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The end of the year always comes more quickly than we expect, so now is the time to get organized! Whether you are a long time customer or new to Boulevard, we can help with your choice of Inventory Setup, a Database Makeover, or even our Virtual Assistant services!

The Inventory Setup Service includes entering Section 1 on hand amounts, entering Section 1 Ideal amounts, and clean up of the Closeout Items product category. Valued at $75, you can purchase this service for just $30, and be up and running in minutes! Call us today to inquire or purchase.

A Database Makeover is the perfect way to clean up and organize your data. Our Database Makeovers are available starting at just $25. The best part? Each makeover level builds upon the previous and increases the amount of help we can provide to getting your systems in place and you back on track. Call our office today to discuss how a Makeover can help! Perhaps the problem is bigger than a makeover warrants… perhaps you’re behind on the data entry itself. We have a solution for that, too!

All of us have lives outside of our Mary Kay® businesses, right? Being a Mary Kay Consultant is a grand adventure, but there are times when other things happen and they take priority, so your business may take a back seat for a while. Life happening doesn’t keep customers from needing to reorder their skin care and cosmetics and doesn’t stop you from needing to order inventory to replenish what you are selling. It also doesn’t stop those ever present and inevitable business expenses from accruing. Sometimes it can keep you from being able to sit down at your computer to enter it though.

Is all of this sounding a little familiar? Do you find yourself in this position now? Maybe a paperwork pile three or four months (or more!) deep is threatening to spill onto the floor as you read this message. Does the thought of prepping for taxes – let alone filing on time – give you cold sweats and chills? We have the answer for you: Historical Virtual Assistant – and the professional, reliable competence of our Customer Service Representatives – to the rescue!

We have offered a Virtual Assistant Service for several years now and those using it swear by its positive effects on their business. Offloading your data entry to someone else frees up your time and energy to concentrate on actually building your business. Plus you can continue to take care of your family, enjoy your friends, and not get behind. Our historical Virtual Assistant service is perfect for helping you to fill in, catch up, and just get back to where you need to be.

We can help you to determine what needs to be entered by assessing your unique situation. Based on the number of months of entry and the amount of paperwork from each month to be entered, we will provide you a customized quote for this service. Not only will your data entry be completed by trained Boulevard professionals, it will be done neatly and to your specifications.

While you’re in the clean up and organization mode, do you have a plan for all those foundations you have in stock but are being discontinued by Mary Kay? You guessed it! We have a solution for that, too! Check out our awesome Product of the Month postcards. We suggest using these lovely cards to showcase specific products that you’re overstocked in or are being discontinued. You can purchase these cards in a set then prep and mail them yourself or, sign up for our Postcard Service and let us do the work for you! For just $0.70 a name including postage, you won’t find a better deal. Better yet, we provide a report you can use to follow-up and even remind you to follow-up after the cards are sent.

We believe in working this business full-circle – just like you have been taught in Mary Kay. We don’t like to leave anything to chance and are always looking for ways to simplify, streamline, and improve the odds of our customers’ success. Our Customer Service Representatives are waiting to assist you. Contact us, and let’s get started today!

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With the Avenue application for Windows® Mobile and Blackberry™ devices, you have the ability and freedom to take the most important Boulevard information with you. Why not have your business information at your fingers tips whenever and wherever you need it, even when away from your computer?

Access profile information for Customers and Address list contacts along with the ability to view up to two years of their purchase history. Need to know the production or contact information for a consultant in your team or unit? With Avenue you’ve got that too.

Dial any phone number directly from Avenue using your device dialer. And if your device has email capability,  email directly from Avenue application. These convenient features make it easy to stay in touch with customers and stay on top of the details even when you’re busy.

The Trip Log is an excellent tool that allows you to record business mileage while you’re out and about without having to write anything down. We didn’t stop there. Would you like to have your inventory at your fingers tips? How about the ability to create an invoice for those spontaneous on-the-go sales we all love to get? With Main Street Software’s handheld application, that’s possible, too!

Once home, just synchronize your device and everything is updated between Avenue and the Boulevard software on your computer. No internet or browser connection is required to run or synchronize Avenue with your computer. Safe, secure, and convenient – Main Street Software makes business mobility easy!

Order your copy of Avenue today!

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No matter how accurate you think you have entered and tracked information in your Boulevard software, the government wants you to count your inventory anyway. Now is the time to schedule a block of time to take the physical count. Main Street Software staff recommend the following steps:

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  1. Print the Inventory Worksheet by Category (filtered for Section 1 only).
  2. Use this worksheet to take your physical count. Write your actual quantities in the column labeled Actual.Please Note Edit the Physical Count  
  3. When your physical count is complete, highlight the items where the quantity you wrote is different from what Boulevard thinks you have.
  4. Edit the physical count in your program for these items.
  5. Print the Inventory Listing by Category (filtered for Section 1 only).

Tip-PDFVoila! Keep this report handy, as it is necessary to complete your taxes. Because Boulevard’s inventory is ‘live’ all the time, you cannot recreate this report down the road.

 

 

References:

US: MK Tax Essentials 2008, p. 6

CA: MK Legal Ease, p. 5, section IV; CRA Income Tax Act, Inventory Valuation, NO: IT-473R, Paragraph 2 Determination of Quantities.

UK: HM Revenue & Customs website, Record keeping (self-employed):  http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/sa/rec-keep-self-emp.htm#3

AU: Australian Taxation Office, Record keeping for small business, NAT 3029-07.2009, p. 16.

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