Tusday already!

Managed to finish one set of accounts and tax calcs for a client at last! I have been meaning to do for 2 weeks.Final review including tick off this week, accounts to be published and bill to client sent. Another set of accounts to follow later in the week if I can get Excel to behave. Bizarre issue with calculations!!
Busy week on Dynamics Nav. Preparing training material for on site training mid August for Dynamics Nav 2009 R2 Classic. Pulled together detailed spec and quote for major development on Nav. Phone call to discuss later today and hopefully approval of PO. Required urgently by client so sign off and approval of PO needs to be today. Ongoing support for another client for Nav including menusuite fix for changes to pages on RTC. Must remember to compile replacement object, create partner menusuite. Then the users can see the changes. This is a step forward???? Easier to develop in Classic on forms. Never mind, change happens for the better apparently!
That's all for now! More news re major and urgent development tomorrow.

Busy day!

Attended Dynamics Nav related client site today for confirmation of requirements. Confirmed quote this afternoon - just - after mapping out the process and how Nav would have to be developed / configured to meet the requirements. Required urgently by client. Lets hope they go for it! Sign off required in the next week to meet the client's deadline. Sending on supporting process later in the week.
Also completed data cleansing upload for client on Dynamics Nav. Customer address details.
Had an MS Accounting query today. First time in a year. Responded but not sure I was much help. Cancelled MS Accounting related domains today. No need for them. This package is dead!
Off to the South West tomorrow to de-clutter. Busy, busy, busy!!!
That's all for now folks. Hometime!

The start of another week...

Everyone in so noise levels back to normal. Think I prefer that to no noise like last Friday.
Out this week to sort out bungalow in South West for renting.
Waiting to here from telephone and email enquiries from last week and still keeping my fingers crossed. All for Dynamics Nav.
Over the week end received an customer enquiry for Dynamics Nav training in Eastern Europe. Followed this up today by pencilling in a week in late August 2011. Yet to agree the details but more work at least. This triggered a follow up from a quote supplied 2 months ago so may be this will be signed off. Agains fingers crossed.
Received an Dynamics Nav enquiry from a customer that has been quiet for some time. Quoted for.
Client visit tomorrow to review development requirement and confirm quote.
That's all for today!
In short, some noise re enquiries on Dynamics Nav.

Friday!

No blog yesterday as I was out at a client site. Managed to resolve Dynamics Nav 2009 installation issues and restore live database for client. Amended web page to offer this service to clients. See what happens! And the client I was at confirmed deadline for implementation and there may be a need for my skills to ensure deadline met. Again fingers crossed!
Yesterday was a day for receiving emails requesting quotes for Dynamics Nav work. Responded to all today so here's hoping some of them are approved. Meeting next week to discuss more development in  more detail. Sometimes it is easier to discuss rather than just read a spec.
Happy birthday to Geoffrey! My grandson is 1 today. His grandad feeling a little older but definitely no wiser. Looking forward to tomorrow's party and the fact I can walk round and therefore celebrate his birthday by drinking some alcohol!
More mailshot letters out today re chasing Dynamics Nav work. To Sheffield businesses.
Agree terms today for renting out South West holiday home. We are just not using it so no reason why it should not work harder to generate revenue for the family! Need to de-clutter next week ready for week commencing 25th July.
And today I have been in the office on my own. Got loads done as it was so quiet. So who from Paul, Emily and Sara wants to own up to be the noisy one? ;)
That's all for now! Have a great week end. Off to post mailshot letters and may have an ice cream!

Another week another dollar!

Booked for a client visit tomorrow re Dynamics Nav sql install, backup and restore of local database and some data migration for opening customer and vendor ledger entries. Also received development quote request from a client for a Dynamics Nav form for easing data input for telesales.
Phone call yesterday from potential Dynamics Nav client from the South West as a result, I presume, of the web site updates completed last week re base of operation in North Cornwall. Waiting to hear if they want to use us or not next week. Fingers crossed.
Signed up for monitor based advertising in a local post office. Based on data given, cheaper than leaflet dropping in the same area each week. Again fingers crossed we get some clients from this.
Fixed short cuts issue for another Dynamics Nav client. Issue caused by closing off user access to Fin Man module. Also received request for loading in clensed data onto a client's Dynamics Nav database. Will be completed Friday morning.
That's all for now!

So who noticed that there was no blog yesterday?

Oops! Forgot! Never mind. All this work re web presence, web site changes and linked in appears to be having some effect! We are getting some phone calls on various Nav related matters. Fingers crossed something comes of our responses! Also some reaction to leaflet drop for IT services and bookkeeping. Got some work off that!
Now advertising on LinkedIn for a week. Not cheap but having established all these links, may be advertising Dynamics Nav services will work for us. Don't know. Set the daily budget to $10 and this ran out within 2 hours. Ok that proves the adverts are viewed. But no clicks and therefore no enquiries. Set up Dynamics Nav advert to run on LinkedIn for a week to see what reaction there is.
Started some annual accounts work for some clients with a view to finishing by the end of next week.
Forgot to mention PO received from new customer yesterday re Dynamics Nav. Noteworthy event but lets hope this is a sign of things to come! :)

At least tomorrow's Friday!

Quiet day today. Some phone calls showing some interest in services but nothing committed or definite. Paul and I started work today on latest Dynamics Nav development signed off. Will finish next week when some details confirmed by client.
Tomorrow I will start the bookkeeping jobs done by Emily. I just create the annual accounts from the books Emily creates. 2 clients to finish off and then bill! Received the books today for another client so that work will start next week. Emily and Sara on a leaflet drop locally.
Conference call on new process requirement from client. They have a workaround for now but require a quote for the full solution. Similar requirement to another process in Nav so not major work. But workaround will work well for them so don't think this will be a runner.
Client will confirm tomorrow on site attendance next week for Dynamics Nav support.
Short update today!

Go live date today!

MBS Navision version 4 development go live date today. Took longer than expected but they usually do. Not so much loading the deveopment itself, usually managing the old data affected by the development. Loads of it to amend and it took 2 hours! Down to our excellent internet connection (NOT) as provided by BT! All done. Some queries as a result which will be fixed.
Also prospective bookkeeping and tax client came to see me last night. Quotes to do today / tomorrow and hopefully he will sign up. Resulting from leaflet drop.
Forgot to mention mailshot sent this week advertising our Dynamics Nav services and how we can provide these services locally to Devon and Cornwall from a base of operation in North Cornwall.
Still adding each day to LinkedIn potential connections based on membership of same group and people I know that I did not realise were on LinkedIn. Now have 118 connections. Will any work come from these connections? Don't know. Only time will tell.
Still no response from enquiries re Dynamics Nav hosting so I have responded accordingly to prospective client. Need a contact for the future. I wonder who will show some enthusiasm?
That's all for now folks. Conference call with client in 5 minutes and another one tomorrow. Hoping tomorrow's conference call will lead to some work!

So what has been happening today?

Getting geared up for a client Dynamics Nav development go live tomorrow. Load in some amended objects, add some menus to the Navigation Pane in version 4 and then load in some data. Simple enough. Backed up all affected objects off the client's live database so I have a fall back position. So I am ready!
Discovered you can have a business facebook page. Started it today. Tried to book an advert but the authorisation process crashed. Will try again tomorrow. Charging mechanism works in the same way as Google adds i.e. cost per click. I thought it was worth a punt!
Apart from that, a quiet day. Must be the heat!

Printers bloody printers!

What a pain printers are! Never mind - resolved by switching the print off and then on and when that did not work switching my laptop off and then on again.
Another mailshot out today to Nav contacts. Fingers crossed get some reaction. Web pages updated for new business base in North Cornwall.
Dynamics Nav support completed today for feedback on reports created for a client. Still to fix report issue for cash flow development completed for a client.
That's all for today!

Thank goodness it is a Friday!

Busy admin day today. Raising all the fixed price support Dynamics Nav invoices for July 2011, billings for June 2011 work. More activity on LinkedIn. More connections. Will anything come of these? Worst case scenario is that I end up with related contacts for work I cannot do for a client or prospective client.
As a small business, related business contacts vital so that if I cannot provide the requested service, I can recommend someone who can.
Case in point today. Contact from prospective Dynamics Nav client today re quote. Also included a request for any contacts for Dynamics Nav hosting. So I have sent some emails out to businesses I know and no replies as yet. Watch this space.
Begs the question how quickly would you respond to a new business request. For us it would be within 30 minutes - always! For others it would appear to be sometime in the future.
New bookkeeping client prospect this week from leaflet drops in East Bridgford. He was going to pop in earlier this week but hasn't as yet. Chased him up this morning and he was chuffed I wanted the business and was chasing it. It is all about finding the balance when chasing. Most of the time patience is required. It certainly is for Dynamics Nav prospects.
In the mean time, if you know of anyone that provides Dynamics Nav hosting that has a good reputation, email me at neil.fraser@fraserpriceconsulting.co.uk.
Have a great week end!