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…does it again, with profound insights in professional services marketing 3.0. this book is a gem! gale crosley, cpa crosley+company bruce w. marcus has always been the type of gentleman…
…does it again, with profound insights in professional services marketing 3.0. this book is a gem! gale crosley, cpa crosley+company bruce w. marcus has always been the type of gentleman…
the old ways just won’t cut it any longer!
by gale crosley, cpa
cpa firm growth consultant
the more things change, the more we need to change with them. massive shifts in market conditions are profoundly affecting our profession. but it’s not just the market that’s recalibrating. we’re also in the midst of a revolution in information gathering, which influences how our buyers think and how they make decisions.
these changes represent a realignment of our universe. they demand that we move beyond old, familiar ways of generating leads and adopt new strategies that reflect today’s environment. read more →
winning new business is a team sport. spectators need not apply.
by gale crosley, cpa
crosley+company
the best firms are involved in the relentless pursuit of creating a firm-wide growth culture. read more →
…for winning the war for clients randy johnston: competing with new services at flat rates joel sinkin: for new clients, personal relationships aren’t enough anymore gale crosley: at the best…
lessons from a seasoned firm with steady vision. by gale crosley cpa firm growth consultant crosley + co. seiler llp, based in redwood city, calif., had always served high net…
it takes time, technique and training.
by rick telberg
today, when business is tight and competitive, accounting firms are scrambling for new revenues. but they’re discovering it takes time and effort to fill a sales pipeline. it takes training, coordinating teams, coordinating market initiatives.
and then you drill down further and you need to know what your markets are. and that opens a whole new panoply of questions for a firm, questions about understanding the client’s real needs, questions about how a prospect wants to be approached, questions about what kinds of clients you really want. at the same time, fees are under huge pressure.
what’s the answer? it starts, says cpa firm growth consultant gale crosley [click here to buy her book.], with understanding that “the key competency to winning business is knowing how to discover and build value at the client level.”
the greatest value is not in the technical. the value is in understanding and addressing “the situation around the offering.” the client doesn’t want to hear you boast about doing a better audit. to the client, an audit is an audit. with that approach, she says, you “never get to the deep, hidden and personal needs the client had.”
you don’t need hundreds of hours of cpe to get started. all you need is a client. just one client. crosley so says gale crosley, business development adviser to cpa…
gale crosley’s highly anticipated new book, “at the crossroads: the remarkable cpa firm that nearly crashed, then soared,” is now available. i’ll just repeat what i told gale when i…