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\"smartphone\"12 ways the app\u00a0phenomenon\u00a0could change the way you think about your practice.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by hitendra patil<\/em><\/p>\n

consider, for a moment, the new “app economy.” there are\u00a0over a million apps in apple and google stores, with hundreds of them\u00a0doing much the same thing in almost the same way.\u00a0according to pew research,\u00a090 percent of americans have cellphones and 67 percent find themselves checking their phones for messages, alerts or calls \u2014 even when they don\u2019t notice their phones ringing or vibrating.<\/p>\n

so, are accounting firms like apps already \u2014 offering the same services, same deliverables, same outcomes at the same or similar prices? if so, the only thing missing in the accounting marketplace is an \u201caccounting services app store.”<\/p>\n

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\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

wisdom tells us to \u201chang out where clients do.”\u00a0<\/em>yet, there are hardly any \u201caccounting firm apps\u201d on the app stores. read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"smartphone\"12 ways the app\u00a0phenomenon\u00a0could change the way you think about your practice.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by hitendra patil<\/em><\/p>\n

consider, for a moment, the new “app economy.” there are\u00a0over a million apps in apple and google stores, with hundreds of them\u00a0doing much the same thing in almost the same way.\u00a0according to pew research,\u00a090 percent of americans have cellphones and 67 percent find themselves checking their phones for messages, alerts or calls \u2014 even when they don\u2019t notice their phones ringing or vibrating.<\/p>\n

so, are accounting firms like apps already \u2014 offering the same services, same deliverables, same outcomes at the same or similar prices? if so, the only thing missing in the accounting marketplace is an \u201caccounting services app store.”<\/p>\n

more on entrepreneurial strategy:<\/strong> top 10 entrepreneurial traits of successful accountants<\/a> | four leadership strengths that define accountants<\/a> | as block and liberty add accounting services, independents face 3 options<\/a> | readers sound off on liberty, h& r block plans to launch bookkeeping services<\/a> | threat or opportunity as h& r block, liberty jump into bookkeeping services?<\/a> | six secret keys to the mind of the entrepreneur<\/a> | 8 seconds into the future: meet generation z<\/a> | 5 reasons gen y will make or break your firm<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

wisdom tells us to \u201chang out where clients do.”\u00a0<\/em>yet, there are hardly any \u201caccounting firm apps\u201d on the app stores. read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1363,"featured_media":38335,"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":[5,3120,9,2369],"tags":[1056,629],"class_list":["post-38330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outlook","category-pro-member-exclusive","category-strategy","category-entrepreneurial","tag-entrepreneur","tag-technology","membership-content","access-restricted"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nwhat if accounting firms were apps? 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