BillQuick at the Sleeter Conference 2009

There is no more highly motivated, knowledge-hungry professional than a member of the Sleeter Consultant Network (SCN). To say exhibiting and speaking at the annual Sleeter Conference is an enjoyable three days  — and a very tiring time — is to understate how much all of us at BQE look forward to the annual Sleeter Group event.

The Conference draws hundreds of Sleeter consultants — QuickBooks Pro Advisors, Peachtree Consultants, Accountants, IT Consultants and other professionals. These are the same people who serve existing and potential BillQuick customers. Most are advanced certified by Intuit, and many also work hard to gain additional certification from the Sleeter Group (a still higher level of knowledge).

For the past 7 years, BQE Software has shared insights into BillQuick and other topics at the conference. We also exhibit and sponsor events. The conference gives us the opportunity to expand and deepen BillQuick’s knowledge among Sleeter Consultants. In turn, they become more aware of BillQuick as a solution for their customers.

Many attendees also evaluate BillQuick for their own companies. As the lightbulbs of knowledge radiate brighter and brighter, most realize they have 5, 10, 20 or more clients who can benefit from BillQuick. Some see entirely new marketing opportunities. Most sign up as new BillQuick Resellers.

BQE’s partnership with the Sleeter Group provides benefits to SCN members and to new resellers recruited by BQE. For example, BQE waives the annual reseller membership fee ($495) for Sleeter Consultants.  They pay only one membership fee to Sleeter and become a BillQuick Reseller with a simple request (and a little paperwork). Their commissions begin immediately. SCN members who choose to become BillQuick Resellers receive the same sales certification training, marketing support and other benefits as other resellers. In fact, many new resellers present BillQuick to one or more clients within 30 days of joining (and before completing certification training). Following our reseller business model, BQE supports and collaborates with the new resellers throughout the entire process. You never stand alone!

New BillQuick Resellers who join through BQE also benefit from our Sleeter partnership. They have the option to become a member of the SCN at no charge. They receive a valuable ‘new member’ start-up package, strong community support, and ongoing benefits. In short, you get the substantial benefits of both organizations for one annual membership fee.

Bottom Line: We like talking to current and future BillQuick customers and resellers. Our company is based on a simple model: When you’re successful, we’re successful.

Stay or Go – The Dilemma of Change

Change is the toughest thing we humans do. Poor testing, poor support and sunsetting software like Deltek Advantage, Sema4, FMS/Wind2 and others )in the Architect/Engineering space, for instance) are all coming at a tough time. Sometimes your clients have the problem of their current software just not being right for them now.

Your clients can’t wait. They need to invest now, making wise decisions to optimize productivity to survive the down cycle and to be ready to capture opportunities when the cycle turns up again.

Isn’t it time you help them find an alternative that delivers what they want and need and doesn’t suck them dry? Isn’t it time for a stable solution from a company that appreciates them?

Bottom Line: Thousands of professional services firms face the dilemma of change. In these tough economic times the risks and costs looming down on them are not insignificant. Are you going to wait for them to act or are you an advisor who advises.

Learn more about this by reading Should I Stay or Should I Go? in the January 2009 issue of the BillQuick eLetter.

Training – Managing Your Business with Web Suite

• Are you spending hundreds of hours cutting and pasting and re-entering time and expenses?
• Do you need to capture time in-office, in the field, in satellite offices, or from consultants?
  
• Are project managers in and out of the office, making it tough to review and approve time and expenses for billing?
• Are busy project managers in the field or in multiple locations slowing the billing cycle?
• Got SmartPhones and wish you could do more with them?

The dynamics of remote users, multiple offices and outsourced staff can waste hours every month and slow cash flow.

You need to attend the Managing Your Business with Web Suite training session.

Principals and partners will learn how Web Suite significantly improves productivity. Even the simple act of capturing time anywhere, anytime can add tens of thousands to profits each year. Project managers can be as productive on the road as they are in the office.

It all comes down to. . . It’s All About Time. Taking this truism to heart results in more billable hours that are more accurate and complete, and fewer wasted non-billable hours. Billing is not delayed. Report review becomes anytime, anywhere.

Bottom Line: Managing Your Business with Web Suite will help you gain the most out of Web Suite and improve your productivity.

When: Thursday, January 22, 2008 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PST
Price: $145.00 per attendee
To Sign Up: http://sites.fastspring.com/billquick/product/timeandexpensetrackingwithwebsuite
(Click the Order button)

After paying for the training, check your email. You will receive a link to complete your training registration. You must complete the registration to attend the training.

BillQuick and QuickBooks 2009

BillQuick 2008 has undergone extensive testing with QuickBooks 2009 (US and Canadian editions). BillQuick now works with:

• QuickBooks 2002 thru 2009 U.S. Edition, including Accountant’s Edition
• QuickBooks 2003 thru 2009 Canadian Edition
• QuickBooks Enterprise 2.0 (US) and later (including Accountant’s Edition)

Training – In-Depth BillQuick-QuickBooks Integration

There is an opportunity to go deeper into the BillQuick-QuickBooks integration, learning best practices and more advances topics. This can help you AND YOUR CLIENTS better understand the depth and breadth of our integration with QuickBooks. The session is the same one delivered by Irfan Qazi, our BillQuick-QuickBooks guru, to a Wowed! capacity crowd of BillQuick customers.

NOTE: The training session is commissionable to BillQuick Advisors.

Integrating BillQuick and QuickBooks has the potential to save hundreds of hours each year. Accounting staff and others can build on the basics and learn about how BillQuick handles important items with QuickBooks, including:

• QuickBooks Classes
• Retainers
• Discounts
• Vendor Bills
• Checks
• Employee Expenses
• Invoices

The session will also look at BillQuick’s Smart Matching capability and share best practices about which tasks to do in BillQuick and which ones to do in QuickBooks.

With the extended Question and Answer period, you and your clients will gain even greater insight and get the most out of BillQuick and QuickBooks and improve your productivity.

Click Training Checkout to sign up for the session. Once payment is confirmed, you will receive an email with a link to complete your registration.

Updated eBooks Now Brandable to Advisors

Three BillQuick eBooks for Business Managers, Billing Managers and Project Managers have been updated. Advisors can now brand these marketing pieces with their logo and contact information.

Use the eBooks to target information to key individuals within a company. Each eBook provides sample reports and invoices important to owners, principals, partners, accountants, office managers and project managers.

The new marketing piece is located on the Marketing Resources page (password required).

Do you have ideas for other BillQuick marketing pieces or advisor tools?

Updated 25 Reasons Brochure

The 25 Reasons Why QuickBooks Users Need BillQuick brochure is now brandable by BillQuick Advisors. Drop your logo and contact information into the brochure.

Use this small brochure to help clients view their management needs, daily activities and other “pains” in a new light. Rather than twist and wedge QuickBooks or punt into Excel and Word to capture information, help them learn about BillQuick’s flexibility and critical project and business management information. And remind them that BillQuick tightly integrates with QuickBooks.

This new marketing piece comes in two formats:

• PDF ready for download and viewing from the web or an email
• PDF ready for your printer, including color bleeds

The new marketing piece is located on the Marketing Resources page (password required).

If you have an idea for other marketing pieces, please add a comment to this post.

New Brandable BillQuick Datasheet Brochure

Available immediately, the new BillQuick Datasheet can be branded by BillQuick Advisors. Drop your logo and contact information into the brochure and you’re ready to go.

Let them know you are thinking about their future success. Keep a few printed copies of the brochure in your briefcase to give to clients. Also, keep a PDF copy on the Windows Desktop of your laptop and desktop. Be ready to send it to anyone with a few clicks.

Hey, you’re on the road. Keep a PDF copy in your smartphone ready to send to a prospect or client.

This new marketing piece comes in two formats:

• PDF ready for download and viewing from the web or an email
• PDF ready for your printer, including color bleeds

The new marketing piece is located on the Marketing Resources page (password required).

If you have an idea for other marketing pieces, please add a comment to this post.

Announcement – QuickBooks Enterprise User Conference

BQE Software will be on the road in Dallas, TX, on September 10-12, 2008, at the 3rd Annual QuickBooks Enterprise User Conference at the Hyatt Regency. As a QuickBooks Gold Developer, BQE Software will be presenting BillQuick and the entire BillQuick Family of software. The User Conference is for current QuickBooks Enterprise users and Pro and Premier users who want to learn more about Enterprise. Come by and see us!

BillQuick and QuickBooks 2009

BillQuick is testing QuickBooks 2009 with its BillQuick 2008, 2007 and 2006 versions. While Intuit has assured us that there are no significant changes that will impact integration between BillQuick and QuickBooks 2009, BQE Software will continue testing each beta version as it becomes available.

BQE Software cannot guarantee that BillQuick 2008, 2007 and 2006 will work with QuickBooks 2009 the day it is released. BillQuick will work as soon after release of QuickBooks 2009 as possible.

Update 8/18/08 – BillQuick 2008 is compatible with QuickBooks 2009 Beta 2. Testing continues.