Business
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Find your cost – Step 2 – Know your people.
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Know your people huh? I guess the title makes it sound like I am going to have you take each person in your invoice and payment process to lunch. I think you should, but that has nothing to do with today’s topic. As a recap yesterday I wrote about creating a process map to document…
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Find Your Cost – Step 1 – You have to have a map
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Last week I wrote about defining accounting automation by applying a number to the impact automation has on an organization. This came from the idea that automation is only as good as the people, time and effort that is freed up. On Friday I wrote about the different types of time that needs to be evaluated,…
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2 Buckets of Time!
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You know the bucket is a great invention. I tried to do some research on when the bucket was invented and if anyone was able to pin the accomplishment on any one human… and I didn’t find anything. Anyway, as promised from my last post, I am working through a series that supports the idea…
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Who should I bring to the dance – vendor that is!
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I am not a big fan of using the word “vendor” as it pertains to finding a company that sell and services automation software. I believe that if you do accounting automation correctly as a provider you will be more than someone who simply sells software. That’s why I call automation software vendor, “Service Providers”.…
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This is Automation…. NOT! – Top 5 Signs
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I am happy that “not” jokes have died. Wayne’s World made the joke mainstream but Borat took it to an entirely new level. Off the back of my last post about defining automation, I thought I would go a little negative and explain what automation is not. However, instead of writing automation is not this…
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Back to Basics – What is Automation?
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With the flurry of recent webinars, I am reminded that us automation nerds can’t get too far away from the general public. There are still a lot of people out there that don’t have any real good idea what accounting (AP and Payments) automation is. When training sales folks, I tell them they have to keep…
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With Google Glass You Will Shoot Your Eye Out?
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Now that I have made it known that I want Google Glass (I don’t know why… I just do). I have been getting a lot of warnings from folks about its perceived dangers. I have had numerous people tell me that the device will cause accidents while walking or worst driving. I am still convinced the technology will mature to…
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He Made $250k on an eBook – Podcast of the Week!
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I couldn’t believe it either! $250k in 10 months no less. I got this off of a podcast from”Smart Passive Income“. The individual’s name is Nathan Barry and he is a designer. His niche is App design. I was truly fascinated by the ease in which he produced a marketing email list, then built buzz as well as…
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Want a free book?
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Encore! Encore! That’s what I was going to title this post, but I shamelessly decided to sell out and use the old “free” word to get attention. It’s true, you can get a free copy of my book The Argument to Automate – How Innovation Can INSPIRE Not Fire if you read this post. However,…
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INSPIRE Not Fire!
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I hope when you saw the picture associated with this post that it brought back fond memories of Donald Trump. Putting aside his famous line (and his awesome hair), we are just getting over one of our country’s worst economic speed bumps as far as firing is concerned. The line “INSPIRE, Not Fire” comes from part of…