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Keep Your Focus on What You Do Best

April 3, 2018

Focus on Your Strengths! Practice management is one of the hardest parts of running a small business. All of the infrastructural elements that large corporations have to manage, such as data security, finance, customer service, and legal documentation, are still on your to-do list. But managing all of those elements without the large employment force that big businesses can bring to the table is a challenge that seems unending. If you started an accounting practice because you wanted to focus on certain types of accounting services, you can still do precisely that. Here’s how: Make a list of what requires
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What Should Your Accounting Firm Outsource?

March 20, 2018

Streamlining by Outsourcing Key Tasks Outsourcing has been a politically hot topic for decades, and the negative connotations are fairly entrenched. But the Internet and the countless creation of new services it has allowed for give accounting firms too many advantages to dismiss them out of hand. If you want to focus on streamlining your business, consider outsourcing these two elements to third-party service providers: Who is protecting your business network? Hacks and data leaks are in the news every week, and it’s not just large corporations who are targeted. Whether you run your business out of your home office
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5 Pointers to Grow Your Practice by Networking Effectively

March 6, 2018

Networking Effectively To Grow Your Business You grow your client base in a lot of ways; networking is one of the most common and least expensive. But as with the elevator pitch, which we discussed in an earlier blog, there is the effective way and the way most people do it. Effective networking brings in new business for a number of reasons; one of them is because when you network effectively you stand out from the crowd, and that is always good in any crowded marketplace. The other is because you actually do it well, you are welcomed and seen as a valuable source
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3 Ways to Make Your Clients Feel Valued

February 27, 2018

Keep Them Coming Back By Making Clients Feel Valued Do you want your clients to keep coming back? You have to make them feel valued and establish a connection with them. Here are some tips for doing so. Go the Extra Mile When it comes to customer service, go the extra mile. It is worth it in the long run. Having superb customer service will cause people to leave positive reviews about you online, which is extremely important for your bottom line. Be Personal If you want to connect with your clients, do not be too cold and businesslike. This
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Personal Routines and Business Procedures: What Works and What Doesn’t

January 23, 2018

The Importance of Routines and Procedures Not everybody loves routines and procedures. But everybody has them. When you wake up in the morning, you probably have a routine or a ritual that you go through in order to wake up and get ready for work. This might be a routine that someone taught you when you were a kid. Or it might be something that you’ve arrived at over the years because you feel that it works for you. Sometimes, we just go through these routines and procedures without thinking about whether they really work for us. It might take
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7 Productivity Tips

January 9, 2018

Increase Your Productivity With These Tips! Know your priorities Have a vision Do you have a 5 year vision? Do you keep a vision board? If yes, how often do you look at it? What you focus on expands – Google images, words such as health, fun, travel, etc. – a visual of what you want Goals are essential Divide them into 90 day chunks Write them down – be accountable If you aren’t achieving your goals, then check your vision & get clear direction Planning beats willpower Willpower will fail you – don’t rely on it Rely on planning
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Systems: The Key to Having a Successful and Profitable Business

January 2, 2018

Putting Systems In Place to Grow Your Business Most accountants don’t have a systemized way of running their business. They wing it and do things off the cuff. They are constantly in reactive mode (putting out fires) instead of being proactive (growing their business). Being reactive is very costly due to repeated mistakes, lost sales and clients, and minimal profits. Implementing effective systems can change that. Systems are the key to getting more done. They are the solution to getting the results you want. It takes intensive work and focus to build effective systems in your business, but investments of
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Grow Your Brand and Your Business in 10 Seconds

December 19, 2017

Perfect Your Elevator Pitch We have all been standing or sitting next to someone who looks at you and says: “What do you do?” or “What business are you in?” or “Not seen you at this event before; what made you come?” This is an invitation to make a great impression and perfect your elevator pitch. This person may need exactly what you’re in business for, or they may know someone who does. Their question gives you two choices, you can: Say something obvious, that produces an “Oh, thanks.” Or you can say something that makes them sit up and
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Know What Employees Want from You

December 11, 2017

5 Things Employees Really Want What do your employees really want? Jumping to conclusions is never safe. To be a better manager, remember these basic truths about everyone who works for you: “I want to feel important.” No one wants to feel like a number, interchangeable, or easy to forget. Get to know your employees as people; find out what makes each one unique and show them you’re paying attention to their individuality. “I need encouragement.” Even the best employees continue to flourish with positive feedback. Let them know what they’re doing right and how they can keep performing at
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Holiday Business Promotions: Why You Should Host a Charity Event

December 4, 2017

Holiday Business Promotions You Can Host During the Season! There are a ton of holiday business promotions that you can host throughout the holiday season. However, there is one holiday business promotion that trumps all of the others — hosting a charity event that benefits a big organization or a local organization that is in need during the holiday season. These are a couple of reasons why your business should host a charity event before the end of the year. Help Your Community Your community does so much for your company. If it wasn’t for the people in your city or town,
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