Business Q Pty Ltd, in partnership with software developer Our eSolutions, is releasing the VirtualStore/Integrator package. The features of the package include:

• Highly functional store
• Efficient transfer to QuickBooks
• Provides cost effective entry point to online efficiencies and streamlining of operations
• Improves "bottom line" and/or reduces time spent on administrative tasks
• Allows business owner to post online sales efficiently into QuickBooks (without re-keying the data)
• Checks the transactions are in balance using QuickBooks' own business rules
• Adds New Customers automatically
• Reduces stock levels automatically
• Post as either Sales Receipts or Invoices
• Can post all orders to a generic Customer (not separate Customers) in QuickBooks
• Can treat purchased Items as a non-Stock Item in QuickBooks (no Stock reduction)
• Supports GST

Setup costs have been kept to a minimum, with a low monthly fee.

For further enquiries please contact the exclusive Australian distributor Kevin Bell or check out the website.

AssetAccountant, for any sized business, manages Fixed Assets as well as Leases and Hire Purchase Agreements. It has been designed and built in Australia to comply with Australian statutory requirements. Timely upgrades ensure AssetAccountant stays up to date.

AssetAccountant:

• Manages assets for Accounting and Tax
• Manages Fixed, Leased and Hire Purchase assets in a single database
• Provides supporting schedules for your Tax Return and Accounts
• Tracks assets by Cost Centre, Location or any Other Category
• Powerful integration features eliminate re-keying of data
• Creates the journals for posting to QuickBooks

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My Business Manager takes information directly from Quickbooks and turns it into management information that you can use to improve your profits and to grow your business.

My Business Manager compliments Quickbooks by producing Dashboards, Management reports and graphs that monitor your financial performance, enabling business analysis and “what-if” scenarios. It includes email links to your accountant or advisor so that when problems occur, you can provide the detail that they need.

To be successful, every business should Forecast, Budget and Plan.

Using historical trading results, My Business Manager can easily create

• Cashflow forecast
• Forecast Profit & Loss
• Forecast Balance Sheet
• Forecast KPIs (and their affect on your bank account)
• Operational Budgets
• and includes a range of Business Plans suitable for every business need.

There are two versions of My Business Manager;

Business – run it in-house or get your book-keeper to run it for you. If you need further help, email the dashboards or reports to your accountant or advisor so that they can focus on the issues.

Professional – designed for the Accountant or Advisor to enable them to provide a holistic service to their clients. Data is imported directly from Quickbooks, generating Dashboards and Reports tailored to each client. These are emailed (PDF) or printed and sent to the client with qualifications and comments on the results. This is a service that every business needs and provides the opportunity for the Accountant/Advisor to become a true Business Coach.

My Business Manager… the way all businesses should be managed!

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• Functionally rich and powerful software
• Direct link with QuickBooks
• Gross Profit displays on each job (providing user has access security rights)
• Ability to add parts and labour costs to a job without affecting selling price
• Different display views. eg Service Manager may use the Job Grid where accounts view by customer. Extremely powerful Customer Control Centre. All information is at your fingertips
• So versatile it can be adapted to many industries. Can even change field meanings names
• Integrate with palm hand held PC
• View financial status from a job
• Creates bank deposit and merchant summary suitable for the bank, therefore saving time and money.
• Add customers/inventory on the fly which also adds in QuickBooks

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mobileezy Business Plus and mobileezy Enterprise are the latest cost effective, easy to use innovations from Profitlink. Designed for sole traders, tradespeople, consultants and small businesses through to large corporations who still use traditional paper dockets for quotes, orders, time billing, invoices or deliveries.

By replacing old fashioned paper based dockets with a mobileezy solution for quotes, orders, invoices, time billing and deliveries, you can:

• Eliminate handwritten errors, lost dockets and hours wasted searching through boxes of old paperwork.
• Save up to 70 hours (or more) in administrative work.
• Never have to re-enter order, time billing, sales and delivery information - mobileezy automatically updates all data into QuickBooks accounting software with a click of the button (even over the telephone).
• Speed up the quote, order, invoice and delivery transactions by up to ten times (less time writing - more time to do business).
• Capture customer signatures for quotes, credits, orders and deliveries.
• Create customer quotes, orders, process payments and issue invoices instantly - anywhere (invoice quicker - get paid quicker).
• Access your product, services, inventory and pricing information with a few clicks anywhere - generate accurate quotes, orders and invoices every time.
• Access old data in seconds - no more scouring through old dockets for days on end to access credits, proof of delivery or customer records.
• Help your entire team present a professional image to your customers

Integrates to QuickBooks Versions: QuickBooks Pro and QuickBooks Premier, 2004 and above, including 2006/07. (Will integrate with any version of QuickBooks which supports qbXML ver 3 AU).

Sales - mobileezy Business Plus and mobileezy Enterprise enables staff to access and record sales information quotes, orders, sales, payments, credits, invoice and delivery slips. With a clip-on, bluetooth, wireless, infrared or serial port printer, staff can print quotes, orders and invoices on the spot! mobileezy Business Plus and mobileezy Enterprise has head office functionality (ability to bill head office and deliver to individual outlets), and the ability to assign default customers or default jobs to PDAs.

Time Billing - Consultants and time based businesses can use mobileezy Business Plus and mobileezy Enterprise to 'clock in' and 'clock off'. The built in stopwatch functionality helps keep accurate records of all activities including billable and non-billable hours.

Data Synchronisation - One step synchronisation means all data is quickly and easily updated with each HotSync operation - even over the telephone, the internet, wireless networks, or via bluetooth!

Record customer signatures - Signing paper dockets are now a thing of the past - staff can get your customers to sign for orders and deliveries on the mobileezy Business Plus screen and store them in the mobileezy desktop application for future reference.

Pricing functionality - Multiple pricing structures for different clients - automated pricing control managed by head office! Also the ability to review customer accounts receivables - enabling you to check their account status before supply new items!

Multi-user - mobileezy Business Plus and mobileezy Enterprise allows multiple users (with additional licenses) to synchronise and backup their data into a single version of the mobileezy desktop application.

Plug-Ins - To meet the growing needs of business, an accounting software plug-in is available for QuickBooks.

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SmartTrade is a job management system for service businesses such as plumbers, electricians, air-conditioning and heating, IT support companies etc. It handles the "front end" operations such as logging customer inquiries, costing, scheduling, dispatching, managing jobs, ordering materials, invoicing and recording employee time. SmartTrade can be used as an office only solution, or to mobilise field staff using SmartTrade Mobile® on Pocket PC mobile devices (PDAs). Field staff can create, receive, complete and return job information wirelessly from on site or out on the road. Main benefits:

• Reduces paperwork and double entry of data
• Keeps tradesmen on the job and out of the office
• Improves control of jobs, time and materials
• Provides powerful scheduling and dispatch
• Enables quick and accurate costing
• Imports price files from suppliers, allowing access to hundreds of thousands of products
• Direct interface to QuickBooks
• Is quickly implemented – days not months
• Is affordable, even for one man businesses
• Is scalable as the business grows
• Is fully supported, including training

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StraightSELL is powerful web site, content management and ecommerce software that has been designed for businesses that are serious about selling their products and/or services securely online. It is Australia's leading hosted online storefront and shopping cart and integrates with QuickBooks .
StraightSELL allows you to sell to retail and / or account customers and supports e-procurement messaging to link your ecommerce solution to the procurement systems used by large corporate and government customers.

StraightSELL has the functionality to be a self service offering but Strategic Ecommerce also offer a complete range of services to partner with you to build and market your StraightSELL online store.

For further information on StraightSELL , call us on 1300 136 456 or email sales@strategicecommerce.com.au

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