client service opportunities

be an accountant, not a salesperson for other things

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extreme close up of female hand with pen pointing on cash flow document.“a piece of the action” didn’t pan out.

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

there are accountants who only do accounting and accountants who also do other things such as selling financial products and doing deals with the client. there is nothing wrong with this, but with some very minor exceptions, i never did the other things.

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accountants have many openings and opportunities to

  • sell life insurance, annuities, mutual funds and tax shelters;
  • broker mortgages;
  • find buyers for a client’s business;
  • manage investments;
  • introduce investors;
  • perform executive searches and
  • even invest along with clients.

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10 reasons for my success

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by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

recently i was asked if i could provide some reasons for my success.

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this gave me an opportunity to think about it and i came up with a list of 10 reasons that i am presenting here. i hope you take away some ideas from this. if you have your own list, i would appreciate it if you would share it with me.
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do your clients feel important?

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portrait of a mature businesswoman giving a binder8 ways to delight them.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

clients are our customers. they pay our salary and enable us to make good livings. do what you can to accommodate them and make them feel important – as important as they believe they are.

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also be user-friendly – do not make it difficult to work with you. clients don’t know how smart we are. they think we are great, but they measure us by the small things – the good and bad.
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social security as an asset class

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scale with coins on one side, alarm clock on the otherwithdraw funds from elsewhere.

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

if you have ever worked in the united states or were married to someone who did, the chances are you will eventually receive social security benefits.

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there are different ages when regular benefits can start beginning at age 62. the longer the benefits are delayed, the greater they will be … until reaching age 70.
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when clients don’t know

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two older businessmen talkinginvestigate motive before diving in.

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

we all have clients who wonder what their business is worth and sometimes imagine getting away from it all.

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some even sell, but many more talk about starting the process but are not really committed to selling.
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