Another quiet week but with some potential business prospects. If we were measured on business potential we would be millionaires!
Started to look in earnest at Dynamics Nav 2013. Started with the upgrade tool. All going well until we realised we do not have a licence that would allow us to load in the new converted 2009 objects from the base 2009 database into the newly created Nav 2013 database. Cronus licence which comes with Nav 2013 does not work - as you would expect. So we need one of our clients to request the upgrade licence which then commits them to Nav 2013. Weird set up re upgrade path. So put some feelers out there to see if anyone has a Nav 2013 licence.
In fact thinking about it I don't see why a client cannot carry on using their old Nav 2009 licence after the Nav 2013 new licence upgrade has been completed.
More updates to follow as we make (or not) progress.
On another front, I wonder if there are any Dynamics Nav users in Nottinghamshire or Leicestershire? Last time we paid for some research on this very subject (back in 2005), there were very few users in these areas. So I end up travelling all over the country from Bognor Regis to Manchester.
That's all for now folks!
Thursday 29 November 2012
Tuesday 27 November 2012
Another day, another dollar
Bit quiet at the moment on the Dynamics Nav support side of the business so we are actively looking for more work. New web pages on new domains all finished with links created (www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk, www.fpconsult.co.uk, www.fraseraccounts.co.uk). If you now search for Dynamics Nav UK Help we are very near the top which is fantastic considering the new web page and domain have only been in existence for a month.
Sent out some emails yesterday confirming the day rates will be reduced by 20% for all orders placed in December 2012. Not much response yet but christmas really gets in the way of work!! Generally very quiet and I see no reason for anything different this year.
Went for a chat with a potential new client in Preston last week re Dynamics Nav work. Referred by recruitment agent which is a first. We normally get our own clients via web enquiries. The requirement was for between 3 and 5 days on site. But the client was really investigating options and some of the work they wanted completing could be done by a newly qualified accountant who would be a lot cheaper. Too far for me to travel daily. Client not interested either - or to put it another way as described by the agent, there are not interested right now. Watch out for this agent type speak!! Really means not interested at all!
On the other hand the accounts side (bookkeeping, tax etc) is ramping up nicely ready for the usual personal tax deadline of 31/1/13. Most of our clients are nearly done and I am hoping like last year we will get some more in the next 2 months for businesses where they are looking for a better service or cheaper service.
Fingers crossed Dynamics Nav work will get better shortly!
Sent out some emails yesterday confirming the day rates will be reduced by 20% for all orders placed in December 2012. Not much response yet but christmas really gets in the way of work!! Generally very quiet and I see no reason for anything different this year.
Went for a chat with a potential new client in Preston last week re Dynamics Nav work. Referred by recruitment agent which is a first. We normally get our own clients via web enquiries. The requirement was for between 3 and 5 days on site. But the client was really investigating options and some of the work they wanted completing could be done by a newly qualified accountant who would be a lot cheaper. Too far for me to travel daily. Client not interested either - or to put it another way as described by the agent, there are not interested right now. Watch out for this agent type speak!! Really means not interested at all!
On the other hand the accounts side (bookkeeping, tax etc) is ramping up nicely ready for the usual personal tax deadline of 31/1/13. Most of our clients are nearly done and I am hoping like last year we will get some more in the next 2 months for businesses where they are looking for a better service or cheaper service.
Fingers crossed Dynamics Nav work will get better shortly!
Friday 2 November 2012
Mental note to update this blog
Apologies for any followers. Probably none as it has been some time since my last update.
We (Fraser Price Consulting) have had a busy September and busy-ish October but it is very quiet now. Very strange!!
So I have updated the web page style using a fantastic tool called Jimdo (www.jimdo.com). Tried it out for free initially this week and then created a duplicate of our current www.dynamicsnavconsultant.co.uk web page using Jimdo. Look and feel is much better so bought a new domain www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk and added in the new created web page.
We would love to know what people think!
I will also be keeping an eye on it for search engine optimisation (SEO) to see if we get many hits.
We have a good summer in picking up several new Dynamics Nav clients but all they initially needed was some training. One set of on site training was pre purchase including installation of the 2009 demo. All for a very good price of £600 per day! Another set of training was for Dynamics Nav v5 German edition. Both had different styles of training (one was interactive with users using the system while I taught, the other was more of a run through. I am hoping for more work but only time will tell!
Working on a Jimdo web page for our accounts, book keeping and tax side of the business. We rarely get business from web searches (usually work of mouth) but I have never liked the layout of the web page and we can do better. So watch this space.
By the by, Jimdo Pro is £60pa including new domain registration (if appropriate) for each domain. Pro allows for SEO and all sorts of other stuff key for a business web page. But not for a personal web page. The free version includes a Jimdo advert on the right hand side.
That's all for this week. Fingers crosssed for more work next week.
We (Fraser Price Consulting) have had a busy September and busy-ish October but it is very quiet now. Very strange!!
So I have updated the web page style using a fantastic tool called Jimdo (www.jimdo.com). Tried it out for free initially this week and then created a duplicate of our current www.dynamicsnavconsultant.co.uk web page using Jimdo. Look and feel is much better so bought a new domain www.dynamicsnavukhelp.co.uk and added in the new created web page.
We would love to know what people think!
I will also be keeping an eye on it for search engine optimisation (SEO) to see if we get many hits.
We have a good summer in picking up several new Dynamics Nav clients but all they initially needed was some training. One set of on site training was pre purchase including installation of the 2009 demo. All for a very good price of £600 per day! Another set of training was for Dynamics Nav v5 German edition. Both had different styles of training (one was interactive with users using the system while I taught, the other was more of a run through. I am hoping for more work but only time will tell!
Working on a Jimdo web page for our accounts, book keeping and tax side of the business. We rarely get business from web searches (usually work of mouth) but I have never liked the layout of the web page and we can do better. So watch this space.
By the by, Jimdo Pro is £60pa including new domain registration (if appropriate) for each domain. Pro allows for SEO and all sorts of other stuff key for a business web page. But not for a personal web page. The free version includes a Jimdo advert on the right hand side.
That's all for this week. Fingers crosssed for more work next week.
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