{"id":78829,"date":"2020-08-23t13:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-23t17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=78829"},"modified":"2020-08-23t18:57:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23t22:57:17","slug":"opportunities-in-common-and-uncommon-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2020\/08\/23\/opportunities-in-common-and-uncommon-services\/","title":{"rendered":"opportunities in common and uncommon services"},"content":{"rendered":"
what do your clients want that your competition doesn’t offer?<\/strong><\/p>\n by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间<\/em><\/p>\n virtually every cpa firm faces two common challenges:<\/p>\n more: three hidden surprises in ppp loan forgiveness<\/a> | cloudy forecasts call for rainmaking<\/a>\u00a0 |the forecast: partly gloomy, chance of doom<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 busy season benchmarks in free fall<\/a>\u00a0 | say hello to the new 24-month busy season<\/a> | maybe the pandemic isn\u2019t all bad<\/a> |\u00a0 covid drives new m&a trends<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 re-thinking today\u2019s firm with five global leaders<\/a>| \u00a0clients want to pay you more (really!)<\/a><\/p>\n exclusively for pro members. <\/span><\/strong>log in here<\/a> or 2022世界杯足球排名 today<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n or, to put it another way:<\/p>\n or, to put it another way:<\/p>\n a new cpa.com study, \u201cbusiness model trends for accounting advisory services,\u201d lays out a simple but interesting matrix that brings together cpa firm challenges and the services clients value.<\/p>\n the matrix divides accounting firm services that are the \u201cmost common\u201d offerings, and the \u201cmost uncommon\u201d offerings. it then breaks them down into higher value and lower value, as perceived by clients.<\/p>\n the most common<\/strong> highly valued services<\/strong> are<\/p>\n if your firm isn\u2019t providing these services, they would be the ideal services to offer new and existing clients \u2013 <\/span>but only if you can compete against the many other firms that offer them.<\/p>\n the most common lower value services<\/strong> are<\/p>\n while these services won\u2019t be especially attractive to any given business client (or especially lucrative to cpa firms), the number of firms offering such services is relatively large. in that these services aren\u2019t highly valued, competing against other firms may not be worth the effort.<\/p>\n certain uncommon services are highly valued by clients who need them. the most valued uncommon services<\/strong> are<\/p>\n note the paradox. though highly valued, these services are not widely offered.<\/p>\n the study identified five services that are not commonly offered, quite likely because they are not highly valued. these uncommon low-value services<\/strong> are<\/p>\n the easy answer<\/strong><\/p>\n should your firm seek new business by offering common or uncommon services? and which of the highly valued services will be of high value to your firm?<\/p>\n yes, there is an easy answer.<\/p>\n half of the answer<\/strong> is: assess existing and potential clients for what they need … and what they don\u2019t know they need.<\/p>\n these are the services that alleviate the typical challenges that businesses deal with \u2013 <\/span>but none of the services are highly valued by all businesses.<\/p>\n for example, companies with little extra time would benefit from data analytics and technology services that automate and increase the efficiency of achieving financial insight. other companies might want to get back to their core purpose by outsourcing payroll or accounts payable.<\/p>\n the other half of the answer<\/strong> is to assess what other cpa firms are commonly offering and rarely offering.<\/p>\n the whole answer is in the center of the matrix \u2013 <\/span>that sweet spot where you can offer the services most highly valued by specific companies, and the services least commonly offered by your competition.<\/p>\n that\u2019s where your firm finds the rain that makes firms grow.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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\nclients \u2013 <\/span>the users of accounting services \u2013 <\/span>share two characteristics:<\/p>\n\n
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