25Jul 2013 by Roxanne Brown

The Joy of Multiple Monitors

eCommerce, QuickBooks
[caption id="attachment_1774" align="alignleft" width="201"] My office manager Annette's workstation setup. Feel free to share your experiences and/or photos![/caption]     OK, I’ll admit it … I’m hooked!  I tried dual monitors about 12 years ago and I’ve never looked back.  As a matter of fact, I often wonder how I managed without multiple monitors for so many years!  When I train others via remote access and I am relegated to one monitor, it can drive me almost batty. :? This has to be my best tip for increasing productivity … it’s a small investment that will save you hours every week. (more…)
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07Dec 2012 by Roxanne Brown
Planning Your Annual Budget

Planning Your Annual Budget

Reports & Reporting, Uncategorized
A guest blog post by:  Shirley Tan from Ecommerce Systems Creating annual budgets is important to businesses. How else would you be able to maintain control over your finances and see exactly how company money will be spent? Budgeting allows you to better understand your goals because it shows you the big picture. When you are aware of what your company can afford, you can at least plan in advance to meet your needs, as opposed to making decisions on the fly. In essence, your annual budget helps you avoid surprises down the road. (more…)
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09Nov 2012 by Roxanne Brown
Immediate ROI with Communiqué

Immediate ROI with Communiqué

Guest bloggers, Monsoon Stone Edge Order Manager, Monsoon Stone Edge Order Manager Add-Ons, Order Managers, Reports & Reporting, Stone Edge, Stone Edge Add-Ons
  Contributed by Tom Martin, Altaireon I am thrilled to have guest blogger, Tom Martin of Altaireon, contribute to our series on Reports.  I consider Tom to be a master of reports :-)!  Tom developed Communique´ for Monsoon Stone Edge and Communique´ for Monsoon Pro, which I consider a "must have" if you use either order manager program.  The recent release also includes a data analyzer, taking your reports to the next level.  If you've never heard of Communique' or if you have it but haven't really looked through the  330+ reports that are available, I'm sure you will find the next few articles quite interesting. So let's get started! (more…)
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03Oct 2012 by Roxanne Brown
Monsoon Commerce – $500 Credit Toward Stone Edge Purchase

Monsoon Commerce – $500 Credit Toward Stone Edge Purchase

Integration, Order Managers, QuickBooks 3rd Party Add-Ons, Stone Edge
  Is an Order Manager in your future?  Is it time for some automation or new marketplace services?   Maybe it’s time to check out Monsoon Commerce – AND get a $500 credit toward your Monsoon Stone Edge purchase! Are you wondering how you can have a more profitable holiday season without having to deal with all the time consuming paper work involved in tracking your sales? (more…)
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01Sep 2011 by Roxanne Brown

Why I Recommend SuperManager

Integration, Order Importers, Order Managers, QuickBooks, QuickBooks 3rd Party Add-Ons, SuperManager, Yahoo Stores
When I started working with Yahoo! Store owners there really wasn't a good way to import orders into QuickBooks®. While it was possible to manually export and import orders from Yahoo! into QuickBooks®, it came with many problems, such as phantom accounts, incorrect sales tax, payments and invoices were not linked, and a few other issues as well. When Intuit released QuickBooks® 2002, the import suddenly stopped working altogether! (more…)
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25Jul 2006 by Roxanne Brown

Yahoo Store Import Problem

Integration, Order Importers, QuickBooks, QuickBooks 3rd Party Add-Ons, SuperManager, Yahoo Stores
McWilliams & Associates, Inc. – For the Love of Business Newsletter Issue 5.17: July 25, 2006 Question - I do the bookkeeping for a business that uses a Yahoo Store and QuickBooks® 2003.  I read your recent advice on how to fix the import glitch and that helped on getting my orders imported just fine...but I have a problem with where the orders are being sent to...they're imported as "Pmts" and invoices need to be created or else, I have negative numbers in my Accounts Receivable. Is there any way I can direct these orders to be imported into the "Sales Receipts" instead of "Pmts"? or am I doing something wrong? Please help. Submitted by Patty. (more…)
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