Heather Smith: MYOB Certified Consultant

Camp Hill, Queensland
www.aniseconsulting.com.au

Heather Smith is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, a Commerce graduate, an MYOB Certified Consultant and Specialist Trainer.

She is passionate about educating and empowering small business owners to implement practical and realistic financial systems, that will allow them to generate accurate Monthly Management Reports(MMR).

This is primarily centred around MYOB Business Management software. Typical work may include, training, setting up and implementing new systems, assisting with reconciliations, tidying up of accounting software files at the end of year, in preparation for the accountants reviews, dissection, discovery, consultation mentoring, and on-going support.

Recent community achievements include being a member of the Tuckshop Committee that won 2006 Queensland Tuckshop of the Year Award, overseeing two community parades and winning the family relay at the local swim club.

Heather's favourite quote
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country” President John F. Kennedy

Articles by Heather

• Nifty ideas to grow your business

  Every minute counts! If you find yourself with some spare time in your diary here are some original ideas to grow your business in every direction.

  • 27 May 09
  • Heather Smith
  • 13 Comments

• Ten ways to reduce your accounting fees

  Professional Accountants can be critical to the ongoing success of your business. They can provide advice on company structure, financial management and legal tax avoidance. But their fees can be exorbitant!

  • 01 April 09
  • Heather Smith
  • 13 Comments

• Using Yahoo or Google Groups to help business

  Long before the days of Twitter, Facebook and myspace there was a simpler Internet technology: groups. Yahoo! or Google Groups are formed when a community focused around a specialist topic uses email lists and forums to communicate.

  • 25 February 09
  • Heather Smith
  • 4 Comments

• 12 signs you should say NO to clients

  Making the decision to say no to clients is not made lightly. Do you know how to recognise when you should say no? No to an existing client, no to future income, no to potential new clients?

  • 21 January 09
  • Heather Smith
  • 11 Comments

• Free software or freeware for small business

  Following on from my article 20 Money Saving Tips, I wanted to share free software or 'freeware' I have tried and tested. Freeware is offered by software firms on a trial basis, in the hope that you will upgrade to their subscription based product.

  • 26 December 08
  • Heather Smith
  • 23 Comments

• Government initiatives for micro businesses

  The Small Business Summit in Brisbane provided an opportunity to hear what the Government is doing to help micro businesses.

  • 10 November 08
  • Heather Smith
  • 5 Comments

• 20 money saving tips

  Welcome to money savers anonymous. Hi! I am Heather Smith and I love to save money. I like to find a bargain, but what excites me even more than money saving is when I get something for free.

  • 12 September 08
  • Heather Smith
  • 16 Comments

• Mistakes made by start up micro businesses

  In my work life, I come in contact with a lot of start up micro businesses and have discovered some of the mistakes they have made. Fortunately, we have the opportunity to learn from them, and hopefully avoid the same mistakes ourselves.

  • 01 August 08
  • Heather Smith
  • 11 Comments

• Making money offering work experience

  Interested in making more money and doing less work? Why not get someone to do your job for you, and pay you for that privilege. Does this sound too good to be true? Read on to find out more about making money offering work experience.

  • 27 June 08
  • Heather Smith
  • 6 Comments

• Cooperation versus competition

  Us soloists are busy and time poor. Unless you are outsourcing there will come a time whereby you have capped your capacity to serve your clients. When you reach that point, what are your options? This article looks at cooperation versus competition.

  • 21 May 08
  • Heather Smith
  • 12 Comments

• Practical tips for a paperless office

  Is a paperless office for a soloists a practical reality? In my article Small business record keeping: Dealing with the shoebox Marc Fraser from Melbourne raised the possibility of maintaining financial source documents electronically.

  • 18 April 08
  • Heather Smith
  • 11 Comments

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  Business invoicing: How to create an invoice

  After years of working in Management Accounts, the same invoicing errors keep cropping up. So I'd encourage you to print out a copy of your business invoice and discover whether you’re guilty of delaying your own cash flow!

  • 21 March 08
  • Heather Smith
  • 15 Comments

• A beginners guide to Podcasts

  I love my iPod - it has opened my world in ways I could not imagine. The reason for this is simple: podcasts! Before I got my iPod, I didn’t even know they existed.

  • 15 February 08
  • Heather Smith
  • 3 Comments

• Business Management Software: Nine tips

  Reconciliations wreaking havoc? Transactions disappearing? BAS adjustments giving you nightmares? Here are nine tips for using Business Management Software.

  • 11 January 08
  • Heather Smith
  • 5 Comments

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  Five tips for naming your business

  Naming your business is one of the first steps in flying solo, although it is often not an easy task and there are many factors to consider. Here are some practical tips to help you with the process of naming your business.

  • 31 October 07
  • Heather Smith
  • 19 Comments

• Small business record keeping: Dealing with the shoebox

  As an accountant, at this time of year people start arriving at my door with a shoe box stuffed full of receipts. Some of you may be chuckling in disbelief while others are blushing with recognition of their own small business record keeping!

  • 26 September 07
  • Heather Smith
  • 25 Comments