{"id":5547,"date":"2010-08-17t08:33:15","date_gmt":"2010-08-17t12:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=5547"},"modified":"2024-11-19t21:35:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20t02:35:27","slug":"43-steps-to-gold-plated-client-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2010\/08\/17\/43-steps-to-gold-plated-client-service\/","title":{"rendered":"43 steps to gold-plated client service"},"content":{"rendered":"

never lose a client again.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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how do you dazzle a client these days?<\/strong>
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with client retention replacing the staffing shortage as the most troublesome issue facing cpa firms, it may be surprising that so few firms are taking a proactive approach to the problem. certainly, many firms are stepping up client service levels, but jerry lopatka, managing principal at dugan & lopatka cpas<\/a> in wheaton, ill., is deploying a particularly systematic and disciplined program.<\/p>\n

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jerry lopatka, managing principal, dugan & lopatka cpas, wheaton, ill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“a year ago we started a renewed focus on client retention and business development,” he says. at the firm, they call it “biz r&d”\u00a0 for business retention and development.<\/p>\n

jerry sent us a 43-point list of tactics based on six broad strategies:<\/p>\n