the four factors for fixed pricing

price targetplus 5 reasons not to manage employees by timesheet.

by jody padar
the radical cpa

ron baker and ed kless of the verasage institute are the hands-down experts on value pricing. they do a phenomenal job of explaining how it works and why you shouldn’t track time.

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i’ve done it for the last nine years and i absolutely love it. i would never go back to time and billing.
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clients buy solutions, not time

hand building word "solution" with letter blocksplus 4 notes about client phone calls.

by jody padar
the radical cpa

“forget about pricing and think about what people buy.”

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customers are not buying our time. they may be buying our expertise. but they’re really buying a solution to their problem.
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how to leverage social media

man showing woman something on laptop computermake use of all your connections.

by jody padar
the radical cpa

social media is great for connecting with clients and prospects, but it also makes it easier to get published in the real media and that will give you the collateral for marketing.

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i’ve been quoted in entrepreneur, forbes and inc. that’s priceless! that’s what i call return on attention.
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36 consulting services you might be overlooking

business meeting of a woman and two menplus 38 events that trigger those needs.

by domenick j. esposito
8 steps to great

in today’s business world, the greatest growth and margin opportunities for a cpa firm are in the consulting area, as clients outsource specialized skills to deal with business challenges that they cannot handle internally.

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presented below is a summary of the most typical cpa firm service offerings, together with opportunity triggers and market trends.
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target content to consumers, not industry

dart on a target on a mobile phonecontent is king and context is queen.

by jody padar
the radical cpa

most professionals speak and/or tweet above their audience. they don’t realize whom they’re talking to.

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when you’re producing content, it has to be driven at the consumer level, not at the “other professional” level.

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narrow your social focus

young concentrated businessman writing notes down and looking at laptop in officepick one thing and do it well rather than try to be everywhere.

by jody padar
the radical cpa

each social media channel has its own language, culture and dialect. you need to make sure that your culture (aka your voice and how you post) matches the specific channel, otherwise it’s going to seem awkward.

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social media has to be understood and used properly and even though you’re going to be experimenting there are also some unwritten rules. make sure that you’re fol­lowing the basic rules of the social media channel you’re using.
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why transparency matters to clients

young man in sweater and tie smiling at smartphoneit’s time to rethink how you communicate.

by jody padar
the radical cpa

social should be in your dna. identify the communication gatekeepers in your firm.

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do you want everybody in your firm tweeting? it’s a good idea – just like you have all your firm members representing your firm wherever they are.
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social + strategy = success in five stages

businesswoman lassoing light bulb5 specific tips for maximizing your efforts.

by jody padar
the radical cpa

so you want to get on social media? good! define your strategy. when i started using social, i was having fun and didn’t have a strategy, except to see what was happening — and it evolved. jump in, get started and you’ll formulate a game plan naturally.

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here’s some help in five phases:
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how to measure social business… and why

cpas-love-facebook1it’s not just for fun, so treat it like any other metric.

by jody padar
the radical cpa

when i began dabbling with twitter and facebook, it was more out of personal interest. i found twitter to be a fantastic place to learn. i became an active listener and then engaged, putting out information i thought people would benefit from.

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i still do this today. i interact with everyone i can as i learn and share. i compare it to the partner who always took important paper articles and put them on my desk. i just do it via social and digital.
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cpe study finds six essential success factors for accounting firms

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how accountants spell s-u-c-c-e-s-s with c-p-e.

tooling up for 2017
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by rick telberg
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

accounting firms are like people—each one has its own situation, its own problems, its own goals, and dreams. it’s no surprise, then, that when asked for the essential ingredient to achieving their goals this year, cpas offer a wide assortment of answers. but six topics emerge clearly as the most oft-cited.

https://www.research.net/r/cpe16
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more cpe trends:  top trending specialty niches  |  busy season ends but not the focus on taxes  |  why some cpas are focusing on accounting & financial reporting this year  |  top cpe trends: how accountants are re-tooling for 2017  |  mike ramos on the training mindset: mapping firm attitudes to performance  |  ohio cpa society teams with 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 to improve cpe roi  |   ed mendlowitz on how to choose the right cpe  |  sandi leyva on three ways to make cpe work for you  |   ed mendlowitz on the six rules to get the most out of cpe  |   mike ramos on how to build a powerhouse learning team for your cpa firm  |  4 steps to get more from your training budget  |  how to manage cpe by the numbers  |  three tips for creating training metrics  |  high-impact learning: 4 ways to maximize cpe roi  |  four new cpa opportunities for the new economy

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the question is one of several put forth in an ongoing 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 survey being conducted in conjunction with the ohio society of cpas and consultant michael ramos. read more →

how to become a social business

young people holding social media logosit’s not a side venture. get ready to transform your firm to the core.

by jody padar

now it’s time to understand the social media business approach, how twitter, facebook and linkedin can help your business.

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first of all, stop calling it social media! using “social” to gen­erate new customers is a new way of doing business in today’s digital world. most firm owners don’t understand that when you combine social media with cloud, the effects become multiplied. we’re talking internet 3.0. are you ready to get there?
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make the cloud work for you

staircase of 10 steps10 steps (and you don’t have to take them all at once).

by jody padar

once you decide on what cloud software you want to use, here are the ten steps you need to make the transition:

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step 1: adopt for your own practice. choose an online software you’d like to try and input your financials. it’s the easiest move to make, and you’ll learn a lot during the process. you’re the most intimate with your own financials, so start there.

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6 ways the cloud helps cpa firms

woman ascending staircase into cloudsbonus: 7 specific tools.

by jody padar

we’ve said the backups and the intangibles outweigh the little annoyances. but what specifically will you gain from moving to the cloud?

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1. it will help you go paperless. the cloud has helped me rethink my entire document management system and my firm is now 100 percent paperless. the problem with document management systems today is that they’re very static for working in a fluid environment. i have yet to find a technology that addresses this issue to my liking.
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