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Keyboard shortcuts can be a lifesaver in a time crunch.  The ability to keep your hands on your keyboard rather than switching back and forth between it and your mouse can increase productivity.  You also won’t have to search through all the buttons in the program to find what you need.  Take a look at this list of QuickBooks keyboard shortcuts from the QuickBooks User Guide to make your work simpler. 

General

To start Quickbooks without a company file – Ctrl (while opening)

To suppress the desktop windows (at Open Company window) – Alt (while opening)

Display product information about your QuickBooks version – F2

Close active window – Esc or Ctrl+F4

Dates

Next Day –  + (plus key)

Previous Day –  - (minus key)

Today – T

First day of the week – W

Last day of the week – K

First day of the month – M

Last day of the month – H

First day of the year – Y

Last day of the year – R

Date calendar – Alt + ↓ (down arrow)

Moving Around a Window

Beginning of current field – Home

End of current field - End

Next word in field – Ctrl+→

Previous word in field – Ctrl+←

First item on list or next month in register – Ctrl + Page Up

Last item on list or next month in register – Ctrl + Page Down

Activity

Create invoice – Ctrl + I

Delete check, invoice, transaction, or item from list Ctrl + D

Find transaction Ctrl + F

History of A/R or A/P transaction – Ctrl + H

Memorize transaction or report – Ctrl + M

New invoice, bill, check or list item in context – Ctrl + N

Open account list – Ctrl + A

Open Customer Center (Customers and Job list) – Ctrl + J

Open Help for active window – F1

Open list (for current drop-down menu) – Ctrl + L

Open memorized transaction – Ctrl + T

Open split transaction window in register – Ctrl + R

Open transaction journal – Ctrl + Y

Print – Ctrl + P

QuickReport on transaction or list item – Ctrl + Q

Show list – Ctrl + S

Write new check – Ctrl + W

Editing

Edit transaction selected in the list or register – Ctrl + E

Delete line from detail area – Ctrl + Del

Insert line in detail area – Ctrl + Ins

Increase check or other form number by one –  + (plus key)

Decrease check or other form number by one –  - (minus key)

Keyboard shortcuts are fast and efficient.

Some people may not care for shortcuts because they can be hard to remember; but once you get the hang of it, you realize just how much they can help.  We’re not saying you will never have to use your mouse again, but you can definitely quit reaching for that mouse every other second and actually get some work done!

The Novera Advantage

Novera Payment Solutions is a leader in the credit card payments industry. We are committed to helping businesses improve their bottom line by providing significant savings on credit card processing fees through our innovative flat fee merchant account pricing model.

Contact Novera to learn more about how we work with businesses to provide the most fair and transparent pricing structure available on the market today for credit card processing and our QBPlugin for QuickBooks!

Our powerful QBPlugin saves your busineses an incredible amount of time and money in reduced labor. When you pair that with Novera's innovative flat fee merchant account pricing model, it's even better!

Introducing the QBPlugin from Novera Payment Solutions

Whether you a new QuickBooks® user, or a power user, you'll love the new QBPlugin from Novera Payment Solutions!

The Plugin for QuickBooks® is a payment software for Credit Cards,ACH (Automated Clearing House), EFT, (Electronic Funds Transfer)and Electronic Check Conversion using a powerful and secure Payment Gateway and Secure Vault Software. You can process through your QuickBooks® software and attach it to your Merchant Accounts.

Finally, you have the freedom to choose the best solutions available to cut your processing costs & accounting times and great merchant accounts.

Benefits & Features

• Process Credit Cards
• Process ACH transactions
• Process paper checks electronically
• Real-time transactions
• Never drive to the bank again
• Reduce accounting stress and time
• Batch processing for Credit Cards, ACH checks through QuickBooks
• Process payments directly from invoices or receipts
• Process multiple invoices
• Automatically applies payments
• Pulls & Posts data to & from QuickBooks®- no double entry.
• Applies address & info updates
• Receipt Printing for Face-to-Face or shipping slips
• Card Swipe – Card in Hand
• Up to 2 Gateways (MID's) 1 Credit Card and 1 ACH
• Works with Pro, Premier, Enterprise
• QuickBooks® Multi-user support
• ISO, SSL and PCI DSS Certified
• Secure PCI Credit Card Vault
• Full Tokenization Security
• Email and Phone Technical Support
• Website and Video Training

The Novera Advantage

The features and benefits of the powerful QBPlugin save your busineses an incredible amount of time and money in reduced labor. When you pair that with Novera's innovative flat fee merchant account pricing model, it's even better!

Novera Payment Solutions is a leader in the credit card payments industry. We are committed to helping businesses improve their bottom line by providing significant savings on credit card processing fees through our innovative flat fee merchant account pricing model.

Contact Novera to learn more about how we work with businesses  to provide the most fair and transparent pricing structure available on the market today for credit card processing and our QBPlugin for QuickBooks!

Smartphones are the way of the world. You can now find an app for just about anything.  But with so many to choose from, how do you know which apps will work best for your business?  We have put together a list of 5 popular mobile productivity apps to help you out. 

Quip

Quip is a new mobile document app perfect for collaborating with your team.  You start by creating a draft, then add your co-workers and get a notification when they open the document.  From your phone you can see the edits everyone makes and then finalize the document.  You can even cut down on email with this app.  Instead of sending documents through email, you can create a shared folder with all your team members.  You can create checklists and to-do lists and use the document thread to discuss additions.  You will also receive notifications every time someone adds new material, edits a document or sends a message.  The app can also make your meetings more efficient by sharing your agenda and notes with everyone.  You can even share presentations.  And during the meeting everyone can be looking at the documents at the same time.   

Google Keep

Google Keep is the perfect app for quickly making a note or reminder so you don’t forget later.  You can keep track of your thoughts by notes, lists or even photos.  You can add reminders to your notes and get notified later.  The app can even transcribe voice notes automatically.  You can add checkboxes to your notes to quickly create a checklist and check the items off as you get them done.  Color code your notes to easily find them and then when you are finished with them, just swipe to send it to the archives.  You can access your notes from the app on your phone or online from any computer. 

Tempo Smart Calendar

This calendar app finds everything you need to know for your appointments and gathers it in one convenient place for you to access. Contacts and details are organized by who you are meeting with this week and you can see your network; the company’s latest news and background info is right at your fingertips.  Any emails or documents related to your appointment are available in the app so you can find information quickly.  All the ways to connect are organized within the event and if it is a conference call, you can save the pass code to get in quickly and easily.  You can even send a pre-made “I’m running late text” to the person or people you are meeting.  Type in where you need to go and the app can get you the address, directions and drive time.  You can even get your flight status, terminal and gate within the app.  Use Tempo instead of open many apps such as your calendar, contact book, google maps, airline app, etc.; access everything from one place!          

Talkboard

Talkboard is a collaborative whiteboard app that lets you sketch ideas and work on them with others.  The app is perfect for brainstorming with your group or even just capturing thoughts on the go.  Easily invite others to sketch with you and receive instant feedback on your idea.  The app makes working together fun and effective whether you are in the same building or spread out across the country. 

Mailbox

The inbox allows you to fly through your emails and quickly swipe to archive, delete or even snooze so it will pop back up later!  You can also scan an entire email conversation at once with chat-like organization.  Instead of scrolling through emails that you can’t deal with until later, swipe and tap to snooze your email and have it reappear later that day or the next day or the next week.  Now you can have a clean inbox that is nice and organized.  You can even add multiple email accounts to the app so all your emails are in one place!

These apps (and many others) can help you with every aspect of your business, from getting employees to collaborate to keeping yourself organized.  Businesses just like yours have been using them to increase productivity.  The best part is, many of these apps are free!  Check them out when you get a chance. Here’s to a more productive 2014! 

About Novera Payment Solutions

Novera Payment Solutions is a leader in the credit card payments industry. We are committed to helping businesses improve their bottom line by providing significant savings on credit card  merchant accounts through our innovative flat fee merchant account pricing model.

Contact Novera to learn more about how we work with businesses  to provide the most fair and transparent pricing structure available on the market today for credit card processing! Contact Novera to request a free quote on your merchant account. We are confident that our flat fee merchant account will provide significant savings over what you are currently paying for your credit card processing fees.

QuickBooks is one of the most popular accounting programs on the market.  Even if you have been using it for years, there are some features you may not know existed.  We have put together several surprising features that QuickBooks offers.  If you haven’t used QuickBooks, perhaps these special features will help you decide to switch!

1. Fit to Width or Height

Having a report that is wider than one page can make it hard to read and understand.  It never fails when you create a new financial report, there is always one annoying line that carries over to the second page. QuickBooks allows you to shrink reports to fit on one page horizontally or vertically, enabling you to present all data on single page. Love this!

2. Search within Results

Sometimes when you do a search, you end up with hundreds and hundreds of records to scroll through.  QuickBooks actually allows you to search within a group of search results.  After you do the original search, all you have to do is check the box next to the search bar that says “search within results.”  Now you are only searching within that first group of results. Time saver!

3. Define a Custom Field

Have you ever found yourself entering customer data and wishing there was a field that isn’t available to you in the default selections?  Maybe there is a field specific to your industry that isn’t already in QuickBooks or whichever accounting program you are using.  QuickBooks actually has a feature that enables you to define/add an additional field and name it whatever you like.  Simply click “additional information” and then “define fields.” We like customization.

4. Automatically Enter Transactions that Occur Repeatedly 

Do you find yourself entering the same transactions at the end of each month for each client; or possibly even weekly?  QuickBooks has a feature that allows you to automatically set up those transactions to occur at the same time each month or each week.  By pressing “Ctrl+M,” you can bring up a tool that will allow you to set parameters for your repeating transactions.  This will save you time from manually entering the same transactions each time they occur. Time is money, right?

5. Integrate Your Merchant Account

Using Novera Payment Solutions' QBPlugin, you can quickly integrate your merchant account with QuickBooks. Between the recurring transacations and the data entry required to enter credit card payments, the QBPlugin is a huge time-saver. It eliminates your duplicate data entry, streamlines your process in accepting payments, and saves you money on credit card processing fees. Who doesn't like to save money?

With all these features and many more, QuickBooks may be the perfect solution to your accounting needs.  And if you are already using QuickBooks, these features may help you save time and be more efficient with your accounting processes. Spend some time getting to know the shortcuts and plugins available for QuickBooks software. Even though it may take some extra time in the beginning, it will save you time (and money) in the long run.

QuickBooks® pitches itself as "a better way to run your business", allowing you to do more in less time, work anywhere, anytime, including all the essentials from bookkeeping and billing to payments and payroll.

No matter what type of business you have, keeping track of all your financial information is very important.  Having a reliable accounting system that is easy to use is essential.  QuickBooks® was created for use by small business and provides many features to cover your accounting and payroll needs. 

6 Possible Advantages of Using QuickBooks® for your Business

1.  It's User Friendly.

QuickBooks® is probably one of the easiest accoutning programs out there to use.  Sample companies are available for you to practice using the program with, allowing you to navigate through all of the features without messing up any of your company's real data.  And of course, there are tips and help features to get you through any challenge that may come your way. 

2.  It's extrememly customizable.

A nice feature in QuickBooks® is the ability to customize it to fit your business.  You can upload your logo to use on letterhead, invoices and reports.  You can setup your own layout for documents to make them work the way you want them to.  You can remove unecessary fields and edit the Greeting, Salutation, and more.  There are also several different versions of QuickBooks for you to choose from depending on the type of business you have.

3. It's compatible with other popular software for business.

Since QuickBooks® is a widely used product, it is compatible with many other programs you may already use for your business.  QuickBooks® was designed to be compatible with Microsoft Excel and Acrobat Reader.  This allows you to import and export data for use in reports, presentations and more.  If you are currently using Excel for your accounting, you can easily switch to QuickBooks without losing any of your work or having to re-enter everything; simply format your Excel document and upload your current data into the QuickBooks® system from Excel to get started. 

4. It's inexpensive.

The price of QuickBooks® is very affordable compared to a lot of the other accounting programs on the market.  Prices start at about $250 for the basic boxed package and as low as $12.95 per month for the online version.  They even offer a 30-day free trial so you can try it out before purchasing. You don’t even have to go to the store for the box version because they offer the program as a download on their website. 

5. It keeps your data organized.        

QuickBooks® can store a lot of information.  It tracks all of your checks, bills and invoices and can even keep track of your inventory and send you an alert when it’s time to re-order.  This feature will not only save you time, but will also increase accuracy and reduce errors.  You will always know where your business stands financially and you can even project forecasts. 

6. If you accept credit cards, you can integrate your merchant account.

Using Novera Payment Solutions' QBPlugin, you can easily integrate your merchant account with QuickBooks. This eliminates duplicate data entry, streamlines your process, and saves you money on credit card processing fees.

From billing and payroll to statements and reports, QuickBooks® has you covered.  Whether you are a small business or a larger enterprise, QuickBooks has designed a program just for you.  If you are looking to get rid of that old ledger or are just looking for a change in your accounting software, QuickBooks could be your solution.

About Novera Payment Solutions

Novera Payment Solutions is a leader in the credit card payments industry. We are committed to helping businesses improve their bottom line by providing significant savings on credit card processing fees through our innovative flat fee merchant account pricing model.

Contact Novera to learn more about how we work with businesses  to provide the most fair and transparent pricing structure available on the market today for credit card processing and our QBPlugin for QuickBooks!

Home Helpers has teamed up with Novera Payment Solutions, LLC (Novera) to offer cost saving credit and debit card payment services for Home Helpers franchisees. Novera was selected to guide franchise owners through the complicated world of credit & debit card acceptance. Novera delivers a unique combination of value, integrity and price transparency to Home Helpers franchisees that is unparalleled throughout the payment processing industry.

About Home Helpers

Since 1997, Home Helpers has been a leader in home care services.  Their dedicated caregivers provide one-on-one care to seniors, new & expectant mothers, working parents, and individuals right in the comfort of their home.  Home Helpers senior care services allow individuals to live independently in their home instead of an assisted living complex or nursing home.  They provide elder care from a few hours a week to 24/7, and tailor a flexible care plans to fit the needs of their clients. Learn more about Home Helpers at http://www.homehelpers.cc.

Home Helpers Franchisees Can Now Accept Credit Cards with Flat Fixed Fee

Novera Payment Solutions provides a simple flat fixed monthly fee structure for credit card processing. Many companies don’t fully understand credit card processing rates. The underlying cost to accept credit cards and debit cards is the same for all merchants,  and consists of Interchange fees and processor costs. Interchange fees make up the majority of the cost of a monthly bill, and is never negotiable. Variable inflated rates and other transaction-based fees account for most of the difference. This is where most processors make their profits. Under the arrangement with Novera, Home Helpers Franchise Owners can now receive a transparent, flat fixed monthly fee pricing model to save money of their credit card processing for the life of the account.

Grow Your Home Health Care Business with Savings & Added Efficiency

Novera Payment Solutions will also offer Home Helpers franchise owners the opportunity to access software tools designed to help franchises run more efficiently and cut costs. This includes virtual terminals, mobile payments devices, website payments portal, and a “QBplugin” that integrates with QuickBooks to ensure a seamless interface and posting tool.

Novera’s Director of Business Development, John Wisniewski, reports, "By utilizing Novera's flat fee pricing structure, Home Helpers franchisees will never pay more than they should for credit card processing services."

Novera Payment Solutions is excited about our partnership with Home Helpers to provide their franchise owners with solutions that help them grow and succeed!

In previous posts, we've discussed the fact that there are few things more frustrating to auto dealerships than losing precious recurring service business to the aftermarket. Fortunately, several strategies are available to help auto dealers to build service retention programs and to profit from them. Our recent post, "Keep Service Business at Your Autodealership", discussed using pre-paid maintenance plans, and well as service rewards and customer loyalty programs. Just as with pre-paid maintenance plans, customer loyalty card programs keep car owners coming back to your dealership through the life of the vehicle, allowing you to cultivate long term relationships with your customers and ultimately create repeat purchasers and referrers.

You can also use social media as a very powerful tool to draw service business back to your dealership!

There are many reasons you should be using Twitter to help market your auto dealership and build your brand, but did you know that Twitter also has a free SMS (text messaging) service? The best part is your customers do not have to have Twitter accounts. They can simply subscribe to receive your Twitter updates via text message, which are then received directly on their smart phones. What a great way to alert customers of service specials, remind them seasonal of service checkups, as well as promote other specials throughout the dealership.

Here's how it works:

1. Create a Twitter account for your dealership. Once you have setup your account, you will have a Twitter handle.  For example, @NJCarDealer.
2. Market your text alert service with signage at the dealership, in your ads, and in your other promotional materials.
3. Your customers use their smart phones and send a text message to shortcode 40404 that reads FOLLOW NJCarDealer (replace NJCarDealer with your actual handle). Notice there is no mention of Twitter here ... your customer does not have to have a Twitter account. This service is called Fast Follow.
4. Once your customer subscribes by sending this text message, they will receive anything you post to your Twitter account as an actual live text message on their smart phone. 

Why is this so powerful?

Besides the fact that Twitter makes this available to you free of charge, consider some of these stats from Anchor Mobile and LogMyCalls:

1. 98% of text messages are read vs. 29% of Tweets vs. 12% of Facebook posts vs. 20% of emails.
2. 90% of text messages are read within three minutes of receipt.
3. SMS coupons are 10x more likely to be redeemed than mail or newspaper coupons
4. 70% of all people in the U.S. said they would like to receive offers on their mobile phones.
5. The average person looks at their phone 150 times each day.

You already know that ngoing interaction with satisfied customers through the life of the vehicle builds relationships and customer loyalty. Considering giving Twitter a try!

About Novera Payment Solutions

Learn more about Loyalty Cards and Service Rewards Programs for your dealership:

• Get started with Novera's Loyalty & Service Rewards Program for Auto Dealers and increase your customer service visits

• Use the Loyalty & Service Rewards Program to bring customers back to repurchase

• See dramatic savings on your credit card processing fees with Novera's flat fee, transparent processing rates for auto dealers

Novera Payment Solutions recently teamed with Visiting Angels to provide franchise owners with a cost effective solution for their credit card processing needs. This strategic partnership enables Visiting Angels franchise owners to take advantage of the most current credit card payment processing technologies while utilizing Noveras innovative pricing structures for payment processing services.

About Visiting Angels

Visiting Angels is a national, private duty network of home care agencies. They are the nation’s leading provider of non-medical senior home care services.Visiting Angels provide in-home care, elder care, respite care, senior personal care, elderly care and companion care services. With their senior home care services, elderly adults can continue to live independently in their own homes. The directors and franchisees of Visiting Angels hold the philosophy that they are in business to provide the best care possible to seniors as well as others who need in home care while giving total respect to the care giving staff. That's why Visiting Angels is "America's Choice In Homecare". For more information about Visiting Angels, visit their website at http://www.visitingangels.com.

Visiting Angels Franchise Owners Can Now Accept Credit Cards with an Easy to Understand Flat Fixed Fee

Novera Payment Solutions provides an easy to understand flat fixed monthly fee structure. Many merchants don’t fully understand their card processing rates. In truth, the underlying cost to accept credit cards and debit cards is the same for all merchants, large and small and is comprised of Interchange fees and processor costs. Interchange makes up the majority of the cost of a monthly bill, and is never negotiable. Variable inflated rates and additional transaction fees make up for most of the difference and are where most processors make substantial profits. Under the new relationship arrangement ,Visitng Angels franchises can now receive a transparent, flat fixed monthly fee pricing model that remains in effect for the life of the account.

Add Efficiency to Your Home Health Care Business

Additionally, Novera will provide Visiting Angels franchise owners the opportunity to access innovative tools designed to help businesses run more efficiently and cut costs i.e. virtual terminals, mobile payments devices, website payments portal, and a “QBplugin” to work with QuickBooks software that ensures a seamless interface and postng tool. It’s all part of Novera’s suite of services and unique commitment to price transparency unparalleled in the payment processing industry.

John Wisniewski, Novera’s Director of Business Development, said, "By utilizing a flat fee pricing structure, Visiting Angels franchise owners can rest assured that they will never pay more than they should for processing services. We’re excited about our partnership with Visitng Angels in their efforts to provide their franchise owners with solutions that help them grow and succeed."

Patient Responsibility Calculation with a Payment Collection System from Novera Payment Solutions

It’s called the Revenue Maximizer

Specifically Designed for Healthcare Providers

The Revenue Maximizer payment gateway is a real-time patient responsibility calculation and payment processing system, estimating at the point-of-care what the patient owes. As a web-based system, the Revenue Maximizer uses your current computer hardware and Internet connection (with a small card reader that plugs into the computer’s USB port).

Patient Responsibility Calculator

At the heart of the Revenue Maximizer is the innovative Patient Responsibility Calculator.

The Patient Responsibility Calculator delivers the following features:

• Web-based, real-time health plan eligibility verification at the point-of-care
• Determines in minutes what the patient owes, rather than days
• Shows remaining deductibles, co-pays and coinsurance
• Calculates patient charges against contracted rates with national and regional payors
• Produces a patient-friendly estimate of the patient responsibility
• Integrates with Novera Payment Processing System to enable the collection of patient out-of-pocket costs

Benefits for Providers

• Improves cash flow and decreases receivables
• Allows upfront patient collections
• Facilitates payment of the growing patient liability
• Reduces patient bad debt
• Integrates with existing workflows
• Minimizes calls from patients and to payors, questioning payment outcomes, benefits and eligibility

Benefits for Patients

• Reduces confusion and uncertainty about balance owed
• Lets patient know out-of-pocket costs at time of service when payment options can be discussed
• Increases level of satisfaction with provider

Competitively Priced, Easy-to-Use
The Revenue Maximizer is competitively priced, and requires no application fees. It is as easy to use as email with minimal setup. And because it is Web-based, the Revenue Maximizer reduces the need for point-of-sale terminals and costly, dedicated phone lines.

Contact Novera Payment Solutions for a no obligation savings analysis of your current payment processing system.

Novera Payment Solutions is an Atlanta based Member Service Provider (MSP) of WorldPay: the third largest credit acquirer in the world. Novera is a registered ISO with Visa & Master
Card. Our Flat Fee Merchant Program combined delivers real value from what has traditionally been considered a tax on payment acceptance at the Point Of Care for Health Care Providers.

This year, Small Business Saturday is November 30, 2013.

Small Business Saturday(tm) is an American shopping holiday held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving during one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. First observed on November 27, 2010, it is a counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which feature big box retail and e-commerce stores respectively. By contrast, Small Business Saturday encourages holiday shoppers to patronize brick and mortar businesses that are small and local.

Small Business Saturday(tm) was conceived by American Express in 2010 and was promoted heartily via social media and by the US media. In its first year the movement garnered 1 million LIKES on Facebook and over 30 thousand tweets using the hashtag #smallbusinesssaturday.

In 2013, the movement continues. American Express is now offering their credit card merchants free personalized marketing campaign materials, as well as non-personalized materials to promote Small Business Saturday(tm).

1. Shop Small logos
2. Printable Signage
3. Social Media and Email Templates
4. Welcome Mat & Shopping Bags

LIKE the Small Business Saturday Facebook page here, or follow the movement on Twitter @ShopSmall.

As a small business owner, you are automatically part of the movement. The Shop Small Movement and Small Business Saturday help bring communities together to show support for  the small business owner, and help give you exposure throughout the year.

For detailed information about the program, visit the American Express website.

About Novera Payment Solutions

Novera Payment Solutions is well known as a leader in the credit card payments industry and is committed to helping businesses improve their bottom line by providing significant savings on credit card processing fees through our innovative flat fee merchant account pricing model.

Novera Payment Solutions Advantange

• Novera Payment Solutions's consultative approach allows us to thoroughly educate our clients, equipping them to better understand this complicated industry.

• We take the mystery out of the credit card processing business.

• We work with all types of businesses across the country.

Contact Novera to learn more about how we work with businesses  to provide the most fair and transparent pricing structure available on the market today for credit card processing.