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you train your clients, whether you mean to or not

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if you schedule it, they will come. so … stop that now.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

as we all know, there is a definite cost involved in not training clients. let’s look at the training that’s occurring, whether you know it or not. it actually all boils down to timing.

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here is an example of my stupidity.

i met with a client who was a software company executive. he had been a client for a dozen years, and people don’t get much smarter than he is. he drove from alexandria, virginia, to chantilly, virginia, every year. the drive is 20 miles and might seem like a 30-minute trip, but in northern virginia, it’s more like an hour.
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train your clients before they train you

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taking unscheduled phone calls and meetings wrecks your bottom line and theirs.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

many of the behaviors you rationalize as good client service are just desperate measures to avoid losing bad clients.

more: why time tracking still matters | business owners face one of three exits | how small firms can win the talent wars | six ways to create a millennial-friendly firm | do you know your turnaround time?
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however, clients are trainable – at least as trainable as jack russell terriers. that is to say they’re somewhat trainable. however, like jack russell terriers, you train clients or they’ll train you. somebody’s getting trained. here’s an example of how that works.
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cpas warn small businesses to beware

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bonus: how do you rate your firm? how does that compare?

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

cpas are getting increasingly worried about the economy and its impact on small businesses, according to the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer.

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even though inflation’s lessened substantially, supply chains are getting back in order and just about everybody who wants a job has a job, respondents to the survey are more pessimistic in the warm sunshine than in the dark days of late winter.
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