Accounting Software 411 Insider - Five Key Lessons on Social Media for the Accounting Profession

April 2009 Edition

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Feature Article:

Five Key Lessons on Social Media for the Accounting Profession

So what’s the big deal about Social Media and why should the accounting profession care? Whether you blog, tweet, or have pages on Facebook or LinkedIn, some accounting professionals are doing it really well, while others struggle to understand the benefits. Several learned it all on their own; others hire consultants to help them figure it out. The following article provides a quick primer on social media, its impact on business and how to get started.

Ideas In Motion:

Chuck Kingston Captures the Image with Perceptive Software

Chuck Kingston is solution manager of Accounts Payable for Perceptive Software, Inc., in Shawnee, Kansas. Perceptive provides enterprise document management, workflow and imaging software primarily through its flagship product, ImageNow 6.2. Applicability to the accounting profession resides with the company’s solutions for accounts payable and related tasks.

Ideas in Motion is a monthly column designed to focus on best practices within CPA firms and organizations involved in providing technology related services.

Accounting Concepts:

Budgeting and Profit Planning: Modern Methods for Budgeting and Profit Planning - Part 1

This is the 1st article in a series about Budgeting and Profit Planning. The following article focues on the budgeting process, entering budgets into the accounting system and the relationship of the budgeting system to the general ledger. This material is adapted from The Automated Accounting Systems and Procedures Handbook (John Wiley, New York 1991) Chapter 10.

This column presents a new accounting system concept each month that may be applicable to your organization.

BillQuick – Time, Billing and Project Management

With BillQuick, all your critical business functions—time and expense tracking, project management, billing and accounts payable—are in one system. If you are already using QuickBooks®, Peachtree Accounting® or MYOB®, you can leverage your existing investment by integrating with BillQuick. You can also get the mobility you desire with BQE’s feature-rich SaaS product which also comes with an iPhone and Android mobile app.

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