This week while working in QBO I was watching the tiles on the QBO Dashboard rotate. Sometimes more than others the colorful tiles catch my attention and I have to click on them to see what’s happening. (Perhaps I am just more easily amused than you?)
Discovering the rotating tiles in QBO...
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This time, I was on the phone and listening to my client, when the QBO dashboard Tile rotated to a Discover card. This particular card caught my attention because it read “Check this off your list”. I love lists! I need lists! And what if I didn’t have this item on my list, or even better, what if I had already done it so I could say I have checked it off my list!
So, I happily followed along to discover what was behind the card... I wasn’t disappointed. Of course, the year-end timing is what made this discovery perfect. Behind the Tile were opportunities to purchase QuickBooks check stock and tax forms.
Handwritten Checks are the Worst!
There is no bigger waste of time than handwritten checks. Whenever possible I educate small business owners about how much time is wasted writing and reading handwritten checks. Most often they never had stopped to consider how much time is spent logging into the bank account and one by one opening each handwritten check to read the Payee name. All too often there is no memo and so more time is wasted tracking down the owner to ask what did they spend the money on?
In some countries they actually charge per handwritten check at the bank because of the inconvenience.
So, check stock makes me happy!
Like a mentioned when I followed the breadcrumbs and flipped over the tile the first thing, I saw was the chance to buy QuickBooks check stock and envelopes.
The rotating tiles give you the opportunity to discover a link to purchase Intuit 'check stock' (but no promotional consideration was paid so this isn't a sponsored advertisement for Intuit supplies.)
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but it also gave you the chance to get ready for:
Dreaded Tax Form Day!
Yes, the rotating tiles 'discovery option' also gave me the chance to get ahead and go ahead and order my end-of-the-year QuickBooks compatible tax forms. You know those W-2 forms, and 1099 forms, and their companion W-3 and 1096 forms, not to mention those specialized envelopes you have to have if you are going to mail the silly things out to countless numbers of employees and independent contractors.
The rotating dashboard tile in our QuickBooks Online pops up the discovery tile that also provides you with that chance you have been waiting for your opportunity to go ahead an purchase year-end tax forms. (But as with the checks, no promotional fee was paid so this is not sponsored content and should not be considered an actual advertisement for the supplies sold by 'you know who.')
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What I will say is in my own case, the QBO Dashboard 'Discover' tile did in fact make order my end-of-year tax forms super easy, and if you are busy like me, maybe it's a good thing to get a little reminder so you don't forget to cross those important tasks 'off your list.'