Author name: Marjorie Adams

An HVAC repair company, one of our Intuit Field Service Management clients, recently hired us for a fun customization project. They had an internal process […]

Waiting for a service technician is not fun for two main reasons: You’re annoyed something is broken at your home or business. You have waiting

At Fourlane, we’ve implemented Intuit’s Field Service Management system into many HVAC, plumbing, electrical contracting and other companies that have field service operations. The increase

I recently published an article in HVACR Business Magazine, Four Reasons Your Company Needs to Go Paperless, that explained the advantages of moving to field

This blog series focused on using technology tools to manage your company. Here are a few other tools we use that make life easier when

File storage and file sharing is a big concern for our company. Not only does staff need internal documents such as policies and procedures, but

Managing a business with staff and clients all over the country means you need multiple ways to interact. In this post, I want to talk

The CPA Practice Advisor just published its 40 Under 40 list. Each year, the program honors a diverse group of professionals “shaping the accounting profession.”

I was chatting with my air conditioning repairman the other day … while sweating away in the Austin heat. The firm I called does not

Training can mean the difference between successful adoption of new software or processes and one that falls flat. You’ve invested the time and money into

We know making the decision to convert to QuickBooks wasn’t easy. Because we’ve done so many QuickBooks data conversions from Excel, Sage, Peachtree and dozens of

It’s the data that make conversions complicated. Starting books from scratch is simple. That’s why we must ensure there is clean data going into QuickBooks.

The hassle factor of converting accounting systems can be huge, but there comes a time when you are hindering your growth by not having access

At our company, we look at things in the following three business areas: Sales and Marketing. Based on our goals and our target audience, we

The hardest thing about growing your business is the time it takes to plan for it. In my last three blogs on growing your business,

To grow your business, you need a vision and information about your current business (see my first two blogs in the series). Next, you need

In the first blog of this series, I discussed why creating a vision for your business will help you articulate where you want to go.

My recent American Express Open article, Can Enterprise Technology Boost Your Business got me thinking a bit more about what it really takes to grow