Mastering Twitter

I am sure you have heard already of Twitter, the social networking and micro-blogging service that enables users to post updates of up to 140 characters.

On Twitter, users post updates known as tweets on the service's website, or reply to or re-post (retweet) other people's tweets.

Twitter also allows you to follow your favorite celebrities and read their updates as soon as they are posted. It is like constantly following them celebrities without being accused of being a stalker.

And there's more. I have discovered that a combination of applications actually allows you to post updates via text to Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo Messenger and even your blogs.

Here's how. Register at PHTwitters.com. Then turn on the Twitter application on Facebook. Next, install the Yahoo Messenger plugin Twitter-Sync.

Finally, if you are using blogger.com, you can add this code to your blogs to show your Twitter updates.

Try all these and experience mobile blogging in the truest sense. And, in case you are interested, feel free to follow me (gelumantao) on Twitter. I would be glad to follow you too.

Accounting services for SMEs

While most large companies have huge accounting units and have ready access to large accounting and auditing firms, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) usually have to make do with the crudest record-keeping by its owners or managers as source of financial information.

This is unfortunate because no business is too small to benefit from a properly set up accounting system and to profit from reliable and timely generated information. Needless to say that the importance of these information is the same for SMEs as it is for large companies.

Reportorial requirements, though perhaps more complicated for large companies, are also generally the same for SMEs. In addition, the need for independent review, external audit and sometimes fraud investigation, is present even in SMEs.

With the advent of the information age, we are seeing thousands of these SMEs sprouting. In fact, I would not be surprised if there are a thousand SMEs per one large company in the Philippines. What I think is sad is that the accounting profession seem to be not quite ready to service their needs.

As I start a new career in public accounting practice, I resolve to be among the forerunners in this area. I want to make it my objective to address the needs of SMEs and be part of the fastest growing sector of our economy today.

In this effort, I will be providing services such as setting up of accounting systems as well as bookkeeping services, payroll processing, bank reconciliation, financial statement, tax return preparation, risk analysis, external audit, fraud investigation, management advice, tax compliance and audit assistance, among others.

For inquiries, call me, Gilbert E. Lumantao, Certified Public Accountant, at GEL Accounting Services, with landline no. 4560428 and mobile no. 09189387793. You may also email me at lumantao@gmail.com or message me at Yahoo Messenger (userid "gelumantao"). In case unavailable, just leave your contact information and I promise to get back to you as soon as possible.

You may visit my accounting website at http://gelacctngservices.onlinewebshop.net. The site is still under construction but the essential information is already there.