Technology Archives - IRIS KashFlow Accounting & Payroll | Free Trial - No Card Required‎ Thu, 30 May 2019 11:48:42 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kashflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/kashflow-icon-2.png Technology Archives - IRIS KashFlow 32 32 Debit card payments overtake cash in the UK https://www.kashflow.com/blog/contactless-overtakes-cash-uk/ Fri, 29 Jun 2018 08:45:43 +0000 https://www.kashflow.com/?p=81429 Is your business equipped to take card payments? Investing in point-of-sale card readers and making sure you’re ready to take contactless payments may seem like a luxury in the early days of your business, but recent findings from UK Finance suggest it may be more and more of a necessity. What’s changed? Figures released by […]

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]]> 4 Future Predictions For Small Business Accounting https://www.kashflow.com/blog/4-predictions-small-business-accounting/ Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:01:42 +0000 https://www.kashflow.com/?p=76388 Some love it, others loathe it, but however you feel about change, it’s the only constant in this life. In order for your small business to stay competitive, it’s crucial you stay tuned to changes in industry and general working practices. How well you respond to this change will ultimately determine whether you’ll sink or […]

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]]> 4 ways technology can help your small business https://www.kashflow.com/blog/4-ways-technology-can-help-small-business/ Tue, 25 Oct 2016 15:42:39 +0000 https://www.kashflow.com/?p=75309 When in business, your top priority is growth and success. But how do you go about achieving this? Staff play a crucial part, but so do the platforms and tools that your business chooses to use. Businesses need the right technology and solutions that can help the organisation meet business demands without affecting the time, […]

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]]> 4 simple ways to avoid email spam traps https://www.kashflow.com/blog/4-simple-ways-avoid-email-spam-traps/ Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:51:49 +0000 https://www.kashflow.com/?p=74427 One of the great features of online accounting software is the extra speed and efficiency that automated invoicing and payments sent via email brings to your business. Often being able to provide this same efficient emailing service to all users means that by default all users send emails through a shared sender address. Although a generally […]

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]]> Appy times for KashFlow users https://www.kashflow.com/blog/appy-times-for-kashflow-users/ Thu, 03 Mar 2016 15:38:47 +0000 https://www.kashflow.com/?p=73298 Are you struggling with buggy applications to take care of CRM, time management and payment processing? In the sphere of accounting-related technology, it’s crucial that so-called third-party applications integrate with core platforms and software. But many users do not know what true integration is supposed to look like and are often disillusioned when they get […]

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]]> No heartache at KashFlow over the ‘Heartbleed’ bug https://www.kashflow.com/blog/no-heartache-at-kashflow-over-the-heartbleed-bug/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/no-heartache-at-kashflow-over-the-heartbleed-bug/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:42:04 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=65547 You may have heard that the media have reported a security flaw “Heartbleed Bug” in a widely used software library called OpenSSL. KashFlow has taken every precaution to ensure your data remains safe. More information about this the security flaw is available on the OpenSSL page which includes a Security Advisory. Why is the KashFlow application unaffected? KashFlow runs […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/no-heartache-at-kashflow-over-the-heartbleed-bug/feed/ 1 How Technology Helps Productivity https://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-technology-helps-productivity/ Sun, 08 Dec 2013 22:18:12 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=64075 As a company develops, technology is examined as a way of saving money, making more money, saving time and/or enabling people to do more with less. In evaluating technology for your company, the cost of purchase and deployment carries a certain amount of risk and mitigating that risk, while reaping the rewards of good decision […]

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]]> Is your web browser ready? https://www.kashflow.com/blog/is-your-web-browser-ready/ Thu, 05 Sep 2013 09:49:26 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=63492 The web browser is the unsung hero of the digital realm; every day it connects us to the rest of the world and provides us with information that stops our lives from being thrown into disorder, all the while (as if it’s no hassle at all) acting as the platform for the system that keeps our businesses […]

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]]> Defrosting the SaaS Model https://www.kashflow.com/blog/defrosting-the-saas-model/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:14:36 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=62543 TL;DR? We’re offering free training in July. The links to book a place are here: London ManchesterBirmingham From the Spice Girls (who ‘need somebody with a human touch’) to Bruce Springsteen (who’s after ‘someone to talk to, and a little of that human touch’), plenty of people out there place a lot of emphasis on […]

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]]> The Day That Email Changed Forever https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-day-that-email-changed-forever/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-day-that-email-changed-forever/#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:55:21 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=62528 If you’re running a small business you have a lot of email to process. Possibly more so if its a tech business. Some days I feel like I’ve done nothing but deal with emails. We all know that checking our email every 2 minutes destroys our productivity, we’ve read the articles telling us we should […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-day-that-email-changed-forever/feed/ 3 SaaS Isn’t the Future https://www.kashflow.com/blog/saas-isnt-the-future/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/saas-isnt-the-future/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 13:57:09 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=62409 After years of claiming it was a  passing fad and that there is no customer demand for SaaS, BigCos have now come round to accepting that SaaS is the future. SaaS isn’t the future. SaaS is the current – the now. Just as “The New Economy” became just “the economy” earlier  this  century, “Software as […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/saas-isnt-the-future/feed/ 10 FinTech 101 and #sizzle8 https://www.kashflow.com/blog/fintech-101-digital-sizzle8/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/fintech-101-digital-sizzle8/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:18:16 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=61557 Watch out, ‘the cloud’, your days as a media darling may be numbered – FinTech is the new buzzword. But what is FinTech exactly? Sadly, nothing to do with robot sharks, FinTech actually refers to the current wave of innovation in the sphere of financial technology. Last night a few of the KashFlow team attended […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/fintech-101-digital-sizzle8/feed/ 1 Introducing KashDroid Android App https://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-kashdroid-android-app/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-kashdroid-android-app/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:59:45 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=56413 We’ve been madly beavering away on a huge upgrade to KashFlow to support multiple mobile platforms and multi-users over the last few months It looks like we’re not the only ones that have been busy coding. KashFlow customer Pale Purple have been working hard too. They’ve taken the initiative to build their own Android app for KashFlow using our API. Their blog post says: It’s […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-kashdroid-android-app/feed/ 3 The Backbone’s connected to the… https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-backbones-connected-to-the/ Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:45:16 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=56406 Warning: This post may contain some technical jargon, so if you’re unsure about any of the terms be sure to ask in the comments! For some more thoughts on all this stuff, do check out Duane’s post about the future of software development and delivery. Single page web apps Because they offer a seamless and slick […]

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]]> Tradeshift Integration https://www.kashflow.com/blog/tradeshift-integration/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/tradeshift-integration/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:57:43 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=56411 If you’re a huge organisation like the NHS or Tesco, with suppliers in the thousands, then dealing with your incoming purchase invoices has got be be a real PITA. You’re receiving invoices in lots of different formats and have multiple communication channels with your suppliers. Tradeshift solves this problem. A big company, let’s call them Big […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/tradeshift-integration/feed/ 3 Wait, the cloud isn’t an ACTUAL cloud…? https://www.kashflow.com/blog/wait-cloud-isnt-actual-cloud/ Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:40:08 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=55131 Ok, you probably already know that. But you might be surprised at how many people don’t – in a recent study in the USA, 51% of those surveyed claimed that stormy weather can interfere with cloud computing. So, while we’re probably preaching to the converted, we thought it might be worth doing a quick guide to […]

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]]> Beyond SaaS, The Future Of Software Development and Delivery https://www.kashflow.com/blog/beyond-saas-the-future-of-software-development-delivery/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/beyond-saas-the-future-of-software-development-delivery/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:38:11 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=37347 Back when I launched KashFlow, my online accounting software business, the phrase “software as a service” hadn’t been coined yet. The recently popular catchall phrase ‘cloud computing’, now frantically highlighted in every marketeer’s notebook, was practically unheard of. iPhones didn’t even exist yet. Seven years later, SaaS is widely accepted as the way software (with […]

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]]> Why you should care about Google+ Local https://www.kashflow.com/blog/why-you-should-care-about-google-local/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/why-you-should-care-about-google-local/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 09:35:27 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=30515 Google+ Local launched yesterday, and if you haven’t already started using Google+ then now’s the time – especially if you’re a business owner! Google+ Local To use Google+ Local you’ll need to have a G+ account, and these are free to set up. (Just follow the directions on that link – shouldn’t take more than 5 […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/why-you-should-care-about-google-local/feed/ 2 Why did Facebook really acquire Instagram? https://www.kashflow.com/blog/why-facebook-acquired-instagram/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/why-facebook-acquired-instagram/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 10:36:50 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=29610 Yesterday Facebook released a new app called Camera and, just like that, the fog lifted. The reason Zuck and his crew shelled out $1 billion (insert Dr Evil joke here) for Instagram suddenly became a little more clear. An application that allows you to add filters and effects to photos on your iPhone or iPad […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/why-facebook-acquired-instagram/feed/ 8 Live Blog – Digital Sizzle 4: an audience with Tech City https://www.kashflow.com/blog/digital-sizzle-4-audience-with-tech-city/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/digital-sizzle-4-audience-with-tech-city/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 13:56:16 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=28121 Please note: The opinions voiced in this article are those of Stuart Bradley (me) or those of the companies alluded to within the article, not those of KashFlow Software Ltd. i.e. plz don’t sue. The validity of the Tech City Investment Organisation is probably one of the biggest issues currently under scrutiny in the London tech scene. […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/digital-sizzle-4-audience-with-tech-city/feed/ 3 The Effect of Shorter Trial Periods for SaaS https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-effect-of-shorter-trial-periods-for-saas/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-effect-of-shorter-trial-periods-for-saas/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:14:24 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=27776 A couple of months ago I wrote that we were reducing our free trial period for our online accounting software. To summarise: we have always offered a 60 day trial, one of the longest in our industry. I decided to drop it to 14 days – one of the shortest. The reasoning for this was that […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-effect-of-shorter-trial-periods-for-saas/feed/ 13 Open Letter to Banks – API Access to Statement Data https://www.kashflow.com/blog/open-letter-to-banks-api-access-to-statement-data/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/open-letter-to-banks-api-access-to-statement-data/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:10:59 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=20236 As per our press release, I’ve today sent an open letter to the heads of British banks. The letter is as follows: I am writing to you today to urge that small businesses be granted secure electronic access to their own bank statement data. By failing to make this available via an API, you are […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/open-letter-to-banks-api-access-to-statement-data/feed/ 25 The Future of Digital Money https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-future-of-digital-money/ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:26:45 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=19275 There is currently a divide in the world of digital money. This divide was exemplified by a panel at Monday’s London Web Summit, with two of the panelists (at least to some extent) working alongside credit card companies and two fighting against them. Ben Milne, of real-time virtual money exchange Dwolla, has previously stated that […]

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]]> Feature in Focus: ViaPost https://www.kashflow.com/blog/feature-in-focus-viapost/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/feature-in-focus-viapost/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:58:27 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=16325 If you rely on hard copy invoicing, then you’ll want to know about ViaPost integration. ViaPost lets you snail mail your invoices, reminder letters, or anything else from anywhere in the world without having to make a trip to the post office – or own a printer. And it costs less than the price of […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/feature-in-focus-viapost/feed/ 2 Shorter Trial Periods https://www.kashflow.com/blog/shorter-trial-periods/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/shorter-trial-periods/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:42:54 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=17437 We’ve just changed the standard trial period for our SaaS Accounting Software product from 60 days to 14 days for any new trials as from right now. This is a big change for us as it’s been 60 days ever since we started. Why? We analysed our trial data and found that the vast majority of […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/shorter-trial-periods/feed/ 42 (Possibly) Important Information https://www.kashflow.com/blog/possibly-important-information/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/possibly-important-information/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:47:41 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=15683 Just weeks after rolling out our new website, we’ve just completed a huge server infrastructure upgrade (with zero downtime- woop!). Customers rarely comment when the software is blisteringly fast, so we’ll instead be looking out for the lack of comments about things being a little slow at peak times. If you don’t use SagePay, code […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/possibly-important-information/feed/ 4 Where are the Jobs? https://www.kashflow.com/blog/where-are-the-jobs/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/where-are-the-jobs/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:54:54 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=14407 This is a guest post by Julie Meyer. Julie is well-known for founding First Tuesday, the largest global network of entrepreneurs, which many credit for igniting the Internet generation in Europe. As well as being CEO of Ariadne Capital,and Founder of Entrepreneur Country, Julie is also one of the two dragons on the BBC’s Dragons’ Den […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/where-are-the-jobs/feed/ 2 Using JIRA OnDemand for our development team https://www.kashflow.com/blog/using-jira-ondemand-for-our-development-team/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/using-jira-ondemand-for-our-development-team/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:58:32 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=13744 We’ve just started using JIRA OnDemand as an agile project management tool and so far I’m in love. I want to give a quick run through of why I am so besotted with it. This post is very much intended for a techie audience – you’ve been warned! We’ve got some exciting developments going on here […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/using-jira-ondemand-for-our-development-team/feed/ 1 Simple and Affordable Online Payments with @GoCardless https://www.kashflow.com/blog/simple-and-affordable-online-payments-with-gocardless/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/simple-and-affordable-online-payments-with-gocardless/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:32:32 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2943 A few months ago we launched a pilot with GoCardless. At the time we only let customers who have been with us for a year or more use the service. Today they went live and announced via TechCrunch that they have backing from Accel and Y-Combinator (no small feat!). So now it’s available to all […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/simple-and-affordable-online-payments-with-gocardless/feed/ 44 Keep your money! PayPal integration is now free https://www.kashflow.com/blog/keep-your-money-paypal-integration-is-now-free/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/keep-your-money-paypal-integration-is-now-free/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:58:37 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2897 We’re constantly improving our accounting software based on your feedback. A very popular feature is the PayPal Import service that takes data from PayPal and converts it into accounting data. After listening to your thoughts on how we can improve this service we’ve decided to make a few changes… No Additional Charges First and foremost, […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/keep-your-money-paypal-integration-is-now-free/feed/ 12 Automated Credit Control for All https://www.kashflow.com/blog/automated-credit-control-for-all/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/automated-credit-control-for-all/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:02:49 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2878 If you’re using KashFlow for your accounting and invoicing then you’ll be used to your accounts being highly automated so that you can get on with running your business. We’ve just released a new feature that automates the whole process of Credit Control. You can automatically email your customers to remind them that an invoice […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/files-in-kashflow-with-dropbox/feed/ 34 As Smart Phones Get Smarter, Humans get Stupider https://www.kashflow.com/blog/as-smart-phones-get-smarter-humans-get-stupider/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/as-smart-phones-get-smarter-humans-get-stupider/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:43:17 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2632 When’s the last time you wrote something with pen and paper? My handwriting is appalling and after a few lines my fingers ache. The reason for that is because of how infrequently I need to actually write with pen and paper. Like most other people, I’m more likely to type than write. But with the […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/take-money-from-your-customers-bank-account/feed/ 93 My Favourite Tech Start-up of 2011 https://www.kashflow.com/blog/duedil/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/duedil/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:44:40 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2596 I’ve got no personal financial interest in this company. I don’t know the founder, I don’t know the investors. I just think it’s a seriously useful new product that more people should know about. DueDil pulls together information from a variety of sources (Companies House, CrunchBase , etc) on every company in the UK. The […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/duedil/feed/ 2 Twitter to Save ITV Ad Revenues #socialtv https://www.kashflow.com/blog/twitter-to-save-itv-ad-revenues-socialtv/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/twitter-to-save-itv-ad-revenues-socialtv/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:33:28 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2549 Back when there were just 3 or 4 channels on TV it was easy for a commercial broadcaster like ITV to deliver a lot of eyeballs to advertisers. Then two things happened. First, the proliferation of TV channels meant that the eyeballs were spread much more widely across many channels. Then came Sky+ and TiVo. […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/twitter-to-save-itv-ad-revenues-socialtv/feed/ 2 The Dumb Terminal Analogy Doesn’t Work Anymore https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-dumb-terminal-analogy-doesnt-work-anymore/ Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:21:44 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2479 For years now people have been commenting on how we’re cycling back to the mainframe/dumb terminal set up of yesteryear. And they were right. Back in the good ol’ days you’d just have a “dumb terminal” on your desk. It didnt need much in the way of processing power and was really just a keyboard […]

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]]> Changing the Game https://www.kashflow.com/blog/changing-the-game/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/changing-the-game/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:25:01 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2276 I thought I ought to do a follow up post to update on progress since my post a few weeks back on our aborted fundraising exercise. I can’t believe that was only a month ago. So much has happened since. The frustrating thing was that I knew what we needed to do to really step […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/changing-the-game/feed/ 12 A Visual Representation of the KashFlow Ecosystem https://www.kashflow.com/blog/a-visual-representation-of-the-kashflow-ecosystem/ Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:43:35 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2263 Our eco-system is getting pretty big now with 50 integrated products or services as well as a number of our own products. As the company grows we found it was useful to have a visual representation that illustrates to new staff how it all hangs together. We wanted to show what products we have ourselves, how that fits […]

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]]> Integrating with KashFlow using PHP – A step by step guide https://www.kashflow.com/blog/integrating-with-kashflow-using-php-a-step-by-step-guide/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/integrating-with-kashflow-using-php-a-step-by-step-guide/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 08:01:00 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2220 Last week SwitchPlane published a comprehnsive blog post demonstrating how to connect to the KashFlow API from PHP. If you’ve dabbled with PHP and fancy trying to connect your site to KashFlow then it’s a great place to start. Also check out the additional resources for PHP and other languages listed on the Resources page of the […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/integrating-with-kashflow-using-php-a-step-by-step-guide/feed/ 1 Updates to Orbit – Software for Accountants https://www.kashflow.com/blog/updates-to-orbit-software-for-accountants/ Tue, 17 May 2011 14:58:47 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2198 We’ve just released a  number of improvements to Orbit Accounts, our product for accountants in practice. These improvements are available immediately (and at no extra charge) for existing customers, and are also available in the free demonstration and trialfor potential new customers. MailChimp Integration for Orbit We recently integrated the core KashFlow accounting software with a […]

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]]> MP3 OCD – Tools For Tidying Your Music Collection https://www.kashflow.com/blog/mp3-ocd-tools-for-tidying-your-music-collection/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/mp3-ocd-tools-for-tidying-your-music-collection/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:53:54 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2180 I recently bought a Sonos Multi-room sound system and put all my MP3s on a NAS drive (Buffalo LinkStation) so they were accessible in any room from the Sonos system and via our laptops for iTunes. Much to my wifes delight, I decided to use the Easter weekend to sort out the MP3 collection so […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/mp3-ocd-tools-for-tidying-your-music-collection/feed/ 4 SaaS & Big Cos: Go Hard or Go Home https://www.kashflow.com/blog/saas-big-cos-go-hard-or-go-home/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/saas-big-cos-go-hard-or-go-home/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:24:01 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2162 2011 has seen the big boys of the UK accounting software world, Sage and Intuit, finally enter the SaaS marketplace. After their first abortion of an  attempt, Sage went back to the drawing board and delivered a technically sound product. Six months after Intuit was initially touting an upcoming SaaS app to it’s partners, they finally […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/saas-big-cos-go-hard-or-go-home/feed/ 6 KashFlow integration with MailChimp – Email Newsletters https://www.kashflow.com/blog/kashflow-integration-with-mailchimp-email-newsletters/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/kashflow-integration-with-mailchimp-email-newsletters/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:47:10 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2149 Our customers are used to having all of their invoicing and accounting tasks made really easy and they often ask us to recommend products that are equally as affordable, easy-to-use and well supported. So when we recently started using MailChimp for our own email marketing we knew KashFlow customers would love it too. Until now […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/kashflow-integration-with-mailchimp-email-newsletters/feed/ 25 Buy what we have today, not what we might have tomorrow https://www.kashflow.com/blog/buy-what-we-have-today-not-what-we-might-have-tomorrow/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/buy-what-we-have-today-not-what-we-might-have-tomorrow/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:12:09 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2129 I got into a bit of a debate on Twitter about product roadmaps (ie, what we’re going to be adding to our accounting software product over the coming week, months and years). I thought rather than trying to explain (justify?) myself in 140 characters I should write a blog post instead. Some background Dennis Howlett […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/buy-what-we-have-today-not-what-we-might-have-tomorrow/feed/ 11 Finding a .com domain name for your startup https://www.kashflow.com/blog/finding-a-com-domain-name-for-your-startup/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/finding-a-com-domain-name-for-your-startup/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:42:51 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1515 If you’re starting a web-based business you more than likely want a .com domain name (feel free to disagree with that statement on the forums) Quite often you might start with some other domain and once your business starts growing you want to find a .com domain for it. But all the good .com’s are […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/finding-a-com-domain-name-for-your-startup/feed/ 6 Reporting on Kayako eSupport in MSSQL https://www.kashflow.com/blog/reporting-on-kayako-esupport-in-mssql/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/reporting-on-kayako-esupport-in-mssql/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:43:47 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2041 So here’s the challenge we faced: Our support system runs on Kayako eSupport using Rackspace Cloud and a mySQL database Our main system (our application, or admin area – everything!) runs on our own MSSQL server. As the business is growing, the volume of support tickets is growing too and so is the size of […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/reporting-on-kayako-esupport-in-mssql/feed/ 1 Sage One – First Impressions https://www.kashflow.com/blog/sage-one-first-impressions/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/sage-one-first-impressions/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:12:55 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2008 I’ve been saying for months that Sage have been working on a KashFlow-competing SaaS accounting product as a successor to their ill-fated SageLive. I said it was called Sage One and would cost £10/month. I was told I was wrong, and Sage denied it when reporters asked them. Today, Sage announces a new SaaS accounting […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/sage-one-first-impressions/feed/ 21 New desktop app for fast, offline KashFlow Data Entry https://www.kashflow.com/blog/new-desktop-app-for-fast-offline-kashflow-data-entry/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/new-desktop-app-for-fast-offline-kashflow-data-entry/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:46:41 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1961 One of the things holding back adoption of web-based accounting software amongst professionals is the speed of data entry There’s lots that can be done with smart coding, AJAX and other technologies, but when it comes to accounting nothing on the web is going to compare to the speed of data entry achievable with a […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/new-desktop-app-for-fast-offline-kashflow-data-entry/feed/ 6 Intuit Finally enter UK SaaS Accounting Market https://www.kashflow.com/blog/intuit-finally-enter-uk-saas-accounting-market/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/intuit-finally-enter-uk-saas-accounting-market/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:08:26 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1879 Back in April I said Intuit were planning to bring QuickBooks Online to the UK. And now it has arrived. It’s currently “in beta” which is the norm for new products. But oddly, they are charging beta users. Not normally how things are done. Companies don’t usually charge you to do their testing for them – and […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/intuit-finally-enter-uk-saas-accounting-market/feed/ 2 Introducing QuickSnap – Single-purpose iPhone app for KashFlow https://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-quicksnap-single-purpose-iphone-app-for-kashflow/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-quicksnap-single-purpose-iphone-app-for-kashflow/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:35:04 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1833 When I talked about our iPhone app, the one feature I’d harp on about the most was the ability to take a snapshot of a receipt and get it into KashFlow in a few taps. So I could get out of a taxi or pay a bar bill and immediately have the scanned receipt in KashFlow. […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-quicksnap-single-purpose-iphone-app-for-kashflow/feed/ 9 Multi-tenancy – what is it, why should you care? https://www.kashflow.com/blog/multi-tenancy-what-is-it-why-should-you-care/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/multi-tenancy-what-is-it-why-should-you-care/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:29:14 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1821 I’m continuing on my jargon busting mission. Today’s target: “multi-tenancy”‘ and it’s allegedly inferior sibling, “single-tenancy” What do they mean, and why should you care? I’ll try to answer the second part of that question first from the perspective of “you” being a SaaS startup, and then from the perspective of a Customer. What is […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/multi-tenancy-what-is-it-why-should-you-care/feed/ 5 Dejargonificationing: Vendor Viability https://www.kashflow.com/blog/dejargonificationing-vendor-viability/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/dejargonificationing-vendor-viability/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:06:45 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1818 There’s lots of jargon thrown around the world of business, and even more thrown around in IT. So the software business is drowning in it. I’m going to attempt to de-mystify some of the common phrases that are cropping up around the world of SaaS. I’m starting with an easy target: vendor viability. How viable […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/dejargonificationing-vendor-viability/feed/ 3 The Support Dashboard https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-support-dashboard/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-support-dashboard/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:24:31 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1779 As our customer base as grown substantially this year, and continues to do so every month, so does the demand on our support team. I needed a way to be able to closely monitor the current state of support without having to continuously log in to the support system. So what we came up with […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-support-dashboard/feed/ 4 Disaster Recovery https://www.kashflow.com/blog/disaster-recovery/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/disaster-recovery/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:26:42 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1757 I thought now might be a good time for us to publish what we do in terms of backing up your data and recovering from hardware failures. This stuff long ago got more technical than I have the patience (read:competence) for, so I’ll hand you over to Tim McOwan, our CTO. One of the key […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/disaster-recovery/feed/ 1 Using Social Media DOESN’T Damage Your Job Prospects https://www.kashflow.com/blog/using-social-media-doesnt-damage-your-job-prospects/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/using-social-media-doesnt-damage-your-job-prospects/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:03:00 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1746 There’s been much talk about the impact of your social media presence  on your job prospects. The thinking seems to be that a prospective employer searches your name on Google and discovers your Twitter feed or Facebook profile and is alarmed and disgusted by what you get up to at the weekends, your political views or your […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/using-social-media-doesnt-damage-your-job-prospects/feed/ 3 Stop Talking Twaddle https://www.kashflow.com/blog/stop-talking-twaddle/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/stop-talking-twaddle/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:21:51 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1738 It amazes me how often I see websites with appallingly bad copy. If you’re selling to a non-technical audience then pricing your product on gigabytes of data storage is a really bad idea. They don’t know or care how many documents they can store before they hit your 1GB freemium limit and then have to start paying. […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/elps/feed/ 2 E-Books: Dead Trees vs Dead Money https://www.kashflow.com/blog/e-books-dead-trees-vs-dead-money/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/e-books-dead-trees-vs-dead-money/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:24:49 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1731 I read recently that Amazon currently sell something like 180 e-books for every 100 dead-tree books. I just finished reading Grumby as an e-book on my iPad via the Amazon Kindle software. The book was a good read and it was a pleasure reading it on the iPad screen. Perhaps the best thing was that […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/business-in-the-cloud/feed/ 3 Staying up-to-date with blogs https://www.kashflow.com/blog/staying-up-to-date-with-blogs/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/staying-up-to-date-with-blogs/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:09:54 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1710 There are so many blogs I need/want to read on a regular basis. From competitors, to industry news to entrepreneurial and marketing specific blogs. In the past I’ve always tended to randomly check in on the blogs when I got a free moment. But free moments are few and far between these days and I […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/iphone-app/feed/ 6 Four things your new SaaS app must have https://www.kashflow.com/blog/saas-essentials/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/saas-essentials/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 09:46:33 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1584 Recently I’ve had a fair number of people get in touch saying they’re starting SaaS businesses and wanting to pick my brains. It makes me feel like a bit of a fraud if I’m honest. The modest success of KashFlow, my SaaS accounting software company, has been mainly down to hard work by other people […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/saas-essentials/feed/ 8 Four things You Probably Don’t Know About Twitter https://www.kashflow.com/blog/four-things/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/four-things/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:11:40 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1569 Here are four things I found out about Twitter that aren’t immediately obvious, so hopefully they may be of use to you too. 1) Link stats Because of the 140 character limit, URLs you post on Twitter are usually shortened. The default URL shortener in Tweetdeck is bit.ly. So the short URL for my last […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/four-things/feed/ 11 QuickBooks to enter UK SaaS Accounting Market https://www.kashflow.com/blog/quickbooks-to-enter-uk-saas-accounting-market/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/quickbooks-to-enter-uk-saas-accounting-market/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:05:47 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1545 I got lucky at the end of 2008 and got the chance to announce Sages entry to the UK SaaS accounting software market before they did. the luck continued with finding some serious security flaws that forced them to withdraw the product a month after launch. Their new SaaS product which I’m dubbing “Son of […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/quickbooks-to-enter-uk-saas-accounting-market/feed/ 10 Reviewing from the wrong perspective https://www.kashflow.com/blog/reviewing-from-the-wrong-perspective/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/reviewing-from-the-wrong-perspective/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:40:09 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1527 Through a combination of bad planning on my part and staff holidays, I ended up covering support this weekend. It was interesting to see an old chestnut come up in the form of this email from an accountant. Not impressed at all! Having been in practice over 20 years I can only say I won’t […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/hitler-and-cloud-computing-security/feed/ 2 A Year in the life of KashFlow – Numbers and Strategy https://www.kashflow.com/blog/2009/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/2009/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:20:59 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1421 When I started KashFlow I thought a SaaS business would be a relatively simple affair in terms of what the costs would be and where the income would come from. Things never pan out exactly as you expect. So here I’m going to share some numbers with your from our performance for 2009 and some […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/2009/feed/ 11 What the iPhone Fanboys Won’t Tell You https://www.kashflow.com/blog/what-the-iphone-fanboys-wont-tell-you/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/what-the-iphone-fanboys-wont-tell-you/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:51:20 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1388 The thing about cults is they don’t tell you the bad news until you’ve handed over your life savings and moved into the compound. It’s not until your first night in the dorms that they tell you you’re obliged to let the leader have his wicked way with your wife. The same is true of […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/what-the-iphone-fanboys-wont-tell-you/feed/ 24 How we develop KashFlow and what happens to your suggestions https://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-we-develop-kashflow-and-what-happens-to-your-suggestions/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-we-develop-kashflow-and-what-happens-to-your-suggestions/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:03:29 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1360 When KashFlow was first available back in 2005 it was a very, very basic invoicing tool. It produced invoices with sequential numbers and you could mark them as either “paid” or “not paid”. Nothing more. This was intentional. We (or “I” as it was then) didn’t want to make assumptions about what businesses wanted from […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-we-develop-kashflow-and-what-happens-to-your-suggestions/feed/ 31 Dell makes $6.5 million from Twitter activity, but still doesn’t really get it https://www.kashflow.com/blog/dell/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/dell/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:21:23 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1343 I read with interest a post on Emily Hill’s blog about Dell claiming to have made £6.5m from their Twitter activity. Well done. Dell! Twitter is very useful as a sales channel/tool, I’ve previously written about how it’s been really useful to me in growing KashFlow. Whilst Dell seem to be doing very well from […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/dell/feed/ 1 Will Windows 7 create more Mac users? https://www.kashflow.com/blog/will-windows-7-create-more-mac-users/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/will-windows-7-create-more-mac-users/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:40:11 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1333 The first thing I do when I first log in to Windows XP is right click the “Start” button go to Properties and set it to Classic mode. It’s what I like, it’s what I’m used to. So when I recently had a play with Windows 7 it was the first thing I looked for. […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/will-windows-7-create-more-mac-users/feed/ 9 Backlash causes Microsoft to pay out to help stranded MS Accounting customers https://www.kashflow.com/blog/backlash-causes-microsoft-to-pay-out-to-help-stranded-ms-accounting-customers/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/backlash-causes-microsoft-to-pay-out-to-help-stranded-ms-accounting-customers/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:32:56 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1323 If you’re a watcher of the accounting software market, you can’t have missed the fact that Microsoft withdrew their accounting product recently. The very short notice on the withdrawal of the software, along with the payroll element being turned off  left lots of customers stranded. The customer base was sold to Mamut who don’t have […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/dominant-digits/feed/ 2 KashFlow now integrated with FreshBooks https://www.kashflow.com/blog/freshbooks/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/freshbooks/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:47:30 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1270 Today we have released integration with web-based invoicing application, FreshBooks. By connecting FreshBooks to your KashFlow account you can automate the copying across of invoices and customers from your FreshBooks account to your KashFlow account. If the FreshBooks invoice is paid this will also be copied across or if the invoice is paid at a […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/freshbooks/feed/ 3 One for the Webhosts – Integration with WHMCS https://www.kashflow.com/blog/whmcs/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/whmcs/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:01:00 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1245 If you’re in the web-hosting industry then you have no doubt heard of WHMCS. It’s the absolute cream of the crop when it comes to automated billing and client management and support. Whilst it’s suitable for (and used by) many other industries that want to give their clients a combined billing, management and support  interface, […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/whmcs/feed/ 8 Don’t automate your tweets – please! https://www.kashflow.com/blog/dont-automate-your-tweets/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/dont-automate-your-tweets/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:33:33 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1204 I’ve not had a good ol’ rant for a while. So forgive me while I indulge myself. Something that’s always annoyed me is automated Direct Messages on Twitter. So when you follow someone you get a tweet “sincerely” thanking you for following them. There’s no sincerity in automated messages! But what’s got my back up […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/dont-automate-your-tweets/feed/ 8 How we use Google Analytics and Website Optimizer https://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-we-use-google-analytics-and-website-optimizer/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-we-use-google-analytics-and-website-optimizer/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:19:17 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1175 If you’re building a business that uses a website to sell a product/service or to collect information from visitors then you’ve probably found out that getting people to your website is just the first step in a long process. Once they’re on your site you need to make sure they do what you want. That […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-we-use-google-analytics-and-website-optimizer/feed/ 15 Carry The One – Connecting the SaaS world https://www.kashflow.com/blog/cto/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/cto/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:40:01 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1151 We’re quickly getting lots of new applications integrated with KashFlow. One of the problems we’ve run up against is the sheer number of different e-commerce systems out there. Those like OpenMindCommerce and and EasyWebstore are easily dealt with – just go to the vendor and work with them to get the integration done. But what about […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/cto/feed/ 5 We win again! https://www.kashflow.com/blog/we-win-again/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/we-win-again/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:10:38 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1162 In 2007 KashFlow won the Software Satisfaction Awards in the Web-based Accounting Software category. Last year we were shortlisted wih Sage, Quickbooks and MYOB in the main Small Business Accounting Software – and amazingly, we won. Last week at a black-tie dinner at the Royal Courts of Justice this years winners were announced. KashFlow won both […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/we-win-again/feed/ 5 Sage confirm KashFlow as most noteworthy web-based competitior https://www.kashflow.com/blog/sage-confirm-kashflow-as-most-noteworthy-web-based-competitior/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/sage-confirm-kashflow-as-most-noteworthy-web-based-competitior/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:50:55 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1145 A number of KashFlow customers have got in touch recently to tell me about an email they received from Sage. Earlier this year we offered our online accounting software for free to anyone that could send us a copy of their boxed accounting software. A little video on YouTube demonstrating the future of boxed software […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/sage-confirm-kashflow-as-most-noteworthy-web-based-competitior/feed/ 2 Sage’s hidden SaaS Accounting Gem https://www.kashflow.com/blog/sages-hidden-saas-accounting-gem/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/sages-hidden-saas-accounting-gem/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:29:31 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1126 If you’re an international company  planning a US launch of a product, the UK is often used as a testing ground. But what to do when the UK is your main market? Sage released a dire web-based (and I use the term loosely) accounting system called Sage Live in January this year which was pulled […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/sages-hidden-saas-accounting-gem/feed/ 2 Green Clouds https://www.kashflow.com/blog/global-warming-solved/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/global-warming-solved/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:15:02 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1106 An article posted on the US site SoftwareAdvice  caught my eye today. What with world leaders meeting in New York to discuss climate change I thought it might be an opportune moment to look at the green credentials of web-based software and shamelessly re-work some of the numbers the original article highlighted. Power Consumption Let’s first look at […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/global-warming-solved/feed/ 4 Sage Head for the Cloud (again) – with CRM https://www.kashflow.com/blog/sage-head-for-the-cloud-again-with-crm/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/sage-head-for-the-cloud-again-with-crm/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:34:51 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1095 It’s good to hear Sage haven’t been scared away from SaaS and the cloud after Sage Live, their aborted attempt at a web-based accounting app. They’ve announced that their SalesLogix CRM system will be available as a web-based offering by early in 2010. They say it’s a full-featured, ‘single-tenant’ cloud edition of Sage SalesLogix.  It’s […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/mint-intuit/feed/ 5 Sage outage cause customers to lose ‘000s of pounds https://www.kashflow.com/blog/sagepay-outage/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/sagepay-outage/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:58:59 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1068 It seems SagePay have been having some technical problems over the past day or so and the problems are ongoing and varied. If you run a traditional ecommerce website and use SagePay (formerly ProTX) as your payment gateway then potential customers will have been getting to your checkout page, have problems paying and quickly run […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/sagepay-outage/feed/ 7 It’s not who you know, it’s who who you know knows https://www.kashflow.com/blog/linkedin/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/linkedin/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:09:03 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1051 With all the hype surrounding Twitter at the moment, it’s easy for people  to overlook some of the other very useful sites out there. Especially if you’re new to business and/or social networking One I’m determined to start making more use of is LinkedIn. They have this to say about themselves: LinkedIn has over 46 million […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/linkedin/feed/ 9 User Permissions via the API https://www.kashflow.com/blog/user-permissions-via-the-api/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/user-permissions-via-the-api/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:23:54 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1031 With KashFlow, you have one set of log-in credentials that log you in to the system and give you full access to everything. It’s not currently possible to have sub-users with defined permissions (ie, only create invoices). This suits the vast majority of our customers. But inevitably some do want this extra functionality. We may […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/user-permissions-via-the-api/feed/ 2 Monetizing Twitter and Dealing with the Noise https://www.kashflow.com/blog/twitter-noise/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/twitter-noise/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:22:09 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1017 Over the years I’ve ended up on so many mailing lists and newsletters, most of which just get deleted as soon as they hit my inbox. At some point I really should go through the unsubscribe options. There’s one list I’m on that always gets read (or at least skimmed) as soon as the email lands in […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/twitter-noise/feed/ 3 The Future of Boxed Software https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-future-of-boxed-software/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-future-of-boxed-software/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:53:24 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=916 They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so rather than a lengthy blog post I’ve put together a video to illustrate my point. It’s also perhaps an analogy for the future of traditional software companies that don’t embrace SaaS. Turning to dust and blowing away in the wind. I find the video strangely […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-future-of-boxed-software/feed/ 17 The Irony of Sage – You Are What You Eat https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-irony-of-sage/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-irony-of-sage/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:18:28 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=908 Dennis Howlett blogged today that Sage may never get SaaS. Ultimately he offered the same proposed solution as I did back in May: that they should spin off a new company – seperate from the current management – specifically to work on the SaaS problems they face. What I loved about the post though was […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-irony-of-sage/feed/ 4 Has Twitter Helped My Business? https://www.kashflow.com/blog/less-working-more-twittering/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/less-working-more-twittering/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:18:01 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=779 I first jumped on the Twitter bandwagon back in January shortly before it went mainstream in the UK (which I think was 21/01/2009 when Stephen Fry appeared on Jonathans Ross’ first show after his suspension) I was asked today if Twitter has helped my business. It’s a question I could answer with one word: yes. But […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/less-working-more-twittering/feed/ 6 Is Data Safer on Your Computer Than on the Web? https://www.kashflow.com/blog/pc-vs-saas/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/pc-vs-saas/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:56:48 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=753 We offer a free trial of our online accounting software and we tend to follow up those who don’t go ahead to become paying subscribers to find out why they chose not to go ahead. Typically we’re told that they love the software, it’s by far the easiest to use and easiest to understand application […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/pc-vs-saas/feed/ 8 New Payroll Options for KashFlow https://www.kashflow.com/blog/payroll-options/ Wed, 27 May 2009 15:48:37 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=697 One of the things that’s been lacking in KashFlow has been an integrated, web-based payroll application but KashFlow Payroll functionality has now been added into our existing accounting package. We’ve been integrated with 12Pay for quite some time but a lot of our customers want a web-based solution which, like KashFlow, can be accessed from anywhere […]

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]]> Sage Bosses Divided over Future of SaaS https://www.kashflow.com/blog/sage-divided-over-saas/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/sage-divided-over-saas/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 10:12:13 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=685 Sage CEO Paul Walker recently told silicon.com: In the back office accounting area, business solutions, we’re seeing very small, slow growth in terms of demand [for cloud computing]. We have a number of products that meet that demand that so far is relatively modest It didn’t sound right to me at the time. Why spend […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/twitter-closing/feed/ 2 How to Lose Customers and Alienate People: A lesson from Norway https://www.kashflow.com/blog/myob-mamut/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/myob-mamut/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 09:54:49 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=642 Something I really like about Australian companies is the provocative and memorable brand names they create. A typical example being Start Ya Bastard, an “Instant Engine Starter”. In the accounting software space there is the brilliantly named Mind Your Own Business – or MYOB. I’m told that in Australia the MYOB brand is almost as well recognised […]

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