QuickBooks Add-Ons

We get a lot of questions about QuickBooks functionality...will QuickBooks do this or will QuickBooks do that.  QuickBooks is a very robust accounting application that will do a lot of things but sometimes we have to go outside of QuickBooks in order to get QuickBooks to do the things we need it to do or to simplify and/or speed up the things that we are doing.

One case in point is a project I did for a company out of Oklahoma City that needed sales logged in Microsoft Excel to be imported into QuickBooks as invoices so that the customer could be billed. QuickBooks, internally will  not handle this, but...there were options.  We used a product called TPI (Transaction Pro Importer) from Baystate Consulting to make this happen.  It has a small learning curve but was able to make it happen for my customer and saved hours of data entry per month as well as eliminate data entry errors.

In addition, I had the opportunity to go The Sleeter Group's annual conference this month...what an exceptional conference!  If you are involved in accounting and/or accounting software, especially QuickBooks - this is a need to attend event!  What does that plug have to do with this blog post? 

Glad you asked...Every year, The Sleeter Group announces the winners of The Awesome Add-On Awards..here is a partial re-post of those awards...you can see the entire article here.

After thoroughly vetting these programs, we select those that

demonstrate superior integration with QuickBooks, ease-of-use, overall

design, outstanding features and conformance with appropriate

accounting standards, said Doug Sleeter, founder of The Sleeter Group. In short, before we call it ‘awesome,’ a product must prove its

potential value to the small business market.

The companies awarded The Sleeter Group’s 2009 Awesome Add-ons for QuickBooks are:

• Attitude Positive, for AccuPOS, a leading Point of Sale solution for QuickBooks users in the Retail and Restaurant industries. www.AccuPOS.com
• Bill.com,

  for its web-based service that automates the Accounts Payable process,

  provides online business document filing, and offers an online “portal”

  where A/P documents can be faxed or emailed and all A/P data entry and

  management is performed. www.Bill.com

• Corrigo, for WorkTrack Service Management,

  a web-based, wireless work order tool that eliminates paperwork,

  provides better dispatching for the back office, improves payroll and

  integrates with accounting. www.WorkTrack.com

• Edison’s Attic, for BigTime, a completely web based time and billing solution that can be hosted internally or by the vendor. www.EdisonsAttic.com
• Results Software, for Results Customer Relationship Management (CRM), providing QuickBooks users with a complete and flexible approach to business contact and information management. www.Results-Software.com
• Right Networks, for Right Networks ASP,

  which enables the remote hosting of desktop applications, including

  QuickBooks, and provides anywhere access via an Internet connection,

  with banking-class security and automatic off-site back-ups. www.RightNetworks.com

• SmartVault,

  for its self-named web-based document storage and management system for

  QuickBooks users, plus online automated backup of QuickBooks company

  files. www.SmartVault.com