A Few Advantages of Using Financial Software

Users Agree! QuickBooks Is Easy.

8 out of 10 users say that QuickBooks is easy to learn and use.¹ And the majority of users agree that QuickBooks helps their businesses succeed.²

Financial software helps you get - and stay - more organized than using paper ever could. Common challenges with relying on paper bookkeeping include:

• Data falling through the cracks & getting misplaced
• Forgotten invoices that go unpaid
• Calculating & re-checking numbers - especially at tax time
• Managing the changes you make (what changes & when)

So get organized - and work faster - with financial software. The best software can even track your changes, give you an accurate snapshot of your financial situation... and make sense of invoices paid & overdue accounts.
 

Spreadsheets are challenging for Excel experts... nevermind busy entrepreneurs! You end up punching in numbers 2, 3 or 4 times. Creating formulas from scratch. Wasting time moving between spreadsheets.

Financial software eliminates those challenges (and more). It's got formulas built right in, and one entry carries through the whole system.

Plus, when you switch to financial software, you shouldn't need to worry about re-entering a bunch of data. Most financial software will import your Excel spreadsheets (and some, like QuickBooks Pro & Premier, even import from Outlook), so the transition's actually straightforward.

Pinpoint Where You're Wasting or Losing Money.

If you've ever failed to invoice a customer and lost money - or if you've ever invoiced someone twice for a bill that they'd already paid - you know how important it is to keep track of where your money's going and what's come in. Financial software can help you make sense of cashflow while also showing you opportunities to:

• Discover new ways to cut expenses
• Reduce & eliminate costs
• Improve your bottom line

Find out who your best customers are. Act on overdue accounts. And determine if you can scale back on product orders or outsourced services... without impacting your success.

 

Free Yourself from (Mind-Numbing) Bookkeeping.

Monthly bank reconciliations are boring. GST remittances are intimidating. Wouldn't it be nice to automate all those mundane tasks... and still trust that your books are accurate?

Financial software can help you do just that. It simplifies the tedious stuff that comes with the bookkeeping side of running your small business. That means you can actually spend a little more time working on making money for your business - or even finishing work before dark. (Imagine!)

Because you went into business to do what you love, right? Not to spend your weekends with a calculator and a giant eraser.

80% of users say that they can create invoices in 3 minutes or less with QuickBooks.¹

Get Your Business Started on the Right Foot. So You Have a Better Chance of Succeeding.

There are a lot of little things to concern yourself with when you start a new business:

• Marketing & PR plans
• Building your website
• Developing a brand
• Getting more clients

What about how you'll manage the money? Financial software has the tools entrepreneurs need to keep track of money going in & out of the business - plus features to help you get started right. So you'll be able to keep your personal & business finances separate, remit GST on time, pay suppliers and invoice customers... all of which makes for a more successful business.