Quickbooks Premier for Accountants 2010 Winners Announced!

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Intuit has selected us to give away six Not for Resale (NFR) copies of QuickBooks Premier for Accountants 2010 to our loyal readers and followers. Congratulations to our winners!

Patricia Beckman		Marilyn Bell		Patty Mory
Karma Nuttal		Michael Thimsen		Johnny Young

How to Win

Intuit wanted to see how creative we could be with this giveaway and since we have followers all over the internet we wanted to give it a social media bent. So we decided to randomly give away a copy to one of our lucky followers on each of our favorite sites:

1. Since we LOVE Twitter and our 27,000+ followers (and counting) the first copy will be randomly given away to one of @ruthperryman's followers on November 30, 2009. While there, don't forget to follow the rest of our team @brandonkluge, @kevinakluge and @qbspecialists.

2. Several months ago, we started a QuickBooks Tips & Tricks group on LinkedIn, but it's been a bit neglected due to our fascination (some might say obsession) with Twitter. We really love the idea of people having one place to go for all their QuickBooks tips, so in addition to our own blog feed we've added feeds from several other great QuickBooks blogs, including ones written by Charlie Russell, Mike Block, Bruce Anderson, and Selwyn van Rooyen. So the second copy will be randomly given away to one of our LinkedIn QuickBooks Tips & Tricks group members on November 30, 2009. Once you join, you can also easily connect with Ruth by selecting the group for "How do you know Ruth". While you're there, feel free to post some news or start a discussion.

3. Sad to say, our FaceBook fan page has suffered a similar fate, but we promise to give it a lot more love over the next few months. We've even figured out how to post our blog and Twitter feed, which was no easy task! So the third copy will be randomly given away to of our FaceBook The QB Specialists fans on November 30, 2009.

4. Of course, we can't forget our loyal newsletter subscribers! You guys have been with us through thick and thin while we played around with our settings to get it just right. So the fourth copy will be randomly given away to one of our newsletter subscribers on November 30, 2009.

5. We extremely committed to the idea of building a local support group for accounting professionals who provide consulting, training, and support for QuickBooks here in the Sacramento area. So the fifth copy will be randomly given away to one of our Sacramento ProAdvisor yahoogroup members. This is a place where members can trade ideas, learn about solutions, and cross-refer clients - and let's face it, sometimes we just need a friendly shoulder to cry on. It's a private group so you will need to prove you are a QuickBooks accounting professional who works or lives in the Sacramento area before your membership can be approved.

6. Lastly, we're really excited about attending next week's Sleeter Conference in Orlando, FL. If you are going to be there, we would love to meet you! During the open exhibit times, we'll be at Qvinci booth (B-15) and Ruth's husband, Randy, will be taking the conference photographs (check out his work at Randy's Fine Art Photography). Stop by and introduce yourself or send us an email to let us know you will be there and we will be on the look out for you! And don't forget to check out Qvinci, a fabulous QuickBooks and Excel reporting tool that was just distinguised as one of Sleeter's "Awesome QuickBooks Add-ons" for 2010. The sixth and final copy will be randomly given away on November 12, 2009 to one new guru who registers with us during the conference.

No purchase is necessary to win. Good luck - we hope you all have as much fun with this contest as we're going to have!