Website data: (Actual information extracted from website) Meta title: Energized Accounting Meta description: Website needs meta description | This listing is not rated yet. Rate it! | Report it! Energized Accounting http://EnergizedAccounting.blogspot.com Kick start your accounting system! This blog is devoted to getting the most out of your business software: implementation war stories, lessons learned, insights, approaches and the most valuable part: your input. Category: Directory » Business Blogs » Accounting Date added: 2008-01-25 14:49:15 Alexa traffic rank: 4,924,671 Site average load time: 1.718 Second(s) Fast Faster than 49% of websites Site language: EN |
Energized Accounting Latest Posts
Nickel 'n Diming
Would you like an iron-clad, guaranteed way of annoying your clients and ensuring they think twice before calling you? A friend was venting this week about the bills he was getting from the firm supporting his accounting system."Every time I call them, they bill me for fifteen minutes. I've... Read more...
Published 2 days ago
Help a Young Career
"Here is what you should know if you want to get ahead . . . "Did anyone ever take you aside and say those words to you? Me neither. Yet it used to happen all the time, back when people stayed in one company long enough that there was time to plan for the future. The older executive would take... Read more...
Published 1 week ago
Systematize / Projectize - Which?
Month end again. The normal processes kick into gear as we ensure there is a good sales cut off, the expense reports have been submitted, the banks reconciled and the overseas operations results are ready for consolidation. On the whole, month end is a well oiled machine where everyone knows... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Spring Cleaning
Okay, I was not cut out to be a gardener. How do I know? I was raking last year's leaves from the garden when I realized that this year's crocuses had already sprouted, flowered and died. I never saw them because they couldn't get through all the dead leaves. Time for spring cleaning!Is there... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
Going Bug Hunting
Bugs are usually thought of as programming errors, but I would extend the concept to include all unexpected results, whether they are due to programming or due to the system being used for a purpose it wasn't designed for. Here are a few tips to help you in your hunt.DocumentThe easier you make... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago
Do It Yourself Reporting
The spreadsheet report on my computer was refusing to balance, when the IT Manager dropped by. (I later found the problem. Someone had overridden one of the formulas with a number, so that line was not updating properly.)"You should get one of my staff to write the report for you," she said... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
Are You a Sensei (Teacher)?
In Aikido, the teacher is referred to as "Sensei" meaning literally, one who has gone before.When he was 10, my son used to be quite good at Judo. Now that he's 15, we have been encouraging him to go back to it for physical fitness. We weren't getting anywhere, until my wife suggested that we... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
Signs You Need a New Accounting System
The top 10 signs you need a new accounting system are:10. The service technician keeps threatening to retire9. Reconciliation is your middle name8. You ask for proficiency in DOS when hiring staff7. When calling Support you hear laughter in the background6. Salesmen no longer call you about... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
FRx Buzz
OK, so you're implementing something you've never done before. You have the installation instructions and user guide open on your laptop. Things aren't making sense, so you log into the support web site and find that your question has not been addressed. As a last resort you google your... Read more...
Published 2 months ago
World's Worst Networker . . .
Some people just have that knack. You ask them about anything from ball tickets to hotels in New York and they have someone they can put you in touch with.Not me.I mean I just don't have time for the whole "let's grab a bite" scene or "let's talk over a round of golf". Please! There are... Read more...
Published 2 months ago
Accountants Can Be People People
In the March 14th edition of the Toronto Globe and Mail, Wallace Immen wrote the following under the title Gaffes: Boneheaded ways to blow a job interview:Other interview-snuffing gaffes included: . . . An accountant who insisted she was a "people person" and not a "numbers person."To that... Read more...
Published 2 months ago
One Page Memos
When he was Prime Minister of England during the Second World War, Churchill was famous for demanding that all memos be only one page long. I always understood the need for clear writing and brevity. I just never appreciated how difficult one pagers are to write.Earlier this year I started a... Read more...
Published 2 months ago