Contributing Editors:
    Dawn Scranton
    Bruce Andersen

Welcome!

Wow! the response and feedback to this Newsletter has been incredible, in just a little over two weeks we have over 100 subscribers!  We would just like to take a moment to say Thank You! to everyone who has signed up and sent feedback.

We have had several Developers express their desire to be show cased in an Interview about their company and their products, and we have also had some Advisors who have expressed their willingness to share their knowledge and provide some "tips" on integration in general and to talk about their favorite QuickBooks Integrated Applications.
If you would like to be featured in an upcoming Newsletter, please Contact Us

Beginning with this issue we will be going to a Monthly Newsletter format, and you can expect your newsletter to arrive around the 15th of each and every month.  Most of the contents of this newsletter is to introduce you to what our planned standard monthly content will be, in addition to interviews with Advisors & Developers.

We would also like to take a moment and give a Very Special Thank-you to Bruce Heim of BDTS and our very own Roxanne Brown.  Bruce and Roxanne "volunteered" to be our initial guinea pigs if you will, for the Questionnaires that were developed for Advisor and Developer Interviews!

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In this Issue
The IDNAC Forum
    Posting on the Forum - How to Effectively Use the Forums
Etiquette Section
    Introducing the Etiquette Section
Ask the Experts Column
    Introducing the "Ask the Experts Column"
Marketing & Website Tips
    Introducing the "Tip of the Month" Section
Question of the Month
    What are the various file extensions used in QuickBooks?

Articles
Working Remotely - What Is It and What Does It Mean To You?
First in a Series of Articles on Working Remotely - By Roxanne Brown
Developer Interview
    Business Data Transfer Service (BDTS) - Bruce Heim
Advisor Interview
    Using BDTS by Roxanne Brown

Survey's
Please participate in our survey's

The IDNAC Forum
Posting on the Forum - How to Effectively Use the forums
Each month we will look at a section of the Forum or a section of the site and explain what it contains, it's intended use, and discuss it's use, and benefits.  This month we will begin by first discussing the Start Here - General Forum Use & Guidelines Forum, and then cover in detail the General Forum section.
Basically we covered everything in the last newsletter that is within the Start Here - General Forum Use & Guidelines Forum, with one exception, The Rules of the Game As the name implies, these are the forum "guidelines" that we would like everyone to follow.  They are simple, respectful and should promote a safe community in which we may interact with one another.

To read the rest of this article, click here
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Etiquette Section
Introducing the Etiquette Section
Proper Etiquette is about more than knowing which fork to use in a fancy restaurant, it is also about knowing how to make a good first impression - after all we only get one chance to meet someone for the first time and "wow" them with our products or our services.
Beginning with the September newsletter, we will be discussing how to "make a good first impression" by email, by phone, and with our websites.
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Ask the Experts Column
Introducing the "Ask The Experts Column"
Have you ever had a question about integration and just didn't know who to turn to?
Have you ever had a question about working with Advisors or Developers?
Have you chosen to never ask the question because you were afraid you would sound "silly'?

In September you will meet the "Dear Abby's of Integration" and be able to submit questions to be answered in future issues.
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Marketing & Website Tips
Introducing the "Tip of the Month"
Beginning with the September issue, each month we will offer up a Website and/or Marketing Tip that will offer up some new thoughts and suggestions for you to try.
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Question of the Month
What are the various file extensions used in QuickBooks?
Each month we will attempt to provide a "Question of the Month" that relates to the contents of the Newsletter.

• .QBW - this is the file extension of your REAL QuickBooks company data file
• .QBB - this is the file extension of a BACKUP of your QuickBooks data file
• .IIF - this is an import/export file that contains lists and/or transaction data
• .QBX - this is the file extension of the Accountant's review copy that is created (exported) for your review
• .QBA - this is the file extension of the Accountant's review copy that you restore after you receive it from a client
• .AIF - this is the file extension of the Accountant's review copy that you send back to your client after you have finished making changes
• .QBO - this is the file extension of a QuickBooks On-Line Banking Download

Working Remotely - What Is It and What Does it Mean to You?
What is the difference between remote access and file transfers?
Why would you use one service over the other?

As ProAdvisors, we are asked these questions on a weekly basis.  For those of us that have been using various services over the years, it may seem like a simple answer; "Working remotely is a way to work with the clients' data from your office instead of theirs, and file transfers is just transferring file"...... however, there is really a lot more to the story with the ever-changing world of technology.
To read the rest of the first in this series by Roxanne Brown, click here
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Business Data Transfer Service (BDTS) - Bruce Heim
How many times have we heard this old familiar lament, "Hi this is "Joe", our computer crashed last night, the last backup we made was the one we sent to you 6 months ago, you wouldn't happen to still have it . . . . would you?"
To learn how Business Data Transfer Service (BDTS) solves this crisis (among others) in an Interview with Bruce Heim, click here.
BDTS is a Silver Sponsor of the Sleeter Group's Annual QuickBooks Consultant's Conference - November 9-11, 2005, in Las Vegas, NV
BDTS also offers a FREE bi-monthly newsletter, to sign up send them an email requesting that you be added to their mailing list.
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Using BDTS by Roxanne Brown
Roxanne has focused the last few year on supporting QuickBooks and helping small-to-medium sized business owners streamline their internal procedures, get the most out of their QuickBooks software and provide integration services with 3rd party programs.  Today, approximately 75% of her business is performed remotely, and she works with eCommerce clients around the globe.

When asked about building a practice that is based on remote procedures, she says "I was working 'virtually' long before it was the 'in thing' to do, when my only real option was pcAnywhere and a dial-up connection."
To learn how this savvy Advisor uses BDTS - traditionally and not so traditionally, click here

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Please participate in our survey's
We currently have 3 survey's running that we would like to ask you to participate in

• Rate this newsletter - This is a simple 2 question survey where you can rate the contents of this newsletter and add comments or suggestions.  This newsletter is for you, and your voices will be heard!
• Developer Survey - Solving Customer Pain Points.  This survey contains basic questions about your product, the Solutions Marketplace, Website/Materials & Working with Advisors.
• Advisor Survey - Working with Clients.  This survey contains basic questions about the types of clients you work with, the pain points you are asked to solve, and Finding, Evaluating & Recommending Integrated Applications.

Your participation in these survey's will enable us to define what kind of educational resources are of the most value to everyone, what the newsletter should contain, and what new features should be made available on the IDNAC site.

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