Like many of you, I grew up with the start of Rock-n-roll and the unfortunate loss of some of the all-time great 'Rock-n-roll' stars. Like my all time favorite, Buddy Holly (who I somewhat memorialized in my 'Sales Tax Tuesday' feature on Iowa back in October of 2015) it was not uncommon to hear about 'the greatest hits' for this performing artist or that performing artist, who had tragically passed.
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It ware really only after the number of recording musical artists substantially grew, and those reaching the heights of 'Gold' and 'Platinum' records significantly increased, did it became all to common for the recording companies to begin to release a compilation of 'hits' that a particular artist had recorded over the years and to title the new release 'So and So's Greatest Hits' (while they were still alive). Before long, we started seeing titles like, 'Greatest Hits Volume 1,' then 'Greatest Hits Volume 2,' and 'Greatest Hits Volume 3,' which were in many cases just compilations of several musical titles from other albums all shifted about so that they could sell a 'new album.' It almost made you wonder which hits really were 'the greatest.' Of course, the recording companies answered that question for us by then releasing a new record titled, 'All Time Greatest Hits.' And, you guessed it... 'All Time Greatest Hits, Volume #####.'
Well, you may be wondering why I am writing about 'Greatest Hits'? It just so happens that the QuickBooks Blog has just (recently) published a feature by Stacy Kildal titled 'QuickBooks Online Greatest Hits: Innovations for Your Business.' Now let me be perfectly clear, I take absolutely NO EXCEPTION with the list of features that Stacy has elaborated in this article as 'Greatest Hits', which even she advises the readers are in addition to an earlier list (of greatest hits). So, I guess if we were using the 'Recording Company' vernacular, this feature would be 'Greatest Hits Volume 2'.
My issue, and it may be 'mine alone' is that again, I grew up in a time when 'greatest hits' were associated with the demise of a performer.... the greatest hits were a way of giving special recognition to what had come and gone; that was 'so great' it needed to be remembered. In all of these cases, these QBO features are very much 'alive and well' and performing "outstandingly" on a day to day basis in QuickBooks Online.
So, perhaps we can all agree that they are 'FABULOUS FEATURES,' making the mark. Call them 'greatest hits' or 'fabulous features,' either way, I encourage you to read Stacy's article, it is a great summation of these QBO features of Project Profitability Tracking, Direct Bank Feeds, Automated Sales Tax, Progress Invoicing, Contractor self-setup and 1099 e-filing, Managing Multiple QBO Companies, and One-page Payroll Summaries.
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Reading Stacy's summary will really be worth your time... "but isn't it too bad you can't play her 'greatest hits' on your 1950's RCA Victrola?"