We are very pleased to be listed on the advisor page of Tradevine.  If you haven’t had a look at their site yet, check them out.  ”Superb software for Trade Me sellers – list faster, list smarter.  Save money, save time”.  If you haven’t heard of Tradevine yet, it will only be a matter of time.

Tradevine Advisor

Wow, we had a combined Christmas Party with the girls from Jack Property Maintenance last week.  What a night!

Amanda put on a great night from Strike a Pose – www.strikeapose.co.nz.  Where you do ‘life drawing’… in a hens party format…  Great fun!  We got to polish up on our long dormant drawing skills and have a laugh at the same time.  I haven’t seen so many red faces for ages.

We had a great model called Logan, I believe you can choose a male or female life model, so the boys don’t need to feel excluded from this.  It is kind of hard drawing a … when making eye contact with the model…  I won’t say too much more.  Strike a Pose is a very affordable way to have a fun Christmas party or even.

Julia, Leigh, Sandy and Glennis

Strike a Pose

The girls were very pleased yesterday to welcome Baby Jade to the KOM office …along with her parents of course…  Jai and Sarah Ivarsson from MadeSimple and Jaijaz.

Sarah, Jai and Baby Jade

I am pleased to announce that we are now simPRO Streamline providers and trainers.  We can integrate simPRO Streamline with your accounts system, we can also provide the accounts system and training.  Check out our setup rates.

I am keen to discuss your needs and see if simPRO suits your business.  Call us at the office if  you have clients who need support for simPRO too – 09 269 5466.

Checkout Web Widgets free Website Builder - this cloud based content management system and shopping cart integrates with Xero, sending invoices into your Xero drafts.  It also integrates with paypal and several other payment gateways.

Build and maintain your website for free.  It’s easy to create your own website using their templates and wizards, or alternatively contact them for a professional design service.

www.webwidgets.co.nz

Thanks to DJCA who presented at the Xero office this afternoon.  Ric, Andrew, Rebecca and Eva did a great job showing how Xero works and how great your relationship with your accountant can be – with ongoing advice available because of the nature of Xero.

Email Ric for details of the next event they are running – ric@djca.co.nz

Katalyst Office Management are now Unleashed Partners.  We will do the accreditation for training next month, so if you need to manage inventory in your business we will be able to set up Unleashed for you, or if you have clients on Unleashed who need support, we will be able to provide support for you.

If you didn’t know, Unleashed can now comfortably manage around 50,000 stock lines.  I have a stock background and I can tell you it easily handles import costing.  Unleashed starts from $40.25 per month.  Call us at the office now if you are interested in Unleashed for your business or clients.

www.unleashedsoftware.com

I came across this on Troy Goodall’s site and I had to share it.

Mum was at at the V8s over the weekend supporting the uncles – she no longer has finger nails.  They came in first for the weekend – they are also the first kiwis to win in Hamilton – nice.

So, well done Uncle Ross and Uncle Jimmy!  Oh, and Shane…  www.stonebrothersracing.com.au

Jimmy and Ross Stone

Sometimes at the Katalyst office we hang out with our friends from 82 & surf YouTube. Amanda from 82 showed us this video of her friend Tanja’s (a.k.a. Misery) pug dog that sings Batman & had us cracking up! So we just thought we’d share it with you too, ‘cos sharing is caring!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm3rIGEnmYc