the making of a consultant

girl eating ice cream conesometimes numbers tell stories we don’t know yet.

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

while i was working full-time early in my accounting career, i was also picking up clients whose accounting i did on the side, also known as moonlighting.

more: learning to delegate: slow is faster | the clients that got away | cross-selling beyond your comfort zone | value pricing in uncharted waters | i am an accountant because of clients like stanley | advising cheapskates | getting bonuses from clients

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one of the clients was a franchised ice cream store. i used to go there one night every quarter to record his checkbook transactions into a regular set of accounting books. today, in one form or another, this would be done on a computer with software such as quickbooks, but in those days it was written up in ink by hand.
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check your bandwidth

abstract illustration of binary data flow… and always have a backup.

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

the internet has undoubtedly had a profound impact on firm communications. it has become the primary driver toward the next generation of accounting applications that run entirely on the web through cloud computing.

more: remote access requires planning | proactively manage application updates | offsite backup is critical | scanners capture documents at the source | two tech trends to watch
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before we get ahead of ourselves discussing cloud opportunities, we have to assess how the internet is used within our firm today. most likely the internet is

  • a digital pipeline;
  • a conduit for communications, updates, research and backups; and
  • a platform for exchanging files with clients.

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price it right

…a marketing orientation ii. marketing and pricing the marketing mix people product/service promotion place price various pricing strategies pricing on cost price leaders prestige pricing bait and switch market penetration…

profession transitions from windows 7 to 10

more important now: running applications across all devices.

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

okay, we all know that the microsoft windows operating system is preferred to run computers by the primary vendors to the accounting profession.

more: offsite backup is critical | how the cloud plays into scheduled server replacement | monitor real estate: more is better
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while firms don’t place too much emphasis on the workstation operating system, one significant issue firms can’t overlook is increasing computer memory to ensure computers function optimally with today’s multi-monitor requirements and the multitude of concurrent applications your staff will be running that can impact your windows version decision.
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