Update July 28th: Apple has issued Safari Updates that people should grab. Safari 5.0.1 http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1070 Safari 4.1.1 (for Mac OS X Tiger) http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1069 Once this release has been verified, it will be unblocked from QBO soon. Update July 27th: Hi everyone — we know this isn’t ideal for Mac users who depend on Safari in [...]
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Is your password on this list? Must read tips for safe passwords
May 11, 2010Passwords are the keys to our online lives. We need to keep them safe from prying eyes and identity thieves. Here are a few tips for creating secure passwords. First, don’t use any of the most common passwords. This seems obvious, right? But there have been studies looking at the passwords used by people, and [...]
5 Secrets from a Profitable Start-Up business
May 1, 2010A year ago, Becky McCray and Sheila Scarborough were entrepreneurs with their own businesses who attended the SOBCon conference and decided to partner to start a business. By September 2009, they had launched Tourism Currents to teach tourism professionals how to use social media. In their first month, they generated a profit. Today, they came back [...]
What you need to know about the Health Care reform…and how it will affect your business
March 27, 2010The digest: Many small businesses have a hard time affording health insurance for their employees. It is expensive. The new reform attempts to lower these costs through state-run insurance exchanges…where small businesses pool together to purchase coverage. Between now and 2014 when the exchanges will be in place, there will be tax incentives for small [...]
Year end guide from QuickBooks (for the hard stuff)
January 24, 2010The end of the year means a lot of things. Taking down Holiday decorations, renewing a gym membership…and taxes. We just told you about the Turbo Tax (we do it for you) option. But…you can (and probably should) be aware of what has to be done and by when. Check out the End of the [...]
Have a website? Improve your website conversion rates
January 11, 2010We know from our customer research that a lot of you have websites to promote your business. And…a good bunch of you are actually web designers using QuickBooks Online to manage your business. The QuickBooks Online team just found a cool tool from google that offers a quick and dirty analysis of your website through the [...]
We’re sharing ours…what’s your resolution?
December 27, 2009It’s that time of year. It comes around just after you’ve eaten all the holiday food and spent some serious holiday dough. It’s the universal time to make resolutions about the upcoming year. We started asking around the office and found out that the QuickBooks Online team is pretty good at making resolutions. We’re excited [...]
Using Internet Explorer? Time to switch to FireFox or upgrade to IE8
December 17, 2009Update March 2010: Here are the new numbers for browser performance. Google Chrome has been added to the list of supported browsers for Windows and Mac. From the chart above and below, it is clearly a fast browser. You can try it from http://www.google.com/chrome. To learn about some issues and quirks in using QuickBooks Online on [...]
I Lost My Number…Can I have Yours?
November 30, 2009“To be successful in any business, you need to develop a feel for the numbers. You need to get a sense of the relationships between them, see the connections, figure out which ones are especially critical and have to be monitored accordingly. Numbers run businesses.” – Norm Brodsky, The Knack These wise words come courtesy [...]
The 2 things I learned from running a small business
November 12, 2009I knew it was time to get a better system when I forgot my company’s excel sheet with all the day’s appointments at home. I was forced to cancel all the appointments…without calling and telling the customers beforehand. There couldn’t have been an airplane skywriter that told me clearer: It was time to make a change. I was [...]
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