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These connectors will enable OfficeClip Timesheet users to easily and efficiently connect with third-party accounting software such as Quickbooks, Peachtree and MS Accounting. The add-ins will eliminate the need for any double entries, as all accounting data, like payroll entries, etc., can be directly moved back and forth between the accounting software you are using and OfficeClip’s Web Timesheet and Expense. Each of these connectors can also work with our Offline Timesheet, so if you don’t have an internet connection, you can still access the two-way data transfer.

In addition to the connectors for the various accounting software, OfficeClip also has MS Word and MS Outlook add-ins. The MS Word add-in will allow you to create mail-merge documents (letters, fliers, campaigns, etc.) directly from MS Word using the OfficeClip Contact Manager application. Our MS Outlook add-in enables you to quickly and easily synchronize your Contacts, Events, Tasks and Notes straight from MS Outlook to OfficeClip and vice versa. This is an extremely useful feature since we are all busy and need the ability to have flexible access to our information.

If you think having an OfficeClip Connector will make your work easier and more streamlined (which we are sure it will!) then visit the OfficeClip website to learn more and download a connector.

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There’s a lot of discussion about going green, but many articles I’ve come across advising small businesses on how to go green have focused on actual products they can buy to use in their offices. These include light bulbs, recycled paper, electronic equipment, cleaning supplies, etc., which are very good ideas and most certainly helpful to the environment. But what about actually helping your business run better and being green at the same time?! This is where web based business management software comes in.

Perhaps one of the biggest “green” benefits of web based business software comes from the almost complete lack of paper needed for things like old timesheets. Employees and contractors alike can enter their hours for projects from any web browser on any computer, cell phone, laptop, etc.  Stacks of paper with everyone’s hours are no longer needed-so the paper is being saved, along with money, AND time is managed effectively and tracked in real-time.

According to Business Wire, there are many Fortune 1000 clients that have implemented online timesheets and contact manager software to reduce paper, increase organization and improve customer relations. Web software is affordable for SMEs as well…OfficeClip’s Premium Suite can be downloaded for $80 per user or hosted online for $10 a month.

And the ways to go green with web management software don’t stop there…another HUGE benefit is the ability of employees to access their data from anywhere.  Patricia Faulhabber mentions telecommuting as a great way for small businesses to easily compete with the larger companies that are going green. Enabling employees to telecompute from their homes once or twice a month or even once a week will save them money in gas, wear and tear on their vehicles and give them greater flexibility in their schedules, which can lead to improved productivity.   Web software provides all the means to make this happen and so, while making your company more productive, organized and efficient, and your employees happier, you can also boast being green.

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 As banks make it more difficult for small and medium sized businesses to take out loans, expenditures for improving internal business processes can rapidly shrink or disappear altogether in an economic slowdown. Customers reign in spending, businesses suffer and look for ways to streamline their business with cost-effective solutions, only to find that the bank will no longer give them the loan to make it happen…and so the cycle continues…. The New York Times notes that the witholding of credit comes as the economy tightens and joblessness grows, making it difficult for companies who would be able to grow to secure the funds to do so. By mid-June 2008, the credit that banks were giving was decreasing at the rapid rate of more than 6 percent. In dollar terms, that’s about $150 billion dollars that companies at present (and very likely for awhile into the future) cannot get for their business needs. Imagine wanting to do internal restructuring to be more cost effective and needing to make a large expenditure for the softwares, etc. to accomplish it….and then not being able to get the money for the investment.

Technorati Tags: Contact Manager, Document sharing, Economy, Hosted Web Software, Loans, Online Calendar, Pay-as you-go, The New York Times, Timesheet