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make more money starting now

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businessman sitting on stacks of paper currency34 ideas for any size firm.

by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor

question: do you have any tips on how i could make more money?

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answer: there are always ways to make more money. this includes managing every aspect of your practice and striving for productivity growth.

here is a 34-item  checklist with quite a few ways you can make more money.
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12 signs it’s time to outsource

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four businessmen standing on world mapalso: seven covid-driven client needs.

by hitendra patil
accountaneur: the entrepreneurial accountant

when you are the key person to make things happen at your firm, you want to invest as much time in “business development” (not just marketing and sales) as humanly possible. your firm’s growth will make you feel that producing and delivering your services is an essential core business function for you, but some of it is not.

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freeing up yourself to spend more time focusing on the things that add value to your practice and help set it apart from the competition is the most essential differentiating growth strategy you will ever deploy. the same principle applies to your experienced, talented staff.
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business is about relationships

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two businesspeople meeting over coffeethere’s no secret sauce.

by steven e. sacks
the new fundamentals

business can usually be conducted by phone, videoconference or in person. it really doesn’t matter the approach; what is important is how you comport yourself – irrespective of whether the individual(s) with whom you are dealing are superiors, peers or subordinates. i can’t tell you how many times i have witnessed conversations that were best conducted behind closed doors. the old adage of praise in public, criticize in private is underused or completely ignored.

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when did we fall down on practicing the basics of common courtesy: returning phone calls, knocking before entering an office or saying “excuse me” when certain situations call for it?
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why clash when you can harmonize?

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3 metal funnelsput another way, are you a box or a funnel?

by bill reeb

a college professor i know has had a difficult time harmonizing as his approach always escalated to clashing and resisting. and no, this isn’t a story about michaelle in disguise, but someone else i had the pleasure of getting to know.

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he had a definite approach to teaching and was good at it. he believed in setting very high standards for his students and passing only those who achieved a specific level of excellence.
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team expectations: a checklist for busy season

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what do you think your staff knows about tax season? check again.

by kristen rampe

busy season is here. are you ready? is your team ready?

you might feel your team “should know” your expectations, but that’s not always the case.

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a client of ours once assumed a five-year staff they hired from a top 10 regional firm would know tax professionals work on saturdays from february – april. she chose not to show up for any of them in february.

while the managing partner stewed over this behavior, we realized three key factors were in play:

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