ANISE Consulting has developed some free user friendly checklists to formalise the standard procedures that need to be adhered to within your business accounts department. The checklists are in Microsoft Word format, and you will need to customise them to suit your businesses needs. Weekly ChecklistMonthly ChecklistQuarterly Checklist End Of Financial Year Checklist End of [...]
I attended the launch of the Griffith Industry Mentoring Program. I am a Griffith University alumni and this is the second year I have been involved with the program. I enjoyed breakfast with a group of accounting/business focused mentors/mentees. The program will run for several months, and concludes with a cocktail party on the 5th [...]
This morning I awoke to a computer beeping at me. That was all it did beep beep beep. I went through the initial possible fix up solutions. Turned it off, turned it on. Turned it off, let it wait for a while, turned it on. Made efforts to clean the dust away. Got out the [...]
Great question and one that many small business owners have.Have you spoken to your accountant about this - if you plan to stick with your accountant over the life of the business you should choose what he suggests - as your accounting bills should be cheaper as he is handling software he knows.My next question, [...]
One of my favourite stores is that I tell everyone to go to is Lyssy Mays in Morningside. If I ever need a present for a female, I enjoy a 10 minute stop at her store. I like the simplicity, consistency and uniqueness of the wide array of handmade gifts she sells. I never have [...]
Typically you can only send an email under 5MB. This is determined by your service provider. I use BIGPOND. If you are require to send or receive an email over this size I suggest you use http://www.yousendit.com/ they have a free service for lite users that is quite simple to activate and use.
I have just learnt of a new tool – the Microsoft Outlook Inbox Repair Tool. The Outlook database is stored in a file, with the extension name pst. PST stands for Personal Storage Table. The Repair Tool optimises the data file by scanning it to see if it is intact, and resets & rebuilds if [...]
If you are trying your hand at generating your own media releases you could try this useful tool;http://www.pressreleasegrader.com/ “HubSpot's Press Release Grader evaluates your press release and provides a marketing effectiveness score. This score is based upon basic factors from public relations experts including the language and content of the release, plus advanced factors from [...]
Off topic - but pretty cool. These are giant maps you can borrow in America. Read more about them here; http://www.ngsednet.org/community/index.cfm?community_id=515from Heather Smith ~ MYOB Certified Consultant
Around this time of the year, business owners are busily burning their ATO empdupe file to disk. I have a reasonable understanding of technology, but when it comes to burning files to discs nothing ever seems to work as it should. It tried for about an hour, on both computers and no luck. I tried [...]