About this episode
Sponsors Intuit QuickBooks https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/quickbooks Show Notes 01:20 – Meet Ted! 02:59 – Ted talks about Intuit's impetus behind moving into the service game 03:28 – Confidence is key! Most of the small businesses without an accountant or bookkeeper lack the confidence to reach out for help 04:42 – While QuickBooks Live and TurboTax Live share similar tech, their services are very different 06:04 – QuickBooks Live is only available, currently, in the U.S., and all Live bookkeepers reside in the U.S. 07:03 – Ted shares some of the requirements for becoming a QuickBooks Live bookkeeper 08:01 – The gentleman talk QBO Accountants Edition, and some of the new feature roll-outs, such as the Optimization Center 09:42 – Intuit sees a huge opportunity to capture those small businesses that are, so far, sans accountant 11:11 – What's the real scope of the QuickBooks Live offering? 13:42 – What differentiates the different price points in QuickBooks Live? 14:38 – Intuit is solving for both sides of the market - small biz and accounting professional 15:38 – A bit of discussion on the different ProAdvisor buckets and how QuickBooks Live will affect them 16:39 – What do you tell a ProAdvisor who loses a client to QuickBooks Live? 17:46 – Take a load off, Annie - QuickBooks Live plays a key role in the advisory vision - by transferring lesser-value work to QB Live, so accountants and bookkeepers can focus on advising and other value-add services 18:28 – Intuit needs to establish clear guidelines around relationships to solve for the needs of the customers and accounting partners 19:43 – Is there a grand convergence of all the Intuit offerings on the horizon? 20:29 – Who's in charge of ensuring the delivery QuickBooks Live services meet's Intuit's WOW factor? 21:49 – What's next on the agenda, for Ted, and QuickBooks Live? Connect with Ted Ted Callahan, Director, QuickBooks Live Offering, Intuit Twitter: https://twitter.com/asciv LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedcallahan/ Get in Touch Thanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary . Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes , or Podchaser . Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus , and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram ! Meet Blake and David in person! December 9-11: Digital CPA Conference in Seattle Limited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessities TeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merch Subscribe Apple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcasts Spotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/Spotify Google Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlay Stitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/Stitcher Overcast: http://cloudacctpod.link/Overcast Episode Art Photo Credit: Will Farnell https://twitter.com/willfarnell https://twitter.com/willfarnell/status/1191506218424176640/photo/1