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Mary Girsch-Bock

Contributing Writer

mary.girschbock@cpapracticeadvisor.com

Mary grew up in Chicago, graduating from the University of Illinois-Chicago. She began her career as accountant and later made the switch to writing full time, concentrating on business and technology, with a focus on small business. A former QuickBooks beta tester, Mary’s work has appeared in The Motley Fool, The Blueprint, and Property Manager.com. She currently writes a monthly accounting and technology-related blog for PLANERGY, and ghostwrites several blogs for various software companies.

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2015 Review of CPASites.com

CPAsites was founded in 1997, and bills itself as the original CPA website firm. Unlike the majority of web design products, CPAsites does not utilize templates, but creates each website from scratch.

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2015 Review of Thomson Reuters Web Builder CS

Web Builder CS was formerly known as eMochila, which is known as one of the pioneers in web site building products when it came to market in 2003. eMochila was acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2011, and is now known as Web Builder CS. All of the ...

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2015 Review of CPA Site Solutions

CPA Site Solutions has plenty of experience providing professionally designed websites that are geared towards accounting professionals. CPA Site Solutions is available in three versions; Silver, Gold, and Platinum. There are no set-up or design fees ...

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2015 Review of AccountantsWorld Website Relief

Accountants World Website Relief is best suited to those currently utilizing Accountants World Power Practice Suite of Applications, though the product can be used as a stand-alone system as well.

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2015 Review of Tenenz AFSB - Accounting and Financial Site Builder

Accounting and Financial Site Builder (AFSB) from Tenenz has been offering easy to create website creation capability for accounting firms since 2000.New users can opt to use their own domain, or AFSB can handle domain registration and renewals. Users can

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2015 Reviews of Website Builders for Accounting Firms

In today’s electronic world, a website is a no longer considered a luxury, but is now a necessity for just about every business, including accounting firms. But it’s not enough to simply have a web presence. In order to stay competitive, a firm’s ...

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Firm Management

2015 Review of Doc.It Suite

Cloud-enabled, Doc.It offers a comprehensive suite of features designed to manage data, documents, projects and workflow. The product offers three different versions, including On-Premise Cloud, designed for those with a dedicated IT staff.

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Firm Management

2015 Review of SmartVault

SmartVault offers users both document management capabilities, as well as a portal for sharing files. What makes SmartVault different from similar products is the built-in interface to QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online, and Microsoft Outlook.

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2015 Review of eFileCabinet

eFileCabinet offers a long list of product tools including the ability to backup files to the cloud while still using the on-premise version. Users can easily check-in and check-out documents as needed, and the product offers version control, so users ...

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2015 Review of Drake Software - Drake Document Manager

Drake Document Management is a full-function document organization and storage tool that is included in the Drake Unlimited suite of applications. Drake Document Management fully integrates will Drake Software products. Users can choose to use Drake ...

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2015 Review of GoFileRoom

Designed for accounting and tax professionals, GoFileRoom is built to be used exclusively with the Internet Explorer web browser. Cloud-based, GoFileRoom offers solid document management capabilities, along with additional modules that support ...

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Firm Management

2015 Review of Conarc iChannel

iChannel is a web based document management solution suitable for mid-to large size businesses. Originally designed for CPA firms, iChannel is well-suited to a variety of industries including legal, real estate, healthcare, and even schools and nonprofits