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it takes time, technique and training.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by rick telberg<\/em><\/p>\n

today, when business is tight and competitive, accounting firms are scrambling for new revenues. but they’re discovering it takes time and effort to fill a sales pipeline. it takes training, coordinating teams, coordinating market initiatives.<\/p>\n

and then you drill down further and you need to know what your markets are. and that opens a whole new panoply of questions for a firm, questions about understanding the client’s real needs, questions about how a prospect wants to be approached, questions about what kinds of clients you really want. at the same time, fees are under huge pressure.<\/p>\n

\"gale
gale crosley, cpa firm growth consultant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

what’s the answer? it starts, says cpa firm growth consultant gale crosley [click here to buy her book.<\/a>], with understanding that “the key competency to winning business is knowing how to discover and build value at the client level.”<\/p>\n

the greatest value is not in the technical. the value is in understanding and addressing “the situation around the offering.” the client doesn’t want to hear you boast about doing a better audit. to the client, an audit is an audit. with that approach, she says, you “never get to the deep, hidden and personal needs the client had.”<\/p>\n

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it takes time, technique and training.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by rick telberg<\/em><\/p>\n

today, when business is tight and competitive, accounting firms are scrambling for new revenues. but they’re discovering it takes time and effort to fill a sales pipeline. it takes training, coordinating teams, coordinating market initiatives.<\/p>\n

and then you drill down further and you need to know what your markets are. and that opens a whole new panoply of questions for a firm, questions about understanding the client’s real needs, questions about how a prospect wants to be approached, questions about what kinds of clients you really want. at the same time, fees are under huge pressure.<\/p>\n

\"gale
gale crosley, cpa firm growth consultant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

what’s the answer? it starts, says cpa firm growth consultant gale crosley [click here to buy her book.<\/a>], with understanding that “the key competency to winning business is knowing how to discover and build value at the client level.”<\/p>\n

the greatest value is not in the technical. the value is in understanding and addressing “the situation around the offering.” the client doesn’t want to hear you boast about doing a better audit. to the client, an audit is an audit. with that approach, she says, you “never get to the deep, hidden and personal needs the client had.”<\/p>\n

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