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Those of us involved in businesses of a certain size are familiar with quickbooks. Likely, we’re familiar enough to know that it can be a big, mean, grizzly bear of an application. Without some kind of accounting training, it can be hard to know which of the approximately 11 bajillion reports to use to get some relevant information.
Nothing against the quickbooks guys. They’re the leader in accounting software for a reason. But for the business owner who just needs to be able to get some simple snapshots of his or her financials, using quickbooks is like taking a space shuttle to work. It’s fast and flashy, but there’s more than a little overkill going on.
Monitoring your Benjamins with a Web Application
There’s a simpler way to get a good overview of your business’ financial state. We can build you a web application that keeps track of only the items that you need to see. One that lets you create invoices, track incoming and outgoing bills, and see the value of potential deals. Something you can print simple reports from that give you a high-level understanding of how business is going.
And since it’s a web-based application we’re talking about, you can allow your sales staff access to it anywhere they can get a connection. So when they close the big sale out on the road, you’ll see it in your report before they even call with the good news.
Now Don’t Get Me Wrong
We’re (obviously) not accountants here at IntelliSites. And we’d be fools to say that we can build you a web application that eliminates the need for your accountant.
But what we can do is give you easy access to basic company financials so you don’t need to call your accountant just to see how things are going. With a higher level of company financials available to you at the click of a button, you’ll see trends faster, see results of promotions faster, and be able to make much faster adaptations to company strategy.
And that’s just one more way for you to get ahead of the next guy.
