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Coffee in the Cloud

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By Matt  August 3, 2016
This blog is a little unusual — I am dredging up an old blog I wrote but never published. Here’s an extract from the ‘old’ blog and I’ll pick you up again down below.

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Time to trade in your business structure?

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By Matt  August 3, 2016
If I said, ‘you could only drive one vehicle for the next 5 years’, what would you buy?

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10 Ways to kick start your ‘paperless office’ journey

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By Matt  March 21, 2016
‘Oops I forgot to buy a photocopier!’.

These were my first words after upgrading Drive’s office hardware and realising that I not only failed to upgrade the photocopier; I failed to replace it. (more…)

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Post and Perish

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By Matt  March 1, 2016
Why am I happy that one of your suppliers just increased their price by 43% and decreased their service delivery time by 400%?

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Xerocon

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By Matt  September 18, 2015
What do you call 1,600 Accountants and Bookkeepers in a room, wearing formal attire, dancing and partying?

Xerocon … and you thought I had accounting joke for you.

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Tips to understanding SEO

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By Matt  September 7, 2015
Drive Xero Accountants Brisbane spoke with Josh Barter at White Crow Digital to get the rundown on the world of SEO.

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Building a Brand for Market Success

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By Matt  July 8, 2015
Drive Xero Accountants Gold Coast recently sat down with Julia Stephens, Director of design agency Hearsay Creative, to discuss establishing a strong brand presence in today’s crowded business landscape.

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The ins and outs of the Personal Property Security Register (PPSR)

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By Matt  May 18, 2015
Drive Tax Accountants Gold Coast & recently caught up with Tim Elliott, partner at Gold Coast law firm Bell Legal Group, to talk about the ins and outs of the Personal Property Security Register (PPSR).

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Cloud Accounting: Xero to 4 years in 60 seconds

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By Matt  April 28, 2015
Last month I wrote about the emergence of SaaS (Software as a Service) in Australian businesses. It was a good lead in to this article which discusses cloud accounting solutions and the beautiful accounting software known to users as Xero.

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Have you got clouds gathering on the horizon?

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By Matt  March 4, 2015
The chances are the ‘cloud’ is nothing new to you, most people don’t realise that using their internet banking or email is ‘in the cloud’. Most of us can’t remember life without either!

So what is the ‘cloud’?

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