GoldMine Gets Relative with QuickBooks

The latest version of GoldMine Plus Accounting hit the market this week. The popular small business contact management system now works with QuickBooks 2.0 to integrate accounting data directly into the program, which now provides a single, unified record for all customer transactions.

Designed for business professionals who require a complete customer profile — but are currently using separate, unrelated or out of sync systems to access sales, accounting and operational data — GoldMine Plus Accounting for use with QuickBooks 2.0 puts customer contact and financial information in one spot, eliminating the need to launch a separate session with QuickBooks.

Users can create estimates and invoices that are linked to sales information in GoldMine and avoid having to make duplicate entries of financial data in order to share customer information between the two programs.

Enhancements to the new release include a redesigned user interface, improved purchase order and sales order processes, customizable XML output for a variety of report-building needs, and auto-run synchronization, which means that there are no additional systems required for QuickBooks to run at the same time as GoldMine.

ANI Direct specializes in deploying network security solutions for businesses both large and small. The company uses customer information and business intelligence systems to complement its use of GoldMine’s sales and accounting programs.

Steve Duncan, ANI Direct vice president of sales for, said the company is a big advocate of GoldMine.

“It keeps our sales team extremely organized and in front of our customers, letting us know renewals are due,” Duncan said. “Its SQL backend (define) is extremely fast, allowing for robust reporting features that enable us to provide reports for vendors in seconds.”

Duncan credits the improved performance of FrontRange Software’s new GoldMine Plus Accounting solution with making it possible for ANI Direct to continually build on its success in the market. This includes serving organizations as diverse as The Ritz Carlton and Columbus Municipal School District, among other companies in different industries such as financial services, government agencies and the health care sector.

GoldMine Plus Accounting New Graphical User Interface

GoldMine Plus Accounting for use with QuickBooks is an ideal solution for sales departments because it can display customer’s credit limits, balances and terms — critical information needed to help close sales. GoldMine Plus Accounting for use with QuickBooks also allows small business owners to stay on top of credit controls and improve accounts receivable processes by scheduling calls or sending e-mails to all customers that are over their credit limit or have overdue invoices.

Accounting personnel appreciate GoldMine Plus Accounting for use with QuickBooks because it eliminates the likelihood of double data entry errors. Inconsistent customer data between sales and accounting programs plagues small businesses. With GoldMine Plus Accounting for use with QuickBooks, users simply select the correct data and the program automatically updates both systems — reducing discrepancies and saving time.

You’ll need to be running Microsoft Windows 98 SE, XP or 2000 and have 32 MB of RAM available — 128 MB of RAM is recommended. GoldMine Plus Accounting works with QuickBooks 2003 and 2004 Pro, Premier and Enterprise editions. GoldMine users will need to be running version 6.0 or higher. And it’s important to note that QuickBooks and GoldMine software must be install on each workstation to tap into the integrated system. The average single user price for GoldMine Plus Accounting for use with QuickBooks 2.0 starts at $99 and can be purchased direct from FrontRange Solutions or one of its business partners.

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Small Business Computing Staff
Small Business Computing Staff
Small Business Computing addresses the technology needs of small businesses, which are defined as businesses with fewer than 500 employees and/or less than $7 million in annual sales.

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