22
Aug
New Spotlight Offering
We’re really excited to announce a new strategic partnership that sees Spotlight Reporting now become part of our management reporting offering for our partners.
16
Aug
How You Can Help Your Trade Business Clients Improve Their Business With the Help of Our Friends at Lifestyle Tradie
As all our partners know, we like to help our partners help their clients as much as we can. That can be by making introductions to various other partners or events that have something to offer that adds value to your clients’ business and your relationship with them.
26
Apr
Xero Add-on Success: 4 tips on how we turned failure into success with clients
It’s great to see firms moving their clients to the Xero platform. But I’m amazed at the number of firms that aren’t taking advantage of it. For me, one of Xero’s biggest drawcards is being able to offer clients a completely new business platform.
08
Feb
3 Essentials for Providing Added Value Services to Business Clients
“Compliance is dead! Compliance is dead!” As accountants we all know this is business coach hype. Compliance is not about to die any time soon, but it is certainly changing in the way the accounting profession delivers it.
03
Mar
Choosing Xero Add Ons: Avoid the Overwhelm with these 3 Simple Categories
It was interesting to observe the bookkeepers and accountants at February’s round of Xero Roadshows. I’ve been to a number of roadshows and Xerocons, but this year I was there as an exhibitor, and got to talk to a lot of the attendees.
27
Aug
Xerocon 2014: Skateboards, Guitars and Accounting Software. The Usual Mix When Accountants Get Together.
Well, Xerocon is over for another year. And it certainly didn’t disappoint. Mind you, when you have a CEO riding around on a skateboard and an MD at home belting out a rock tune and playing lead guitar, you know it will be a conference with a difference.
06
Aug
Xero Add-ons: Which one do I need to get the most out of Xero?
One of the major benefits of using Xero is the vast ecosystem of add-on partners. Xero add-ons are software applications that can integrate with Xero to create an integrated IT solution for a business to generate efficiency and productivity improvements that flow through to the bottom line.
13
May
Reasons Many Accountants Fail to Maximise the Cloud Using Xero
It’s great to see more and more accountants now starting to embrace the cloud and, in particular, Xero. Unfortunately many don’t step back to take in the bigger perspective of ‘the cloud’, with Xero being just one element in the mix for their clients and their own firm.
07
Apr
Does your business have its ‘dirty dishes’ piling up?
You’ve made the transition to the cloud. You’re using Xero as your new accounting system. You’re excited about the efficiencies your business is about to achieve. But guess what? The job is only half done. What do I mean by that? If you’re looking to really improve your business efficiency, there are a number of…
28
Feb
Why Xero is Not a Great Accounting System
I often shake my head when I hear people sing the praises of Xero as being the greatest accounting package. I don’t shake my head because I think they’re wrong. I shake my head because they’ve missed the much bigger picture. Xero isn’t merely an accounting solution. It’s actually a new generation business platform.