{"id":78373,"date":"2020-08-27t20:30:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-28t00:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=78373"},"modified":"2020-08-31t21:09:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01t01:09:49","slug":"how-to-manage-the-practice-development-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2020\/08\/27\/how-to-manage-the-practice-development-function\/","title":{"rendered":"how to manage the practice development function"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>your firm’s existence depends on marketing. by marc rosenberg<\/span><\/i> sometimes the most important ingredient in marketing success has little to do with marketing.<\/p>\n more: <\/b>how to brand and differentiate your firm<\/a> | working business development into your day<\/a> | how marketing systems produce business growth<\/a> | 6 keys to developing new client prospects<\/a> | protect and grow existing clients<\/a> | 19 takeaways from the history of cpa firm practice development<\/a> this statement may seem illogical, even unbelievable, in a series professing to teach cpa firms how to generate revenue growth. but stay with us and you\u2019ll see what we mean. what does it take to implement a growth strategy?<\/p>\n what does management actually do<\/strong> to get the firm to implement practice development initiatives? this post provides several ways to execute the firm\u2019s practice development.<\/p>\n what does management do to implement practice development initiatives?<\/strong><\/p>\n someone needs to champion the firm\u2019s marketing plan. <\/strong>perhaps the most important nonmarketing activity in the firm\u2019s marketing bag of tricks is strong management and leadership. partners are very busy people with many critically important duties vying for their most scarce resource, their time. so it\u2019s easy for partners to get distracted by things other than<\/strong> marketing and lose focus on it as time marches on. the firm\u2019s marketing champion must do three main things:<\/p>\n at many firms, the marketing champion is the managing partner. larger firms may have a marketing partner or a high-level marketing director, who may play a prominent role in championing the marketing plan. whoever it is, the marketing champion needs to stay on top of the plan and avoid the \u201cout of sight, out of mind\u201d syndrome.<\/p>\n time management. <\/strong>managing time is a critical factor in achieving revenue growth. contrast these two opposing forces:<\/p>\n so the challenge for partners is to find the time to do marketing. and not just doing it to say<\/strong> they did it but doing it as if the firm\u2019s very existence depends<\/strong> on it, which it does.<\/p>\n this is where the highest levels of firm management, perhaps the managing partner, can help by coaching partners when they appear to be mismanaging their time and neglecting their marketing responsibilities.<\/p>\n partner accountability. <\/strong>we’ve defined this several times.<\/p>\n business development training.<\/strong> cpas acquire their technical skills from years of rigorous schooling and hundreds of hours of cpe classes. isn\u2019t it reasonable that they can be \u2013 <\/span>and need to be \u2013 <\/span>trained in business development?<\/p>\n a strong marketing culture. <\/strong>these are features of a strong marketing culture:<\/p>\n goal setting.<\/strong> if you are in the business world, a day doesn\u2019t go by without someone uttering the term \u201cgoal setting.\u201d pretty much everyone believes<\/strong> in goal setting. but why don\u2019t they put it into practice?<\/p>\n many years ago, i came across research on goal setting that was very persuasive and powerful. it centered on<\/p>\n
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