close the sale: getting across the finish line

what you need to know before you get to price.

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with sarah dobek and ty hendrickson
inovautus consulting

negotiating the terms of a new engagement can be intimidating and downright scary.

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however, it’s the most important – and last – step to securing new revenue. read more →

the disruptors: how to scale with new padgett coo amanda aguillard

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“process, process, process” and other lessons in scaling an accounting business.

with liz farr

to beat the staffing shortage, tax and accounting firms will need to rank technology skills as important as accounting skills, padgett coo amanda aguillard says in this episode of the disruptors, a new 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 series of conversations between special contributor liz farr and leading change-makers in the profession. this is the first of the series.

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“we will have to be creative about who we hire,” aguillard says. “knowledge of accounting is important, but it’s not the only thing… being tech-curious is just as important.”

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eat that frog: asking for a prospect meeting

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with sarah dobek and ty hendrickson
inovautus consulting

everyone fears rejection on some level, which is why so many professionals hesitate – or even fail – to ask a prospective client for that first meeting to introduce a new service.

related: growing revenue through client service

the key is to think about the meeting as an honest conversation and shake the mentality of “cold-call selling.”

when you learn the right questions to approach a new contact and focus on helping them meet their needs, you’ll create a natural connection that will make stepping out of your comfort zone easier.

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lease accounting is about to get very real

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after a brief pandemic pause, new lease accounting rules will start to hit hard in 2020.

with ane ohm
ceo, founder of leasecrunch

after a delay for the pandemic, new lease accounting rules are set to take effect in 2022 and too many firms and companies aren’t ready, ane ohn, founder and ceo of leasecrunch software tells 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.

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the lease standard was delayed by a year, ” ohm says,  “instead of having been effective this past year, it is effective in 2022.”but the world has changed since the rules were first written.

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google ads for new tax clients

the simple, easy steps for getting started with google ads in time for busy season.


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with becky livingston

as the 2022 busy season begins to loom larger, this is a great time to get to know google ads, says becky livingston, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间’ digital marketing guru says in this replay of recent 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 flash briefing webinar. flash briefings are fast-paced 30-minute conversations on urgent issues and quick answers.

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livingston walks you through the steps from beginning to end. start by defining your perfect client, then begin building the right offer for them, she says. after that, you can lay out a schedule and work on a budget. but start early, because if you’re looking for tax clients in the run-up to tax season, the best keywords will start to get pricey. by livingston’s estimates, 10 to 15 percent of accounting firms are already using google ad words. that may sound like a lot. but there’s still plenty of room for firms — especially local firms — to dive in and start landing new clients.

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eisneramper gets private equity backing

charly weinstein on cnbc talking about the private equity deal.

towerbrook capital partners’ infusion “reimagines the traditional accounting firm model.”

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eisneramper llp – one of the profession’s top 20 firms with more than $420 in annual billings, 200 partners, and 1,200 employees – has sold about half the firm to towerbrook capital partners, a private equity fund with big investments in the financial services sector.

more on private equity for cpa firms:

flash briefing webinar: a “call to arms” after eisner private equity deal, with dom esposito and anthony zecca

analysis by esposito and zecca: how outside capital can remake cpa firms

analysis by esposito and zecca: private equity the new source of growth capital for cpa firms?

eisneramper gets private equity backing

as a result, eisner is splitting into two entities: the legacy eisneramper llp, a licensed cpa firm, to provide attest services, and the new pe-funded eisner advisory group llc, for business advisory and non-attest services. terms were not disclosed but towerbrook has a reputation for taking controlling interests in the companies it funds. audit and assurance account for about 49 percent of eisner’s pre-deal billings, with 42 percent from tax and 9 percent in consulting.

“it will be a positive disruptor in the profession,” according to charly weinstein, eisneramper ceo.  “rather than conforming to traditional frameworks, adopting a new model of ownership facilitates the best structure for the firm to drive growth and innovative solutions to our clients. our colleagues will be able to chart a course for success in our purpose-built practice structure.”

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bradley burnett: the “uncle billy” problem with the erc

irs notice 2021-29 “drops a bomb” on the employee retention credit.

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with bradley burnett, jd llm

with 18 months of water under the bridge, we’re three-fourths of the way through the employee retention program, the irs changed their mind on an extremely important issue that changes many, many tax situations.

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eisneramper takes on private-equity investor, spins out attest firm

charly weinstein on cnbc talking about the private equity deal.

towerbrook capital partners’ infusion “reimagines the traditional accounting firm model.”

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间

eisneramper llp – one of the profession’s top 20 firms with more than $420 in annual billings, 200 partners, and 1,200 employees – has sold about half the firm to towerbrook capital partners, a private equity fund with big investments in the financial services sector.

as a result, eisner is splitting into two entities: the legacy eisneramper llp, a licensed cpa firm, to provide attest services, and the new pe-funded eisner advisory group llc, for business advisory and non-attest services. terms were not disclosed but towerbrook has a reputation for taking controlling interests in the companies it funds. audit and assurance account for about 49 percent of eisner’s pre-deal billings, with 42 percent from tax and 9 percent in consulting.

“it will be a positive disruptor in the profession,” according to charly weinstein, eisneramper ceo.  “rather than conforming to traditional frameworks, adopting a new model of ownership facilitates the best structure for the firm to drive growth and innovative solutions to our clients. our colleagues will be able to chart a course for success in our purpose-built practice structure.”

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