Merry Christmas Everyone!

Its almost 2 years that we've been together in this blog and Christmas is coming! I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who have been loyal reading this blog and stuff that I am discussing about expense management and other business tools that you can use in operating your business. You have been here through out the years and holiday is coming. Expenses is everywhere and my advice, "Control it man! Save for rainy days (storm) ahead." Correct approach and proper management is actually the usual key to this successful business adventures.

That's the reason why I keep on repeating myself on my post regarding the different advantages and issues on preparing expense report, utilizing tools such as receipt scanners and other things relevant to this.

Have a good holiday! Enjoy for a moment and forget the hassles of reporting and office pressures for the meantime. Feel the spirit of Christmas and yuletide season.

End Your Nightmare with Expense Report for Free

It seems that getting a free service and a free software today is seldom nowadays. It seems that every kind of business online tools today can be used for a fee. However, Certify is different. To provide a better service for your business, the company provides a free trial of the expense management services that they are providing. This is to enable you to try the system before deciding to fully implement it or apply it in your organization. Here are some of them:

* Free Software Application for iPhone, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile phones.
* Free trial of Certify Wallet for 90 days
* Free trial of Certify Corporate for up to 25 users

See! These freebies are fully functional and when it expires you will find out how useful it is and definitely you will decide that it is worth your penny. Visit them now at http://www.Certify.com for more information and end those expense report nightmare now!

Certify's Youtube Channel

If you want information regarding the workaround and the technical discussion about the expense management solution of Certify.com, you can visit their official Youtube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/CirclePointSolutions. It contains several videos about the different steps in using the system on preparation of expense reports to the reimbursement process. It also explains the benefit of the use the said system.

Subscribe on their channel for the latest video feed from the company.

Free Certify Wallet Mobile Application

When Certify.com announced its introduction to Certify Wallet, they also included that release of the free Certify Wallet mobile application that can be used to capture receipts and expenses on the go through the use of smartphones like the iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows phones. With this application on your phone, you can manage your expenses with ease through the use of your mobile gadgets and quickly send it to your manager for approval and reimbursement.

Such convenience can only be acquired by subscribing to either Certify Wallet or Certify Corporate. Each of this expense management packages lets you quickly track receipts and expenses, imposed travel policy of the company and even integrate it to your existing accounting system.

Certify's expense management solution is internet based so it means that you don't need to worry with software and hardware maintenance. The user interface developed by the company is made to be very user-friendly so that employees, managers and accountants involved in the expense process can easily go through the system. Visit them at http://www.certify.com for the latest update on the leading expense management system provider today.

Certify Wallet Replaced Certify Personal

On the current press release of Certify.com, the previous Certify Personal product was replaced by the newest Certify Wallet. It is an expense management system that allow users to create expense reports including line item receipt images, which can be submitted online to their employer. This is connected to their release of Certify receipt scanner as I have mentioned on my previous post that let users to scan their receipts and send it to the said expense system. As part of this release of this newest product is a mobile application for iPhone, Blackberry and other smart phones that will give mobile users to go with their expense software even they are on a business trip or on travel.

Quoted from Robert Neveu from the mentioned PR, "Every traveler has dealt with the frustration of managing paper receipts. Certify Wallet solves these challenges by allowing users to capture images of receipts using their smart phone devices" - excerpt from the Certify official press release.

If you are interested about this latest business product for your company, just visit them at http://www.certify.com and you can avail a free 90-day trial of the mobile application that they offer.

Advantages of Using Receipt Scanner

Now, if you are subscribe to an online expense report software like those provided by Certify, then you usually submit your receipts with your mobile phones or scan it using a flatbed or hand held image scanner. The problem with this TWAIN devices is that it is not specifically made to capture the whole receipts. Sometimes some part of it are blurry and not that really clear. Unlike with the use of receipt scanners (as mentioned on this post: Receipt Scanner from Certify), they were made specifically for receipts. With its high contrast settings it can perfectly capture the receipts quickly.

Aside from that it is build in such a way that it will work just fine on the expense management system by Certify. The receipt scanner is mobile, light weight, USB powered and very cool in black with bag included.

About Certify.com. Certify is the leading self-service, online expense management solution for small to midsize companies. Organizations worldwide fill out expense reports quickly, easily, and cost effectively because there is no expense report software to buy or maintain.

Receipt Scanner from Certify

I found out today that Certify.com has a certain scanner device that let you easily scan your receipts so that it can be easily converted to digital form and store it to Certify's server. The said receipt scanner as the image shown below, is so portable and can read receipts fast in black and white or even colored receipts. What is nice with this device is it is powered by a USB so there's no hassle with cords nor finding place to plug it in. It is TWAIN compliant so it really works like what you have known about scanner.



This device was built to work hand in hand with Certify's corporate expense software. This is what the convenience that this company provides to SMBs. Visit them now at http://www.certify.com and avail of the best corporate or personal expense management software.

Image use on this post was captured from the website of Certify.com.

Manage Travel and Entertainment Expenses of Employees

Is it important that the travel and entertainment expenses of your employees should be managed properly. If in case this is neglected, it will end up that the money of the company might be lost in the pockets of the employees. This is the reason why the expense policy of the company is very important. Here are some policies or things that you should consider in expense management on your company:

• Remember expense reporting plus receipts is equals to adequate accounting. Receipts should be accounted in every business expenses. This is the reason why receipts should be well kept in every transactions. (read details on storing the receipts the easy way)
• Set limits to credit cards/debit cards used by the employees.
• Review all the travel expense reports by the employees.

Now all of this can be conveniently made by the system of Certify. With several clicks, expense management will be as easy as 1-2-3.

Online Expense Solution vs. Offline Expense Software

Certify is considered to be the leading provider of expense management solution today for small to mid size businesses in the US today. Their system doesn't require any software to be installed on your PC. Instead what you need is the subscription for the system to work. That's right no installation just as a simple sign-up and you can start tracking expenses and prepare those expense reports in no time. The implementation for the Certify's online corporate expense management software is that all the data on the system were all stored on the data server of Certify. This eliminates the effort in maintaining and ensuring the reliability of the storage system of the data thus giving you more time to do something that you are really good at, which is doing your own business.

Offline expense software requires resources that needs monitoring for the part of the user. In the case of the solution provided by Certify, any time in any PC, you can securely access your data, track your expenses and send all those receipts in just click of your mouse or pressing the send button of your smart phones. It is just as easy as that. If you want more information about the features of the online expense solution that I am talking about, read it from my previous post entitled: Expense Management Features that You Should Know.

By the way, Certify also offers a "light" version of their Corporate Expense Software. It is intended for personal expense report tracking system needs.

Kerr Consulting and Hurley Travel Experts Partners with Certify

Kerr Consulting & Support, known for providing accounting solutions for small to large size companies and Hurley Travel Experts, known for being the leading provider of experiential and lifestyle travel in Maine and one of the largest "high touch" corporate travel management companies in the country both great organization partners with Certify, the leading online expense management solution provider for small to mid size companies. Both of these companies believe how Certify provides a first enterprise-class employee expense management solution in the market with on-demand service and instant availability.

These significantly made Certify as the best and yet the most reliable and cost effective compared to its competitors. You can read the official press releases of this partnership announcement on the following links:

• Certify chooses Kerr Consulting as Integration Partner
• Certify and Hurley Travel Experts partnership

Small Businesses Slowly Recovering?

I found this interesting news from Reuters.com regarding how the small businesses look upon the slow recovery of the economy and how they are less optimistic about the future. Here's the excerpt of the report:

Small U.S. businesses became slightly less optimistic in June out of concern future sales will be soft, a survey released on Tuesday showed.

The National Federation of Independent Business said its monthly index of small business optimism slipped one point to a reading of 87.9 last month. It had gained 7.9 points since March, indicating a view the economy was stabilizing

"The economy is bouncing along the bottom and reorganizing itself to restart the growth process," said William Dunkelberg, chief economist for the NFIB.

- Read the rest of the report here.

This situation should be coped by the businesses today and employee's productivity should be maximized. Read the report of Aberdeen Group here regarding the relation of Travel and Entertainment Expense Automation and control which might facilitate to greater productivity of the employees and adaptation of the businesses to the economic problem of the country.

Expense Management by the Employees

A few of the important element of the small to mid size businesses today are the daily financial and administrative process that allow the organizations to monitor and control expenses, payment and invoices tracking and organizing and managing work flow. It is vital that the function of these processes should be efficient to make a profitable operation for the business. However, with the increase of regulatory scrutiny, there is a need to supply a proper documentation which is necessary to be complied.

Small to mid size businesses usually have hundreds or even thousands of personal expenses every month, be it petty cash, expense returns or credit cards. One of the tedious thing about this is the preparation of the expense reports relevant to this. But with the availability of the expense report software from Certify, it will be very convenient for the organization to easily track and control the expenses. This system utilizes the power of the Internet to prepare, approve, process and even reimburse. Management can look at expenses by person, department, project, client or any other level of analysis. Reports can show year to date and month comparisons with multiple levels of analysis.

Here are the summary of the benefits of the expense management software that it will bring to companies when implemented:

• Increases employee productivity
• Improves expense policy compliance
• Provides a rapid return on your expense management investment

The online expense software provides the ability to capture organization-wide travel expense data for faster payment, less administration overheads and detailed real time management analysis to control costs.

If you want this kind of system be implemented on your company, just visit the site of Certify at http://www.certify.com.

Affordable Personal Expense Software

Certify announces that their Certify Personal expense software is now much affordable. They've lowered their rates to make it more practical to those who wants the most reliable personal expense companion with their daily lives. With Certify expense management software, people can utilize the "virtual wallet" where they can easily store and retrieve their receipts anytime and anywhere they need it.

The said pricing will surely great both on your budget and your daily operations of your business. For the official press release of Certify.com regarding this new pricing, just visit the following link:

"Certify Announces New Pricing for Certify Personal"

Expense Management Features That You Should Know

Certify is the only expense management software company that provides the most easiest method in managing the expenses of an individual or the whole organization. Its continuous updates and enhancement of its features are the proof the seriousness of the company in providing the only best solution that you can get from the software.

Here are the different expense management software features of Certify that I think you should know:

• Policy Enforcement
• Automatic Approval Workflow
• Integrated real-time currency conversion
• Electronic capture of receipt by fax, email, mobile phone and more
• Corporate analytics and reporting for financial audit support
• Integration to existing accounts payable, accounting or payroll system

For more features and information about this amazing software from Certify, just go to their website at http://www.certify.com.

30 Day Free Trial Expense Report Software

Where can you find a free expense report software today without downloading any software to your PC or installing any system on it except an internet connection? Well, that is what is currently the trend today. SaaS or Software as a Service is the current technology today that allows you to use the full feature services of a software in a remote server. This lets you easily use whatever the software can provide without spending money for the server and the software development or purchase. Aside from that expense report can be prepared in simple steps that will not consume a lot of your time. All of the activities are done in a wizard and every single reports can be generated in just several mouse clicks.

Raw data necessary for the reports to be generated and passed to the accounting and management offices can be sent easily to the remote server. Why? It is because you are allowed to use any modern communication devices such as your smart phones, anywhere email, fax and other that can send data to PCs. One of the company that I always mentioned on this blog is the Certify.com. Their expense software system is known to be fast, accurate and reliable that is the quality that a system should possessed to become very useful in businesses. Get a 30 day trial from their site so that you can test its features. Don't worry its free so grab a subscription now!

More Functions for Certify Expense Solution

Today, Certify, the leading expense management software today announced another new enhancement for the services they provide for their clients. The said enhancement allows user to generate, track and report pre-paid expenses while also offering expanded general ledger coding functionality for enterprise class accounting system integration. This ensures that pre-paid expenses are tracked properly to reduce the travel expenses of companies. As according to the official press release of the company: 

As more companies attempt to reduce travel expenses by pre-purchasing airfare and hotel prior to travel, there is a growing need to identify, track and report prepaid expenses properly on the company balance sheet.  Certify Pre-Paid Expense functionality allows an employee to track expenses as pre-paid and then utilize the expense at a future date.  Certify provides the company with expanded reporting tools which identify pre-paid travel expenses by employee, while... read more from the official PR @ Certify extends enterprise class functionality

Certify just don't stop from improving its services to small to mid size companies. They just really mean business and helping businesses. Making preparation of expense reports very convenient for everyone. By the way the following video is the latest video release of Certify discussing the Accountant's Role in the Certify's system:

Corporate Self Booking + Expense Management Solution

Companies today are increasingly looking for better ways for their expense management without removing their cutting edge productivity. With nuTravel and Certify's partnership, this search is over with the strategic solutions provided by these two companies. nuTravel CTS is known to have the fastest and most flexible self-booking tool today now integrated to Certify's features in easily managing, tracking and controlling expenses through its new, intuitive and unique user interface.

With this partnership, nuTravel's client can now conveniently access the 1st and best enterprise-class online employee expense management solution with on-demand service and instant availability. The said solution allows users to use the online expense report software immediately, requiring no implementation or set-up, and get full access to a range of innovative tools like Receipt Capture via the mobile phones (iPhone and Blackberry) using the proprietary Certify Virtual Wallet. For corporate oversight and expense management, Certify provides features like travel policy enforcement, line item expense approval, extensive reporting capabilities, and real-time integration with accounting software.

For more information about this integration, you can visit their official release about it at http://www.certify.com/About/PR_NuTravel.aspx

Overview of the Manager Role in Certify Expense Management Software

Watch the following video from Youtube containing the overview of the manager role in Certify Expense Management Software which is exclusively provided and produced by Certify, a leading expense report management software provider today:

nuTravel and Certify Partnership

Today Certify.com announced a good news. They have successfully joined nuTravel Technology Solutions. nuTravel CTS (Corporate Travel Solutions) , the fastest and most flexible corporate self-booking tool in the market today has further its advancement by joining Certify.com. Here's an excerpt of the press release distributed by expense report management solution provider:

In today’s economy, companies are increasingly seeking out ways to better manage expenses while retaining a cutting edge in business productivity. The call for a fast, secure and comprehensive method is now answered through a strategic partnership between nuTravel Technology Solutions (nuTravel) and Certify.com, the leading self-service, online expense management solution for small to midsize companies. nuTravel CTS (Corporate Travel Solution), the fastest and most flexible corporate self-booking tool on the market, has furthered its advancements in the corporate travel market via integration with Certify.com. This new enhancement is built into CTS Expense Tracker; enabling travelers to book their travel arrangements while quickly and easily managing, tracking and controlling expenses through the its unique and intuitive interface. From http://www.certify.com/About/PR_NuTravel.aspx.

This partnership between the leading expense management software and corporate self-booking technology will make the travel space more easier for everyone. Tracking of expenses will be so convenient like never before.

Invest on Maine Waterfront Real Estate

In times where economic status of different countries are unstable or unpredictable, wise investments should be done by an individual or a company. One investment that is find by a lot of people to be a real good investment is through real estate. One property that I think worth of its value to be invested is the Maine waterfront real estate called "Cornfield Point." It is a Maine real estate found in the heart of Casco Bay with its impressive amenities, interior and exterior designs makes it unique compared to other real estate that you'll know. From the property when you stay on it, you will smell the breeze and freshness air coming from the beach area near the place. It is really perfect for families who is looking for a peaceful environment and higher privacy without living the modern living.

For more information about Cornfield Point, just visit their website at http://www.cornfieldpoint.com or you could contact the owner so that you could schedule for a visit on the place.

Executive Overview of Certify Expense Management Software

This video shows the overview of the expense report software provided by Certify. This video was only uploaded yesterday. It is updated and contains the new features and flow of the system provided by Certify.com.

Free Expense Software for 30 Days

Expense reporting can really cause a lot of hassle through out your work and really gives you a lot of pressure. To avoid those sloppy paper works and a lot of receipts right on your face every end of the month, a software or an expense report system that will allow you to conveniently prepare those reports minus the said trouble. There are a lot of system that is currently used all over the world today. Some requires expensive data and application servers to be invested so that the system can be applied and be integrated on accounting system. They also hire application programmers or developers to write the system for them. The problem with this kind of method is they need to invest a lot both for the manpower and hardware needed to make this expense tracking systems to be implemented.

In the case of small to mid size companies, this is not a practical way to deal with it. They will surely exceed to their annual or business budgets, if in case they will decide to implement such system. Luckily there is Certify's expense management software that does not let you spend a lot for those mentioned. You can easily track, prepare reports, securely save your transaction receipts in easy sending methods (such as via mobile phones and / or email attachments) and implement travel policy integrated with the expense report system. Now, they have improved their system and make the preparation of the reports as easy as 3-steps action.

Now, where's the free expense software in 30 days? It is found on the trial system of Certify where you are allowed to utilize their system for free in 30 days, no obligation nor fee for that matter. This is done so that yo could experience the system prior to actually subscribing to it. It will let you convinced easily because the system is practically very useful in companies or individuals daily undertaking.

New Certify Enhancements on Video

I discovered today that there are new sets of video released by Certify.com on Youtube containing the different enhancements they made on their expense report system. Here you can see the new system's user interface, simplified to make a 3-easy steps in preparing expense reports for individual or corporate use. Watch the following video:



From the video you can see how they simplify the expense system where you can conveniently go on with the system, implement several expense policy of the company, fast approval methods and even retrieve the history of expense reports prepared on previous period of the business time. This features are all available within your mouse click. Have a peek of it through their 30-day free trial or sign-up now to start with your expense reports immediately. Visit them at http://www.certify.com/.

Lesser Steps in Expense Reporting

Certify, the leading expense reporting software provider today announced the enhancement they've made for their expense report solution. They made it much better and convenient for clients to prepare their expense report. With their new user interface and dashboard for virtual wallet, Certify produces the fastest way of preparing reports with the most reliable program support you could ever get from an online solution. This improvement on their system is part of their continuous effort to provide only the best expense management system that servers small to mid size companies.

For more information about this improvement of their services, you could visit their official press release about this at http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200902/1234362848.html. What you can experience from Certify is both speed and flexibility that is well-suited to your company's need.

Inexpensive Web Design and SEO Services in One

Usually businesses thought that having an online presence can be very expensive. They usually invest a lot of it but there's a cheaper way to bring your business online and that is getting a web design consulting and SEO service in one that will guide you with this goal and provide you with the services that you need. Claremont Design is one of those company that provides this kind of service to your company. They can make a customized content management system (CMS) for you that will be built to suit to what you expect from a site. They can also setup the ecommerce for your site allowing you to conduct your online business transactions.

What is so different of this company from other organization that provides the same service is that Claremont Design helps you from the beginning up to the time that you will reach your primary business objectives. It is because they believe how important is your business for you. For more information or for a free quote, you can leave your contact details to their website at their contact page or you can view all the list of companies that are satisfied with their services provided on their portfolio.

Released of Expense Software for Iphone Announced

Recently, the leading expense management software company announced the release of their expense reporting software as an iPhone application (see Advantage of Virtual Wallet post for the video demo of the application). This is a new application for iPhone users who wishes to save their transactions receipts easily even they are traveling or in a business trip. It let them utilize their iPhone to easily to keep all the papers they need during preparation of expense report prior to the reimbursement process. The usual method use by users in keeping their receipts or paper evidences are usually through their pockets, wallets or attache cases. However, this papers are known to fade or damage in due time or during the process of saving it. Making to become invalid as supporting documents for reimbursements. This causes a lot of headaches for employees and even for employers.

Now, employees have a better solution for their 'headaches' aside from aspirin. :) That's right through these application released by Certify, things will bring a lot of changes to employees' daily routine. Making them to quickly and efficiently prepare their expense report for the company. Imagine the time and money that you can save from the fast way of processing and preparing your reports? If you still don't get it, I advice that you take a free test-drive of this system. Just sign-up for a free expense software on Certify's website so that you could test it for 30-days. Then that will be the time you will realize how useful this system will be for you or for your company. Give it a try, have a virtual wallet on your pocket now!

More Expense Management Software Demo Videos Released by Certify

The leading expense management software company, Certify, released today another sets of online streaming video containing the details of the solution/services that they offered. These videos contain demo of the different features of the system and the basic usage of the various components of the expense software. An example of this video is shown below:

As seen in the video, you can easily send your receipts to your account on Certify for safe keeping and prepare expense reports easily. This amazing features can be experienced with their free 30-day trial and available in two different types of accounts that is more appropriate to your needs. There is an expense management software for individuals called Certify Personal and for corporate accounts known as the Certify Corporate. These two types features easy setup and user-friendly interface where you can start easily and quickly.

Take advantage of these features. Watch all the demo video so that you will have an overview of the services Certify can offer to you. Click on the active links above to access all the demo videos.

Advantage of Virtual Wallet

Ever experienced during your business travel that you have lost your wallet or left it in a hotel room with all the receipts you needed for your expense claims when you go back from the trip? or maybe the receipts where accidentally thrown into trash and was washed during laundry? Well, it always happens every time specially in a worst time when you really badly needed the receipts in the reimbursement process. That is why virtual wallet is really beneficial on that kind of scenario. How it works? You simply get a shot of your receipts using your phones or your PC cams and send it to the virtual wallet server for safe keeping and that's it. The receipts will be available when the time comes that you need it. Aside from that you can easily organize it, prepare a presentable expense report.

Such expense management software today is very practical to use in a very demanding period of process for companies without spending a lot of money for it. One example of a company that provides quality online expense solution is the Certify.com. Here on the following video shows how you can make use easily your iPhone in sending your receipts to their system for processing and keeping.



What are you waiting for, get a subscription of the expense management software from them and take advantage of its feature. You can try it for free if you want, just sign-up on their free trial no obligation subscription.

Tracking Your Personal Expenses

Why there is in need to track your personal expenses? Why do you need to have a list of expense incurred in every step of your activities everyday? If your working as an individual as corporate or working in a company, you should understand that monitoring and having a concrete list of the current activities of your work is very important specially if the budget intended for the whole month tasks are limited or fixed in a specific activity. That's why you should be very organize in keeping the documents that will support the expense claim report that you will prepare for your company (if your working with one) or for your individual use if you own the business or in the management side. It is important that you have this kind of system in your company so that you will not just be amazed at the end of the day when you don't understand where does your investments are going.

There's a company that provides personal expense management software that you can use for your daily tasks. The software, specifically from Certify.com, does not require any software to be installed or maintained. Instead you just need your browser and internet connection to use the expense tracking system and as long as 10$ a month for the usage of the software online. See it is not that big investment to have a very organized and accurate keeping of receipts and support documents of your monthly tasks.

Visit Certify.com at http://www.certify.com to understand more about these services. Personally, I am recommending this because I found this very effective and sufficient for my need with regards to expense issue. You should try it yourself and better start now than later.

What's New with Certify?

Today, I check on the official website of Certify ( a leading online expense management software provider ) to see the current updates on this company. I found out they have just release their official support group to deal with their clients' needs and questions related to their services offered. This new support portal of Certify provides an online video tutorial on how to use their expense report software. It also contains a comprehensive FAQ (frequently asked questions) page and an online support team composed of competent and friendly customer service team and Certify team member support. You can read the rest of this new topic on http://www.certify.com/About/PR_SupportPortal.aspx.

Certify is really making their services far more better compared to their competitors. This is because they understand how important to businesses this kind of tools to help them with their daily activities. It is really so amazing that a company like this exists to assist small to medium size companies to achieve their business goals.