Hey all! This week I have 6 articles for you! Does anyone do financial plannning with their tax preparer? (I guess some people lucked out with this service being offered :) ..) Be sure to check out the new FaceBook mobile Pages Manager released yesterday, and Pinterest the 3rd ranked social media is up-and-coming in valuation…and more..
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- http://blog.aicpa.org/
Congratulations on making it through another tax season! As you helped your clients prepare their tax returns, did you ask yourself any of these questions?Who, if anyone, is looking at their overall financial picture?
What can I do to help remove financial obstacles so they can accomplish their goals?
Can I offer financial knowledge, analysis and a framework to make this person’s dreams a reality?From those long hours, including rigorous reviews and meetings with clients, you’ve gained unique insight into their lives – insight into their incomes, spending habits, investments and life events…
Facebook Pages Manager: Now you can manage your pages from Facebook’s new iPhone app
- http://venturebeat.com
During the build-up to Facebook’s impending $100 billion-plus initial public offering, mobile has been a frequent sore point. Yesterday, the social network quietly released Facebook Pages Manager, an iPhone app for Facebook marketers to manage their brand pages.The new app will be familiar to anyone who uses the current Facebook iPhone app for their personal social networking; it lets page managers post new updates, see statistics about likes, reach, and user engagement, and respond to comments from fans…
Creating Social Capital for Not-for-Profit Support
- http://blog.aicpa.org/
Ask any non-for-profit development director and they will tell you there are two ways to fundraise:Ask 1000 people for $10Ask 10 people for $1000Which is the easier task? In terms of time and resources spent, certainly option B is the easier option. But in terms of broader reach and influence over a large audience, option A is a formidable contender because of something called social capital…
Pinterest joins the billion dollar club: Gets $100M in round led by Rakuten
- http://venturebeat.com
After Facebook’s surprising Instagram buy, it now seems like every hot startup needs to reach a billion dollar valuation to truly be taken seriously. So it was inevitable that Pinterest, the popular image pinboard site, would eventually skyrocket in value.
Japanese web retailer Rakuten announced today that it’s leading a $100 million round in Pinterest, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners and FirstMark Capital, along with several angel investors…
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What’s the Right Facebook Strategy for Brands With Several Locations?
- http://mashable.com
The Facebook Marketing Series is presented by Webtrends, providing the unified, customer intelligence to deliver real time relevance in every marketing campaign, every digital channel. Learn how.By now, we all know that having a Facebook Brand Page is a worthwhile investment. But for some companies, one Page might not be enough…
Culture trumps process in scanning!
- www.accountingtoday.com
Who doesn’t hate to scan? I know I do. But it’s a necessary evil, especially when the goal is to be completely paperless.
Now that Pinterest is the third most visited social network in the U.S., some startups are seizing the opportunity to facilitate pinning across the web.
Relationships and finances can be very tricky; whether between parents and children, roommates or spouses. In fact, financial matters are the most common source of discord among American couples, prompting an average of three arguments per month, according to a survey conducted for the AICPA by Harris Interactive…
I recently read a blog post that talked about ‘the loop,’ which is essentially the browsing cycle we go through on the internet. This caused me to reflect upon my own habits on the web when I’m home relaxing in front of the computer. I found out that I have a regular routine of scanning the news, checking for any new sports information, seeing what my friends had for breakfast on social media and ensuring any emails are responded to promptly…
Busy season is over; you made it! And while you may still have to file returns for those clients who needed extensions, you can at least stop sleeping in your office. So now what? Will you take a vacation? Catch up with those clients you had to put on hold? We asked CPA Letter Daily readers those same questions and here is what they had to say:38…
The day after she gets her W-2s, my aunt arrives at my doorstep with her tax documents and an apology (I’ll explain that part later). It all started years ago when she got a notice saying she owed the Internal Revenue Service money. When my aunt signed her return, she was due a refund, so she couldn’t understand how the IRS was now saying that she could possibly owe anything at all…
The AICPA has long recognized the impact that technology has on the accounting profession. In fact, for over two decades, we’ve been reaching out to members and key stakeholders to better understand how it can be effectively harnessed through our Top Technology Initiatives Survey.
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Need your daily dose of Bubble Witch Saga on Facebook? So do about 6.5 million other daily active users on the social network.
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Facebook is looking at the May 17 date for its initial public offering, TechCrunch reports citing several source familiar with the matter.
I’m a procrastinator by nature. I can’t help it. I wait until the last possible second to do things – even important things that I know I need to do, like file my taxes. Many of you reading this may be in the same boat as me, staring at the calendar and wondering how it’s possible you still haven’t gotten around to filing yet…
Grantoo is rolling out a tournament game business that allows college students to earn their tuition by playing online social games.
Many of you have seen the update to the new Facebook Timeline format on your personal profile. Now, Facebook is rolling out those changes to business pages, as well. The updates take effect on March 30, so the time to start planning is now! Here are some ways the new layout will impact your business’s Facebook Page…
PayPal is set to launch a competitor to media darling Square at an event in San Francisco scheduled for tomorrow, according to GigaOm and Bloomberg.