Just a quick reminder about our upcoming webinar on Wednesday 18th August 2010 at 2pm AEST. We’ll be looking at a sample of online software for professional services firms.
This is an official event as part of Energise Enterprise, the Victorian small business festival.
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Places are limited, so if you’d like to take part, please register below:
According to Gartner research, software as a service (SaaS) revenue is forecast to grow consistently through to 2013 with worldwide SaaS revenue reaching over $14 billion for the enterprise applications market. This is a growth rate of close to 18% year-on-year, from a 2008 revenue of less than half that figure.
Online Customer Relationship Management (CRM) growth has been forging ahead at for many years with almost 24% of the total CRM market segment falling in the SaaS camp in 2009, according to Gartner. And Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), traditionally ‘back-end’ software for organisations, was the third largest SaaS revenue generator in 2009! Who would have predicted that 10 years ago?
The question that we keep hearing is “are people comfortable managing their company books online”? Will small businesses turn to the web to run their accounts? There still seems to be a lot of concern around this very topic – even in mid-2010.
Our obvious response to this is that people are already doing just that. In fact, people are now turning to online accounting options in droves! Vendors like Xero, FreshBooks, Kashflow, Clearbooks and Saasu have been reporting significant levels of growth in the past few years. A couple of these vendors now proudly supporting in excess of 50,000 customers! I dare say, the jury is already out on that one…
Software Shortlist recently launched our Independent Accounting Software Review Pack, which showcases 10 leading small business accounting software products. This covers all of the major accounting software solutions, including the up-and-coming online offerings. Our expert has taken an independent view of these offerings, defining feature mappings, giving star ratings by dimension, and writing detailed reviews for each product. We have this Review Pack available as a FREE download on our website, but only for a limited time.
A quick glance of this document will give you a good appreciation of how this landscape is changing. Whatever your feeling is on this topic, rest assured that that accounting software industry for SMBs is going to look totally different in 5 years from now!
Are you a consulting or advisory firm (eg accounting, bookkeeping or software consultancy)? Do you provide services that help companies to improve their operations? Do your customers ever ask you for independent software advice? If so, we should talk!
SoftwareShortlist.com is currently looking for alliance partners to help expand our unique service. Here’s the low down on how this may work for you…
You get certified in software selection advice, extending your services capabilities for SMB customers.
You get access to our proprietary methodology, patented tools and online products/resources to assist customers in selecting software.
You get a service provider profile on the SoftwareShortlist.com website to get to new customers that you can service.
Finally, you become a reseller for all of Software Shorlist’s online products. Earn commissions as you provide services.
… and you earn more revenue by simply extending your offerings to existing and new SMB customers!
Sounds like an intriguing opportunity, don’t you think?
Of course, there are a few characteristics we are looking for in suitable candidates:
Independent – you are not strongly aligned to a particular product or vendor and can keep an open mind in looking for appropriate software solutions
Credible – you have a good reputation in your space, and your judgement and opinions would be trusted by those looking for software
Capable – you have the capabilities to extend your services to advise customers on software selection
