Small business bookkeeping software can be a valuable business tool. Software can help track crucial areas like payroll, sales, costs, etc. A properly designed software package can help your business operate more efficiently, and in many cases can reduce costs, negating or reducing the need for specific staff. However, as with all business decisions, you need to carefully consider the needs of your business when choosing software. Here are some tips, which I hope will help you make the correct choice: What do you need? Most accounting software will perform the main accounting functions of accounts receivable and payable, cash functions, and general ledger. But what about other functions such as payroll?. Do you want to do your payroll in house, or have it done externally? Take some time to consider the needs of your business and the likely cost. What will it really cost you? What will it really save you? Purchasing the software is only the start. What about the costs of training staff to operate the software. What about the down time to your business while that training takes place? On the positive side, how much will you save in accounting and staff costs once the software is established? Will the software enable you to identify areas to improve business performance? Is there support available? Does the software supplier provide on site training? Are courses available? Is there a help desk available, and is it available at times to suit your business? Does it have a toll free phone number? Does the software provide detailed training materials either online, through the software, or by way of paper manuals? Is the software a well known brand that your accountant is familiar with? 4. Is the software able to be upgraded when needed? As you grow your business you need to ensure that your accounting software can grow with it. Make sure your software can be easily upgraded and that the cost is factored into your business plan. The need to change to alternate software could prove costly when you take into account purchase and training costs. 5. Know your software. Most software packages are valuable tools, and have considerable capabilities. Get to know the full functionality of your software and make it work for you. You may find that it can do considerably more than you thought possible. A bit more time and money spent training at the start could prove invaluable over time. Remember, your accounting software is a powerful tool to help you manage your business. It can improve accuracy, save time and money, and provide a multitude of crucial data in the form of graphs and reports Summary Seek advice from other business owners about the type of software they use. Choose a product that can provide flexibility, is easily able to be upgraded, and has solid support systems. The author, Dave Curran has 30 years experience in finance and management. For more great information on accounting software for your small business, have a look at Dave's website : HYPERLINK http://www.accountingtipsforbusiness.com
Invoicing Software For Small Business
iStudio Publisher is an exciting, state-of-the-art page layout program for home, small business and educational users, designed to help these users easily create, present and publish professional-looking documents.
"iStudio Publisher has been designed to enable anyone to create great looking documents, newsletters and flyers quickly and easily, " said Paul O'Connor, director of c:four. "Everything that a user could need is on screen at all times, which means no more time searching for features or having to attend expensive training courses."
Never before have users had the opportunity to be so flexible with their designs, as iStudio Publisher allows users to draw shapes, run text inside and around the shapes and also place images within them at the same time. Featuring a shape library of commonly used items and dynamic text wrapping, iStudio Publisher lets users create free-form arrangements of text, graphics, and photos with such simplicity as never seen before.
Pricing & Availability
iStudio Publisher will be available from Monday 5th January 2009 direct from iStudioPublisher.com. iStudio Publisher's retail price is $99, however, a special launch price of $49.99 is available until the 5th March 2009.
Educational and volume discounts are available.
Minimum system requirements include: Mac computer with G4 800 Mhz processor or faster; Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger) or later; 512 MB RAM; 50 MB free disk space on your hard drive; and an Internet connection (for updates and registration).
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Notes to the Editors
About c:four
We are a team of magazine and newspaper publishers, graphic designers and software architects. We were increasingly frustrated with the applications on the market. We wanted something better and decided it was time to change things ourselves.
We came to the conclusion that instead of creating a simple one-off desktop publishing application, which had limited scope of enhancement, we should build a publishing engine. An engine which could be used to create not just one, but many great publishing applications, capable of working under any operating system or platform; capable of handling a wide variety of users, at the same time, in multiple locations and by working to the Unicode standard, able to operate in all languages.
Having created the c:four engine, we then set about creating our first publishing application, encompassing layout, formatting, font & color management, display & editing including H&J, storage & retrieval, rendering & printing. Our first application using the c:four engine is iStudio Publisher.
For further information contact;
Tom O'Connor
+44 1530 56 00 26
tom@cfour.net
http://www.istudiopublisher.com
Copies of iStudio Publisher are available free of charge to the media to review. Please contact Tom O'Connor to receive your copy today.
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