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reward effort, not just closing.

by marc rosenberg
the rosenberg practice management library

most firms over $5 million have incentives in place for staff to bring in business. oddly, there is a tremendous disparity from firm to firm in how their incentive plans work. more on this later.

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only 20 percent of cpa firm partners are effective at bringing in business. this means that 80 percent are not effective at selling. that’s a pretty low batting average. if partners are this bad at it, think what staff’s experience must be like!
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four questions to ask yourself first, plus 10 more things to know.

by marc rosenberg
cpa firm growth: keys to practice development

many firms struggle with revenue growth for many years and then, reach the point when reality sets in: the partners recognize they don’t have the skills or the desire to be active and effective at business development.

 

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many of these firms decide to hire a marketing consultant to jump-start their marketing and get them on a path to growth.

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11 reasons why and 4 ways to make sure they fail.

by marc rosenberg
the rosenberg practice management library

cpas are generally not comfortable with business development and are rarely skilled in implementing marketing plans.

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as a result, many firms go through a phase where the partners say to each other: “we all agree that the firm needs more revenue. we all agree that our partner group sucks at marketing. doing nothing is unacceptable, so let’s get someone to bring in business for us.”

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how it differs from a strategic plan.

by marc rosenberg
the rosenberg practice management library

sorry for those of you who have absolutely no interest in football, but a marketing plan is as important as a football team’s game plan for the week. it’s a blueprint for how to win the game: how much passing versus rushing, working on the opponent’s weaker players by name, running left versus right, short passes versus long passes, who plays on which plays, and so on.

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a marketing plan is a comprehensive written document outlining

1. the firm’s practice development activities within a set time frame
2. goals and action steps necessary to achieve the firm’s targeted revenue growth
3. the best use of the firm’s resources
4. the partners’ preferences in terms of what they are willing and not willing to do. examples: how active the partners agree to be in selling and advertising, use of internal personnel rather than relying on outsiders like marketing consultants, and whether they prefer to be generalists or specialists
5. a budget for the firm’s investment in practice development activities

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