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client acquisition never stops

nine businesspeople talking in trios at a gathering

six ways to draw people’s interest.

by august j. aquila
price it right: how to value accounting services

a good marketing program never stops marketing the firm. you must always think about acquiring new clients to replace lost ones and to improve the quality of your client base. it’s a fact of life that some clients will move, go out of business, merge or even leave us for another firm.

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let’s look at some basic client acquisition activities that should be part of your marketing plan. you may be asking yourself, “which ones work?” they all do. the secret of business development is to constantly be in the marketplace because you never know when a prospect is ready to buy from you or to move from their existing accounting firm.
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bissett bullet: make good use of the time you save

today’s bissett bullet: “the cost of cloud-based software or automation tools is no longer prohibitive for smaller firms so if everybody is using them, how do you stand out?”

by martin bissett

if technology is readily available and at a cost that makes it viable for firms of any size, then what sets you and your practice apart from your competitors is the way in which you use the time that the technology saves you, to better support your clients.

today’s to-do:

estimate the amount of time you save in a week in comparison to before you upgraded to your current software. how much of that time do you spend reaching out to clients just to check on them or add value?

see more bissett bullets here

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business booming, but not as much as last year

how does your firm compare?

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

if the early results from the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 2024 busy season barometer: emerging issues, opportunities, and trends hold true through april, this will be a pretty good year for the vast majority of accountants and tax practitioners – not quite as good as last year, but still, pretty good.

more: busy season barometer offers clues for better business | tax practitioners say happy days are here … again | brandon hall: firms try to make too much on tax prep | if only the irs’s tax pro were useful | id theft a problem for irs even when it doesn’t exist | irs still falling short on service | eight ways the irs can speed up processing tax returns | treasury ig sees progress at irs | how tax practitioners became cybersecurity risks
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despite difficulties finding staff and professionals, 45 percent of respondents say they have increased their client list by at least 5 percent. (last year, it was 65 percent.)

in fact, 14 percent have seen an increase of over 10 percent. good, but not as good as last year’s 22 percent.
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how to use chatgpt to create images

if you can dream it, chatgpt can build it.

by sandi leyva

chatgpt 4.0 is enabled with computer vision, which means it can derive information from images that you input. it can also create images that you can use in your business.

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here are just a few things i have found when using chatgpt 4.0 for image creation:

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the radical pricing model: start with $25k

deliver more value to clients while freeing your team from timesheets.

by jody padar
the radical cpa

consider the $25k rule.

because this method requires heavy lifting on the front end, a good rule of thumb is to only value-price engagements of $25,000 or more. if the client falls below $25,000, they are eligible for a fixed price or fixed price plus a value add. this rule is important because if your client is a small business, it doesn’t matter how much value they perceive in your services; they will not be able to afford value pricing above a certain level.

more: three critical factors drive the value pricing trend | accounting disruptors are heading your way … with deep pockets | the convergence of trends makes pricing changes imperative | stop looking for talent that does not exist | advisory work must be priced by value, not hours
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most services are fixed-priced, but based on conversations with the client, those prices may drop or be raised accordingly. some of the data points used to set pricing are the pita factor (pain in the a#%) and the client’s gross revenue.
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