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\"ed<\/a><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

how to build a plan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by ed mendlowitz<\/i>
\n
101 questions and answers for managing an accounting practice\u00a0<\/i><\/a>
\n<\/i><\/p>\n

question:<\/span><\/strong> i want to start growing my practice but am having trouble defining my target client.\u00a0 i tend to accept every client i can and seem to have clients all over the place. is there anything i can do to better target my \u201cideal\u201d clients?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

answer:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>to have a target client means you have a target. the target is the result of a plan. so, what is your plan?<\/span>\u00a0 read more →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"ed<\/a><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

how to build a plan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by ed mendlowitz<\/i>
\n
101 questions and answers for managing an accounting practice\u00a0<\/i><\/a>
\n<\/i><\/p>\n

question:<\/span><\/strong> i want to start growing my practice but am having trouble defining my target client.\u00a0 i tend to accept every client i can and seem to have clients all over the place. is there anything i can do to better target my \u201cideal\u201d clients?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

answer:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>to have a target client means you have a target. the target is the result of a plan. so, what is your plan?<\/span>\u00a0 read more →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1341,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[1905,5,3120],"tags":[99,700,561,936],"class_list":["post-33236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clients-and-service","category-outlook","category-pro-member-exclusive","tag-client","tag-client-service","tag-niche","tag-service","membership-content","access-restricted"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nthe 5 first steps in targeting clients - 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