June 29, 2016
While there seems to be very positive trends in both supply and demand across the report, many small and mid-sized firms are having trouble finding qualified applicants. If we dig a bit deeper, we begin to see why.
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December 11, 2009
Congratulations to Teresa Mackintosh and Jon Baron of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters has announced that Teresa, a multi-year 40 Under 40 Honoree by The CPA Technology Advisor, has been named the new Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Tax and Accounting arm of Thomson Reuters. She has been named to this top post...…
December 9, 2009
I’ve recently began following the teachings of John Jantsch and Duct Tape Marketing, his take on best practices in marketing and sales. I like the way he presents information for small businesses; it’s practical, less costly in technique than other marketing gurus, and kind of fun. My eye was drawn this morning to an American...…
December 2, 2009
This morning, I met with a transplant from Houston who just joined an IT organization; we were networked through a mutual friend and associate who thought we would be able to exchange some great referrals. Turns out that was exactly the case – but the meeting also reminded me that the person you meet or...…
November 23, 2009
It’s Thanksgiving Week, a time when we gather together to give thanks for what we have. This is a critical time of the year for many nonprofits and agencies who rely on year-end donations to survive. While donations are great – and many accounting firms will want to support their local nonprofits with donations –...…
November 19, 2009
Companies that last year or the year before would never have dreamed of sending mass emails are now sending them almost daily.
November 10, 2009
The Sleeter Group will be announcing the 2010 winners of the “Awesome Add-ons for QuickBooks” honors this afternoon in Orlando, but he’s given us a heads-up on this year’s winners. So congratulations to the following tech companies who are doing a great job of providing small businesses with additional tools and features specific to their...…
November 9, 2009
Technology vendors are feeling some of the effects of the tightened economy, but some accounting tech vendors are still growing. BQE Expands BQE Software, which makes the popular BillQuick program and offers business management software for professional services organizations, announced today that it has acquired Orange Loft, LLC, the makers of ArchiOffice and EngineerOffice, which...…
November 6, 2009
Speaking at the 29th Annual Thomson Reuters Users’ Conference for Professional Tax Accounting Firms, Roman Kepczyk, CPA.CITP, announced the AICPA’s 2009 Top Technology Initiatives. The conference was held November 4-7 at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando, Florida. Kepczyk is a member of the AICPA’s Special Committee on Enhanced Business Reporting and a prior chairman...…
November 6, 2009
Translated, this means that an accounting firm can field a team to a client location, set up its own secure network on the site, and work there for as long as it needs to. The device is portable, and the service plan is about $40 per month. No need to use the client's network or…
November 5, 2009
I saw a lot of heads nodding in agreement this morning when Jon Baron, president of Professional Software & Services, Tax & Accounting, for Thomson Reuters, asked the profession to “Forget Same-As-Last-Year; Embrace Change!” How many accountants does it take to embrace change? If you can’t count that high, then it’s too many. A bad...…
November 3, 2009
The client portal is alive and well, thanks to companies such as Thomson Reuters, whose strength in numbers was once again demonstrated. The company just announced its users implemented more than 300,000 client portals with NetClient CS®. The milestone is an increase of more than 100,000 portals in 16 months. “We introduced the profession’s first...…
October 29, 2009
The recent CCH Users’ Conference in our nation’s capital was very successful, not only for all of us who use CCH products, but for the company itself. While there are lots of vendor/user conferences, it seems the CCH Conference outdoes itself every year with great sessions, announcements and networking. Were you there? I’d like to...…