{"id":14489,"date":"2011-08-16t17:41:14","date_gmt":"2011-08-16t21:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=14489"},"modified":"2024-11-19t21:33:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20t02:33:24","slug":"whos-searching-for-accountants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2011\/08\/16\/whos-searching-for-accountants\/","title":{"rendered":"who’s searching for “accountants?”"},"content":{"rendered":"
not as many as before. in fact, the number of google searches has dropped by 50% since 2004.<\/strong><\/p>\n we were alerted to this “alarming online search trend” by amit vemuri, ceo at teaspiller, a company which has already generated a little controversy in these pages<\/a>. but read on for vemuri’s views and analysis. vemuri’s take is interesting, provocative, and, if correct, problematic for the profession. his call to action isn’t necessarily new, but that doesn’t make it any less urgent. then see the rebuttal here.<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n — rick telberg<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n by amit vemuri<\/strong><\/p>\n ceo, teaspiller<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n it’s a wake-up call to the worldwide accounting community. it also confirms the aicpa\u2019s latest survey about how all size firms are having a hard time getting new clients<\/a> (and retaining clients).<\/p>\n observations:<\/strong><\/p>\n some good explanations:<\/strong><\/p>\n some other explanations \u2013 mostly refuted:<\/strong><\/p>\n we\u2019ve spoken to the accounting community and got a lot of possible explanations. here are some of the explanations we\u2019ve refuted.<\/p>\n some possible (and controversial) solutions:<\/strong><\/p>\n here are some ideas we heard from the accounting community to help fix the problem.<\/p>\n we can see that there\u2019s a basic public awareness problem on the value of using an accountant. but we also hear about the complaints about \u201cquality\u201d and \u201cconvenience\u201d with using accountants too. the google search trend is an alarm about our complacency as an industry\u2013and should be a call to action.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" not as many as before. in fact, the number of google searches has dropped by 50% since 2004. we were alerted to this “alarming online search trend” by amit vemuri, ceo at teaspiller, a company which has already generated a … continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":14493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-14489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outlook","tag-marketing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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