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Why the Billable Hour is the Wrong Model For Your Accounting Firm
Why the Billable Hour is the Wrong Model For Your Accounting Firm Yes, you heard me right! I’ve been a CPA for over 30 years and I can confidently tell you that the standard billable hour is the wrong model for your accounting firm! Not only do I write about this but I believe it…
Read MoreHow to Attract Talent To Your CPA Firm
How to Attract Talent To Your CPA Firm There’s a problem that I’ve heard from multiple accounting firms over and over again…they just cannot figure out how to attract talent to their CPA firms. This is a major epidemic quite frankly. Finding quality staff and team members to work in your accounting practice is a…
Read MoreStop Selling What You Do
When you’re meeting with a potential new client what do you say? Do you impress them with all your technical knowledge …or do you detail out how complex their tax situation is …with a hope of capturing a higher fee? NEWS FLASH: Clients don’t care what you do They care about something else
Read MoreThe 3 Client Phases
There are 3 client “phases” every accounting firm should be monitoring …and given we ARE accountants …and love our acronyms I created an easy one to remember.
Read MoreThe Secret Power of MM
Ever look back on your life and ask yourself… “If I only knew then…what I know now …things would be different!” I wish I had known about the Secret Power of MM back when I had my accounting practice.
Read MoreDurango MasterMind
This is a quick video I shot in Durango Colorado. I was attending a high level two day MasterMind with 12 other business owners from around the globe. MasterMinds are incredibly powerful…and they are amazing for accountants as well. The real Key is how you structure them…
Read MoreTelephone Tag
If there’s one thing that drives me crazy, it’s playing telephone tag with clients. They call you – you’re busy – you call them back – they’re busy….and on and on it goes… It wastes time and is completely unnecessary. Use the concept of your 3 choices (A,D or E) to solve the problem and…
Read MoreInformation Is Useless
Information is now readily available for FREE at the touch of our fingers. What used to take days to research can now be found within a few seconds of searching the internet. But all this information is useless without one very important ingredient…
Read MoreMake Some Noise
Life as an accountant isn’t all about the work that we do or the value that we provide our clients. It’s also about the freedom we can create for ourselves. To be able to spend time doing the things we love to do – outside of our practices. This is a super quick quick video…
Read More3 Great Books for Accountants
As an accountant, you have to study and read a lot to keep yourself up to speed with all the technical changes in the profession. But when was the last time you read a book that had a massive impact on your accounting practice? Here are 3 books I highly recommend you read…to do just…
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