Personal Productivity
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Paper Handling Issues in the Modern Law Office
Tuesday, September 7, 2010There are several challenges that create a burden on the modern law office. For example, a vast amount of an associates’ time – which is a valuable commodity in any law office – is spent processing paper. Another efficiency barrier with paper comes when documents are misplaced, lost, or contain obsolete information. These issues can [...]
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Why Your Scanned Files Will Outlive Your Paper
Thursday, September 2, 2010As more and more offices go paperless, you may find that scanning and digitizing important documents, then filing them on a computer and backing them up to CD or an online server, gives them an extended life beyond the file cabinet. Digitized documents have a more useful life because they’re searchable and editable. You can’t [...]
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Need to Secure Deals Fast? Scan and Submit on the Spot!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010It’s to your advantage, as a salesperson, insurance or real estate professional, to be able to close a deal fast – and get a check immediately, if possible. All salespeople know they have to clinch the deal while the buyer is in the right frame of mind. A portable scanner connected to your laptop computer [...]
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Tell Us How You’ll ScanSnap: Insurance
Friday, August 27, 2010In an industry that requires an endless amount of documentation, it should come as no surprise that many insurance agencies have come to rely on scanners to help record all of their client’s information. From large multi-person agencies to independent business owners, having a ScanSnap at your fingertips can help any insurance agent manage the [...]
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Streamlining Document Search and Retrieval with Google and Windows 7
Tuesday, August 24, 2010Google and Windows 7 enhanced search capabilities can work seamlessly with your ScanSnap. Microsoft has integrated a powerful search engine into Windows 7 enabling users to search and retrieve documents without having to close the application they’re currently working in (e.g. Word or Excel ). Google has also been active in releasing a variety of [...]
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Kim Hogan Talks to Accounting Software 411 ‘The Insider’ about Mobile Scanning Solutions
Friday, August 20, 2010Mobile scanning solutions, if you have them in your technology arsenal, can provide CPAs and accounting professionals (as well as users in other fields), with numerous benefits. Kimberly Hogan, business development manager, ScanSnap sales, talks to Accounting Software 411 The Insider about understanding the need for mobile scanning solutions. Here are some of her insights. [...]
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Breaking Free From Paper to Regain Control of Your Practice
Friday, August 20, 2010If you have experienced a lack of efficiency in your office due to an influx of administrative chores – you’re not alone. Take a tip from Mark Pricco, a CPA and small business owner, who took office productivity to a whole new level by creating a paperless management system with the help of his own [...]
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What 17% of Growing, Successful Firms Don’t Want You to Know
Tuesday, August 17, 2010Save the date – join us on September 21st at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time for a FREE webinar! This interactive webinar will feature Jim Bourke, CPA.CITP, Partner at WithumSmith+Brown PC, and Chair of AICPA’s Certified Information Technology Professional credential Committee. Brought to you by Fujitsu and SpeedTax. Register today at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/518554123. -The ScanSnap Team
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5 Tips from a Professional Organizer: Creating & Maintaining a Clean Work Surface
Thursday, August 12, 2010According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Team, more than 99 million tons of paper and paperboard were used in the U.S. in 2005, and paper and paperboard make up 34% of the U.S. waste stream. Despite the fact that many Americans are addicted to texting and email, we still consume huge amounts of paper. [...]
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The Surprising Cost of Managing Paper Documents
Friday, August 6, 2010In considering the move to the paperless office, many people in business still believe it is too expensive, both in the time it takes to scan and organize digitized documents, and in the technology needed to secure their work and make it easily accessible. In fact the opposite is true. Once a company adopts scanning [...]
