Countdown to QuickBooks Connect 2019 - Part 2

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Here at Insightful Accountant we began our 'countdown' to QuickBooks Connect more than a month ago with features about some of our favorite speakers who will be teaching breakout sessions. We will be continuing speaker features, but we are also going to start looking at the sponsors who make it possible to 'connect' with so many of the featured products that work with QuickBooks.

Bill.com

Bill.com is a leading provider of cloud-based software that simplifies, digitizes, and automates complex, back-office financial operations for accounting firms and small and midsize businesses. Customers use the Bill.com platform to manage end-to-end financial workflows and to process payments, which totaled over $70 billion for fiscal 2019.

The Bill.com AI-enabled financial software platform creates connections between businesses and their suppliers and clients to help manage cash inflows and outflows. Bill.com fully integrates with QuickBooks to makes it easy to manage cash flow in one place.

Bill.com not only syncs with QuickBooks, but they have teamed up with Intuit to offer QBO Online Bill Pay powered by Bill.com. This makes it easy to manage the cash flow, because the incoming and outgoing money is all tracked in one place. Every action happens inside of QBO. Users never needs to log into another system. Now you can create the Bill in QBO and pay the Bill in QBO, even though the behind-the-scenes magic occurs via Bill.com.

So now you have two choices, the regular Bill.com App with it’s enhanced functionality and Approver and Approval policy workflow options, or the more streamline ‘imbedded’ Bill.com features found in QBO Online Bill Pay powered by Bill.com. 

Bill.com partners with several of the largest U.S. financial institutions, more than 70 of the top 100 U.S. accounting firms, and popular accounting software providers. But more than ever Bill.com is expanding the capabilities they are offering you and your QuickBooks clients, in fact they just recently simplified the international supplier payment set-up process with their AI-enabled Intelligent Virtual Assistant and they are reaching out across the world to make transactions in currencies easier for businesses everywhere.

So, if you thought 'paying bill's was all there was to Bill.com then you don't know 'Bill.com' and that's why you really should stop by their booth on the exhibit hall floor at QuickBooks Connect.

Fishbowl

Fishbowl is a software add-on for QuickBooks that maximizes inventory. manufacturing and warehousing processes. Fishbowl works with QuickBooks Online just as well as it does with QuickBooks Desktop.

There are three different flavors of Fishbowl built around a common core. One flavor is Fishbowl Inventory, the second is Fishbowl Warehouse and the third is Fishbowl Manufacturing. Fishbowl offers sales orders, work orders, production orders, purchase orders, outsource tracking and parts scheduling as well as pricing rule variability and several cost valuation methods (average, LIFO, FIFO, actual), as well as a built-in customer relations management feature.

As if traditional Fishbowl wasn't enough, they are now offering a Software-as-a-service (SAAS) application called Boxstorm that provides inventory features specifically for QuickBooks Online. This isn’t just Fishbowl running on a cloud server connecting to QBO; this is an application designed for cloud computing. You can access Boxstorm from any computer browser, as well as tablets and smartphones. Boxstorm offers a free-version of their software that allows you to save, scan, move, and cycle count your inventory. It is the first 'free forever' inventory solution to integrate with QuickBooks Online.

So, if you are looking for inventory, manufacturing or warehouse solutions that work with QuickBooks be certain to stop in at the QuickBooks Connect Exhibit Hall and visit with the folks at Fishbowl about their traditional solutions or their cloud-based Boxstorm product, including their 'free-for-life Boxstorm version'.

Gusto

There are a lot of reasons why people choose Gusto for their Payroll Provider even when they use QuickBooks Online as their accounting software. It might be the convenience of running payroll, with an average of less than 5 minutes for most users. Other users find the easy set-up the most attractive reason for choosing Gusto. The combined offering of payroll, benefits, and HR tools linked around a common platform serves as the driving factor for some user selections. Whatever the reason, a growing number of businesses are turning to Gusto for their QBO integrated payroll application.

Nine out of ten Gusto customers say that Gusto is easier to use than other payroll solutions they had tried. And Gusto customers spend 75% less time on payroll than before they used Gusto.

Gusto believes that humans aren’t resources, that’s why they are fundamentally changing how the world works by empowering everyone to put people first. Gusto has re-imagined payroll, benefits, HR, and personal finance by automating the most complicated, impersonal business tasks and making them simple and delightful.

When it comes to you as an accountant, bookkeeper or business advisor who provides payroll services to your clients, you want a payroll solution that is going to meet the needs of those clients and your firm. With Gusto for Partners, accountants receive dedicated support and exclusive perks and discounts as they onboard their clients onto Gusto’s full-service payroll, benefits, and HR tools. Gusto’s partner program offers cutting-edge technology empowering you to grow your practice.

Gusto is proud to partner with thousands of accountants to help businesses across the country seamlessly manage their payroll, compliance, and benefits, so they can get back to doing what they love. If you would like to see Gusto in action or find out more about how you can partner with them to benefit your clients, just look for any of the Gusto representatives when you are on the Exhibit Hall floor at QuickBooks Connect.

AbacusNext

AbacusNext is a licensed QuickBooks Host through the Intuit Commercial Hosting program. As a valued Intuit partner, they provide multi-user accessibility in the cloud to your favorite QuickBooks products. Regardless of the version (Pro, Premier, Accountant’s Edition, Enterprise and even industry specific flavors like Contractor’s or Manufacturing) that you or your clients need, AbacusNext has a cloud-enablement solution for you.

The Abacus Private Cloud is a fully managed private cloud solution for professional service firms that can revolutionize the way Accountant’s, Bookkeepers, ProAdvisors and Business Consultants work. This alliance allows professionals to keep all the desktop apps they know and love while empowering users to work where they want, when they want, from any device—all in the most secure, fully compliant private cloud environment available.

AbacusNext is a comprehensive cloud partner since they can deliver Technology as a Service including all of your security tools, Microsoft Office™ products, backups, redundancy, multi-factor authentication, and even a pro-serve team to support your users.

Make certain to stop by the AbacusNext booth while you are QuickBooks Connect to learn how they can provide 'private cloud' services for you or your clients as well as other technological solutions.

Jirav

Jirav connects your financial and operational data to let you easily explore historical operations and accurately forecast your bookings, revenues, workforce, expenses, and cash flows.

The Jirav platform helps you deliver smarter financials and faster insights by automatically combining and visualizing your business data resulting in one place where you can easily analyze, forecast, and share your company’s progress.

You can literally build dashboards in minutes, design custom reports without knowing a single line of code, and track all of your pertinent Key-performance-indicators and metrics across your accounting, workforce, and sales in real-time.

Be certain to stop in an see the people from Jirav while you are at QuickBooks Connect and ask them how easy it is to turn all your QBO data into meaningful dashboards, business analytics and critical reports.

TrueCommerce

TrueCommerce gives your business a competitive edge with a robust, versatile and cost-effective commerce network that harnesses the power of our trading partner community. TrueCommerce revolutionizes trading partner connectivity by linking suppliers, retail hubs and end consumers in one global commerce network. 

With over 12,000 customers, TrueCommerce offers an end-to-end EDI solution for QuickBooks users on a platform that handles tens of millions of electronic transactions annually. And TrueCommerce makes use of Datalliance, a leading vendor managed inventory service that can complement commerce network solutions to maximize supply chain performance.

Support is a critical component of the complete TrueCommerce EDI solution, their professional team has expertise in not only helping with trading partner requirements but with issues related to technical integration with QuickBooks Online, and accounting documentation. They are there to make sure you get up and running and stay that way.

Make certain to stop by the TrueCommerce booth in the exhibit hall at QuickBooks Connect to discuss how they can help you or your clients with EDI solutions for vendor management services, e-Commerce, supply-chain, retail hubs or global demand.

Aero

Aero is workflow software for Accountants by Accountants. Aero gives you the tools you need to take your firm’s knowledge capital and put it to work. Your processes and procedures are integrated with your tasks, making your firm efficient, scalable and profitable.

With Aero, you will be confident that client work won’t slip through the cracks. One-time projects, recurring tasks, client emergencies — even email – are all seamlessly integrated into one list, so you and your staff have a clear view of what needs to get done today. Aero gives you a clear overview of all client work: what’s done, what’s in progress and what’s about to be overdue. Aero’s integrated time tracking allows you to spot scope creep while it’s happening. Aero’s management reports help you to manage your practice with insights into metrics like staff performance and project job costing.

If you have been looking for a workflow tool designed for the work that accountants, bookkeepers, business consultants and ProAdvisors do, then be sure to stop by and visit with the folks from Aero while you are in the exhibit hall at QuickBooks Connect, you will be glad you did.

CorpNet

CorpNet.com is an online legal document filing service that makes business formations and corporate compliance filings simple for Accountants, CPAs, Tax professionals and business advisors with helping clients in starting a business or who have an existing business.

Their southern California-based team helps new and existing business owners and licensed professionals by providing the most comprehensive cost-effective services when it comes to starting, protecting and managing a business, such as setting up a corporation or LLC, filing a Sole Proprietorship/DBA or keeping an existing business in corporate compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements and more across all 50 States.

If you want to find out how you can increase revenues and expand your 'trusted advisor' services then stop by their booth on the exhibit hall floor at QuickBooks Connect and talk to the folks at CorpNet.com to learn about referral or reseller partner opportunities.

QuickBooks Connect

QuickBooks Connect is being held at the San Jose (Ca) McEnery Convention Center  on November 6, 7 and 8.

November 6 is this year's 'Accountant's Day' which is designed for accounting professionals

  • Big news - there will be 'new' tracks available for the Accountant Day breakout sessions including non-profit, construction, e-commerce, retail, professional services, legal, advisory, pricing, apps mastery, and business growth.
  • There will also be 101 level QuickBooks classes along with intermediate and advanced level classes followed by a Power Panel on each.
  • Attendees can 'track true' in a single track, or can 'mix-n-match' track sessions as they desire.
  • This is your opportunity to 'pick the brains' of countless experts about QuickBooks, their favorite Apps, problems you have seen with an App integration, or simply ask "how they deal with a client situation?" Folks, this is a big part of what 'the Connect' in QuickBooks Connect is all about.

November 7 & 8 provides an opportunity business owners, experts, vendors and other mentors to interact with you, the accounting professionals and ProAdvisors who know QuickBooks.

All three days offer an Exhibit Hall with sponsor-partners offering the latest innovations, tools and trends designed to work with QuickBooks and impact your business and streamline workflows. You will have the opportunity to meet with product experts at their product booths where you can explore hands-on activities including product demos, ask questions and receive personalized help and advice via one-on-one sessions, and more. Keep on the look-out for more of my 'Countdown to QuickBooks Connect' features to help get you ready fro the exhibit hall.

So, get all the details about sessions, keynote speakers, hotels, travel deals, and registration at the official Intuit QuickBooks Connect website.