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  • Zelle: How to Open a New Account 2022
    How do you open a new Zelle account or rather how do you register for the Zelle app is a popular question for those looking to make the payment process easier. #Zelle is a form or instant payments, sometimes called real time payments. It is for individuals and small businesses. The Zelle app lets individuals and small businesses receive payments almost instantaneously. #Payments #accountspayable
    In order to receive payments from other Zelle users, you need to register for the app. How you can register for Zelle, what you need in order to register for Zelle and what you can expect in terms of receiving money when using Zelle are spelled out in this broadcast. Zelle is a new payment process sweeping the consumer market and seeping into the small business world. It is only a matter of time before it seeps further into the B2B space.The video also addresses the question of where you can register to use the Zelle app.Signing up for Zelle is fairly easy as the speaker explains.
    With Zelle payments now all the rage, those who wish to use it need to learn how do you open a new Zelle account. Of course, technically, they really should be asking how do you register for the Zelle app. Zelle really does make the payment process easier.
    Link to Zelle Scams: How to Protect Yourselfhttps://youtu.be/L02mUitjsKc
    Learn more about AP Now at www.ap-now.com
    Guest Lynn Larson (www.recharged-education.com)
    Host Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com)
    17 min
  • How to Upload Your Resume on LinkedIn [More Job Offers]
    How to Upload Your Resume on LinkedIn is an important issue for job seekers in 2022. They need to know how do you upload your resume on linkedin to maximize exposure. They also need to know how to update their resume once they have #uploadresumeonLinkedIn, for #linkedIn is the premier site and everyone interested in a new job or in networking needs a #linkedresume
    Many people upload resume to linkedin profile 2022 so potential employers can see their qualifications. To upload resume to linkedin profile, you need to follow precise instructions outlined in this video as how to update resume on linkedin profile is not straightforward.
    So to those who ask, can i upload my resume on linkedin, the answer is yes. You just need to follow the instructions in this broadcast. As the number of linkedin for job seekers grows so does the need to upload resume, or more precisely upload the resume on linkedin
    Interview with Brenda Bernstein on Creating a Killer LinkedIn Profilehttps://youtu.be/5nsMT8S0ncA
    Learn more about AP Now at www.ap-now.com
    How to Upload Your Resume on LinkedIn is a must-have skill in 2022. All job seekers need to know how do you upload your resume on linkedin so they can maximize their exposure to potential employers.
    Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com)
    6 min
  • Accounts Payable Best Practices: Invoice Handling
    Accounts Payable Best Practices: Invoice Handling addresses the nuances of invoice handling best practices in the accounts payable department. It looks at all the steps involved in the process of getting an invoice paid, not just the obvious ones. #Accountspayable #bestpractices around #invoices are critical and are addressed in thisbroadcast.
    The accounts payable process for invoice handling addresses all the steps in ap process, not just the ones people are most familiar with. Invoice processing best practices include many steps and involve many departments and documents. In addition to the invoice, there’s the purchase order usually prepared by the purchasing or procurement staff, the receiving documents or packing slip prepared by the supplier and hopefully reviewed by the receiving department and sometimes even an Advanced Shipping Notice.
    Invoice controls are critical if an organization wishes to avoid making duplicate payments and/or paying fraudulent invoices. That’s why, like other accounts payable functions, invoice processing best practices can be a lot more complicated than many people realize. While this piece looks at what impacts the payment of an invoice each step of the way, it is much more than a Day in the Life of an Invoice, it takes much longer. Accounts payable best practices related to invoice handling are critical for those looking to run an efficient and effective accounts payable function.
    Really Bad Check Signing Practiceshttps://youtu.be/YYB-ZvQZ1Fo
    Link to: Paper Checks: More Expensive Than You Might Thinkhttps://youtu.be/cl3v7yDh8vA
    Learn more about AP Now: www.ap-now.com
    Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com)
    10 min
  • Wordle: How to Win in Fewer Rounds [Win Every Time – Legit]
    Wordle: How to Win in Fewer Rounds [Win Every Time – Legit] shares a simple technique everyone can use to win more Wordle games faster. You can win every Wordle game if you use this approach. AT first glance that probably doesn't seem possible. But, I promise you it is.
    While the Worlde strategy used by most seems to focus on picking the best first word, this strategy is more encompassing and doesn't just rely on the first word. This video also shows viewers how to play wordle the hard way. So, if you wondered about playing at the hard level in wordle, watch this video to find out why you absolutely should.
    Link to The Book: Wordle: The Rules, Strategy and Expert Tips https://www.ap-now.com/snip/111.htm
    Link to the Wordle Play List: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-HefxYm4ymJ0RSWKFC_c9Lys
    Link to Wordle in 90 Seconds https://youtu.be/_Y3y3c8W6JQ Link to How to Play Wordle https://youtu.be/U3Qi4UBaKKw
    Link to Wordle: Best Starting Word Revisited https://youtu.be/4FY28GWPddI
    Link to Wordle: Best Starting Word https://youtu.be/BGAPtxljHqY
    Interested in learning more about issues impacting accounts payable. Sign up for AP Now’s free ezine at: www.ap-now.com Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com)
    7 min
  • Fishy Expense Reporting Habits [+ Best Practices to Thwart Them]
    Employees use all sorts of tricks to get their employers to pay for meals that are not really reimbursable. In ‘Fishy Expense Reporting Habits’ we examine 5 tactics employees use to defraud their employers and the best practices that will stop them dead in their tracks. Using #expensereports to get employers to pay for meals is a common trick that #accountspayable and #accounting professionals try and stop.
    It should be noted that expense reporting is sometimes referred to as travel and entertainment or T&E.
    Questionable employee expense reporting habits that cost your company is an ongoing battle. Employees who want to find out how to get your company to pay for your lunch will often use the expense report game playing tactics discussed. Keep in mind that these questionable employee expense reporting habits that cost your company are in widespread use and really should be stopped. That’s why we include the best practices that will put an end to these dubious practices.
    These employee expense reporting habits should not be allowed in any expense reporting system. Yet they frequently are. The expense report games employees play cause havoc in accounts payable, accounting, and audit departments as the employee expense reports are reviewed. This expense report abuse is often ignored.
    This is AP Sound Bite #92
    Link to Expense Reporting Trends: Receiptshttps://youtu.be/ftWRVfF9glQ
    Learn more about AP Now at www.ap-now.com
    7 min
  • Is that Change of Bank Account Request Legit?
    Is that Change of Bank Account Request Legit addresses the very real issue of phony emails containing fraudulent change of bank account requests. These scam emails present a real headache for #accountspayable and #accounting professionals who receive them. These phony email requests to change bank accounts are running rampant in the business world. Fraudulent emails and phony requests to change the bank account where a payment is sent are causing serious financial harm to organizations of all sizes.
    Change of bank account requests coming in the form of email requests from suppliers or for that matter email requests from vendors represent still another form of online bank transfer scams. Every company needs to protect against fraudulent change of bank account requests. This podcast show you how. These fraudulent Change of Bank Account Requests are showing no signs of going away, hence using the recommended accounts payable best practice is critical. The change of bank account request is really an attempt to divert funds to a crook instead of a legitimate supplier.
    Some change of bank account requests are phony and if the accounts payable best practice for ascertaining the veracity of the request is not used, big monetary losses can occur. The Change of Bank Account Requests frauds have been running rampant across the business landscape. Everyone is advised to follow the Best Practice Approach described in this podcast.
    Link to Evaluating Email to Determine if It Is Legithttps://youtu.be/B5YVc_qxyiQ
    Learn more about AP Now at www.ap-now.com
    7 min
  • Wordle: Rate Your Wordle Game [Wordlebot]
    Rate your wordle game using the Wordlebot. Get Wordle insights into your play based on an analysis provided by the NY Times. Find out how much Wordle skill and how much #Wordle luck is involved in each of your guesses. You’ll also find out what the NY Times considers to be the best starting word. Improve your #wordlestrategy by using the #Wordlebot.
    The Wordlebot provides a score for both Wordle skill and wordle luck for each of your guesses. You’ll be able to evaluate your wordle luck vs skill after each game. Do you think you win because of your wordle luck or skill? You’ll be able to find out. If you incorporate the Wordlebot into your Worlde expert game strategy, you may find that you change your best Wordle starting word. 
    After you play the Wordle game, you might want to run the Wordlebot to help you win Wordle more frequently. It effectively provides Wordle expert tips to help you improve your Wordle strategy. Effective Wordle tips and strategies are what’s called for if you want to win on a regular basis. A Worlde game expert strategy will include use of the Wordlebot, at least occasionally. Some Wordle expert insights will rely on it. Your Worlde game strategy should include running some of your more difficult hands through it.
    Link to The Book: Wordle: The Rules, Strategy and Expert Tipshttps://www.ap-now.com/snip/111.htm
     
    Link to the Wordle Play List:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-HefxYm4ymJ0RSWKFC_c9Lys
    Interested in learning more about issues impacting accounts payable. Sign up for AP Now’s free ezine at: www.ap-now.com
    Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com)
    11 min
  • 5 Really Bad Check Signing Practices
    5 Really Bad Check Signing Practices addresses the payments risk and lack of check signing internal controls when the check issuance process includes one of the five issues discussed in the video. #Checks are typically issued by the #accountspayable department, which is usually part of the #accounting group. These poor check signing practices have the potential to facilitate fraud and make it easier for employees to circumvent controls.
    Check signing internal controls should be strong and rigorous to ensure fraudulent schemes aren’t made possible. That’s why check signing is still important and the process is part of the check issuance internal controls. Poor practices enable duplicate payments and fraud. Some of these weak practices include check signing with a rubber stamp, blank signed checks, emergency checks, rush checks, and non-review of backup before a check is manually signed.
    Clearly, check signing best practices does not include the practices discussed above but does include check signing machine internal controls.
    Really bad check signing processes do not consider payments risk and mostly focus on what’s easy or what’s always been done. The complete lack of check signing internal controls can be a real problem. This is especially true when the check issuance process includes one of the five matters addressed in the broadcast. These weak manual check signing practices have the potential to make fraud easier to perpetrate and make it simpler for workers to get around controls.
    Link to Accounts Payable Headaches No One Talks about [Accounting Alert]https://youtu.be/FDbIf2tHtls
    Link to More Accounts Payable Headaches No One Talks abouthttps://youtu.be/4z7UBwVA8Bw
    Learn more about AP Now at www.ap-now.com
    7 min
  • Turn Your Real-Life (Unusual) Skills into Resume Builders
    This Turn Your Real-Life (Unusual) Skills into Resume Builders demonstrates how to go about developing skills-based resume. This is not something most #accountspayable or #accounting professionals often think about. Yet, putting different, but somewhat related, skills on your #resume is one way to differentiate yourself from the crowd.
    If you are intent on creating skills based cv, then the examples included in this broadcast will help you put together a skills-based resume. The importance of creating a skills-based resume cannot be understated, especially when you are one of many with very similar skillsets and experiences. These tips on creating a skills-based resume will show you the extras that will make a resume stand out from the crowd.
    Everyone needs to know how to write a resume and these resume tips will help listeners figure out how to make theirs stand out from the crowd. Whether you are trying to figure out how to write a cv or how to write a good resume that will put you head and shoulders above the rest of the crowd, creating skills-based resume will go a long way. Thus developing skills based cv is one of the best ways to climb the corporate ladder.
    Link to Creating a Killer LinkedIn Profilehttps://youtu.be/5nsMT8S0ncA
    Learn more about AP Now at www.ap-now.com
    6 min
  • Wordle: Blind Spots to Avoid to Win More
    Does your Wordle playing run afoul of 5 common blind spots; the gotchas that sometimes hinder your game so that you take an extra round or two to win or worse yet, don’t get to that right solution in 6 rounds.
    6 min

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