Barclaycard are piloting allowing businesses using the their merchant services to raise invoices and collect payments using an “e-invoicing” service provided by KashFlow. This posting on TechCrunch, prompted the above tweet from Duane Jackson, which Dennis Howlett picked up on immediately and wrote about here. My initial reaction to reading the TechCrunch article was that [...]
Reading this posting on AccountingWeb got me thinking about this unrelated piece at CPA Trendlines and what the future holds for the “Client Testimonial” – as used in the marketing materials of professional service firms, particularly on their websites. I think testimonials don’t work and are open to abuse in many ways, as the comments [...]
Let me firstly say that, in the past, I have been a real fan of QuickBooks. When I started Pearson & Associates in 1995, I recommended QuickBooks to any clients who would listen. I have never liked Sage Line 50, it was QuickBooks all the way for me. Then things changed. Intuit, the makers of [...]
I recently participated in a discussion on AccountingWeb where I questioned the value of including detailed technical and tax resources on accountants’ websites. My long-held view is that such resources are a waste of money. If I were a client, I would want to pick up the phone and get the answers I need. I [...]
