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Training Videos to help you educate and empower the Xero community

I’m excited to let you know I’ve been working with the phenomenal Xero U team – to produce educational videos. Drawing on my inner Steven Spielberg I’ve been writing scripts, recording audio and capturing screen demonstrations. Then I package it up and the extraordinary team at Xero U take my creation and magically tweak it [...]

2017-03-01T14:28:10+10:00March 28th, 2015|3 Comments

Problogger 2014

2014 Problogger event has just been held at the simply divine QT Hotels and I was there in spirit, watching the conference unfold over social media. Though everyone’s probably glad that I was not there as I’ve a horrible bout of bronchitis :( Here’s a collection of tweets that caught my eye from the conference: [...]

2017-03-01T14:28:14+10:00September 1st, 2014|6 Comments

Free online video Introduction to Xero Accounting

Hi! You’ve just clicked to watch a 37 minute introduction to Xero for new user’s video that I created. Now the reason why I created this, I’ve just put a little snippet on the front of this video, is because I realized users viewers were not watching the video correctly. To ensure that you view [...]

2020-01-28T09:16:24+10:00July 7th, 2014|0 Comments

How do I deal with partial payment in Xero

What has happened in this scenario is $ 2,000 has perhaps been deposited into the bank account. But the actual invoice in is $ 10,000 - I have received a partial payment of $2000. So what I need to do is apply that $ 2,000 to the $10,000 invoice and reduce that invoice into an [...]

2017-03-01T14:28:22+10:00June 7th, 2014|2 Comments

Xero video Multiple payments receipted into bank account as a lump sum

Using Xero online accounting software software How to deal with multiple payments received as a single amount in the bank account Jot down total payments and the breakdown of payments Locate the lump payment Select Find & Match Select the matching transaction Select Reconcile button This video covers how to deal with multiple payments received [...]

2017-03-01T14:28:23+10:00May 29th, 2014|2 Comments

Dealing with a payment incorrectly deposited into bank account

Hi!  In this session we’re going to cover how to deal with a payment incorrectly deposited into your business bank account.  So, what has happened in this scenario is money into the bank account and it was a mistake and the money is simply transferred out to the bank account. What needs to happen is [...]

2017-03-01T14:28:25+10:00May 29th, 2014|7 Comments

How do I let my accountant access Xero data?

To invite your accountant (or another user) to access your Xero data file, from the dashboard, click Settings > General Settings and then under Organisations select ‘Users’. Click the button labelled ‘Invite a User’ and fill in the ‘Enter their details’ form with their details. I suggest you give your accountant full access.   Click [...]

2017-03-01T14:28:43+10:00April 29th, 2014|6 Comments

Introduction to Xero Lesson plan

I've pulled together a draft Introduction Xero lesson plan which maps to Xero for Dummies and outlines the way I run my classes. You can use this as a frameworks for a group Xero training session. To access a copy in word format go here: Lesson Plan Introduction to Xero 2nd Edition To access sample data: BankSampleData [...]

2017-03-01T14:28:48+10:00April 13th, 2014|1 Comment

The Auto-magic of the XERO to XERO network

Through XERO you can connect with other XERO users and automatically transfer data across In XERO under General Settings->XERO Network you have a very long alphanumeric key which you send to a customer or a supplier who also uses XERO and is on the XERO network. Then you can send or receive invoices directly from [...]

2017-03-01T14:30:16+10:00June 13th, 2012|0 Comments
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