Xero accountants give their best lines.
About 20 accountants contributed to a great thread on LinkedIn on how to convince customers to move from a desktop accounting program to the cloud-based Xero. I’ve compiled the most common points with edited responses into a list here.
- Intuitive, ease of use. “When I show my clients Xero and show them how intuitive it is they nearly always want to give it a try.”
- Big-picture perspective. “The dashboard puts them back in control of the finances. They need to know that information to make their business viable.”
- Faster bank reconciliation. “It is so much quicker and easier than traditional reconciliation. I always start a demo with this.”
- Data hosted online. “It doesn’t matter if your accounts PC crashes.”
- Automated bank feeds. “Bank statements everyday! Automatically! No need to transfer huge files to your account any more. All information is gathered in one place.”
- Real-time business management. “Why run your business looking over your shoulder by looking at old financial data when you can have current data that allows you to look and plan for the future?”
- Easier integration. “We’re looking forward to pumping in all our customer billing data automatically from our backend servers into the Xero API.”
- Mac friendly. “Mac users no longer face the issue of compatibility.”
- Anywhere access. “Clients can access financial accounts in one city while I live in another and we are both looking at live information.”
- Cheaper accounting. “It can reduce their basic admin costs by about 20%, which means that they have a budget for extra value services.”