We are very excited to share the news that QuickBooks® Online (QBO) Advanced Certification is coming to the QuickBooks ProAdvisor® Program! The exam won’t be available until November 5, but you can take the prep course and get access to the exam a full two weeks ahead of everyone else by coming to Intuit’s QuickBooks Connect event, Oct. 21-21, in San Jose, CA. 
Is QuickBooks part of your business? If you are an accountant, entrepreneur, small business owner or a developer, then you should make plans to attend QuickBooks Connect October 21 – 23, 2014. Intuit is creating a unique, highly anticipated event bringing us all together in one place! I’m honored and excited to be speaking at this great event and I hope to see you there too! 
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The event of the year is next week, and as the presentations for the sessions come in, I am blown away by all of the handouts and freebies we have available for you.
We’ve just added a bonus Keynote session that will be presented by Michelle and Sandi on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, where you’ll gain insights into where the profession is headed, where the opportunities are, and how you can ride and harness the huge wave of industry change.
Participants like you make the event fun, so join in on the last vcon of this kind that we’re going to do before it’s too late! This 2-day virtual conference is designed to help you:
Register before July 18 and save $50 off the $299 registration fee: http://accountingvcon.com
To your success,
Michelle
P. S. Please thank our Platinum Sponsors:
Right Networks®: Trusted worldwide, Right Networks® is the leading provider of hosted applications for small business accounting firms. Right Networks hosts data and applications for a rapidly-growing client base. Right Networks is the right choice to move your organization into the cloud easily, reliably, and securely. http://www.rightnetworks.com/asp/accountingsuites
Intuit helps small businesses and accounting professionals save time managing their business finances so they can spend time doing what they love: growing their businesses. From desktop to online, payroll to payments, small business to professional accounting and tax solutions, Intuit is leading the way in developing products and services so that customers can never imagine going back to the old way. http://www.accountant.intuit.com
Funding Gates, the company behind FG Receivables Manager, is set on making collections the easiest part of running a business. With FG Receivables Manager, companies can effectively & effortlessly manage open invoices by moving their AR management to the cloud. Operating as a CRM for receivables management, FG Receivables Manager prioritizes customer accounts, allows users to take notes, log calls, send reminders & more. https://www.fundinggates.com/?utm_source=Site&utm_medium=Sponsorship&utm_campaign=Vcon
ZenPayroll is delightful, modern payroll. Our comprehensive payroll service enables businesses to get set up and run payroll in minutes, from any web enabled device. All government payroll taxes, reporting, and compliance are taken care of automatically and paperlessly. Our customers span a wide range of industries, from technology startups to flower shops, bakeries, hotels, dentist offices, and more. https://zenpayroll.com/
Xero is beautiful, easy to use online accounting and payroll software for small businesses and their advisors. The company has over 210,000 paying customers in more than 100 countries around the world. Recently Xero garnered a five-star review for Software As Service from CPA Practice Advisor. The Xero US team is headquartered in San Francisco. Xero is hosted with Rackspace in Chicago.
Bill.com gives you command and control over your cash flow, payables, and receivables – anywhere, anytime. It rakes in receivables faster, shows you the best time to pay every bill and eliminates hours of paperwork and drudgery. It invoices your customers, pays the bills on your schedule, banks your deposits and even syncs everything with your accounting program, freeing your time – and your mind – to grow your business. http://www.bill.com/
Zoho Books. With Zoho, you focus on your business while we take care of the rest with apps that help you get more sales, get paid, support your customers and make your business more productive. www.zoho.com
Sage One Accountant Edition: The smart choice for accountants and bookkeepers. Serve more small businesses in less time—and with fewer headaches—by working online with Sage’s new simplified cloud-based solution for accounting professionals. www.sage.com
Silver Sponsors
View our Multi currency payment Add on for QuickBooks/ Xero users. Top 4 US banks charge USD40-50 and up to 4% in foreign currency margins, you can easily save USD$5,000 annually using this add on. http://www.transfermate.com/
5-star rated on Apps.com, TSheets is the time tracking solution that’s a real power player for payroll. Mobile, easy to use and works with most accounting solutions. Eliminate manual & duplicate time entry for super fast payroll & invoicing.
Bronze Sponsor
The SmartVault client portal makes it easy to access, manage, and securely share all your files and documents, anytime and from anywhere. Quickly and easily share documents or folders with users inside and outside of your company or firm. www.smartvault.com
The 3rd Annual Ultimate Accounting vCon is less than a month away. So we’re offering a little holiday incentive:
$40 OFF Registration. Expires Midnight PT, July 4, 2014. Use coupon code INDEPENDENCE. 
Register here: http://accountingvcon.com/register/
Your chance to win an iPad Mini: We’ll also draw a winner from everyone who has registered by July 4, 2014.
Are you feeling a little left out not being able to attend one of the many accounting conferences this year because of their costly price tags, not to mention the air and hotel bills that can run into the thousands of $$?
If so, we’d love to invite you to the Ultimate Accounting vCon on July 24 -25, 2014. It’s a virtual event you can wear your pajamas too because you can fully participate from your own PC!
It’s just as exciting (or more) as any of the other conferences that you have to fly to. You’ll have a chat room to meet others (if you’re shy, this is perfect!). There’s an exhibit hall to meet vendors and ask them questions. And, the webinars are top class, brought to you by accounting industry thought leader Sandi Smith Leyva, CPA, and international trainer and author Michelle Long, CPA.
The best part is it’s 1/10th the cost. You’ll get your return on investment back 10 times faster and that’s pretty smart for your business’s bottom line. Plus, your feet won’t be tired. The benefits are truly endless!
Update Both Your Practice Management and Your Tech Skills, Plus a Coupon Code for More Savings
The vCon is a 2-day virtual conference designed to help you:
To find out more and to register, visit our website at: http://accountingvcon.com
Get high-payback, practical advice and tips that will help you grow your accounting and QuickBooks consulting practice.
To your success,
Michelle
P.S. Use coupon code APPIFY for even more savings off your registration fee. But hurry, the coupon expires July 1, 2014.
P.S.S. Please thank our Platinum Sponsors:
Right Networks®: Trusted worldwide, Right Networks® is the leading provider of hosted applications for small business accounting firms. Right Networks hosts data and applications for a rapidly-growing client base. Right Networks is the right choice to move your organization into the cloud easily, reliably, and securely. http://www.rightnetworks.com/asp/accountingsuites
Intuit helps small businesses and accounting professionals save time managing their business finances so they can spend time doing what they love: growing their businesses. From desktop to online, payroll to payments, small business to professional accounting and tax solutions, Intuit is leading the way in developing products and services so that customers can never imagine going back to the old way. http://www.accountant.intuit.com
Funding Gates, the company behind FG Receivables Manager, is set on making collections the easiest part of running a business. With FG Receivables Manager, companies can effectively & effortlessly manage open invoices by moving their AR management to the cloud. Operating as a CRM for receivables management, FG Receivables Manager prioritizes customer accounts, allows users to take notes, log calls, send reminders & more. https://www.fundinggates.com/?utm_source=Site&utm_medium=Sponsorship&utm_campaign=Vcon
ZenPayroll is delightful, modern payroll. Our comprehensive payroll service enables businesses to get set up and run payroll in minutes, from any web enabled device. All government payroll taxes, reporting, and compliance are taken care of automatically and paperlessly. Our customers span a wide range of industries, from technology startups to flower shops, bakeries, hotels, dentist offices, and more. https://zenpayroll.com/
Xero is beautiful, easy to use online accounting and payroll software for small businesses and their advisors. The company has over 210,000 paying customers in more than 100 countries around the world. Recently Xero garnered a five-star review for Software As Service from CPA Practice Advisor. The Xero US team is headquartered in San Francisco. Xero is hosted with Rackspace in Chicago.
Bill.com gives you command and control over your cash flow, payables, and receivables – anywhere, anytime. It rakes in receivables faster, shows you the best time to pay every bill and eliminates hours of paperwork and drudgery. It invoices your customers, pays the bills on your schedule, banks your deposits and even syncs everything with your accounting program, freeing your time – and your mind – to grow your business. http://www.bill.com/
Zoho Books. With Zoho, you focus on your business while we take care of the rest with apps that help you get more sales, get paid, support your customers and make your business more productive. www.zoho.com
Sage One Accountant Edition: The smart choice for accountants and bookkeepers. Serve more small businesses in less time—and with fewer headaches—by working online with Sage’s new simplified cloud-based solution for accounting professionals. www.sage.com
Silver Sponsors
View our Multi currency payment Add on for QuickBooks/ Xero users. Top 4 US banks charge USD40-50 and up to 4% in foreign currency margins, you can easily save USD$5,000 annually using this add on. http://www.transfermate.com/
5-star rated on Apps.com, TSheets is the time tracking solution that’s a real power player for payroll. Mobile, easy to use and works with most accounting solutions. Eliminate manual & duplicate time entry for super fast payroll & invoicing.
Bronze Sponsor
The SmartVault client portal makes it easy to access, manage, and securely share all your files and documents, anytime and from anywhere. Quickly and easily share documents or folders with users inside and outside of your company or firm. www.smartvault.com
Sales tax laws are so complex and many small businesses do not realize the complexity involved. Thousands of sales tax jurisdictions and taxability rules. Tax-exempt customers. Tax filing deadlines. Avalara AvaTax streamlines it all – and works inside your billing system.
Join me for the webinar with Avalara on May 29 at 1:00 pm Central Time and we’ll discuss: Read more
5-star rated on Intuit’s Apps.com, TSheets is the time tracking solution that’s a real power player for payroll. Mobile, easy to use and works with most accounting solutions. Eliminate manual & duplicate time entry for super fast payroll & invoicing.
If you are a CPA, accountant, bookkeeper, QuickBooks ProAdvisor or a QuickBooks user; then join me for a webinar with TSheet
s. Did you know that every 1.3 seconds, somewhere in the world, an employee interacts with a TSheets timesheet. From a desktop or a laptop computer, a cell phone or a smartphone app, via dial in or texting, email or the mobile web, there are practically as many ways to access TSheets in the cloud as there are work hours in the day. People seem to love things that make their lives easier. Read more