the life insurance that your firm needs

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guarantee funding when your business needs it the most.

by russ alan prince
your $5 million high-net-worth practice

there are times because of death when key people in a company are lost. key person life insurance provides funds to a business to address the financial losses that can occur when a key person dies.

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revenue losses can be offset, and money can be tapped to help ensure the business remains viable and doesn’t fail – for example, to find a replacement or train someone to take the job of the key person who died.

this is almost always the most cost-effective approach. additionally, key person life insurance pretty much guarantees the money required will be available when needed.

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stop selling and start discovering

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discover how not selling produces better business.

by russ alan prince
your $5 million high-net-worth practice

selling is persuasion. it’s convincing someone – prospects and clients – that they should engage you for your services.

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as an accountant, you have a set of expertise and selling is about getting others to hire you for your expertise. however, a much more powerful way for you to grow your accounting practice is by not selling.

allow me to explain.

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create family dynasties and add value, roi

having a well-formulated succession plan is essential.

by russ alan prince
your $5 million high-net-worth practice

a family dynasty is defined as a cohesive economic entity where the perpetuation of family wealth, values and objectives lasts for five or more generations. about 60 percent of ultrawealthy families (net worth = us $30 million or more) are strongly attracted to the concept of a family dynasty.

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the interest in creating a family dynasty is strongest among ultrawealthy families with single-family offices. nearly three-quarters of them think along these lines, according to senior management at these single-family offices. percentagewise, the founders of the single-family offices find the prospect of a family dynasty more appealing. at the same time, two out of five c-level ultrawealthy business owners are very interested in potentially creating a family dynasty. in these cases, more inheritors than founders find the idea of a family dynasty appealing. as the research is based on a worldwide sample, it is evident that the appeal of family dynasties is extensive and widespread.

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do i need to learn new skills to succeed in cas?

client needs and desires define which skills are necessary. hitendra patil cas q-and-a logo

by hitendra patil
the definitive success guide to client accounting services

have a cas question? get it answered here.

question: the largest revenue for my firm has been from tax services. we also offer accounting services, but it is not something we are the best experts in. what skills must practitioners have to grow a cas practice?

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answer: first, the good news. you already have the foundation for offering cas successfully. it is only a matter of amplifying the parts of your current services that your clients need and want the most, from tax preparation to tax planning services to after-the-fact write-up accounting to more real-time accounting and advisory. but upgrading your service capabilities is just the start. skills development follows the service capabilities.

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don’t let prospects fall through the cracks

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by sandi leyva
the complete guide to marketing for tax & accounting firms

if getting new clients is a bit of a struggle for your business and you’re not reaching the revenue levels you desire because of too few clients, then the first step is to find out where the process is breaking down.

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there are five main places:

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yes, you can work less and make more

erik solbakken: build the firm of your dreams.

 

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q: why did the accountant cross the road?

a: because they did it last year.

erik solbakken, a.k.a. “the heavy metal cpa,” is on a mission to free accountants from an oppressive business model. solbakken spent 18 years working his way up to be a partner in a firm in canada, but when the partnership fell apart, he was liberated to create a new kind of firm, where he and his staff never worked overtime and he made more money. today, he acts as the guide he wishes he’d had when he started out, empowering accountants to create firms they love working in.

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how do you get away from the commoditization trap? simple, deliver to the client the transformation that they want for themselves.

solbakken said the profession has brainwashed us into believing three lies:

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four core principles for elite wealth management

keep these promises to your clients no matter what.

by russ alan prince
your $5 million high-net-worth practice

there are four unquestionable core tenets of an accounting firm’s elite wealth management practice.

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it’s not debatable. and it’s not negotiable.

think of the four rules as a professional oath for those who strive to have successful elite wealth management practices.

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a list is not a pipeline

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by martin bissett
business development on a budget

so you’ve done all the work to get yourself composed and prepared to go out and generate new opportunities, find new business and new clients. now what? how will you know who to contact for the first step?

answer: your pipeline.

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many partners think they have a pipeline, but they don’t. what they actually have is just a list of prospects they’ve

  • met with,
  • would like to meet with or
  • have worked with in the past.

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why cas? why now?

hitendra patil cas q-and-a logoreal-time business insights are the game changer.

by hitendra patil

the definitive success guide to client accounting services

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q: i saw that cas is now the no. 1 revenue growth driver for top 100 firms. why is cas so big now – what changed?

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a: client accounting services is now gaining more intense attention from firms of almost all sizes. cas is the no. 1 revenue growth driver of the top 100 firms in the country. why has cas has become so popular? to know this, one needs to recognize a bit of the history of the profession and the technology together.

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mike whitmire: re-think your hiring and training practices

the disruptors: training can triumph over textbooks in the talent wars. 

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mike whitmire wants to transform the role of accountants in industry from mere counting beans (though that’s not a bad skill to have) to an operational role that leverages accountant’s knowledge of company finances and operations to drive efficiency throughout an entire organization.

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whitmire, ceo, and co-founder of accounting software company floqast, inc., knows a thing or two about talent acquisition and development. before founding floqast, he managed the accounting team at cornerstone ondemand, a saas company in los angeles.

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ed kless: clients don’t want outputs. they want outcomes

the disruptors: too busy? raise your prices.

 

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what do clients – or, as ed kless prefers, customers – want from their accountants? it’s not the tax return or the financial statement but the outcome for the customer, which is most often peace of mind.

to remain relevant in disruptions like online tax preparation and automated bookkeeping tech firms like pilot, accountants need to consider other ancillary services they can provide above and beyond those basic services.

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“when you bill by the hour, when you have to measure your time, and when you tell the customer, ‘pay attention to my efficiency because that’s what i’m going to charge you,’ then they start looking at your efficiency instead of your effectiveness, which is the wrong thing to be looking at,” kless explained.

additionally, kless said cpas who are “too busy” need to raise their fees.

he said, “one of the mantras in pricing is innovating for growth, pricing for profit. when an organization wants to grow, the focus has to be on innovating, creating new things to offer, not necessarily what we used to be called rainmaking, which is getting more customers.”

kless maintains that accountants or cpas should strive to be the first person called, no matter what the customer wants, whether it’s super bowl tickets or a recommendation for the best medical team in an emergency. but experimenting with adding additional services or converting to a subscription-based business model will not be possible for firms that remain wedded to the timesheet, which, kess said, quoting ron baker, is cancer of the accounting profession.

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