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We love teaching! The Gentle Frog blog provides practical tips, expert insights, and step-by-step guides to simplify QuickBooks and bookkeeping tasks. Whether you’re a business owner or an accounting professional, find valuable resources to make managing your finances easier and more efficient.

QuickBooks Online Customer Payments Workflow
This workflow provides instructions for adding different types of customer payments in QuickBooks Online.

FreshBooks Dashboard Walkthrough
In this training I walk you through what you’ll find on the Freshbooks Dashboard.

How to Add an Item or Service in Freshbooks
How to add a new item or service to your Freshbooks.

QuickBooks Online Keyboard Shortcuts
In this post you’ll learn how to view the QuickBooks Online shortcuts and what each of the navigation shortcuts does.

QuickBooks Online vs QuickBooks Desktop: Expense
This is part of a series comparing QuickBooks Online to QuickBooks Desktop. I’ll be showing you how to do common tasks in both versions of

QuickBooks Online vs QuickBooks Desktop: Profit & Loss
This is part of a series comparing QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop. In this part we’ll be comparing the Profit & Loss reports.

QuickBooks Online vs QuickBooks Desktop: Invoicing
This is part of a series comparing QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop. In this part we’ll be comparing how to create invoices and receive payments.

Getting Started with QuickBooks Online Part 3: Fixing Errors
This is final part in a series on getting started with QuickBooks Online. In this part I show you how to check for anomalies in the Transaction report and fix any miscategorized transaction. There’s also a quick recap of the process from all three parts.

Getting Started with QuickBooks Online Part 2: Reconciling
This is part two in a series on getting started with QuickBooks Online. In this part I show you how to reconcile your accounts and double-check your work in the Profit and Loss report.

Getting Started with QuickBooks Online: Banking
This the first part in a series showing you how to get started doing your own bookkeeping in QuickBooks Online. In part one I show you how to review banking transactions.

How to use Invoices, Sales Receipts and Deposits in QuickBooks Online
In this tutorial I explain three ways enter income in QuickBooks Online. With a sales receipt, invoice and by manually recording a deposit.

Bill vs Expense in QuickBooks: What’s the Difference?
Have you ever wondered what the difference between a bill and an expense is in QuickBooks? In this tutorial, I’ll teach you how they’re different and when you should use one over the other.
