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30. SOHO Software … series of 125 business letters offers concrete help: draft documents on CD-ROM to meet many business needs… SOHO's two planner products (Marketing and Sales Planner and Business Planner) tweak the core software in different ways. With both, the idea is that you need some kind of plan. You will make its success more likely if you go into virtually every possibility the plan should cover, and produce planning documents that everybody in your team can understand. Human Resource Manager helps you define a new job, interview applicants, check references, send acceptance letter, review performance, informs you of responsibilities practices and comes with full manual that includes a glossary of human Relations terms. PC Buyer August 1999.
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29. 125 Legal Letters and Agreements - Every now and again you need a legal agreement or to issue a stern letter to a supplier, customer or employee. The package covers a wide range of scenarios. It can deal with confidentiality agreements, threats of legal action, employees starting and leaving appointment and dismissal of dales agents, final notices and so on. If you're in business - no matter how big or small- this program should be one of your business tools. Free Access August 1999.
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28. 125 Lead Generation and Relationship Marketing Letters - The software has been well thought out and the form letters written with flair. If you're business involves sending out lots of letters to potential customers, this package is worth a look. The Australian, May 1999.
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27. The real strength of Marketing and Sales Planner is that it encourages small business owners to think about issues that might otherwise be forgotten - it helps you put together a sales and marketing plan. Think of this program as supplying the structure and information you need to design an intelligent plan. The software is easy to use, but the value of the program is the business advice it contains. Free Access June 1999, Ease of Use - 4 stars, Utility - 4 stars.
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26. If your strategy for hiring new staff comes down to "picking the one that seems OK" you'd do well to get yourself a copy of Human Resource Manager. Like a lot of other SOHO products,
HR Manager brings knowledge into a small business that otherwise would be out of reach. Free Access June 1999
Ease of Use - 5 stars. Utility - 4 stars.
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25. SOHO's Business Planner, Marketing and Sales Planner and Business Writer were finalists in the Channel Nine Small Business Show's Business Software Awards 1998.
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24. 125 Lead Generation and Relationship Marketing Letters - If you are in business for yourself, or if you work in sales, there are heaps of letters you'll find useful. The letters were written by Daniel Lehrer who has had more than 12 years experience in marketing, having worked for direct marketing, public relations and advertising agencies. Since hiring a consultant to write your marketing material can cost anywhere from $50 to $100 per hour, and beyond. At $29.95, this program is very good value. - Free Access April 1999.
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23. Business Planner
- rated as the best new Management tool of 1998 - PC User January 1999.
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22. Business Planner
- will help you create a professional business plan. It holds your hand through the whole (planning) process, making sure you cover everything you need to cover - - Free Access Summer 1998.
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21. Business Planner
- SOHO Business Planner is designed to guide you through creating your business plan. SOHO Business Planner's big attraction is its flexibility and ease of use. You can create a custom business plan using only this program. The on screen help makes the program easy to follow and the ability to view the sample text in the Template window before making a choice of copying all, or some or none is extremely helpful - PC USER July 1998.
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20. Business Writer
- This is a collection of different
letter types covering most situations and just
about any contingency. You name it and the letter
is probably there from a database of 450
different letter types. Subjects covered are
advertising, agents, auditors, bank, board
minutes and statements, company documents,
customers, employment, lawyers, marketing and
many more. While you would be unlikely to find a
letter that fits your needs exactly they will
provide the bones to work on and are easily
modified to suit your needs. The letters are
designed to cover all contingencies for a
particular situation and help you make sure that
all bases are covered. All you have to do is
change the wording to reflect your situation
while maintaining the overall context. It could
well be that you will get your money back in the
first letter that you use from this package. Good
value at RRP $59.95. George Kimpton 1998
http://www.seniors.aust.net
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19. Business Planner
- When you start to pour
your hard earned savings into a small business to
boost your retirement income, it is vitally
important that you have a business plan to make
sure everything stays on track. Too many
businesses go under simply because their owners
do not analyse the situation and prospects well
enough and plan their strategy accordingly.
Business Planner sets out to help you analyse,
plan your business and then bring your hopes to
fruition. It carefully steps you through four
phases, analysis, objectives, strategies and
tactics and finally implementation, control and
evaluation of your prospects. As you move through
the sections of this planner you will be provided
with all section headings for your plan and with
prompts to help you choose the best entries under
those headings. Each Section Help describes what
information or data you should consider putting
in that section. This package is designed to lead
you through each aspect of setting up a business
plan and makes every effort to provide you with
as much help as possible to achieve this. Without
actually working through a mythical business that
I might set up it is difficult to really assess
fully this package but in the time I spent with
it I was impressed with the amount of detail that
has gone into producing Business Planner. For the
uninitiated starting up a business I would
consider this a good starting point as
considerable effort has gone into making this
package as user friendly as it is possible to get
when dealing with a subject like this. When you
could be planning on investing thousands of
dollars in your new business this package could
be a good investment at RRP $149.95. Again it
could save you more that it costs.George Kimpton
1998
http://www.seniors.aust.net
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18. Marketing and Sales Planner - The Marketing and Sales Planner retails for around $99.95. The
planner is aimed at helping you analyse and formulate a sales policies and strategies for your business.
George Kimpton 1998 http://www.seniors.aust.net
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| 17. 125 Letter Products -In addition there other CDs containing more letter samples, 125 Marketing
Letters, 125 Business Letters and 125 Legal Letters. The additional letter CDs are priced at around
$29.95 each George Kimpton 1998 http://www.seniors.aust.net |
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| 16. Business Planner - SOHO Software's Business Planner is a nifty program designed to help you
draw up a comprehensive business plan, taking into account all aspects of running a business and every
external influence likely to affect it. The end result is a document capable of informing investors, financiers
and staff about how you expect it to perform. Because Business Planner supports DDE, you can cut and
paste from other documents straight into the Business Planner word processor, giving you considerable
flexibility about the material you choose to include in the plan. In-built spreadsheet facilities make it easy to
incorporate tables, spreadsheets and graphs. All in all, a valuable piece of software for the beginner in
business that will also serve the purposes of many veterans looking to draw up plans for new ventures.
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15. Business Planner - The beauty of the SOHO Business Planner software for management is that any
plan created can be reviewed, changed, or adjusted very easily and with the punch of a few buttons. One
of the most outstanding feature of the SOHO Business Planner package is that it is concise and saves
time. Instead of bombarding the planner with questions, many of which are irrelevant to a particular
business, it attracts the planner’s attention to the different issues by using ‘introductory sentences’ or
‘keywords’. Those ‘introductory sentences’ that are irrelevant can simply be deleted, and what is left is a
concise plan and one that is straight to the point. If the plan is not concise or straight to the point, the key
employees, financiers, and investors will simply not have the time to read it or will skim over it, missing
important issues, and so making the most important tool of the business, the plan, both useless and a waste
of time. Crucial to the SOHO Business Planner package is the documentation that comes with it. Again
SOHO is to be commended for the construction of the booklet that comes with it. It is straight to the point.
It is simple to understand, but at the same time it covers everything that a planner requires to construct his
or her business plan. Business Consultant - February 1998. |
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software - and you products are far better - not too "over the top", easy to use and extremely powerful and
flexible. Together with a realistic price - what else could a small business ask for? Accountant and
Business Consultant - January 1998 |
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13. Business Writer - The material itself is wonderful. The simplicity is what most users are looking for.
The material is very well organised for rapid usage. The instructions are there for the new user and the
manual is simple, direct and to the point - USA Radio Station S/W Reviewer - Dec 1997
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| 12. Business Writer - The best way to make a small business bigger is to look great. Business Writer
will show you how to write more than 450 documents - from business letters and press releases to account
management plans and business agreements.... when you're running a small business, it pays to look like
you're a bigger business to your customers - Sydney Morning Herald - October 1997 |
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| 11. Business Planner - SOHO's Business Planner for Windows is an excellent tool for creating a
business plan. It takes the "where do I start" out of what can be a laborious task. Having written business
plans manually, I can honestly say that SOHO's Business Planner would be a great asset to any business
wanting to prepare a business plan. It’s great to see such a quality business tool developed in Australia for
Australian businesses. This program is so good that I will be using it as a teaching tool for my TAFE
students studying Business and IT Plans. TAFE IT Lecturer and Business Consultant - January
1998
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| 10. Marketing and Sales Planner - This product has a similar look and feel to the Business Planner.
This is an advantage as the user will appreciate only having to master one program (should both be
purchased). The comments made above (to Business Planner) generally apply to the Marketing and
Sales Planner. TAFE IT Lecturer and Business Consultant - January 1998 |
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| 9. 125 Business to Business Letters - The look and feel of Microsoft Access is most evident in this
program. A comprehensive list of categories is displayed on the left side of the screen. Simply click on the
plus sign beside the category required and a list of sub categories displays. Click on the plus sign beside the
sub category required an a list of the sample letters is available. These sample letters cover everything from
"Announcing the change of account manager" to "Terminating a Supplier". The sample letter selected can
be edited and saved for referencing later. Insertion fields can be set up to automatically add the business
name, address etc. The word processor is comprehensive enough to do the job for the user or the text can
be exported to another word processor. This program would suite a business that did not want to spend
time creating its own letters. The wording used in each letter is well chosen so as to get the message across
in a clear and concise manner however letters can be changed to suit the individual needs of the user.
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| 8. 125 Marketing Letters -As per 125 Business to Business Letters. The list is once again very
comprehensive. TAFE IT Lecturer and Business Consultant - January 1998 |
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| 7. 125 Legal Letters and Agreements - Writing legal letters and agreements can be an awesome task
for businesses. It is so important to get the wording right. Failure to do so can cause further problems and
may be costly. I particularly found the "Board Minutes and Statements" and "Company Documents"
categories comprehensive and useful. Many businesses will appreciate the "Employees" category. Most
aspects of employing and terminating staff are covered in this category. TAFE IT Lecturer and
Business Consultant - January 1998.
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| 6. Overall comments - The programs previewed are all quality Australian business tools that are
reasonably priced and user friendly. User documentation is more than adequate and easy to follow. TAFE
IT Lecturer and Business Consultant - January 1998.
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| 5. Marketing and Sales Planner - My students are quite upset that we did not have that quality of
software when they were writing their business and marketing plans. TAFE IT Lecturer and Business
Consultant - November 1998.
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| 4. Business Planner - Written by local experts for the Australian scene, Business Planner takes the
would-be-business person from basics through all the steps to compiling a business plan.. The program is
not only for new businesses, it would be valuable for any business at any stage. SOHO help you even before
you get to the computer. It enables you to write a plan unique to your business but at the same time ensures
you don't miss any essential material. SOHO's Business Planner works simply and well. This is a very
complete guide and if you step through it phase by phase you will end up with a detailed, accurate picture
of just what you are getting into - or learn just what your existing business's prospects are. Cumberland
Press - October 1997.
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| 3. Business Writer & Business Planner - What the programs do well is to prompt the user to write a
well structured business letter or business plan so that the writing (and the user) will look as professional as
possible . The programs are also comprehensive enough to be used by executives in larger organisations.
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| 2. Business Writer - SOHO Business Software's Business Writer is a great idea. As a former small
business person I find the idea behind Business Writer - to provide a wide range of pre written letters on
a plethora of topics - very appealing. The letters are great and would save any business person hours of
time that would normally be spent drafting them.... Then you will really impress your clients and colleagues.
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| 1. Business Writer - There is an art in preparing professional looking documents, the problem is that small
business or home office operator, the time invested is creating these documents could be better spent on
activities that will earn them extra cash for the business. The unfortunate result is that because resources are
stretched, the documents used end up appearing a little less professional than they should. First impressions
last, and if written correspondence is going to be your first point of contact with your bank manager, for
instance, it will pay in more ways than one if your letter comes across in a highly professional manner.
SOHO Software, creators of Business Writer have come to the rescue with a suite of professionally
prepared business letters and documents designed specifically for small business or home use. This is a
good sturdy product which provides a valuable service to the SOHO user - saving them time and money,
allowing them to direct their efforts into the business and not DTP. (desk top publishing) - Software
Distribution Company - June 1997.
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