Accounting used to completely perplex me and as a result I had to discover an easier way which I want to give you. People in small enterprises tend to prefer doing more important activities such as getting, understanding and keeping customers in preference to looking after their accounting. All organisations have to be committed to doing their bookkeeping if they want to avoid disaster.
When I initially began my accountant suggested or should I say insisted that I used a small business accounting software package made by a corporation called Sage Software. I immediately went out and purchased the package without even contemplating if it would suit my needs. This was definitely one of the worst mistakes I made as the system turned out to be really difficult to comprehend and use. To be honest whenever I see the word accounting attached to the word software I am instantly reminded of the first piece of advice I want to share with you and that is most small business accounting software makes the assumption the user possesses good practical knowledge of bookkeeping.
Just like me small enterprise owners are masters of their craft and the product or service they sell and not accounting but in my case I was driven to allocate time to finding a solution that would work for me. The good news is I found a really good solution, it’s an internet system called salesorder.com.
This is definitively the simplest software I have ever used and what’s more it is internet based and therefore I can access it from anywhere I choose to work. And here is the coolest bit I want to tell you, the people at salesorder.com know their stuff, just like their software they are easy to work with and better still are happy to spend substantial time with their customers (even the free ones) helping folks like me to solve real issues in my company and to top it off they have taught me the accounting I need to know.
