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March 7, 2017 

Efficiency is Not Enough to Power a Successful Accounting Firm

The concept arises in articles, webinars and conferences. Accountants who have operated in a particular manner for years are now re-evaluating everything from services to marketing to communications and more, scouring each area for opportunities to ...

 18% of Small Businesses Don’t Use Accounting Software

March 7, 2017 

18% of Small Businesses Don’t Use Accounting Software

These results were surprising considering that more than half (53 percent) of CEOs and CFOs believe it is important to integrate accounting software with an invoicing and payments product. In fact, finance professionals say the top five benefits of ...

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March 7, 2017 

Six PR Tips for Accounting Firms

Once you’ve decided where you want to gain attention, have an admin research relevant news sites, publications, and blogs. For example, if you want to build your name in Dallas, TX, you’ll want to know reporters, editors, and bloggers at the Dallas ...

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March 7, 2017 

Tax and Payroll Legislation Updates for 2017

Forms 1094 and 1095 will most likely survive for at least this year, so make sure to keep tracking. The Cadillac tax will probably go away later this year, and it is possible that the employer mandate could go away this year, as well (not yet confirmed).

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March 6, 2017 

Accounting Power

Other accounting solutions were created primarily for small businesses and are sold directly to them, claiming to make accounting easier for them. Accountants are their secondary users, and are mainly important as a marketing channel. Accounting Power is the first cloud-based accounting system created exclusively for YOU – the accounting professional – to give you...…

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March 6, 2017 

68% of Small Businesses Lack Disaster Plan

While most small-business owners don’t have a formal plan, many have taken various steps to prepare for a natural disaster. The majority reported that they can work remotely in case of a natural disaster (82 percent), have duplicated and stored their ...

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March 6, 2017 

How Retailers Can Take Advantage of Amazon’s Weaknesses

Major opportunities for retailers exist with younger shoppers — 76% of digitally native 18-24 year olds make less than half of purchases on Amazon. This group prefers in-store shopping and a seamless buying experience ...

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March 6, 2017 

Case Study: Learning eCommerce the Hard Way

You’ve seen them – companies that do all of their business online. It looks easy, right? Getting from idea to execution doesn’t exactly happen overnight. Here’s how one company went from an idea to a functioning eCommerce website.