
Business Management
5 Keys to Effective Marketing & Branding
Please join me in a thought experiment. Think of the name of your favorite restaurant. Just think of the name. Try not to think about the food, the service, the ambiance or the dessert. For me, it is impossible to keep it just to the name. As soon as I think of the Flea Street Café, I can’t help but think of all the attributes (tasty, organic, caring service, friendly) that make it a great place to eat and my favorite in the bay area.