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SUCCESSFUL SMALL BUSINESS CONSULTING Awesome Add-ons for 2012 A Doug Sleeter Mr. Sleeter is the founder of The Sleeter Group, a national group of accounting software consultants who serve small and medium-sized businesses. He is the host of the Accounting Solutions Conference and the author of several books including the QuickBooks Consultant's Reference Guide, and the leading market college textbooks "QuickBooks Fundamentals and QuickBooks Complete." For more information , call 888-484-5484 or visit www. sleeter.com. Doug can also be reached at Doug. Sleeter@CPAPracticeAdvisor.com. 18 18 AP At T e Sleeter Group, we believe that success in small business relies heavily on developing effi cient business processes. Successful business owners are constantly seeking bet er accounting soſt ware, more efficient sales and customer tracking systems, bet er product fulfi llment systems, and bet er vendor management systems. And accountants are always striving to keep up with the latest solutions in the marketplace so they can make the best recommendations. Each year, we research the marketplace of accounting soſt ware and hardware solutions to identify and recognize the companies and products that deliver "awesome" value. T is year, our seven-member com- mit ee of judges participated in evalua- tions of nearly 30 products in the market. T is panel of experts is comprised of the most experienced accounting profes- sionals in the world who bring a broad set of skills to soſt ware and hardware product evaluations. T e commit ee includes Bonnie Nagayama, CPA, Mario Nowogrodzki, CPA.CITP, Jennifer Katrulya, CPA, Greg LaFollet e, CPA. CITP, Randy Johnston, Charlie Russell, and Doug Sleeter, founder of T e Sleeter Group. In order to qualify for an Awesome Add-on award, the product and/or service must be developed and sold by a solid company with a reputation for outstanding customer support, and the product must have the following at ri- butes: • Must be fully released and shipping in the United States by August 1, 2011. • Although it is not a requirement that the product integrates directly with accounting data, if it does integrate it must use the best practices for integra- tion in addition to using the latest integration technologies as appropriate in the view of the evaluation commit ee. • Must conform to good accounting principles and operating standards. • Should use appropriate transaction types and fi eld population for recording data into QuickBooks and/or other accounting soſt ware packages so as to preserve and/or enhance the standard reporting features. Awesome Add-ons for 2012 Bill.com Receivables Bill.com www.bill.com Pricing: Bill.com Receivables is a $5/month upgrade on top of a Bill.com Payable account. ePayments received are $0.49/payment. No charge for accepting credit card payments; however, credit card merchant fees may apply. Target Customers: Bill.com Receivables is for any business that sends invoices to customers and wants to offer their customers the option to pay electronically, via an online portal. It is also the perfect solution for small and mid-sized accounting fi rms both for their own use as well as for performing client bookkeeping services. T is SaaS product is a perfect example of how the web is revolutionizing small business. By allowing businesses to manage the entire accounts receivable process in the cloud, Bill.com has taken a giant step forward. In addition to sending electronic invoices and e-reminders, you can receive payments via ACH or credit card, and your customers can access their own portal (for free) to see their invoicing and payment history. And of course, it integrates seamlessly with QuickBooks, Sage Peachtree, Intacct and NetSuite. ScanSnap Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. http://us.fujitsu.com/scansnap Pricing: S1100: $199; S1300: $295; S1500(M): $495 Target Customers: Consultants, CPAs and accounting professionals looking for a way to reduce paper and easily digitize documents. Our commit ee was very impressed with the overall function and ease of use of the ScanSnap line of scanners. T e pricing is great, the push-to-scan but on is eff ortless, and the integration with soſt ware products such as SmartVault makes this a very November 2011 • www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com