accountants may be winning the war for work-life balance. the number of average weekly hours worked for non-supervisory employees in the accounting and bookkeeping industry slipped to 33.2 in 2011, down from 33.4 and continuing a 20-year trend since 1990, … continued
how do you survive tax season?
you’ve been answering, by the hundreds. here’s a sampling of the responses we’re getting in the busy season barometer poll.
now running at new high. hourly earnings at cpa firms are running at an all-time high, according to new data available to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间. on average, earnings reached $31.20 per hour in 2011, up about 3.2%, for all employees. for just non-supervisory … continued
use all five senses.
by sandi smith, cpa
accountant’s accelerator
you don’t have to be the ritz-carlton or mercedes to provide your customer with a great experience. just a little forethought and planning will make a huge difference. here are five tips for your consideration:
groco cpas’ first video where their funny accountants have puppets tell accounting and audit jokes
what you need to know before a confrontation.
by sandra wiley
boomer consulting
many of us know all too well past or current employees and co-workers we’d term “challenging.”
slackers, space cadets, power grabbers, loners, drama queens and kings, and challengers. we talked about them on 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 here.
to get the performance you want from the person, you must change the cycle that they have developed.
easy ways to connect with clients and find new ways to help.
by rick telberg
face it: clients don’t really care about taxes, accounting, auditing, financial reporting, comps, reviews, bank recs or all the other stock and trade you live by.
they do, however, expect you to care about that stuff – and to know it inside out. and you probably do. after all, that’s why they hired you – so they don’t need to worry about it. so what does every businessperson really want to talk about? that’s easy: making money. selling. closing on new business.
every businessperson cares about success. and, particularly if you’re working in your own practice, you can talk like a pro. you already know this old dictum from the late business guru ron zemke: you’d better be serving the customer or serving someone who is. so where do you start? glad you asked!
no men need apply? women have long outnumbered men in the accounting firm workforce, but a new 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 analysis suggests that the latest recession widened the gap. based on the latest data available, 584,300 of the people employed in … continued
don’t focus on what’s average. be exceptional.
by marc rosenberg
the rosenberg survey
i have never ceased to be amazed at the lack of understanding that partners – including managing partners – have about reading a map survey and computing map statistics. these difficulties prevent partners from properly using a map survey for the purpose for which it was intended: to improve firm performance. here are some of he biggest mistakes i see again and again:
freed maxick, a top 100 firm based in competitive buffalo, n.y., has done a refresh on its marketing program after a disciplined study of its reputation in the marketplace.
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the rebranding roll-out video captures some of the themes that inform the advertising campaign. read more →
ken guidry: “bullish on accounting.” [click to play]
a law firm learns from a cpa and now teaches others.
by bruce w. marcus
professional services marketing 3.0
outstanding examples of the new kind of law firms and accounting firms arising with professional services marketing 3.0 are shepherd law group, valorem law group, exemplar law partners, seiler llp, and axiom legal.
related: click here for more about bruce w. marcus and “professional services marketing 3.0.”
they have in common a drive to remake the law and accounting firm business models to better and more economically serve clients. their focus is on putting the client, rather than the practice and the firm, at the core of their business model.
some accountants share their advice. what’s your survival secret?